SteelSeries Aerox 5 Wireless - Holey RGB Gaming Mouse - Ultra-lightweight Water Resistant Design - 9 Buttons – Bluetooth/2.4 GHz - 18K DPI TrueMove Air Optical Sensor

I am an avid player of First Person Shooter games (FPS) and as such I demand a low weight, high precision input device. The Aerox 5 fits the bill for me. I am coming from a pedigree of Basic Packard Bell (1990s) -> Microsoft Explorer -> Razer Deathadder -> G502 -> Glorious Model D Wireless -> Aerox 5.While I really enjoyed the Glorious Model D, I immediately missed the extra buttons from my G502. I adjusted to the reduction in mouse buttons by grabbing a foot pedal for PTT voice comms (similar pedal: https://amzn.to/3VwdEuD) which turned out to be an amazing upgrade.The Model D only lasted a few months before the scroll wheel malfunctioned. The wheel would randomly scroll causing me to weapon switch during intense left-click firefights. The right click mouse button also started sticking.So, looking for an upgrade, I stumbled upon the Aerox 5.The things that immediately drew me to the Aerox 5 were the 9 programmable buttons. I love that the mouse is an ultra light, weighing only slightly more than the Model D I was upgrading from. The mouse is pretty much perfect in every way, however there are a couple of annoying things I will point out here:1. The dongle is USB-C. I do not have a USB-C port in my PC, so I was running the dongle with a long USB-A -> USB-C connection... until I stumbled upon the direct plug adapter (2nd pic). You can get one of those here https://amzn.to/3GmkoH6. I wish they had included one with the mouse.2. The mouse profiles in the SteelSeries GG software don't reliably automatically switch. I have different profiles set up for each of my games with different button bindings and while the profile normally switches just fine, it's not 100% reliable. Easy to fix. I would recommend just having the 1 default profile and setting the extra mouse buttons to the NUMPAD keys and then change your key bindings in game accordingly. That way you don't have to mess with profile switching. That's how I'll be setting it up once I reformat and lose these profiles.3. There is no DPI indicator light on the mouse that I can tell.4. The battery life is not the greatest but more than adequate. It'll last 2 or 3 days before needing a charge. I normally just connect it back up when I'm done playing and never really notice it.All in all, a great mouse and I highly recommend it. If you found this review helpful, please consider using my link to purchase yours. https://amzn.to/3WQZg0U

Lightweight, works well wired and wireless.I mostly use it wired, so I don't notice the battery drain. It doesn't last too long wireless though. Maybe a day or two of being used. The wireless connection is very nice, and I don't notice any delay. It also doesn't disconnect on me while in use. The mouse comes with a usb-c to usb-a cable, usb-c wireless receiver, and a passthrough adapter for the receiver and cable. This is real nice for keeping the receiver close to the mouse in case you need to switch to wired for charging or switch back to wireless.The topmost side button works as two. Pushing up or pressing downward count as different buttons, and they can be configured in Steelseries GG. They are slightly awkward to use since it's a different motion than I'm used to, but the other side buttons work perfectly.The dpi button let's you switch between 5 pre-set options, but I changed these immediately in GG since they were too low or too high for my preferences.Overall it's a great mouse. Price is steep, but if you get it on sale, it is absolutely worth it. The biggest downside is using the GG software; however, I was already using it for Sonar and my keyboard, so I've learned to live with it.

I'm replacing my ASUS ROG Strix Impact III with a Steel Series Aerox 5. It's been almost one year since I bought it to replace my Corsair M55 RGB Pro. I broke the left mouse button entirely. I blamed that on a combination of Genshin Impact and Honkai:Star Rail.At the same time I bought the ASUS mouse, I bought a Steel Series Rival 3. Each was around US$30, which isn't much, especially for a gaming mouse. I've been using the Rival 3 on my M1 MacBook Air, even though the trackpad is excellent. I have a few games I play and the whole set of buttons makes playing much easier.A couple of weeks ago, Solo Leveling: Arise was updated and suddenly, it was taking me 3-5 clicks for a click to register. I noticed that there was a visible lag in movement. Using the Rival 3, I was still getting some of that, but not as much. I don't expect anything like that to change because of the Aerox 5. I'm not sure what the developers are doing, but maybe they haven't had enough sleep.Being able to see inside the shell of the mouse is interesting. I don't know that I needed something this fancy, but it was US$20 off and I hoped that it would be more durable. However, I'm not likely to ever buy a mouse for over US$100.After a few weeks, I'm happy with the Aerox 5. It's rather big but comfortable. I don't care for the lights, so I turned that off. With a little boost in the tracking speed, the CPI is now 1200, which is just enough. The Steelseries GG application is much more stable than the software from ASUS or Corsair. The mouse will work equally well on my Mac since they're good enough to support both platforms.