SteelSeries Rival 100, Optical Gaming Mouse - Alchemy Gold

nice and comfortable

My friend has been looking for a new mouse for a while and I gave him this for christmas. He really enjoys using this mouse and is his new main.

After a year of use, I had to retire this thing. The back side button (M4) started getting finnicky (i.e. not staying held down when I tried holding the button down) after a few months of use. I thought this was maybe a fluke, but now my right mouse button is doing the same thing, and its unusable. I got this mouse because of its high IPS, which is an absolute must for competitive gaming. Unfortunately, it didnt seem to stand the test of time. Id go with an alternative.

I bought this as a gaming mouse. Wired. I am very happy with it, the top gets grimy very easily though. I end up scratching off what gets stuck on it. Over all though good mouse, very satisfied.

Love this mouse. I got it with the steelseries apex 350 keyboard as well and they work really well together. you can set the mouse and the keyboard to change between 4 different colors combos with the clock of a button. the mouse only displays one color at a time though. its really smooth to use as well and i can actually tell a difference in my speed when im working because its so smooth and precise. Im not a gamer so im not sure how well it does in games but if i had to guess its wonderful. The reviews i saw on youtube gave it pretty good reviews and has gaming demonstrations.

Replaced my rival 100 with this mouse after the left click broke. So far it has performed well and the steelseries engine works great. Has nice RGB Biggest concern is how it feels very similar to the rival 100 which did hold up well to hard mouse clicks but not much can withstand a raging 9 year old playing Overwatch or Fortnite.

I love it, and dont even mind the colored light. Glad Im back to wired and not using batteries anymore. I noticed the superior response (probably due to being wired) immediately. It never misses a movement, no matter how slight. Its hard to find an ambidextrous gaming mouse too. Far too many are asymmetrical favoring non-left handed people. The only issue I have had (and its minor) is that once in a while, if I take my hand off of it, the pointer on the screen eerily drifts even though the mouse is not being moved. This has not effected gameplay or actual work usage, though. Its only happened a handful of times, and only when my hand is off of it. The free app is great too. You can easily set the sensitivity, speed, and color. I like how it has an extra middle button right beneath the scroll wheel that you can set to toggle between two speed/sensitivity settings. ie: I have it set up for normal/fast and slow/precise. Ive never had a mouse that can do that, and I love it. Its great for some games, and also software like Photoshop, Zbrush, etc. I highly recommend this model. EDIT: After about a year, the scroll wheel is dying. Not cool. I likely hastened its demise by playing a lot of Path of Exile, where clicking the wheel down acts as the third attack option button. Still, though. Its a shame the scroll wheel wasnt built very well. I basically cannot scroll web pages, etc. easily anymore. I have to replace this mouse. I docked it from 5/5 to 3/5 because of this huge issue.

I was impatient at the time of the order, I was short on change so I couldn’t get the rival 310 instead. But this is a nice mouse and works amazingly and has customizable lighting as well! Would recommend

I got tired of using cheap mice with poor tracking in games. This mouse is simple with just a few buttons, but thats all I needed. The main draw here is the sensor, which is amazing. I didnt realize how poor my old mice tracked until I plugged this thing in. Its so smooth and consistent. I havent had a single issue with jumping/jerkiness, it just does exactly what I want when I want it. The steelseries software is actually really nice, allowing for customization of the LED color, mapping of buttons, and DPI settings. The DPI switch is a simple low-high setting which is fully customizable. This is perfect for my style where I have a standard setting and a sniper setting which is much lower DPI. Much better than clicking the button 5 times in a firefight to cycle through and get the correct DPI. I dont really use mouse macros but the software allows you to customize every single button on the mouse if you wanted to. Overall, its an awesome buy if you are looking for a simple mouse with a great sensor, especially considering the low price. Definitely would recommend.

This is by far the best mouse Ive used and I would strongly recommend this over any high tech, fancy, super expensive mouse. Its comfortable, lightweight, accurate, cheap, and most of all durable.