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SteelSeries Sensei

Based on 28 reviews

Excellent:

20
Good:

5
Average:

3
Bad:

0

Pros

Very good performance across the board.
Near perfect ergonomics.
Seven fully programmable buttons.
Quality cable.
Lights, LCD Display.
Neat driver suite (when it works).
Compatible with most mats.
Low liftoff distance.
Ambidextrous
Complete customization of ExactTech and LED lights.
32bit ARM processor.
Hyper customizable using the included SteelSeries Engine.
Accurate on a multitude of surfaces.
Wide 111,700 DPI sensitivity range.
5700CPI/ 11400DCPI/ 10.8MP/ 12000fps Pro Grade Laser Sensor.

Cons

Expensive.
Somewhat buggy driver suite.
Not compatible with all mats.
Left mouse button is slightly stiff and loud to click.
LCD panel at the bottom of the mouse.
Plastic Top.
No Weight Adjustment System.
Needs a wizard to help explain tweakable options.

By Fusion Mods on April 28, 2012

I don’t know where to really start with this thing. The back of the box reads off so many features that an ordinary man is liable to get mad. “What are all these features?!”, he might say. So, knowing that you are no ordinary man, and...

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By Trusted Reviews on January 18, 2012

With the Sensei, SteelSeries has crafted a worthy successor to the excellent Xai. Although some might bemoan the lack of adjustable weights or grips, this mouse is very well balanced and about as comfortable as ambidextrous gaming mice get - and at...

90
By techPowerUp! on December 21, 2011

The SteelSeries Sensei mouse is a good albeit expensive mouse. It is definitely one of the best performing solutions out there, and is right up there with the Mionix 5000. Sensor wise the Avago 9500 based mice are still in the lead, despite having...

85
By APC Magazine on December 18, 2011

SteelSeries has teamed up with top-end gaming clans Fnatic, SK Gaming, Evil Geniuses and Natus Vincere to design the ultimate high-end gaming mouse. The result: the Sensei.Now, it has the silly underside LCD panel that we can only see being used in...

90
By Smarthouse on December 14, 2011

The sensitive laser runs seamlessly on any flat surface, from the glossy to the plain. The mouse glides over surfaces smoothly thanks to the silky Teflon feet that allow the mouse to run perfectly fine with or without a mouse pad. Clicks require just...

70
By Channel News Australia on December 14, 2011

The Sensei is a great all-purpose mouse, laden with customisation tools, guised as a gaming mouse and hidden under a rather cheap-looking exterior. It?s not the flashiest in its class, but it does what any great mouse does and handles itself...

70
By Hardware Canucks on December 11, 2011

The gaming mouse niche is easily one of the most fast paced portions of the peripheral marketplace which essentially means every manufacturer is trying to make their products unique. This sometimes leads to great leaps forward but it can also lead to...

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By APH Networks on December 09, 2011

"The trackball, a related pointing device [to the mouse], was invented by Tom Cranston, Fred Longstaff and Kenyon Taylor working on the Royal Canadian Navy's DATAR project in 1952. It used a standard Canadian five-pin bowling ball. It was not...

80
By MadShrimps on November 28, 2011

When buying the SteelSeries Sensei you do not have to worry about product quality, its something that is valid for their other products too. The shape of the mouse is good for most people, by following the exact lines Xai had and the mouse clicks can...

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By Tbreak.com on November 09, 2011

The SteelSeries Sensei Pro Grade Laser mouse comes from a long heritage of high-end, precision mice which are used by professional gamers around the world. Today I’ll be looking at this flagship product which adds a host of new features and...

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