Corsair SCIMITAR RGB ELITE vs Corsair Nightsword RGB

Despite the high quality of its cable, it's relatively stiff and causes some drag on mousepads and desks. Also, because of its size, it isn't well-suited for small hands using a fingertip grip, while extra-large hands may find it too short to use comfortably with a palm grip. That said, it's the best MMO mouse for gaming if you're a die-hard wired connection fan, and it's one of the best wired mice we've tested.

This mouse's dimensions appealed to me on paper, but when I finally got it, it felt off. My hand really did not sit where I thought it should and ring finder and pinky on my right hand would often click the right mouse button moving the mouse quickly to the left. When I moved the pinky to where I thought it should sit, it felt off. One other odd thing is that the bottom of mouse's angles are not smoothed (where the side meets the bottom

The primary upgrades to the Scimitar RGB Elite are internal, optimizing the mouse for increased accuracy and durability. The new PixArt PMW3391 sensor tracks movement at up to 18,000 dots per inch and at up to 400 inches per second. The latter is within an acceptable range, especially when you consider that the Scimitar isn't designed for sustained, rapid movement. That said, it's toward the low end of what we've come to expect from high-end mice in 2020

for some unknown reason the Nightsword falls short of the M65 Elite's performance, despite having the same sensor. People say with high end mice, the sensor isn't a spec to look at because they are all practically the same, but I disagree. I have tried many different sensors that are all in this DPI range and 1000 Hz polling rate, but nothing else has felt as as silky smooth as the M65 Elite. In fact, not even the Nightsword with the same sensor feels as smooth

I like how Corsair mouse has a bit of resistance. As for the side buttons, I don't like the curved design because I've already memorized the position of 12 buttons anyway.

I love all of my Corsair peripherals, they all work perfectly and I've never had any issues with iCUE. I've had the Nightsword RGB Wired mouse for a while now because I love the shape of it but man is it an terrible design. The fact that 65% of the mouse is covered in that stupid reverse stippled rubber that gets full of the disgusting grime annoys the hell out of me. Everyone's hands get sweaty

**Battery life:** Not based on specs, but rather my impression based on regular use. Don’t read too much into this one.

My thumb sits mostly on the 5 button with the 1-3 row easily reachable with my thumb's tip. My ring and pinky fingers sit comfortably, and my pinky is able to provide lots of grip without cramping. In general, the grooves of this mouse are very ergonomic and satisfying.

I have smaller hands for a guy (sad), and I tend to grip the mouse with my ring and thumb a bit more. I made so many mis-clicks on the right click with this mouse it drove me insane. I can only assume it's because of my grip or how I rest my hand on the mouse, but it was annoying enough to make me look for another alternative. Definitely try one out if you can and see if it works

Sliding my hand into the correct position, with my thumb on the sniper button and the base of my pointer finger resting on the highest point of the mouse's base, I find myself choking up on the mouse in an awkward way that reduces my maneuverability.

The shape is very close to a Kone Pure Ultra, just scaled up about 125% and not as extreme with the side grooves. It’s great for palm grip in a relaxed hand and the side buttons are placed exactly where they need to be to click them with your thumb without causing hand strain to build up over time. Combine that with the light weight (relative to the competition) and medium-light, snappy buttons and I can play a solid 6-8 hours without making my hand and wrist feel like shit.

I really wanted to like this mouse. Let me say that the mouse is nice and wide and a good shape tall. It has a nice shape that allows your hand to hold the mouse. I have average to smaller size hands

I just said screw it. I bought a Razer Trinity and Ornata V2. The Trinity and the software are miles, lightyeeeaarrss, better than the Corsair products.

Preferably I would like something I can palm comfortably, with support for my ring/pinky finger, instead of the hybrid palm/fingertip grip I've been forced into. I would also prefer something as light as possible, though I realize keeping it light and large is problematic and getting a good grip is my first priority. I'd also prefer not to have too many buttons sprinkled around ready to be miss-clicked (a point of worry with the Nightsword or a Logitech G604), I'd prefer the bloatware kept to a minimum and if the mouse has RGB I'd like to be able to turn it off. I'd prefer wired but for the right grip I can go wireless

Mouse feet are decent, not as good as my model O's or hyperglides but it's hard to judge because of the weight and drag issue. Scroll wheel seems doomed to break. It looks awesome though. But it doesn't feel too solid and others have reported it breaking on them consistently

and NO it is not a malware! you not someone else has switched your profile(more than likely) by fat fingering the scrollwheel/profile switch. the button and the wheel are too close together! Also Corsair could make it where your new profile switch stays on the same DPI level as your old. for instance if you are on level two it needs to stay on level two when you switch from Proflie A to Profile B and C and so on. Would partially fix the problem

Both Razer and Logitech have since made general upkeep of those devices difficult with shoddy programs like Synapse and whatever Logitechs most recent awful software is I don't want to recall. The Scimitar by comparison has made set up of keys very easy with ridiculously intuitive set up and unparalleled customizability compared to my previous mice. On top of that, the killer feature of the Scimitar for me was the ability to get DPI by single digits. If you don't understand what that means, when you set a DPI on your mouse, it dictates how far your cursor will move in relation to how far you move your mouse

An issue is that for a reason that is known only to Corsair, they decided to put the DPI up and down toggles right next to the left mouse button. I cannot understand this decision. My hands are too large so about half the time I'm going to click the button, I instead press a DPI toggle button, which tends to get me killed. This is a major issue on a GAMING mouse