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

Purchased this mouse and I have been very happy with both the product and the seller. a few months into owning it a small problem cropped up but the seller was very fast to make it right. Otherwise, I have to say that I find this mouse an almost indispensable tool for working, and not so much gaming. it is really nice to have variable DPI when working over several monitors, so you can increase/decrease the pointer sensitivity at the touch of a button. The main thing though is the bindability of the buttons. On buttons 1-12 I have: 1. ctrl + x (Cut) 2. ctrl + c (Copy) 3. ctrl + v (Paste) 4. Delete 5. ctrl + a (Select all) 6. Forward (browser function) 7. Back (browser function) 8. New Tab 9. (ctrl +z)Undo 10. (ctrl +y) Redo 11. Win+ Right (snap window right) 12. Win + Left (snap window left) Being able to perform ALL of those functions without having to lift my hand from the mouse has been a real quality of life improvement. It seems like a small thing, but it is a huge convenience when you are at work and perform each of these functions dozens, if not hundreds of times per day.

So my first impression looking at the box made me worried. It looked like a typical walmart offbrand design with bold arial font and red lettering like it was supposed to be some cool hi-tech product you could compare to Razer or Logitech. It didnt fool me in the least, and my heart sank because I depend on amount of reviews + star rating, and I know Amazon has some funny tricks when it comes to products being rated highly despite poor quality products. I opened the box, and immediately set the thing on my lap and - despite odd looks from my friend who was there - started clicking the buttons and getting a feel for them. From the get go, I was satisfied with the click feel and its responsiveness, the location of the buttons, and (most importantly) the size of the mouse. I have large hands, so Im not sure where some reviews are coming from by saying large hands arent recommended, but the mouse fit perfectly without me resorting to an uncomfortable grip. I wasnt quite convinced yet, so I plugged the puppy in and popped the CD in to install the driver (and eventually update it online). If youre a gamer, or anyone who has worked on a computer for at least a year, the software was easy to set up and understand. You should know how to unzip files, install basic programs, set your DPI, navigate basic menus, and understand basic terminology. Its not rocket science, and therefore the setup was a breeze. Its a basic program with little to question, and Ive already got it pulsating red like a black gaming setup should (in my opinion, heheh). I was worried the number pressing might be a problem for my big thumb. Its... not perfect, mainly because of my thumb, but with enough practice I have no doubt it should be as easy as any other mouse Ive had, and this is coming from a Logitech fanboy. Yes, yes, Razer is fine too, but for the price and the quality I cant deny that this is a quality mouse. The texture on the left and right click is satisfying as it allows for a good grip despite sweaty hands, and the fire button just to the left of the left click makes it an easy reach in case you want to program it as an ultimate ability in gaming (or an undo button in graphic design, for instance). Programming buttons, by the way, is very easily customizable, and with enough options to choose from Im satisfied that any need I have to satisfy can be done with this mouse. Even the DPI arrow buttons under the scroll wheel can be remapped, which is great when youre like me and like to have as many buttons mapped to your mouse as possible for ease of use. As far as the entire shape goes, its comfortable for my large hands and the thumb rest is a nice touch so youre not rubbing your mouse pad all the time. On the opposite side, theres a protrusion that allows you to rest your ring finger there so it allows you to have a stronger grip on the mouse itself, which should be an important feature in any gaming mouse. Overall, this mouse is one of the better mouses Ive had the pleasure of using. The weights came already installed and, again, as a big handed fellow, I like the heavier weight so it has some give to it. The material its made out of has a nice tactile feel so that it wont slip out of your grip, and while having color pulsating from the buttons isnt a necessary aspect to a gaming mouse, its still pretty cool. I write this review having had my heart drop with worry that this mouse wasnt going to cut it and Id have to return it like some cheap knockoff, but Im pleasantly surprised. The drivers were easy to find, and I have no doubt if I needed customer service to help out they would. I feel like I invested well into a cheap but quality product. Dont take my word for it though, if youre a gamer with a hunger to customize macros and assign functions to your mouse (or even a graphic designer who hates memorizing hotkeys) you should try it out yourself! You wont be disappointed.

Have a Nostromo n52 GamePad and was wanting more keys so was contemplating getting a Razer Tartarus. Was talking with an in-game friend, Candy Spankwhip, and s/he suggested getting this particular mouse. Okay. Looked it over, read some reviews, and is comparable to Logitechs warranty, so bought it. Am still training the thumb to do its thing. So far am impressed, though the button pushing is not light - but that may change with use. Am still trying to get used to the mouse, and am tempting to try a non-gaming profile to make the trigger/fire button into a Back button for when browsing. Will say the thumb is spoiled from a Logitech G402 mouse as the thumb rest was more comfortable. Yet, this UTechSmarts thumb rest sets under the numbers and suits its purpose. Wished maybe it flared out more to the side. But I think it is more of getting used to a newer mouse. I have medium/large hands with a missing right ring finger, and I have no issues using this UTechSmart mouse as all. Is quite comfortable, and am getting used to the textured surface which does help when the pressure is on! Like had gotten a Skyscale in Guild Wars 2, and took a rift puzzle that had me flying over a cliff, around mobs, over terrain, swooping to and fro, have fire button set to evade for fast leaps forward, and I was at the point of pressing both finger buttons down to keep forward and was under pressure trying to dive (side 4) and rise (side 1) and was still getting used to this. Ran right small into a wall, but recovered. This mouse is FANTASTIC! - had not fared as well with the Logitech mouse that I paid more for. Changed the glow light to orange, and most of the buttons share the same coloration, except the DPI button, its red. No way of changing its color. That is about all I can complain about the mouse. Pulled out all but two weights. Can lift the mouse with thumb over button and pinky finger well, over the oval Leatherman mouse pad am using. The software is quite easy to set up and use. Although I would *strongly* suggest downloading the latest software/drivers package and forget the mini-CD. As had installed the software from the mini-CD first, then upgraded, and found some files could not be over-written. So had to boot to safe mode (Windows 7 x64) to remove the files, then reinstalled in Safe Mode. Booted back up normally and have been using the mouse effortlessly since. Can change mouse setting on the fly, then apply, and close the app. Far more easier than the Nostromo n52 software. Although am still considering getting a Razor Tartarus V2 for the extra row of buttons. For now though, I have this fabulous mouse and theres no rushed to get the Razer. Dont hesitate. For $30 you cannot go wrong!

I normally use the Razer Naga but lately it just feels like Razer is upping their price points and going down on quality for some reason. Ive noticed a lot in the Razers that the mouse ends up hanging a lot which can be quite frustrating in the middle of games so when my mouse finally broke I opted not to pay 90+ bucks for the same mouse again that I would always fear would just end up having the same problem. So I scoured the internet for similar mice as Ive grown pretty fond of and cant live without, the side keypad, there were quite a few mice out there but I was looking to try something new for relatively cheap since I was switching to a mouse I had never tried before, there were a few and all had positive and negative reviews, the typical anxiety hit because I had no clue how to choose between them all, but I, on a whim, decided to go with this one. I overall love this mouse and have very few complaints. Its about the same size as a naga, maybe slightly bigger, or if not bigger the design makes it a little wider. I have small hands so its not ideal but its also not so big that its a problem and I can easily get used to it while Im getting used to the new structure of the mouse as I knew I would have to do anyway. The buttons are a little stiffer but I have to preface this with a right now, they might loosen up as I use them and I really dont think its a big deal and I think thats kind of where their price point difference starts to come in to play. The texture of the mouse is nice, it isnt smooth like the naga but it is matte, its a little rough but I kind of dig that texture XD and they include these little grips with the mouse that are smooth and a little gel-like which is really cool of them to provide. They also included a little card with a usb which included the software, which was pretty cool since I had read in several places where they had to go on to their website to download the software. The software did pop up for my anti-virus but I took a chance and downloaded it anyway as Ive seen nothing really harmful come from it from other users and after downloading it everything seemed fine, I ran several checks and nothing malicious seemed to be there. The software itself is awesome, its really easy to use and is extremely customizable from color to dpi to cursor sensitivity and scroll speed as well as several other things. The only thing I wish I could do is change the dpi light because it stands out like a sore thumb if you change the color of your mouse, also not a deal breaker for me though as its just an aesthetic and while I like being able to customize things I bought this mouse for functional purposes. I havent used it very long so I cant say if the mouse will have long term problems but right now it works incredibly, its everything I was looking for and my last complaint is I think one that many people have posted on here and its that the little button off to the left side doesnt work, it counts as a left mouse button click. Ive read that you can fix this yourself if you are handy with wires or know someone who is and at some point I might try to do so but I do think maybe its worth bumping the mouse up a couple of bucks to fix guys :P though still not a huge deal breaker for me, its just one keybind to adjust until I can fix it. However, again for the price point I was expecting the mouse to be a big flop, so its pretty great!

The first thing to note here is the weight. I was using a logitech G602 before, which is a brick compared to this. It is so light that I had to put half of the weights back in to give it a good feel on the desktop. And it does. This is a very cool feature because you can make it feel like you want, physically. The buttons feel snappy and always click properly. The 12 side buttons are angled back and forth to make it easier to figure out where you are just by feel. The 12 are easy to program through their software, which is always present in the tray. You can define multiple profiles and save those profiles to disk for easy swapping. I used the DPI buttons a lot (the buttons behind the scroll wheel) because I switch between games and they always want to have their own mouse settings. The lights right next to the DPI buttons tell me where I am. And since they are configurable in the software, I can make them do whatever I want. If there is a real downside here, it is with the scrollwheel. It works as described, but I would prefer something that feels a bit more premium like one of the heavy scrollwheels that spin freely on other products. But that would also add to the overall weight of the mouse, so there is a tradeoff. The scrollwheel isnt bad. It works just as well as any other business mouse Ive used. I would just prefer it to have the freewheel option in addition to the soft click feel it gives you. (It makes no noise) Overall, I love this mouse. Im a 54 year old professional programmer and I game a lot. Ive used upwards of 50 mice in my lifetime. This is one of the best, at least in the top 5, of all the mice Ive ever used. Im looking forward to playing with the macro functions and the other button settings it has. I play a lot of RTS strategy, build-then-fight, kind of games. I think I will be able to work out all the quick keys I need in game to improve my resource gathering speed. If youve never used a mouse with a bunch of buttons like this, dont be intimidated. It is surprisingly solid and easy to use. You wont be pressing buttons on accident all the time, like you might think. As long as you arent used to holding the mouse with an iron grip (probably bad for you anyway) this is very easy to get along with.

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.

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.

So I have had this mouse for 7 years. And Im now replacing it with the same exact model because its worked so well. The 1 2 and 3 buttons on my current mouse are starting to not read prompts which is really annoying. I have such a fear of finding things that dont work and this works!

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.

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.