When comparing ROCCAT Kone Air vs SteelSeries Rival 300, the Slant community recommends SteelSeries Rival 300 for most people. In the question“What are the best gaming mice for large hands?” SteelSeries Rival 300 is ranked 2nd while ROCCAT Kone Air is ranked 8th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Suitable for bigger hands
Pro Battery life
Up to 400 hours with one AA battery, 800 hours with two AA batteries.
Pro Shift button
Doubles the number of button functions to 17.
Pro 2.4GHz or Bluetooth
Can be used with 2.4GHz wireless dongle, or Bluetooth 5.1.
Pro Great for those with large hands and using claw grip
Pro Comfortable to handle
This mouse is very well balanced in weight, size and ergonomics making for a mouse that is easy and comfortable to handle.
Pro Great value for money
At $39 the Rival gaming mouse has a great balance between build quality and value for money.
Pro Highly accurate
The Steelseries Rival gaming mouse has a built in Pixart PMW3310 optical sensor that offers great tracking control. There's no angle-snapping, hardware acceleration, or jitter.
Pro Great accompanying software suite
Steelseries uses a software suite called Engine 3 that is low resource and used to customize their gaming mouse options.
Cons
Con Not extremely ergonomic
Not entirely fit for claw grips with small hands, and gets uncomfortable after a while.
Con Rubber grips get worn out very quickly
Con Rubber grips get slippery with sweaty hands
When using the mouse for long duration's the sweat from the users hands can make the rubber side grips slippery.