O-Sense
CONCLUSION
Whenever we receive a gaming peripheral one thing is clear to us and so we know very well that in order to “rank” it we must all spend as much time with it as possible. Sometimes we can’t really do that due to some review guidelines but for the most part we spend at least one full week with the sample at hand. With the Glaive we were lucky enough to have it for two full weeks on our desks and we have only good things to say about it. First of all the PMW3367 optical sensor is as fast and accurate as it was with the Scimitar Pro but this time over thanks to the slightly more ergonomic design of the Glaive it feels even better at higher speeds (although again 16k is a bit overkill and certainly not something we were able to use during our tests). Gliding is also excellent but for people with small hands the Glaive may feel a bit large and heavy so we do suggest at least checking out its shape from the front of the box just to be on the safe side. Providing gamers with 2 extra magnetic thumb grips is a nice move by Corsair although we did end up spending more time with the default grip. The three-zone dynamic RGB illumination of the Glaive could be slightly better but that’s not really a bad thing since at night without any lights turned on we didn’t get distracted by it. Now we would like to see a second DPI selection switch since having just one means spending slightly more time rotating through the 5 available presets (6 with the sniper function) but I guess we just can’t have it all.
Corsair launched the Glaive RGB Gaming Mouse on the 4th of May and it currently carries a price tag of USD59.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 79Euros inside the EU (Amazon.co.uk) which once again is a bit higher than it should here. That being said there aren’t that many gaming mice that can measure up to the Glaive RGB and we think that says everything about it. Sure it’s not the perfect gaming mouse but just like the Scimitar Pro it does get really close to that and that’s why it deserves our Golden Award.
PROS
- Build Quality
- Design
- Grip (3 Interchangeable Thumb Grips)
- PMW3367 Optical Sensor (16000 DPI / Excellent Tracking)
- OMRON Switches (Primary Buttons / 50 million clicks)
- 3 Zone RGB Illumination System
- CUE Software
CONS
- Single DPI Selection Button
- EU Price (For Some)
