Lighting

The M42 has three zones for RGB lighting: the Xtrfy logo at the back, scroll wheel, and an LED strip looping around the front. Using the dedicated lighting button, one can cycle through a select number of pre-defined programs. These are Rainbow (default), Single Color Breath, Single Color Permanent, Color Cycle, Single Color Pulse, Color Cycle Pulse, Rainbow Pulse, Color Cycle Revolve on Click, Single Color Flicker, and (of course) Off. Furthermore, it is possible to adjust the brightness (by holding the lighting button and one side button simultaneously), speed (by holding the lighting button and the left button at the same time), and color (for the Single Color modes, by holding the lighting button and the right button simultaneously). Resetting from the selection to the factory defaults is done by pressing the left, middle, and right clicks for five seconds until a red light flashes. The M42 will have then been reset to its factory defaults.

Color accuracy and vibrancy are excellent throughout. Here's a short demonstration video in which I'm going through all the available lighting effects: