UtechSmart Venus Gaming Mouse RGB Wired, 16400 DPI High Precision Laser Programmable MMO Computer Gaming Mice [IGNs Recommendation]

I mean, simply put, its great! Side keys all work with very little effort. In WoW and RS3 they are registered as the NUM keys, which is fine. In fps, like CoD or Destiny, it has that odd LMB addition (tiny little button on the far left), that counts as 1-click, even if held. When using auto fire ... THINGS in game, this will fire ONE TIME - which is super cool for precision with an auto arm. This cannot be remapped, however, but no problem. Neat to have. It is super short throw, too, so popping off fast clicks is easy. Your automatic is now semi-auto, or back to auto, with just a tiny finger movement. Both operate without any setup, its like a physical mod. At about $60+ less than the razer MMO mouse, this is absolutely a great replacement. Feel is fairly similar. It is a BIT light, but I think anyone who uses razer would be fine with it. I like heavy mouses. It doesnt feel cheap, if that helps. Ergonomics are a little strange. Not bad by any stretch, just not the norm. Hugs the hand like TOO WELL, and that was weird to me, with giant hands. It is right-handed, obviously, because of the side buttons. It does have RGB software if you want to find it. They include it on a thin USB card, as well. If you dont use it, it will just cycle rainbow. You dont really need it otherwise, unless you just want absolutely insane DPI. You also have the choice for OFF, ON (with lights), and ON (without lights) on the bottom. It does only have single zone rgb, however. So its all or nothing. Great if you like a single static color. For 40 bucks, this is fine. Does charge with USB C, so if you already have a cable for a USB C wireless keyboard, two-birds one stone. Battery on standby absolutely lasted a month, with like a decent amount left. With active use, I charge it once every other week, but have yet to have it die on me. Maybe 10-15 hours of gaming a week. Responsiveness is comparable to any leading peripheral brand, noticed no difference. USB dongle is a BIT chonky, but not abnormally so, just maybe not as thin as it could be in 2021. And the mouse does have a storage holder for the dongle on the bottom. All around, great! I wasnt paid to write this, I just dont want people to pay 150 bucks for something that can be had at a fraction the price for minimal sacrifice in quality.

I have the wired version and love it. Im not a gamer though. The black speckled finish wore off with my old wired version so I hope this one is different. I had to scrub it off with a toothbrush. The wired one let you apply custom shortcuts to the DPI buttons which worked great for volume control, but the new software with this one doesnt let you change them. I couldnt get the old software to recognize the wireless version. You can connect to a 2nd machine by plugging in the USB-C charging cable. You just have to unplug the USB cable to reconnect to the machine with the wireless dongle

its a great mouse with really good software. I used the wired version for years until the middle mouse button gave out, so i was quite happy to see they had an updated wireless version. It was a breeze to set up my macros and hotkeys, I really like this new software. Old wired version got super buggy for me, but so far so good with this version. The best feature about the wireless version for me is the battery life. I got this mouse a month ago and the first and only time I charged it was the day I got it. Ill admit Im not using the lights on it, but still its absolutely amazing.

I originally bought this as a replacement for a near-identical Redragon mouse. The software is near identical as well, basically the same but with switched logos. I dont know if these are shell companies with a common owner, or what. However, in both cases, these were great mice that lasted me multiple years. Im here writing this review nearly 3 years after the fact, because I was checking if this product still existed. My mouse wheels button clicks, but isnt registering M3 inputs. Not the end of the world, since I have M3 on one of the side buttons, but annoying nonetheless. I think I may buy a replacement soon and send this one off to the secondary PC. Ive used this mouse for MMOs, Shooters, RTS games, web browsing, and everything else. When you really learn how to make good keybinding setups, its hard to go back to a normal mouse.

I moved to this mouse from a Razer Naga 2014. I must say that I prefer the Venus for a variety of reasons. I like the Venus so much, I sold my Naga to a buddy for $45. This review will compare and contrast the two, as I was unable to find a review that discussed a few things I had questions about. Weight: I prefer a heavy mouse. With that in mind, the Naga felt surprisingly light in my hands, almost to the point of being cheap. It weighs only slightly more than the Naga with no weights inside the carrier. Surface: The surface of the Naga was very nice. I actually liked it quite a bit, though I must say I find the surface of the Venus to have more grip. The slick looking portion on actually grips quite well when my hand starts to heat up. The surface of the Venus does need to be cleaned much more frequently, though. It is quite convenient, then, that is much easier to clean than the Naga surface. Overall Construction: The plastic the Venus is made out of seems to be a bit thicker, but just may be slightly less rigid (in a good way). In addition to this, I prefer the shape of the Venus. The Naga felt good when I would first rest my hand on it, yet my hand would ache after extended gaming sessions. I think the Nagas palm rest just didnt quite fit me right. Also of note: the Naga is a $80 that does not even possess event the smallest amount of on-board memory for storing default button mappings (more on this point later). Buttons: This is the primary reason for this style of mouse. The side buttons on the Naga win... by far. A quick click, with just the right resistance. Middle row just slightly raised at one end or the other, to feel where your thumb is on the pad. This is the best feature of the Naga. The Venus side buttons are not bad, just not as good. Pressing the Venus side buttons results in a slightly muted, but satisfying click that requires more force than the Naga. I do like that the Venus has a button just to the left of the primary mouse button, but the Naga has a tilting scroll wheel. Both put the forward/back buttons behind the mouse wheel. Software/Button Mapping: This is where the Nagas feature set is absolutely unacceptable for me. Razer Synapse 2.0 requires you to register to utilize any functionality. This includes button mapping and even local backup of profiles created. As the Naga is recognized by OS and treated as a mouse, with the side buttons registering as 1 through = on the top row, not installing the drivers might be an option. An issue arises, though, because the default mapping (without drivers installed) maps the mouse wheel tilt left/right to scroll up/down, respectively. This eliminates 2 buttons on the mouse when Razer software is not used. This is why on-board memory would be useful. Razer requires you to login to their driver software with your registered account to access your profiles if you wish to use your Naga on another computer. It should also be noted that you have to login to the driver software and be online to backup and restore profiles saved to the local computer. Seriously. On top of all of this, Razer has no plans for Linux drivers. Needless to say, I was disappointed to find that I paid more for limited functionality. The Venus has simple driver software that looks a bit outdated, but works. The Venus also has on-board memory, for 5 profiles. This is important to me, because I was able to install the driver software, configure my preferred button mapping, save this button mapping to the mouse, back up the mouse config to my HDD, and then uninstall the driver software and have my mouse function consistently, regardless of the operating system I boot into. A final note on Lighting. The Venus has more options for lighting than the Naga. The emblem lighting can be on/off/pulse while the Naga only allows off/pulse. I believe it is the same for the side buttons and headlights, but dont quote me on that. I sold the Naga months ago. Colors for the emblem, side buttons, and headlights can be selected from a pallet, with varying shades of luminosity on the Venus. Naga says no, you get green. I was able to match the green on my Razer Tournament Edition very closely. The lighting on the mouse wheel is not configured in this way. There are 5 presets, for the 5 profiles stored on the mouse. These are accessed via software, or a button on the bottom of the mouse. This makes for a strong, consistent indication of the profile one is working in. It should also be noted that any button can be configured for the profile button, if one wishes, not just the bottom one.

Im glad i went ahead and purchase this mouse. It does exactly what i desire it to do when i game as well browse and work well with my one handed keyboard. Things to note about this mouse that some reviews havent really gone to is the texture of the mouse. It like a soft bubbly feel like worn down sandpaper which is a bit uncomfortable but you will get use to it as well give you nice grip to the mouse. The side button, fire button and the dpi button are your everyday plastic texture feel as well the button are tilted inward so you can tell where your thumb is pressed against as well it press downward so no chance of jamming. One like to note is the dpi button lean abit toward the other dpi button when pressed instead of a downward motion (must be just my mouse) so keep in mind of accidentally placing something heavy on the dpi button to prevent jamming it. Lastly the scroll wheel isnt free moving instead it stop when you stop moving it but the there isnt no clicking just the feel of it stopping. Before i go into tips bare in mind that macros are a bit of gray zone when it comes to mmo and other online game aspects thing like automation macro (where you click a button and a sequence of skills happen or have a skill on loop) will get you banned. Only macro that are allowed is 1. Singular keybind of the side button so button 1 can be something like G for guild or have it as 9 that have a skill. 2. Quick cast or one step process where instead of shift + 1 or 1 + left click you can make a macro where it make the two step process one step process (only one skill is allowed per button) Tips: 1. You can change the keybinding of the fire button next to your leftclick to a different keybinding- examples being the copy command where you can just double left click a link to highlight it then press the button instead of ctrl + c or manual right clicking to browse copy. Another good keybinding is have on your fire button is your movement speed skill or a buff you usually use so it be a go to while you move. 2. You can turn off all dpi beside one on a profile - when you use your dpi button on one profile it stay the same color and only thing change is the red meter so what i do is i choose one of the dpi (1-5 choose 1 if you dont want the red meter and either 2-5 if you want to have a certain meter. 2-5. You can keybind one of your dpi button as changed profile - adding onto previous tip, you can have all 5 profiles have one button to change profile as well have their own unique dpi based on game or what your currently doing as well you dont have to turn your mouse over to change profile -note: at the moment i dont think you can disable profiles to only have a certain amount and also when you change profiles it 1,2,3,4,5 so you cant do profile 1 , profile 2 then back to 1 i tried. 3. Have your side button be skills on furthest keys - majority of players tend to use 1-6 and buttons around it as well ctrl, alt and shift to keep your hand on WASD or reach toward 0,-, = for things like mounts or potions. Instead of doing that keybind your side button to one of them to maintain your movement as well limit your hand leaving WASD or using your mouse left click to click it. 4. Mouse only WASD - Say your lazy or you need to eat or need to do homework. You can keybind 1 as WA, 2 as W 3 as WD, 4 as A 5 as S and 6 as D (and if you can also do S backmotion as well). It pretty helpful but can be abit overwhelming on a single hand but the option is there for your use. 5. Button are great for tank players - when it comes to weapons tanks have to swap weapons but usually they are 1h and offhand so you cant exactly place the weapon into your hotbar and expect quick change compare to 2h wielding players where they just click one button and easy swap as well good amount of mmos dont support having same keybinding for two they usually unbind the other. So instead have a side button have two pressed where it click a key that hold your shield and another that hold your sword making it a single presses. 5-5. Add more situationial weapon combo - you can be more creative and do stuff like have 4 kind of shield on 1-3, 4-6 , 7-9,10-12 then 3 1h weapon on (1,4,7,10) , (2,5,8,11),(3,6,9,12) so you can do singular swap or entirely different swap. (Note that 5 and 5-5 is in the gray zone and dont go all crazy on it in making a marco where you swap your entire armor set and skill set since it can be considered automation) 6. Side buttons are great for support/healers in 5 man party - there always three ways to target a party member. Left clicking your ally avatar, left clicking the party member interface or using F1-F5. Personally as a healer main i hate using F1-F5 (even though it very helpful) since there some keyboards where F is away from the main key so i cast or channel a spell then i click on a different button so i dont lack in my role and as well laptop having their sound and play button on it so it doesnt work so you have to keybind the party member button elsewhere or disable the feature. So what i love about this mouse is i can keybind the party member 1-5 to the side buttons without any form of delay in my healing output. (This also help me greatly in league of legend since you have to hold the key to keep your camara locked to your allies this help me place my redemption much more easier since the transition to ally camara is instant without the need to unlock my camera everytime to do so or using the map as well it allowed me to continue using my skills without having my hand covering the skills briefly as well it gave me the idea of what my ally see on their screen so i understand my position towards my ally. Lastly it great since you can place your shield, heal or buff more consistently when your allies are cluster together since the one you want to target is in the center of your screen)

Far better for gaming than your regular, generic, 2 clicker and wheel. The number buttons on the side are convenient, but also not. It takes time to get used to using this mouse, while not pressing those buttons on the side. Could be fixed by making them more ridged, or by removing 1 row, making room for your thumb to grip the edge of the mouse. That is my only real issue for now.

I was actually a little wary when I bought this mouse at first. This is coming from an experienced gamer who has used a Naga, M90, G600. Once I first used an MMO mouse I found that it was impossible to go back to a normal mouse. It really is light and day once you get used to it. Top Buttons I found the mouse to be one of the most usable MMO mice out there, my favorite methods so layout so far have been the G600 and M90 mice. They are both laid out in ways that is simple and easy to understand and prevent wrong ability usage. The Venus is very similar to the G600 but actually features some improvements to the design. For example instead of the stupid fire button on your very right finger which is somewhat annoying on the g600 they added a separate fire button next to the left click. The positioning of that button is quite good and easy to use. I find it best bound to voice communication for me, but it would work well as an interact button as well. They also made the top keys default to DPI and added DPI Leds which is a massive improvement over the g600 on those top keys. They are still rebindable if you would rather not use them for DPI, but DPI makes the most sense for them. Side Keys The side keys are very similar to the g600 in the staggered configuration. This makes it so that I never have to worry about finger placement or hitting the wrong key and makes building up muscle memory much quicker than with other mice. The keys are just about the right stiffness in my option, they feel like actual switches and have no mushiness to them, but they are probably a little stiff for some players who like the softer mushi keys. If I had to describe an actual feeling I would say close to monitor setting buttons. They have a good feedback to them, you know when you push them. The best improvement over the g600 is the ledge for a thumb rest though. I have to say that I really enjoy having that. Lighting The light is actually pretty interesting, I thought I was going to turn it off(I usually turn them off) but I actually enjoyed the colors and breathing aspect quite a bit more than I thought I would so it stays on for now, the ability to choose the color from pretty much any color was quite a nice touch. The mouse wheel changes color based on your current profile, This is probably my only complaint I wish I could set the mouse wheel color manually like I could the side and back lights. It is a nice tough though because it allows you to see your current gaming profile at just a glance. The profile is also quite easy to change with a button on the bottom meaning you do not have to waste a keybind for it or go into the settings. Software I was actually expecting some pretty bad software, that was actually my biggest complaint about the M90 MMO mouse, the software sucked and had no macro functionality. The macro system is pretty robust, you can pretty much do any timed keyboard or mouse macros you want. My only issue was there is no endless/toggle option, it has a repeat function but it ends after 255, but I have a keyboard I can macro if I need a longer macro or I can use AHK. The software in general has pretty much every function you could want and it actually laid out in a way that is simple and easy to understand and has a ton of options. Nothing was hard to find or confusing. One interesting option was the ability to delink the x and y dpi. So you could make the mouse move faster left to right and slower up and down (great for sniping in a game) I was actually impressed, I expected the software to be the weakest link of the mouse but actually found it to be one of the stronger points. Other thoughts The mouse has the standard aspects you would expect from a quality gaming mouse like a braided cord, good pads, it also features removable weights which I found to be quite nice. I was able to adjust the weight to suit me perfectly which is a feature overlooked in most mice. The laser is of top quality and actually seems to be better than many of the high end mice I have used. I tested it on a variety of surfaces and it never have me an issues. The biggest surprises actually was the spare set of teflon feet for the mouse. The feet are pretty good quality and I have had no issue with them at all. It was a nice gesture for them to add an extra set of feet for the mouse since it is the one thing you typically wear out on a mouse. The 18 month manufacturers warranty also goes above and beyond what most of the others offer and is a nice touch. For a new company that I had not really heard much about I was actually quite surprised with them. Overall this is one of the best gaming mice around and at the price it is an amazing deal.

This mouse is quite pleasantly sized. I use a kind of a broad claw grip and prefer it when the butt of the mouse rests in the palm of my hand, which this does comfortably while still leaving my fingers well positioned on the buttons. Its also remarkably comfortable, almost as if it was designed with my hand specifically in mind. Obviously your mileage may vary on this one but the at rest position for the third (ring) finger on my hand is well placed, with just the right bit of additional contour to aid in gripping the mouse when lifting it. In addition the descending curve of the side allows my pinky finger to rest against the mouse, partially touching, instead of awkwardly dangling in space as with so many mice, while at the same time allowing me to feel a bit of the pad below so I can judge distance precisely. I cannot over-emphasize how pleasant this is to hold an d use. The action on the scroll wheel is not too stiff nor so soft that I fear accidentally scrolling. The wheel is a straight two axis forward/backward with a distinct rest at each stop (no free spinning here) which is just as I like it. Since theres no tilt wheel theres no risk of accidental presses from the first and second fingers at rest or while scrolling, but the wide position of the buttons is such that this frame could accommodate a four axis scroll wheel without trouble. The action on button1 and button2 is unremarkable and adequate, quite average and nothing worth mentioning. There is an additional button to the left of button1 which is well positioned and is not at risk of accidental pressing, is easily found by touch, and easy to click at will. The DPI control buttons in the top center are raised and sufficiently stiff that there is essentially zero chance of accidental adjustment even during furious use. There are four DPI settings and LEDs clearly indicate which is chosen at any given moment. On the thumb side is a 12 button num bearing the digits 0-9 which act as num keys as well as minus on 11 and plus on 12. I had thought that having so many buttons on the side where the thumb rests would either make accidentally depressing them hard or deliberately pressing them hard, and in any case detract from the ability to grip, move, and lift the mouse but this turns out not to be the case. My thumb can rest such that I can with grip the forward edge of the button enclosure--and do so as firmly as I like--without any accidental clicks. Rocking the thumb back and working by feel makes it fairly easy to click most--but not all--of the keys. I find 1-3 and 7-9 to be easy, 10-12 to be awkward, and 4-6 to be somewhat difficult without accidentally also depressing buttons on adjacent rows. This is far better than I anticipated and leaves me with a gratifyingly large number of buttons available at a twitch. I am a bit disappointed not to find a more usual thumb button on the side forward from the num pad buttons. It seems that there is sufficient space for one and such a button would fit nicely with my grip style, where the num pad position does not. Its not an insurmountable problem to move my thumb back for clicks but forward would be far more compatible with my grip. I suspect the designers anticipate a grip where the thumb rests naturally in the middle of the num pad with the pad of the thumb on the 5 key; indeed, in this position clicking all of the buttons does become easier. Still, I am not about to adapt my style to fit a mouse! There are adjustable weights but honestly the difference between empty and filled is not very much. I prefer it with all weights added (because I like my mice heavy) but I fear that if you prefer a feather-weight mouse even with all removed you will not be satisfied. A toggle button on the bottom cycles through five different LED colors. I understand that each color also corresponds to a (configurable) macro set, and certainly each remembers it DPI setting independently. Unfortunately the control software for this mouse is not compatible with Linux and I have not found a working way to alter the mouse behavior on Linux. This is, for me, a deal breaker, because I cant control which key codes are emitted when I use the thumb buttons--and since they correspond by default to keyboard keys I in effect have only three extra buttons on this mouse despite the 16 it has by appearance. The right click button is button2, and the mouse wheel button3, both as usual, but the left click button and the extra button next it are both button1. Since all of the thumb buttons emit by default not button events but regular key events I am obliged to either redo my RPG keybinding layout to accommodate that or suffer redundancy. I could remap the thumb buttons in to hard-to-each keyboard keys that I dont use for anything now, but this is tedious and irritating. Still, this is not an issue on a platform supported by the manufacturer so Im only knocking off one star from the review rather than the 3 that this problem really deserves. For most people this will not at all be an issue. Because of the above problem I did not review the macro capability of them mouse, which is purportedly one of its main selling points. Even without that feature there is a lot to like here: inexpensive, nice and large, comfortable grip, nice action, good weight and feel. For non-gaming and light gaming use I have no problem using this mouse, but for serious gaming where more buttons means more power I cant personally consider it. If I figure out a convenient way to control macros from Linux, or if I find a good way even to remap the key events in to button events, I will report back here and raise the rating.

Great option! The feel of this mouse in the hand was super comfortable due to how it is molded. I have smaller hands with a fingertip grip and the width of the mouse feels larger in the hand too but again very comfortable. Hubby has large meatier mitts with a palm grip, and he says he likes it and feels great. Weight, button options, glide all so far so good. Great mouse for the $ and would recommend.