SteelSeries Rival 5
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4 years ago
New Build
Nothing wrong with this mouse, it's just too light for me. Should have listened to my son and gotten the Rival 6. RGB is fine, it just feels a little cheap.
5 years ago
Steelseries Rival 5 Gaming Mouse Review
Steelseries' nine-button Rival 5 wired mouse isn’t perfectly designed, but it still has a lot to offer for FPS enthusiasts and other gamers. The Steelseries Rival 5 is a wired first-person shooter (FPS) mouse—a rarity in the last year or so—that gives you nine buttons, a solid shape with a good grip, and lots of RGBs, all for a mere $59.99. Unfortunately, the under-thumb “sniper” button on the side of the mouse is difficult to reach, disrupting the comfy grip. If you can get past that minor but irritating flaw, the Rival 5 is a well-made and affordable gaming mouse, but if you’re specifically in the market for an FPS mouse, the Rival 5 may be too much of a reach.A Stretch for Your Thumb Steelseries describes the Rival 5 as a wired multi-genre mouse, but in terms of physical design, it’s specifically a right-handed FPS mouse with nine buttons. On top, you have two clicks, a scroll wheel, and a DPI cycling button. On the left (thumb) side, you have a single large up-down toggle switch that juts out just above the Back and Forward buttons. The toggle is very useful if you need a quick way to cycle through weapons in a gam...
Pros:
- Nine buttons, including sniper button and tilting side paddle
- Lots of RGB customization
- Affordable
Cons:
- Shape is a little flat
- Distance to the thumb button is too long
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