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Steelseries Ikari Optical any good?

post #1 of 5
8/17/12 at 6:33am
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Seen this on offer at OCUK for 15 pounds.

Is it any good?
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post #2 of 5
8/17/12 at 6:49am
Apparently people who has that mouse says it is really good.
Shape is personal preference. I have bought it this week because it was cheap but even its £15.84 you have to pay minimum £4 for shipping lol.
I will let you know my thoughts on it next week when I will have it. wink.gif

They have offer on mouse thats why it is £15 usually it is £21 + shipping.
Edited by toopz - 8/17/12 at 6:52am
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post #3 of 5
8/17/12 at 12:30pm
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I get free shipping at ocuk.
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post #4 of 5
8/17/12 at 12:55pm
Lo Dmxdex2020,

I had that mouse, It's a great mouse, but be aware it have predicition. The mouse itself it's ergonomic, and you have place to put your ring finger and pinky. The only con for me was prediction. it'ssensor (if you can have a look at http://www.overclock.net/t/854100/mouse-sensor-technology-guide-v2-0-being-updated-28-july-2012, being updated from Skylit - the person who knows a lot about this subject, mices smile.gif ), you can see it uses a Avago A3060 and it does prediction. I don't know if it's medium or heavy prediciton, but you can notice it. Some people like it (people who used logitech mx518, maybe don't notice that much since it has prediction also) but for me was a bit annoying because i was used to non prediciton mices. but you can draw perfect lines on paint.
The buttons are a little sensitive, especially the right one, where your middle finger rests. I am a medium sensitivity so i lift a bit the mouse from mousepad and when i put it down sometimes i click it. Not a big dea but if you have jumping button there...well sometimes you jump like a rabbit lol also you have 2 side buttons that are responsive from what i remember.
The cpi steps if i'm not mistaken are 400, 800 and 1600 cpi.
Here's my oppinion about it. smile.gif hope i could help you.
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post #5 of 5
8/20/12 at 9:06am
Ok I received this mouse in the morning.
I played 3 hours with it and I will give my opinion on it.

Shape:
Shape is really good if you are palm grip user. You cannot claw it. It forces you to palm it.
Ring finger and pinky fits well on right side but there isn't much room for thumb and side buttons. There is little curve right under thumb buttons which makes difficult to lift mouse at start but I got used to it quickly. Shape is better than Deathadder imo.

Weight; LOD; Prediction:
Weight is really light. Lighter than Deathadder. Liftoff distance is as high as Mx518 and have moderate amount of prediction.
Prediction is less than Mx518 and Higher than Deathadder 3G right in between.

Sensor:
Sensor is actually really good. Better than Mx518. It tracks really well on Qck+. 400 and 800 dpi are really accurate and no acceleration at all.
1600 dpi didn't feel very stable feels like it had some acceleration. 400 DPI felt really nice.

Software:
Software is utter crap. You can only DPI setting on mouse 400 and 800; 400 and 1600; 800 and 1600.
You cannot have ability to remap keys or macros and it is set to 1000hz by default which cannot be reduce through software.
1000hz isnt very stable but somehow mouse tracks very well.
I tired reduce it to 500hz with hidusbf but mouse stopped working after reboot of my pc.

Overall I am very pleased with it and will use it along with Deathadder.
Cant go wrong with £15 price. wink.gif
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