Corsair Harpoon RGB Gaming Mouse Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2016-11-11

By creating a low-priced variant of their highly-praised gaming mice, Corsair has placed the CUE unified software at the disposal of virtually anyone. With only $30, we are getting a well-built lightweight product featuring a total of six buttons, which features 128kB of onboard memory for storing settings in hardware, on-the-fly DPI switching with configurable presets in increments of 250DPI to a maximum of 6000DPI, Omron switches rated for 20 million clicks and a polling rate configurable to values up to 1000Hz.

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A Closer Look Part II

The Harpoon RGB mouse comes with 111.5 (L) x 68.3 (W) x 40.4 (H) mm dimensions, while the shape should accommodate various hand grips and play styles. At just 85 grams, we could say that it is one of the lightest mice on the market:

 

 

 

The top area of the mouse does not sport a rubber finish, but a slightly textured plastic which is not slippery. In the back of the rubberized scroll wheel we have got another programmable button, which is initially set for on-the-fly DPI switching:

 

 

 

On its back, we will spot a RGB LED-lighted Corsair logo, which is fully configurable via CUE:

 

 

 

Since this is a light product, Corsair wanted to prevent gamers from slipping or dropping the mouse, so they did use rubber grips on the sides, with a custom texture; on the left side we do have two extra programmable buttons:

 

 

 

Here is also a look on the right side, which features a similar finishing, minus the programmable buttons:

 

 

 

On the edge of the left click button, we will be able to spot a Corsair logo; for this mouse, the manufacturer is using Omron switches rated for 20 million clicks. The buttons can be clearly heard when pressed and are a bit louder than the ones found on the Rival 700 high-end mouse:

 

 

 

The left and right button sides are well separated; with this design, if Corsair would have chosen to also include a LED-lighted scroll wheel, it would have created a nice effect on the surface, as we have seen with the M65 Pro RGB mouse:

 

 

 

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