The Lightest Wireless Gaming Mouse?? Glorious Model O Pro Wireless Review

This has to be one of the lightest wireless gaming mice on the market. At just 55g, this is lighter than the Logitech G Pro X Wireless Superlight which sits at 63g, and this thing boasts 80 hours of battery life! Incredible, I know. So let’s take a look at this thing and see if it’s worth your cash! The Glorious Model O is a mouse for palm gripping for sure. It’s on the larger side, and fairly flat too. You’d struggle to claw grip this thing, and smaller hands might even struggle palming the thing. Happily my larger hands fit this perfectly, making it pretty comfortable throughout my gaming sessions. The biggest drawback to the design is how damn slippery this thing is. While they have used a slightly textured finish on the shell, it’s still pretty smooth and featureless, making it easy to lose grip.

Happily the complete lack of weight in this makes up for that, and while actually gaming I don’t think I had any issue with being able to hold on. I’ve used lightweight mice before, but I don’t think I’ve had one that’s THIS light before, and possibly more importantly, the lack of a need for a cable permanently attached makes this another level of lightweight gaming freedom. Being able to flick this around without the snake having to be dragged along with it is fantastic. Importantly though, the Model O Pro Wireless will also work wired via the strain relieved paracord style USB C cable. It will both charge (impressively quickly too, likely thanks to the battery’s tiny capacity) and function with slightly lower latency, so if you don’t mind the umbilical cord it might actually be better.

Actually gaming with the thing was great – save for one little thing. With all the stock settings just straight out the box I had a bit of an issue with the mouse double clicking. I noticed it in CSGO especially when trying to quickly single fire a rifle. It turns out that the “debounce clicks” setting in the Glorious Core software is a little misleading. Setting this to 0ms meant my double clicking issue went away completely. Once that was set, the O Pro was phenomenal. While I’m nowhere near skilled enough to make full use of a mouse like this, I still felt just a little more pro at clicking on those bots. I’ll be part of The Global Elite in no time I’m sure. Anyway, I definitely enjoyed a more competitive game with it.

Now, if you’ve seen some of the earlier reviews of this mouse, you might be confused why I’m not talking about this thing creaking and rattling. For those unaware, some of the earlier batches of these mice appear to have had some QC issues which lead to a few creaks and rattles. I’m happy to report though that it seems Glorious took the community feedback seriously as my model is perfect. The left and right clicks are nice and firm, and the shell, despite its weight, can be squeezed and pressed in pretty much any direction without a sound – and without it caving in either.

One place I did end up having an issue was in their software. Everything worked fine for controlling the DPI steps – a lone RGB LED on the bottom next to the Glorious BAMF sensor and the power switch indicates which mode you are on – and for fixing that debounce setting, but when I tried to check for any firmware updates it locked the utility up completely. I tried both wired and wireless, with wireless getting to 50% before locking up. It’s no big deal as it didn’t brick the mouse itself and especially after changing the debounce setting I have no issues with it, but perhaps something Glorious can look into for future updates.

Regardless of that, I’m very much a fan of the Model O Pro. It’s, now anyway, well built, feels great in my hand and games like a champion. And for its current price of £100 at Overclockers UK – who are the ones that sent me the mouse to review – it’s a bargain compared to the Logitech Superlight which is anywhere from £5 to £15 more expensive right now. Considering the lower weight too, if an ultra-competitive mouse is what you’re after, it’d be rude to ignore this as an option. While I’m no pro gamer, I could happily see myself using this, especially in more competitive FPS style games. The only thing I wouldn’t mind seeing included is an extra set of PTFE pads in the box – although the ones on the mouse come with their protective film still applied to keep them as pristine as possible. Still, it’s hard to argue this isn’t a great choice.