SteelSeries Sensei 310 Gaming Mouse - 12,000 CPI TrueMove3 Optical Sensor - Ambidextrous Design - Split-Trigger Buttons - RGB Lighting, Black

EDIT: For anyone having issues with double-clicking, try using the steelseries engine software and changing the click from play once to play N times, set N to 1, and set the pause time in ms to 1-5 depending on how bad your double-click is. The mouse itself is generally great, I bought it as a replacement for my 3 year old Rival 300 (which still works great besides the scroll-wheel double scrolling). Ive loved using it since it felt the same and worked well for the games I play (Halo, Apex Legends, League Of Legends, etc). However just a month or so after my warranty has run out the mouse has begun to double right-click, meaning if I rightclick the mouse tends to rightclick again and either cancel what Im doing (in a game aiming down sights or moving in MOBAS) or forcing me to do something I dont want to. The general fixes of using compressed air to clean it and clicking for 30 seconds have not fixed it and with a google search this issue is quite common amongst users. With prime you can get the mouse for just over 40, but I would be lying if I said that was a good price given how quickly this mouse fell apart. If you truly feel a need for this mouse let it go on a big discount or risk it falling apart quicker than its competitors.

I purchased the Sensei-310 to replace my previous mouse that started to die, and found that this was the closest in ergonomics and shape to my old mouse in my price range. I have found it to be pretty great with only one caveat, which Ill explain later. Upon receiving the package, I was very impressed with the unboxing experience, with an attractive, thick box and nice open-cell foam holding the mouse in place. I plugged the mouse in and the drivers were automatically installed, as well as the SteelSeries Engine 3 software. After tweaking in the software to bring the DPI settings to where I wanted them, I tested it out in a couple of games of CS:GO. The movements were incredibly smooth and precise, which I greatly appreciated. In its couple of weeks of use, I have been very impressed with the build quality and feel of the mouse. The only issues I found were that the matte-finish tends to attract and oils on the skin, but it isnt as bad as on some mice, and that the software has given me a few issues. Occasionally during a gaming session the mouse will revert from my RGB settings to the stock rainbow flash, which was a bit annoying. Otherwise, the software has given me no issues, and is very intuitive. Its mainly for this that I dont give the mouse a full five stars. Nevertheless, I would highly recommend this mouse to anyone who likes a flatter mouse style, and wants to play any games competitively.

This review is aimed at PC Gamers. If you are a casual PC user then most of this will not apply to you. Too many people wrongfully think mouse reviews made by someone with a different size hand and/or grip style will translate into a mouse that will work for them as well. The fact is it usually does not work that way unless you have detailed info on the reviewers grip style and hand size just for starters! Then if your hand size and grip style dont match the reviewers then you might as well go play roulette because your odds of winning it big are about the same. So with that said I have large hands though that is due to my palm size and not my finger length. I use a combination of a claw and fingertip grip. My thumb, ring finger , pinky and my palm area just above my wrist ALL MUST rest on the mousing surface. Because my thumb always rests on the table/mouse-pad that also dictates the thumb buttons placement reference where my thumb sits on the mouse. It also means that mice with a thumb rest (ie. proteus core) are out as well. I have enough hours spent playing games and in general computing that I can say definitively that if a mouse does not accommodate those characteristics then I WILL not use it, period. So with that out of the way the SteelSeries Rival 310 checks all of my boxes! It does not mean it will work for you! However if you have several similarities to my style of grip them it just might! As for build quality etc, well I have about 18 months of use out of mine at the moment which equals almost any mouse I have used in the past before something breaking. People complain about the rubber coating breaking down around the thumb button area where your thumb rests. Yes that does happen and unless they have improved it in the last 18 months it WILL happen to you as well. Because the mouse works so well for me I have decided to live with it, your mileage may vary! My final thoughts on this mouse is that I like it enough I have purchased (on sale of course) 3 of them for backups! Why buy backups you might say? Well nothing lasts forever and companies do not always continue to make products because you personally like them. Also companies have a tendency to make improvements to their products which may or may not actually work for you. I have had both things happen several times so that is my reason for backups. For those of you that actually read all of this and may write your own review in the future regarding mice please do the following. At the minimum explain your grip style and hand size. To those of us who play PC games A LOT that means so much more than ohh those led lights look so cool in the dark garbage.

For all the features mice have these days, picking the right shape is still paramount. My grip is primarily a fingertip grip, but I like to rest the bridge of my knuckles on the body. The Rival is perfect for this style. The 310 appears a bit cheap, but the plastic is porous, resisting finger grime, and the rubber sides ensure a firm grip in all circumstances. There are lighter mice on the market, but the Rival is the right weight for me. Lighter mice led to fatigue over time due to the fine motor skill required for small movements. Click weight is good and the side buttons are big, making them difficult to miss, though I wish the center-mouse-wheel click required more force to actuate. I adjusted but, as is, it requires barely more than the weight of a finger to press. I was impressed by the SteelSeries software as it prompted me to disable mouse acceleration in Windows. The software allows you to adjust the two sensitivity (CPI) set-points, button mapping, acceleration/deceleration, angle snapping, and polling rate before saving it to the mouse. Frankly, its more than I need, but it allowed me to dial in my sensitivity precisely and experiment with the mouse acceleration. Though the linear 1:1 tracking felt great, I found mouse acceleration was required for me to get from edge to edge of my 21:9 ultrawide without lifting the mouse.

I love this mouse. The shape is very ergonomically friendly and comfortable. The RGB works well and can even be saved on the mouse. This means you can uninstall the software after finding your optimal settings and it will still retain them. This is a rarity these days. I was using a logitech g502 but I tired of the shape and weight of it. It was too heavy and the left click additional buttons were quite easy to press accidentally. I decided to go back to a mouse with only the two side buttons and I made a good choice on the mouse. Now, lets talk about the sensor. This sensor makes it feel like you are in direct control of the movement. It truly is as close to 1:1 as you can get. The logitech sensor is very good but it has nothing on this one. If you are using a 100+ hz monitor, it is very apparent how accurate this mouse truly is. I cant comment on the durability. I have only owned the mouse roughly a month but I feel that it is built very solid and will last for years to come. I highly recommend this mouse for gaming and even productivity use.

I went through 2 Logitech gaming mice in only 4 years. Each had the double-click problem. They Logitech mice were: 1) Logitech G Pro Gaming FPS Mouse. ** Lasted about 10 months 2) Logitech G303 Daedalus Apex Performance Edition Gaming Mouse. ** Lasted little over 2 years. With that track record for Logitech and a very respected recommendation to try Steel Series mice. I went for a switch in brand after a decade of Logitech. Ive only had this for day two but it is right away a very nice mouse. Complete customization of DPI. Feel is perfect for fingertip grip and perfect size, shape and weight for me. Very smooth tracking and just plain silky smooth to use. Good programmable options. Look, feel and finish is impressive at this price range. Ive had more expensive mice that I didnt like as much. However, I have not yet played games with it, and its only a couple days old. So, time will tell and Ill update this review accordingly to report on any reliability issues. So far, Excellent.

The quality isnt the issue. Thats great without question. The only gripe is the right side of the mouse has an uncomfortable place for your fingers to lay. For me at least it forces my two fingers on that side to be half on half off the mouse.

I really want to love this mouse, but I cant. It is pretty ergonomic and all the extra programmable buttons are solid, but the scroll wheel, oh the scroll wheel is atrocious. After I replaced it thinking it was defective the new mouse had the same annoyances. The tactility between each scroll is a bit too much, but the real problem is that it is unpredictable. Scrolling down isnt too bad but scrolling up is AWFUL. When you scroll up it doesnt always stop and rest before each notch, instead it gets stuck in between notches. Say you are scrolling real fast up the page, when you get to the top and let go of the scroll wheel it sometimes gets stuck in the middle and it is extremely unsatisfying and you always feel the need to scroll farther than you need to so it wont rest there. I find myself constantly resorting to other methods of scrolling. Middle click, page up, page down, and arrow keys. It wouldnt be nearly as bad if it happened when every time, but it is completely random when it happens. I dont recommend it if this would bother you.

Did my research going into this purchase, and its a good mouse. I really have no complaints on it. Ive seen reviews where they pick at this thing here and there, I think theyre just nitpicking. The build quality is solid to me. Tracking is smooth, the clicks feel good. The mouse wheel is smooth, and I enjoy the rubber sides. The only thing functionally I dont like is its hard to know which CPI mode you are in. Even the software doesnt make it obvious right away. There should honestly be a setting on the software to display a color or pattern based on the CPI mode youre in. Its not 5 stars because its awkward in shape for me. I dont know if thats because my hand isnt the right size. Its the same size as my previous mouse though, but yet, my grip is awkward on it. Its the way they designed the bump (by the side buttons) and even how it tails off towards the back. I could get use to it, but the mouse 3 (first side button) would result in clicking both mouse 3 & 4. You could say its the way the side mouse buttons are positioned too. Another reviewer on here mentions the awkward bump or hump, as well as rocketjumpninja (YouTuber who reviews a bunch of gaming mouses). The bump isnt necessarily uncomfortable, its something I could get use to. But clicking mouse 3 100.00% reliably without hitting mouse 4 seems hard to do, making mouse 3 kind of unusable for me as a reliable button for performing in games. Also, compared to my other mouse, I just hold it without thinking about it. Even sloppily and I could just hop in to browse or play a game and its all the same to me. This one leans me towards adjusting my grip, could be because its a new shape to me, could be because I want to reach that mouse 3 reliably. I dont know. For reference, Im right handed (this mouse isnt ambidextrous) hand is medium, slightly leaning towards large, and I have a claw grip. Also another reviewer mentioned the bump seems easier on their hand if using the mouse for extended period of time. I could see that, I dont think it would relieve tension there or anything, but I could see it being more comfortable resting against it over time than a neutral shaped mouse (or one with a less exaggerated bump).

Side grip is starting to fall off about about 1.5 years of use. This mouse performs completely fine, but the grip needs to be glued on better.