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

The price-point ($46) was perfect based on how I intend to use it. The main reason I bought this mouse is to increase my speed and productivity within Photoshop and Premiere Pro while having the option to work wirelessly. Everything works as advertised, so it will accomplish my goal. On gaming: my opinion is that a mouse with 12 side buttons is overkill for League of Legends, the game I play all the time, so I will keep using my expensive Corsair mouse to play that; but all those buttons will definitely come in handy for WoW, the game I sometimes come back to. My bf got the slightly cheaper wired version and doesnt have any complaints so far at all. We both agree that our mice are 100% physically identical in every single way besides the wired/wireless connection area. The mouses surface has a nice matte finish thats really pleasing to the touch. Both versions of this mouse have the same matte finish as depicted in the wireless versions pictures despite what the wired versions pictures led us to believe (this was a welcome surprise because they feel really good). The packaging included replacement slide-pads for when the mouse loses its glide over the years. It has a nice weight to it (its on the lighter side), and all of the buttons click nicely. My fingers rest inside the curves very well, so huge props for that. It definitely feels like a good, sturdy mouse. Im sure it will be worth the money. With the 4-year warranty ($9), I expect to send it in maybe once or twice to fix some normal wear and tear issues that might start to occur over time. It is a wireless mouse, after all. Its bound to fall and be dropped more than Id like it to. The software is decent. I couldnt expect the quality of Corsair, Logitech, Razer or the likes when trying a product from UTechSmart, which I had never previously heard of, for the first time. The software came on a thick little business-card-sized rectangle that has a little tab on the side labeled Press Here which (after some difficulty) snaps out of the card and swivels around to expose a small stick that youre supposed to put inside a USB slot in your computer. Both of our mouse boxes included a single one of these USB sticks each, and the sticks sent each of us to different download links for the software that controls our mice. My computer automatically took me to DropBox and my boyfriends computer automatically took her to Google Drive, where we downloaded different software than each other (maybe theyre different versions of the same software?). Her software looks similar, yet more visually advanced/more updated than mine; however, each of our programs control our mice just fine and are not viruses. The *only* issue we faced across both of our mice is that my software doesnt change my RGB light colors or patterns at all, but Im okay with that. Its a good looking mouse with the RGB off (theres a setting on the bottom of the mouse), the cool red lights next to the scroll wheel that signify which DPI setting its set to stay on even with the RGB off, and, most importantly, itll save battery to have the unnecessary lights turned off when unplugged anyways. I havent tried plugging my boyfriends USB stick into my computer and testing out his software on my mouse, but I assume it would work seeing as our mice are basically indistinguishable. I dont mind the simpler looking software anyways. All in all, it serves its purpose as a mid-price wireless gaming mouse very well. 5 stars. Will update if any problems arise quicker than expected. If I dont update this review, assume all has gone well. :)

Im giving this a 5 star review but really its at maybe 4.5 only because the driver installation made me nervous. When you open the packaging and finally manage to open the USB (it flips out by the way, doesnt pull out but I do love the card shape and having it hold the drive software), it links to a google drive where you can download the software. My antivirus software flagged it as potential malware. A company like this could at a minimum make sure there certifications are verified so that anti-virus software doesnt flag it. I installed anyway and so far everything works great. The mouse can be super sensitive (as intended) so I personally like the sensitivity to be at 2 out of 4 bars. I like that you can control the sensitivity with a button on the mouse. All the buttons are easily programmable and the software (once installed) is easy to use. I like that you can change the light color and so far everything works well and feels really durable. Its a great mouse at a great price point. Just fix the certificate on the software please. downloading from a google drive form already feels sketchy and then having my antivirus flag it made me very uneasy.

I have been very surprised by the performance of this mouse. This replaced a razer naga which had the notorious liftoff issue that i finally got tired of. My only gripe is the center line of the num pad could be a little more pronounced. Otherwise, for 30 bucks it has surpassed my expectations.

This mouse exceded my expectations. The side buttons are stiff enough that even with my claw grip I dont accidentally press them. The side buttons work great in game for 1-= buttons. No more taking fingers off the wsad keys. The mouse is also wide enough so that my hand doesnt cramp during long sessions. The controller app was easy to install with the provided USB card( very cool by the way, I showed my friends). The app is easy to use and straight forward. I recommend this mouse.

Mouse is absolutely amazing for the price, easily beats out R.A.T. brand mice or other over priced abominations. People here say the buttons are hard to press, that is far from true. They give you just barely enough resistance to confirm with your finger that it was press, easy to use. Has rapid fire button, which can be easily configured to do anything else. You can make macros on the software you get with your package, so you have absolute freedom to control your world with this mouse. The card itself is actually a USB drive, so you can have a fancy little software with you for any computer. Lighting is fantastic, although I wish it supported hex coding. You have multiple lighting modes and colors to choose from, so dont worry about that whatsoever. Goes well with any set. Battery life is as describes, long and heavy use for three days straight (more if you happen to have a life or sleep like some kind of healthy human.) Some people here complain it dies too quickly, they most likely forget to charge it. This is not civilian battery operated mouse, so it will not last weeks with power, it already tells you this. You can use the mouse either with or without a wire, although most likely you dont want to be wired so make sure you charge it when not in use, otherwise that is your fault and not the products. DPI is customizable! Rarely any mice let you control this amazing feature, and the mouse lets you have multiple profiles (modes of saved settings.) Being able to control your DPI directly means you can achieve the perfect mouse speed for yourself, make it easy to snipe that Heavy across the map giving sandwiches to a Spy before he can come out and backstab you in 2Fort for the seventh time. (Team Fortress 2 on Steam, the game is also free) The mouse is very comfortable to grip, leaves my hand feeling well rested even in heavy use. The design is to prevent slip, something that means it gets an odd texture on top to prevent your fingers from slipping off if you swear or so on. On top of this, the mouse is also nicely designed to have enough of its own weight to prevent slipping on the mousepad The accuracy of the scanner is competitive level t technology, the only person that can use great tech for good is you. Destroy the battlefield at the same rate and pace as the best gamers in the world. (Skill not included, please play good with mouse to use it for the absolute best of its ability.) If my review did not cover everything you need to know about this mouse then Im sorry but you probably cant read. Just kidding, I will provide any answers needed for this product, this is a mouse I stand firmly with. Do not spend money in anything else, it will be a disappointment, even if you dont want to use this for MMO.

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.

This is a comparison of the Razer Naga Chroma/Trinity and the UtechSmart Venus from a long time Naga user and someone with very small hands (7” from wrist to end of middle finger and 3” wide palm). Due to a lemon naga mouse and the cost differential I decided to abandon my decade long use of the razer naga and try Utechsmart’s venus. Mouse and software loaded easy. Software seems less bloaty than razer synapse. In all easy to figure and set up. Would be made sweeter if I could have imported naga settings and macros but that was probably too much to hope for. I love the mouse weight and the fact I can adjust the weight and the glide (points for Venus). For my hands, I feel like the Venus is too much mouse. I kept going back and forth and the main reason the Venus felt clunkier/larger (very little actual difference in size) is the slope of the left/right mouse click buttons forces your fingers to very specific locations where as the naga allows you to shift them side to side plus has a slightly narrower mouse wheel. The result of this design is my index finger and middle finger sit 5/8ths of an inch apart on the Venus and only 3/8ths of an inch apart on the naga. This feels awkward but could also be a factor of 10yrs of Naga use. The real issue in the right/left mouse buttons in my fingers fall about 1/2” short of the end on both the Naga and the Venus. However, on the naga the click of those buttons is roughly the same if you are at the end of the mouse or halfway up. On the Venus the click is notably firmer/longer 1/2” from the edge than on the edge. Points for naga on this (smaller hand) ergonomics. Next the side 12 buttons. I use these extensively every button is bound and most have a shift and an alt modifier. The actual 12 buttons seem nicely designed, where I prefer the naga’s less tilted buttons with increasing size as you go up I assume this is from long term use and with adjustment/practice I shouldn’t have any issue with the Venus. So, I’ll call this a push. However, on both the Naga and Venus I am forced to canter my hand slightly in order for my thumb to reach the 1 button and this is how my hand sits. The forced index finger and middle finger contours/buttons on the Venus makes this feel more awkward (and/or 10 yrs of comfort with the naga). On the Venus my middle finger crosses over the dpi down button (but not in such a way as to accidently click it). All that adds to the clunky feel and further spreads my index and middle finger which makes me feel less control in those fingers (though practice might overcome this). However, the real issue is the design of the palm rest on the Venus. The palm support peaks over the 9 key and then drops all the way to the mouse pad, leaving only the palm area under my little finger doing most of the mouse control --my palm barely makes contact with the lighted symbol. The naga palm area stays elevated to the 12 button and then only drops to 1/2” from the ground rather than all the way. It is a much gentler drop with more contact space allowing my entire palm to connect (even cantered to reach buttons) and thus providing far more control. An optional/changeable plate to offer different palm connection would go a long way to improving this mouse for small hands. Bottom line: Price (Venus); Software (Venus); Weight/movement (Venus); small hand button/mouse ergonomics (Naga)

I recently purchased the Venus Pro as an alternative to the Logitech G600, which Ive used exclusively for the past 5 years. The reason for my switch was because of the G600 - one of my mouses microswitch was worn out after 5 years, so I purchased a new one. The new one ended up having problems with the side buttons where they activated automatically, so I returned it. In the mean time, I used a spare that I had, which was probably around 4 years old and barely had any use on it but somehow also had its microswitch worn out (this was not a PC issue since the problem occurred on both my desktop and laptop). This made me think that the G600 had some planned obsolescence to it and made me look for an alternative. So here I am today with a new mouse. I purchased this one because of the side buttons, which are very similar to the G600 and I will be comparing some features between the Venus Pro and the G600 because I feel that is probably what people are looking for. Note that some of the cons are simply comparisons between the Venus and the G600 - not that it is necessarily a bad thing Venus: Exteriors Pros - It just feels nice; there is somewhat of a grainy texture on the left and right mouse button that gives some friction. Personally, I like it and think it would feel good during heavy gaming sessions where your fingers are sweating a little bit. - The RGB is fully customizeable through their program (same as G600). There is the option to turn on the mouse without RGB lights to save battery power. - There is the option to go wireless! I cannot confirm how long the battery life is, but from other reviewers it seems like about 3 days of heavy use. - Length of the cord is decently long but is about a full mouse length shorter than the G600. - Comes with a nice bag for travel purposes - Weight is good, similar to G600. Exterior Cons - The side buttons dont feel as nice as the G600. The venus has smoother side buttons with less distinct ridges, especially with 10-12. I do think this is a big issue since the side buttons are very important in an MMO, especially if youre playing competitively. Pressing the Venus side buttons is also a little more stiff. - BIG CON: the Venus has a little hole to attach the wireless USB dongle. However, when putting that dongle into the mouse, it elevates the mouse and thus causes the laser to malfunction preventing smooth movement or even movement of the mouse entirely. I dont know why they made it this way. If I wanted to play with a wired mouse or play while charging the mouse, then Id still have to keep the dongle in my USB port or risk losing it somewhere. - They came with sticker padding to put on the under side of the mouse, but using those stickers produces the same problem as the one listed above. Are they supposed to be back up for if the original padding gets destroyed? I guess its not so much a con as it is a ???. Functionality Pros - There are 13 fully customizeable buttons, 16 if you include the right, left, and middle mouse button. I think for the average user, this should be more than enough, but more details are below in the cons - You can create macros in their program (same as G600 program) - You can adjust 5 levels of DPI, which can be adjusted on the fly using the arrow buttons on the mouse right underneath the scroll wheel. You can also adjust the mouse sensitivity, scrolling speed, an double-click speed in their program Functionality Cons - As I mentioned before, the average user should have no problem utilizing 13 extra buttons on a mouse - most do not need any more. I personally like having more and have used them in MMOs like World of Warcraft. The G600 offers a g-shift button, which is a click and hold feature to the right of its right mouse button that, when held down, changes the whole key settings/bindings, thus allowing buttons 1-12 (+7 of its own) buttons to be bound to other commands. As I mentioned, this probably isnt a big deal to the average MMO user. - A functionality issue that I particularly dislike though is that the DPI buttons cannot be assigned to something else. On my G600, I have those assigned and use them often as I dont need to change my DPI for anything. - The G600 offers a way to tilt the mouse scroll wheel to the left or right with the default command being back and forward, which I use frequently. The venus does not offer this ability with its scroll wheel, although it can be assigned to one of its 12 side buttons. - The UI of the venus program is not nearly as nice as compared to the Logitech Gaming Software. But to be fair, I believe LGS was supposedly shifted over in favor of some new program called Logitech Hub or something of the sort? I used it once and hated it and went back to LGS. Overall I think for the price and for the average user, it is and can be a great mouse. The comparable mouse on the market would be the G600, which at full price is a little more than 150% the cost of this mouse at full price (G600 $79.99 vs Venus $49.99), however most of the time Ive found the G600 to be on sale with my cheapest purchase at around $23 and average at $49. Due to my recent frustrations with the G600 in the microswitches and side button malfunction, Im wary to recommend that mouse now. But time will tell with the Venus in terms of its quality compared to the G600. Ive purchased another G600 for my main desktop since the lack in buttons for my MMOs on the Venus just wont cut it and Ive relegated the Venus for my laptop use.

I have been playing and using this mouse for about a week now and honestly overall I love this mouse. To begin right out of the box my hand immediately got used to the placement of each finger and it was no problem adjusting from a normal mouse to this one. Each button works perfectly and are all re-programmable with the exception of the profile switch on the bottom of the mouse. However the buttons on the top give a pleasing clicky sound that allows me to ensure I hit the button while the buttons on the side are more squishy and less loud making it a bit harder to make sure I hit the button. It is however a very minor detail and I dont mind much. Secondly the mouse aesthetically is very pleasing, it looks complex but has a very clean and appealing look to it and I am talking about without having the glowing lights on. When the lights turn on they have a very appealing and nice touch to the mouse, they arent overly bright making the mouse look gawdy or harsh to the eye at all and even if they are there is an option to change the lighting in the software but I will get to that later. My only real complain about that mouses lights is the red lights that represent the current mouse DPI you are using. They are always red, it would have been nice if they would also change color based off of the profile like the lights on the mouse wheel and the front. Once again it isnt a deal breaker but it is a small detail that I dislike. Third the customization of the mouse varies. In the way of light choices it is a lot like any other mouse, the mouse has one light option for the buttons on the side and the logo per profile you can set up. There are 5 profiles one with a set color of the mouse wheel and the front: Pink, Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow. The buttons on the side and the logo however can be setup with any color to your liking. While this is great and all I really do wish that you could choose the profile lighting of the mouse wheel and the front lighting rather than them just being stuck with the default colors. I would like to be able to make all the profiles blue or perhaps even red as the color on the wheel and the front. I can understand they did this in order to make it easy to differentiate between the profiles but I would sure like it more if I could change that. My second complaint is an option that most mouses like this come with and that is a rainbow effect, where the colors of the buttons on the side and the logo change overtime making the mouse almost like a rainbow. These two complaints are probably two of my biggest problems with the mouse however I strongly believe that with an update to the software they could both be included and fixed with ease. Moving onto the button customization the buttons are fully customizable, you can choose from using simple actions such as copying and pasting to more complex things such as making button combinations like Ctrl+H to view browsing history to writing out long text speeches or button combinations in game with the macro manager. Moving onto the final guide, the software. I personally found the software was nice and easy to use. It was easy to set up different settings for profiles such as ones for gaming and ones for normal everyday use. The mouse allows you to change the DPI per each DPI Profile (There are 4 DPI profiles) and a lot of other things such as polling rate and double clicking speed. My one complaint for the software is that the Macro Manager is in the Macro Actions when it should be a seperate tab on the main menu. Other than that I found the software was quite simple and had no problem working it without having to read the manual. In conclusion I really enjoy using this mouse, it is quite customizable and overall a good mouse for gamers and people who are under a workload where they need to perform actions quickly. I overall love it and would recommend it to anyone looking for a customizable and easy to use mouse.

The mouse is on the larger size to accommodate the num pad on the side, but it feels great in the hand. The num pad can at first be a little hard to use without looking, but the different sizes and slants of the keys help you quickly catch on. Ive been using this mouse for the last 5 days and I only charged it once when I got it and its only 50% down as of now. After about 30 seconds with no use, the lights turn off and the mouse appears to enter a low power mode as it doesn’t lose charge when left on overnight. Sadly the only way to check the power level is through the software, but the software is really quick to load, so its fine. The mouse arrived almost fully charged. The charging cable is a nice braided cable. I was pleasantly surprised to see the mouse came with a nice carrying case. Note that the wireless version doesn’t have an option to adjust the weight, but I think it has a pretty good weight already. The software comes on a USB stick that will open a download link to the software. I can confirm that the software is not running in the background taking up any precious processing power, all the macros and key data are stored on the mouse itself. As far as the software itself, it can a first seem confusing, but after you get the hang of it, it works great and has so many great customization options. At first, I didn’t expect to use this for non-gaming purposes, but with the ability to add profiles, and so many customization options that allow you to add tons of macros and key shortcuts I have found it comes in handy for general everyday use as well. I have one profile set up for gaming that includes inventory hotkeys and more for gaming, then I have a different profile with quick keys for copy, paste, enter, and other keys to quickly open/close applications. The process for adding new profiles could be improved as I believe it includes going up to the red arrow in the top right corner and exporting then importing a profile, from there you can easily switch between the profiles with the button on the bottom of the mouse and the software will update accordingly. Once you have the different profiles you can still always change both in the software the same as normal. The window of the software can sadly not be adjusted in size, though its fine. the DPI can be quickly adjusted with the on mouse buttons, and the different levels can also be changed. The mouse can be set to ridiculously high DPI, as if you would ever need it to be that high, which is why I turned my DPI levels way down. The mouse can get some good lighting colors, but I will say that the color on the mouse is not always identical to the color look in the software, and with some colors, the lighting section colors dont completely match each other. The lighting color sections CANT be controlled separately, though Im personally fine with this, and there is an option to completely turn off the lights, which I assume should result in better battery life. All the lighting modes look good, my favorite being Neon which cycles through every color, I use the neon mode on my gaming profile, and a solid color for my everyday profile to help easily distinguish between the two profiles I have. Overall this is a great product and is a great alternative to a ridiculously expensive gaming mouse.