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Add to SafariWhen comparing Roccat Kone Pure Optical vs Steelseries Sensei, the Slant community recommends Roccat Kone Pure Optical for most people. In the question“What is the best gaming mouse?” Roccat Kone Pure Optical is ranked 22nd while Steelseries Sensei is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose Roccat Kone Pure Optical is:
This mouse is great for every grip style. The right side lets you palm or fingertip grip the mouse regardless of your hand size.
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Pros
Pro Amazing shape
This mouse is great for every grip style. The right side lets you palm or fingertip grip the mouse regardless of your hand size.
Pro Full Linux support
Roccat releases official drivers for Linux for most (if not all) of their products and the Kone Pure Optical is not an exception.
Pro No angle snapping or pointer prediction
With the Avago ADNS-3090 optical sensor being used there is no angle snapping or pointer prediction to be found.
Pro All the buttons are very well-built
The buttons are very well-built and feel great when pressed. There is almost no travel to any of them and they are quite light.
Pro Good build quality
The Kone Pure Optical has great build quality. The materials with which this mouse is built feel very nice, there's no squeakyness when pressing the buttons and the cable is pretty good as well.
Pro Customizable
There are many settings including acceleration, polling rate, and others that can be changed from software or the built-in LCD. You can customize the 7 buttons to do whatever you like.
Pro CPI switching
You can change between 2 different DPI settings via a convenient button located below the scroll wheel.
Pro Ambidextrous
Both right-handed and left-handed people can use the mouse.
Cons
Con Not an ideal mouse for large hands
The Kone Pure Optical is quite a rather small mouse, suitable for people with small and medium-sized hands. Someone with larger-than-average hands will most likely be very uncomfortable using this mouse.
Con High lift off distance
The Roccat Kone Pure Optical has a higher than average lift off distance of 3mm, though it can be lowered in software (Advanced Settings tab) or with the tape trick.
Con Bad driver software
The driver software is buggy and crashes often.
Con Somewhat poor grip
The material the mouse is made up of can be slick especially when using with sweaty hands, something that often happens with prolonged use.
