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

Ive had this for quite a while now, and I already know Im going to get another when the time comes. Used the original for a couple years, but the left click died on me one day. So I got a temporary generic one for a while which sucked and made go shop for a better one. Found a solid deal on Black Friday for a Logitech g502 Hero. I liked the functionality, but it was pretty small. The size and ergonomics of it were so bad that I couldnt play a FPShooter for even an hour without my entire hand spasming and cramping. So I looked around for Ol reliable, but discovered the new one is practically the same. So I went ahead and got the Rival 300. Immediately felt relief in my hand and my aim showed drastic improvement. The larger grip is exactly what I need, and now I know. I highly recommend for anyone who plays grip-intense games.

I got this mouse to replace a budget gaming mouse (Chinese brand) that I had been using for about a year. It was not a bad mouse, but I felt like treating myself to something nicer. This hit the sweet spot. Its got a great sensor, a very satisfying matte finish, very tactile buttons that rarely fire unintentionally, a nicely balanced scroll wheel, comfortable silicon side grips, and vivid RGB accents. The one con is the Steel Series Engine software for the mouse. Its not very intuitive and pretty buggy. Almost every time I have tried to change the colors Ive had to relaunch the software after it failed to register my changes. The good news is that once you get your preferred DPI, macros, and color patterns set, you should be good to go. It even saves your settings onboard, so if you close the software or switch computers the mouse will keep your DPI and color profiles set. However, in my experience, you do need to open the software for some macros. Ive set my mouse to control volume with the side triggers, which works with the software off. However, I also remapped the DPI button to open a program, which does not register with the software off. Not a huge deal, but worth noting if youre switching computers a lot or hate extra software. Ive seen several reviews that view the light, plastic construction of the mouse as a con. I want to emphasize that this is NOT a con. The mouse does feel quite light and hollow - intentionally so. Its great for general use, but its designed for e-sports and especially for first person shooters, where lighter is usually better. In this case, the weight of a mouse should not directly correspond with the dollar value of the mouse. There are plenty of cheap, heavy mice. Unlike a keyboard with an aluminum or steel back plate, there is no real benefit to a heavier, fortified mouse for gaming. Yes, the mouse is light and plastic - but this shouldnt be an issue if you dont throw it around and drop it. Even a metal mouse will break if you drop it more than a few times. Finally, Ive seen complaints that the glue has begun to leak from the side grips. This does seem to be a real phenomenon that occurs with some of these mice. However, I have used this mouse for 5-10 hours a day for work and gaming over the last two months and have not had this issue. Perhaps this is more of an issue for people with more acidic perspiration, which could also contribute to the deterioration of the matte finish some have noted. For me, this has not been an issue. I will update my review if either of these things begin to occur. Final verdict: I got this mouse on sale for $35! For that price, its unrivaled (get it?). At the MSRP of $59 its more of a toss-up. There are a lot of good offerings in that price range. However, if you want a relatively light gaming mouse with a great sensor and you dont want to pay for some of the really expensive niche options out there, this is a great option. I can highly recommend it.

My one complaint is that from what I understood you could set your mouse settings and then you no longer need the driver loaded. I tried that but when I tried unloading the mouse driver the Button Settings we no longer working. Maybe it saves other settings but not the mouse button setting. I have a hard time double clicking so I need one of the buttons set to a double click. First I thought the interface was difficult because you have to use a Macro to set it instead of just having several often used functions like with other mouse drivers and then you do seem to have to keep their HUGE driver loaded in order to keep your mouse setting. Or I just dont know how it works which isnt helpful either. The mouse fits my hand perfectly and it moves as easily as ice. If theres a secret to getting the mouse buttons saved so I dont need the driver Please Tell Me!

The mouse is great overall. It feels solid enough (not the same as the Logitech offerings though) and the sensor is great at tracking. The mouse sits low and with my hand size of 20.5x11 my fingers do drag on my mousepad at times. A word of warning the width of the back of the mouse is quite good for my hands but the front portion tapers quite a bit to around 55mm. I found this a bit to narrow for my taste but I can still aim and track well with it. I am still on the fence if it is comfy or not so I will keep it and use it for now and compare it with its bigger brother the rival 600 which has a totally different shape (also on the fence if comfy or not) but better width for me at 62mm. The clicks are something that I must congratulate Steelseries I would say they are nearly as good as the top end Logitech offerings and significantly better IMO than the hairtrigger like switches on Razer (really hate how sensitive and mushy the clicks feel on Razer). Overall I am happy with the mouse and would probably keep it in my arsenal to use for some work and gaming.

Okay so far the mouse has been excellent no problems what so ever with the mouse. Packaging is defiantly one of the best. - Good - The shape is overall pretty good. The LMB and RMB take a little more pressure than past mice Ive had but I like it. All other buttons are excellent. Plastic texture feels good but others think not. ( Its kinda sticky-ish / rough feeling ) Rubber side is overall good. - Bad - My ring finger and pinky feel weird because (opinion) the right side of the mouse come in too far and shour rather flair out not in. The texture and pattern of the rubber sides makes it slippery at times. - Other - Ive never seen this mentioned anywhere else but I feel like my mouse has a little bit of angle snapping on even though in the software its turned off. That may just be me imagining it but please let me know if you have anything on this.

Posting this review after using the new mouse for about a week. Unfortunately, my old Steelseries Kana was breaking down. Time for an upgrade. I bought my first Kana in late 2013. It was the best gaming mouse I ever held. The ambidextrous feel, the same buttons on both the thumb and pinky side. Not overly cluttered like those awful 12 button MMO mice. The left clicker stopped responding in December of 15. Lasted almost 2 years. I bought another Kana since they were still being sold. That is the one that this Sensei 310 is replacing. I can no longer get the Kana, but the Sensei 310 fits the job just as good, if not better. This one also adds 2 another button on both the thumb and pinky sides. No complaints. Until further notice Ill definitely recommend Steelseries over Logitech, Corsair and most importantly Razer. All my friends that use Razer mice report failures within a year to a year and a half of regular use.

The rival 310 is a great mouse. Ive had it for about 3 months now and its has been amazing. The sensor is great, shape is great, weight is balanced. The materials used are great, there is no rattle, but the scroll wheel can be improved. The left-click button is a little looser than the right, but its not noticeable when using the mouse. All around its almost perfect. The only thing the makes this a four star rather than five is the grips. The grips themselves are fine, they do pick up on a little bit of gunk but they still functional well. Recently though, the adhesive has started to wear off, from standard use. Its not anything that serious, nothing a little bit of super glue wont fix. I just wish SteelSeries didnt skimp out on a decent adhesive. Hopefully they use a better adhesive if we ever get an updated version.

This is my first left handed mouse. in the past, the only left handed mice i could find and like 12 buttons and were for hardcore gamers. I felt guilty ordering it, because my old mouse, although showing wear and tear, still worked. Boy am i glad I went for it. It is light, very precise, the software for it is actually good which I cannot say about R---r or L-----ch or any of the cheap CN knockoffs ive gotten. Right out of the box, the polling rate and DPI settings are exactly what I use, they know their gamer audience. The biggest surprise tho was the simple rubber-ish grip on both sides - I am more of a claw user and didnt realize how much energy I was putting into just moving my old slick plastic mouse. Not only is it more snappy and accurate to use, it is FAR less fatiguing! I am o glad I took a chance on SteelSeries!

For the first 2 and a half years, the mouse felt great to use. I appreciated the fact that it was ambidextrous meaning that it had extra buttons which I could use for macros and such. But unfortunately you might encounter a problem with the scroll wheel seeming jammed, but this did not happen until around the 3 year of use.

I have bought three of these and was gifted one because they glide across the mousepad, are very stable in the hand, and last about a year. which is decent for gaming mice especially with how hard I am on them. They all had a piece of the plastic break above the back right programmable button and they all had the grips fall off at around the 1 year mark, both of which can be superglued back in place. This was my GO TO mouse for about 4 years and I am genuinely sad to see such a good product go. This is less of a recommendation and more just appreciation for such a great product as I think this is one of the best computer mice Ive ever used.