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

I received this mouse about a week ago and have been using it every day since then. Here are my thoughts on this very budget-friendly device:Honestly, I see people making up excuses that this mouse is good "for the price." Even if this mouse was worth 50 dollars, it'd still be a fair price.-Packaging:The mouse came in simple, straight-forward packaging. A picture of the product on the front, accompanied by flames surrounding the mouse. I honestly thought it was cute, how they still tried to make a good impression while still spending most of the money on the mouse and not the packaging(you throw that away, anyway). The package has a door-like opening, so you remove the little circle tape and open it. There, you see the mouse behind a sheet of plastic. I forgot how, but I think you then slide out the bottom cardboard and remove the mouse and everything else. The braided cable comes tied up with a velcro strap, a nice touch in case you needed to keep it tied up on-the-go. Just a little something I wanted to add: it was cute how they taped the magnets into the box to keep the little "door" closed. Nothing wrong about saving money, and it was a little funny tbh.-Mouse:Okay, let me just say that the mouse is amazing. The 16400 DPI is obviously overkill unless you like to get freaky at low sensitivity in games. The mouse is, I think, designed for people with a palm grip, which was no problem for me since that's my regular grip. Either way, the shape of the mouse could get anyone used to the palm grip quite easily. If you do stick with the claw grip, though, I'm afraid you're going to be a little more uncomfortable using the rapid-fire button. Speaking of which, this button is more useful than I first thought it would be. You can set it to click as many times as you want, and it's got a few speed options. I've used it a lot more than I thought I would, and it's very easy to click. However, if you're not used to mouses like these, you'll get confused at first. When I started using the mouse, I would position my finger over the quick-fire on purpose, but for some reason this led me to trying to click the very much appreciated index finger rest, which is very comfortable. Of course, this was just me defeating old habits and in 3 days' time, the mouse buttons' positions came naturally to me. Still waiting for a good opportunity to use the side buttons but they're not a nuisance if you don't use them. The rest at the bottom is appreciated and I actually rest my thumb against the buttons thanks to their angling(which fits the thumb's own form). Also, the mouse has a nice texture to it. Almost like rubberized plastic. It feels nice :) In the packaging, they also included replacement TEFLON pads from 3M, which is appreciated. Or maybe they're the actual TEFLON pads, who knows. The mouse is fine so, yeah.The weight tuning is pretty straight forward. You flip the mouse over, turn the little compartment, and then pop the tray out. I have to say, I'm a heavy mouse guy, but I still thought that having all the weights in was a little too much. On the other hand, removing all the weights made the mouse very, very light. You also get a nice storage tray for the weights you're not using, so that's always a plus. Your macros and everything are saved onto the mouse itself, and you can switch through 5 different profiles, each with its own light color, macro setup, and DPI levels, via a button at the bottom of the mouse. This means you won't be needing software to use the mouse on a new computer unless you want to edit these profiles. The DPI buttons are very accessible to the point where you can switch mid-game. Lighting was pretty straight-forward. You can pick out preset colors or choose your own via a hex color thing. I've seen people have a different color for the scroll wheel than for the rest of the mouse, but I'm not interested in knowing how this works. The lighting isn't a nuisance. You can set to breathing or static, and neither gets annoying(you have your hands covering them the whole time, anyway). The mouse was made to impress, though, hence the cool little lights at the front. They're definitely made to be shown off in LAN parties or anywhere where other people can see your mouse. Otherwise you'd have to stick your face in front of your mouse to see it. They do light up very nicely and there's no crappy lighting.-Software:Installation was fairly easy and fast. They included a little installation disc but I just downloaded the software from their website. It was pretty easy to find. I see people saying the software is clunky, but honestly, it's just like the majority of peripheral software out there minus the over-the-top design schemes. I mean, the software is pretty basic so you can edit your settings faster. You click on the profile you want to edit(the profiles are all at the bottom, numbered), and the settings instantly change to that profile. You have three useful tabs at the top. General, DPI, and Lighting. Both are very straight forward and simple to use. General contains button settings. Macros, quick-fire, right and left clicks, scroll wheel. All of that is edited through there. You can change your scroll speed, polling rate, double-click speed, pointer speed, and acceleration if you're into that. In the DPI section you'll find, surprisingly, the DPI settings. It's very straight forward. It lists each DPI level, from 1-5. You can adjust both the X and Y axis of each DPI level, in case you want to move faster sideways than vertically or the other way around. However, it brings the option to keep X and Y locked so they move parallel to each other. You can set your DPI to a minimum of 50, in case you want to use an entire desk to scroll through half your screen(I just tested this and now idk what my old DPI setting was ffs). Anyway, I attached a screenshot so you can see what this looks like. Now, the lighting section looks pretty straight forward. You can choose the breathing speed(or don't), brightness, and lighting color. Each profile can have a different color.I forgot to add this up by the mouse section, but I saw people complaining about Avago sensors and Omron switches. The Avago sensor in this thing is perfectly fine, with no acceleration(unless you set it up yourself in the software). It doesn't move on its own and if it does, run your anti-virus because that's not the mouse. I also don't see why people complain about Omron switches. They're used in almost every mouse you'll ever own, and there's nothing wrong with them. They're not loud, but they're not quiet so you still get some feedback. Someone also said that even if they rest their finger on the mouse, they'll accidentally click? I asked someone with very, very big and thick hands to use the mouse and they laid their hands on the mouse to test this, and they didn't click. I also saw in another review that the scroll wheel apparently was too loose? The scroll wheel has some arrow heads and is made out of rubber(with plastic on the sides for the lighting). It's tactile enough to let you know that you scrolled it, and if you want to scroll little by little, the resistance is more than enough to stop you.Welp, I think that's all. If I don't update this anymore after a while, it means it's still working perfectly fine.

I'm 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 wellit 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 is1. 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)

Compared to wired redragon 901-k 12400 dpi mouse, the utech mouse tracks much better and smooth, software worked better, and is slightly lighter in weight. Additionally, finding the mouse driver was easy via google search. With redragon, it was more trial and error given the number very similar mouses. I tried redragon first because i was more familiar with the brand.The mouse itself has a textured feel to mouse body and buttons. It was to reconfigure buttons via software easily. After configuration, the mouse will remember settings without software running. Setting dpi was a little annoying as you could not enter numeric value directly.Buttons are quiet and feel fine. Scroll wheel is quiet and smooth. Thumb rest could be extended slightly but is able to barely support my thumb.The only negative is the dpi selection has a constant red light on, unless you turn off all lighting.