69G Gaming Mouse – Glorious Model D Review
Gaming mice are getting lighter and lighter, with this one claiming a 69g total, so lets take you through it and see if it’s worth the £50 price tag!
So, lets hit you with the specs, like i said it weighs just 69g. That makes it one of the lightest gaming mice around – only bested by it’s tiny brother the Model o- at an insane 58g – and that weight reduction comes from a few places, the most obvious of which is the shell. It’s literally see-through. And it’s not just the top and mouse buttons, no the whole bottom is honeycomb too, with only the sensor – a Pixart PMW 3360 no less – getting any level of support.
Sensor wise, the 3360 isn’t the newest, that honour goes to the 3390, but for all intents and purposes, it’s still an amazing sensor. As you can expect, it tracks incredibly well. You’ve got a DPI button up top and a little LED down the bottom that lets you know which DPI you are running, so you can fine tune your aim even mid game.
When gaming, thanks to it’s weight and sensor, I had a brilliant time with this. It was so easy to move, so smooth on the mouse pad, and if I had enough time with it I think it could legitimately make me a better player – as you can tell CSGO isn’t my forte right now so I need all the help I can get. I was generally able to hit shots I wouldn’t on say the G703 I’d usually use when testing stuff like monitors or keyboards, and of course the weight means it’s a bit easier to flick and better for longer sessions too.
To give you an idea where I’m coming from with my thoughts here, I use a Razer Naga Trinity, a heavy beast of a mouse that I actually really like. It’s got the 12 button side on as a lot of the games I play have lots of hotkeys like Rainbow 6 Siege and it’s a useful advantage, it’s also pretty comfortable for my hand size, so that’s my background there.
Based on that, this mouse isn’t quite squarely aimed at me, it’s a little on the small side for my hands – I can grip it just fine but especially my ring and pinkie fingers are a little long and a bit uncomfortable on it. For reference, my hand is about 7 inches long from my middle finger to base of my palm.
On top of the sizing, I think the target market for this is the competitive FPS player, the Global Elite in CSGO or Champions from Siege kinda folk, or those aspiring to be there. For me I’m just not that. I like playing FPS’s but I’m not competitive there and so my Naga will be fine for me, at least until I get better and start chasing the ranks…
So, it’s a great mouse for the competitive, what else? Well, it’s a gaming product in 2020 which means it’s got RGB – actually a pretty cool look to it too with the RGB strips on the side glowing on the inside too making it spew RGB from every angle.
It’s cord is rather nice too, it’s wrapped in what kinda feels like a soft shoe lace, with an orange USB plug at the end. Nice and light weight though as you’d expect and didn’t get caught at all while gaming. Should work well with a mouse bungee too if you use one.
Build quality is something I was incredibly surprised with too – despite missing literally 90% of it’s shell it’s sturdy, strong, and besides the left and right clicks having a bit of play, even the side buttons are tactile and well reinforced. Crazy.
So, for £50 is it worth it? Honestly, yes. If you are the right person. Obviously, if you are a moba player that needs a load of macros on your mouse, or ultimate comfort, then this isn’t for you, but if you play FPS games especially competitively, this is a brilliant option at a fairly reasonable price. Of course you can go with the Model O which is a tad cheaper, but I’ll leave that up to you.
I think for me personally like I said, I’ll be sticking with my Naga Trinity for now, but I’m more than happy to give this a gold award for being an impressive mouse that I’m more than happy to recommend.
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