SteelSeries Prime schwarz, USB

With our LAN events and early on with our reviews we worked with SteelSeries back when they introduced their first full mouse with their Ikari and after that, I tried to keep up with their launches. But over the last few years, I haven’t had the chance to check out what they have been up to. The last SteelSeries mouse we had in the office was the Sensei Ten. So we are due to catch up on what they have been up to and today I’m going to do just that. I have had the SteelSeries Prime, Prime Wireless, and the new 2022 edition of the Aerox 3 Wireless to get a look at part of their current lineup. Let’s check them out!

Lately, optical switches have seen use on releases of several manufacturers, such as Razer or ROCCAT, among others. The reason is very simple: In theory, optical switches not only provide very low latency, but also lack the mechanical parts that typically wear down the fastest on mechanical switches, which tends to result in so-called double clicking. With the Prime series of mice, SteelSeries joins this trend, albeit with a certain spin. Compared to the optical switches seen in recent Razer or ROCCAT mice, the Prestige OM switches in the Prime series employ the help of a steel torsion spring and magnet to break the beam of the IR light.