I have been utilizing the identical gaming mouse for so long as I can bear in mind: the Logitech G600. It has 12 thumb buttons that I exploit simply as a lot for work as for play. However I’ve needed a wi-fi model for some time, and it is overdue for an improve. After greater than a decade of ready, I’ve started looking elsewhere. The Corsair Scimitar Elite Wi-fi caught my wandering eye.
Very like on my trusty G600, the 12 thumb buttons on the Scimitar Elite Wi-fi have a ton of customization choices. Every button will be mapped to a different single key or mixture of keys. In video games like Overwatch 2, I can map buttons which can be usually onerous to succeed in with fingers on my left hand to extra handy thumb buttons. It’s a small change, however it makes my video games a lot simpler when I haven’t got to succeed in for the Ctrl button.
Corsair’s iCue software can do much more than easy key remaps too. Macros let me report repeatable actions and even previous textual content blocks (helpful after I’m writing repetitive emails), and profiles can mechanically change based mostly on what utility I’m utilizing, so I can have sure macros for writing, enhancing, and adjusting images.
All of that’s stuff I might do with my Logitech G600, however what makes the Scimitar Elite particular is how Corsair improved on the {hardware}.
A Customized Match
The 12 facet buttons on the Scimitar Elite sit on a concave grid that aligns to the curve of my proper thumb. Since it may be tough to inform one in all 12 buttons from one other by contact alone, Corsair has given every alternating row of buttons a textured floor. On the center button of the second row, there’s an additional nub, much like the sort you discover on the F and J keys of most keyboards, to assist orient your fingers.
{Photograph}: Eric Ravenscraft
Whereas I choose Logitech’s Twin-Dish structure, which divides the 12 buttons into two smaller “dishes” of six buttons every, Corsair’s resolution is sort of workable. It took a little bit time for me to regulate my muscle reminiscence, however earlier than lengthy I used to be capable of play video games with simply as a lot fluidity as I had on my G600.
Extra apparently, Corsair has added an additional little bit of precision customization to the Scimitar Elite Wi-fi: The whole 12-button panel will be slid ahead or backward to suit exactly the place your thumb lands. I discovered this significantly welcome, as a result of my muscle reminiscence from the G600 had my thumb resting on the center button of the third row, however Corsair’s resting nub expects my thumb to relaxation on the second row. Adjusting the panel helped me map it to my desire.
A Wi-fi Improve
The primary factor I wanted that my G600 didn’t have was a wi-fi choice. The Scimitar Elite Wi-fi has two connectivity choices; a slider on the underside can swap between Bluetooth or a 2.4-Ghz wi-fi dongle.
I have a tendency to make use of the wi-fi dongle related to my desktop, because it offers a sooner, extra secure connection for video games like Overwatch 2.
I exploit Bluetooth for connecting to my laptop computer, which makes swapping units as straightforward as flipping the change on the underside. Nevertheless, there are events after I may need the low latency of the wi-fi dongle even with my laptop computer, and Corsair has that coated as effectively.
