SteelSeries Rival 3 - Gaming Mouse - 8,500 CPI TrueMove Core Optical Sensor - 6 Programmable Buttons - Split Trigger Buttons - Black

I recently picked up the SteelSeries Rival 3 gaming mouse, and it’s been a solid addition to my setup. The 8,500 CPI TrueMove Core optical sensor is super responsive, and I can definitely feel the difference in precision during fast-paced games. The split-trigger buttons are also a nice touch, making it feel more responsive and comfortable when I’m clicking rapidly. The mouse itself feels really light and comfortable in hand, even during longer gaming sessions. The shape is ergonomic, so it doesn’t strain my hand, which is a big plus. I also like that it has 6 programmable buttons, giving me plenty of options for customization without feeling too cluttered. The black design looks sleek, and it has a minimal yet modern vibe. It doesn’t have any unnecessary flashiness, just a clean look that works well with any setup. Overall, this is a great mouse for gamers who want solid performance without spending a ton. If you’re looking for a reliable, responsive mouse with customizable features, the Rival 3 is definitely worth checking out!

DATE OF PURCHASE: March 2018 TL; DR: It's a great mouse. A great design that fits well in the hand, however it suffers from one or two unnecessary feeling shortcuts that keep it from being the last word in mouse peripheral design. The Steelseries Rival 600 solves one major problem (for me at least) - a mouse that I can actually use with big hands while having my palm resting on the mouse. For many big handed people like myself who also opt to rest the palm of their hands on the mouse while using a PC, most mice on the market (even now after three years of use) are still designed for people to use the claw-grip, due to the smaller size of the mouse, or for people without the issue of large hands. The Rival 600 answers the call for more larger mice, the mice for the big handed. The mice I can actually lay my hands on without causing a first degree burn on my pinkie finger. At some stages this will sound like a love letter to the mouse (it is in some ways), but it will give an idea of just how much I love using this mouse, and why for me, this review is a solemn swan song. FIRST LOOKS: From the box, it's packaging to the software suite, Steelseries has done a very good job at keeping the experience nice and smooth. The box it came in was nicely packaged and the out of box experience was very good. The build quality was absolutely excellent on first look and use, and I was blown away at how much better it felt in my hands over the previous mouse (being a Logitech G502 HERO), even without the need of a thumb rest. The grips on the side were grippy, the feet on the bottom allowed the mouse to slide nice and cheerfully, and on a large mouse mat, it was a joy to use. SOFTWARE: The Steelseries Engine 3 software has evolved nicely over the three years since I first got the mouse. The ability to be able to assign F13-F24 keys as native macros to the three macro buttons on the side of the mouse was a huge quality of life improvement that made (I imagine at least) many gamer's lives easier. "No more setting Num Lock as my Push to Talk in games for me! I could use F13!". It's confusing why this approach wasn't adopted earlier by the likes of Steelseries, Logitech etc. (Windows has had native support to recognise F13-F24 all the way since the beginning), but at least it's here. The ability to set two discrete DPI settings based on a click of a button is very welcome (in case you need to use this mouse for multiple applications on the one machine), lift off distance adjustment is nice, the option for Acc./Dec. control, Angle Snapping (for mouse smoothing) and variable polling rate are all available to tweak the mouse to your liking. And I have made full use of all of them for various applications that may not have been the designer's intended use case, but they've let me pull off some "bodging". So that nets good marks in my books. THE TODAY: Today the mouse core construction is still as strong as ever. The software, still very nice. However some of the long term use I've put to the mouse has unfortunately caused issues. On one aspect, not through the fault of the mouse itself, but in another, an oversight that did let me down. I'll break it down into the two now: NOT THE MOUSE'S FAULT: The reason why I'm writing this review today. As of today, I've had to make the heartbreaking decision to buy a competitor mouse. I do this every 2-3 years or so, to make sure that I don't get anchored into one eco-system (or in other words, become a "fan boy"). But I *so* badly wanted this mouse to live forever. My extremely heavy use of the mouse has caused the Left Mouse Button to lose alignment with the mechanical sensor, and it has now unfortunately not 100% usable in a comfortable way. I let the mouse down. I doubt that many people would use it more than I do (this was my work AND play mouse, so it saw use for 12+ hours every single day). ACTUALLY THE MOUSE'S FAULT: The grips. Many reviewers before me have already written about this extensively. The grips are usually the first thing that goes wrong with this mouse, and I can also join the line of people that make note of this. Steelseries really needs to fix their design choice of just simply cementing the grips on to a smooth plastic surface. It has only one little notch in the plastic indent on either side (one side for the plastic injection residue, the other to make room for the adjustable weight compartment), and the rest is smooth as you like plastic. After only a year and a half both the main grips for the left and right sides were gone. The glue had already started deteriorating only a year after I had owned it, and the grips were constantly moving around. This unfortunately has dragged back an otherwise great product from being the last word in mouse design. And it shouldn't have to be - they could be replaced by some interchangeable part that fixes this issue and it would strive to first place, however the tire puncture has left it under threat from competitors. And from what I understand the problem still remains, so there's still work to be done here. While this mouse has to unfortunately go to e-recycling heaven, it is still worthy of five stars in my book. The fact the grips were the only thing I had an issue with (minus myself probably bricking the LMB on my own), should pay dividends to what a gem this mouse is. This review may be a silly little love letter, but it's the only way I can convey how much I love it. And how sad I am to see it go.

This is a really good mouse! It’s just the right weight. Not too light or too heavy. Moves smoothly over the mouse mat. The RGB effects look nice and are easily programmable using the steel series app.

For the price, this is actually a really good mouse. Nice sensor and good accuracy from what I can tell. Subtle RGB on the scroll wheel, which I initially thought I didn't like but have warmed to. Dual 2.4GHz and Bluetooth is great - but I find the 2.4GHz dongle likes to drop out sometimes when I reboot or power on my computer and needs to be unplugged and then plugged back in to work again. No idea why but it can be a little annoying going under my desk at 6am to unplug / plug in the dongle. Steelseries GG is terrible, and they have removed hardware RGB control from the Engine portion of it so you have to use Prism, which is software only. It has the capability to save the settings to the device but they removed it. To get this back you need to go find the last version of the standalone Steelseries Engine they released. Don't bother with GG. My main gripe is that in 2024 they have designed it to work with disposable 1.5V alkaline batteries only. It senses the nominally 'low' voltage of my 1.2V Ni-MH Eneloops and declares they are dead long before they actually are, then shuts off and refuses to stay powered on for long before turning off again. That was disappointing. When you use it with regular alkalines though the battery life seems acceptable but not perfect. I like that you can use one or two AAA's for weight savings and I like that the battery is not a non-replaceable lithium cell that is buried in the mouse. Overall, it's good, but is let down by the 2.4GHz dongle, Steelseries GG and the requirement of using standard alkalines (or the more expensive NiZn or Li-ion AAA's which need specialised chargers).

Bon rapport qualité prix Apres 1 an d'utilisation elle marche toujours aussi bien elle est précise et légère. Cette marque fait des très bon produits durables dans le temp pour une utilisation intensive les boutons marchent toujours aussi bien par rapport a d'autres marques plus chères que au bout d'1 an ou 2 le bouton du clic ne marche plus.

Super gryzoń. Polecam.

Franchement, la souris fait vraiment le boulot, elle se recharge rapidement, elle est ergonomique et stylée. Le fait de pouvoir gérer les poids est pas mal du tout (même si le poids standard me convient parfaitement déjà). Par contre, le caoutchouc se décolle sur les côtés, au niveau du pouce, et la colle déborde et colle aux doigts, ce qui rend franchement désagréable la sensation. Je ne sais même pas s'il est possible de la faire "réparer" gratuitement, et ceci me gêne, vu le prix de la souris. Au niveau de l'utilisation, tous les jours pratiquement pour de la bureautique et du gaming.

Pré-commandée, j'ai reçu la souris avant la date indiquée (indicative au 30 janvier) malgré 3 jours d'errances de Chronopost qui a pris mon colis dans son camion de livraison mais l'a laissé traîner au fond de son camion pour au final le déposer en relais colis... Passons sur ce transporteur honteux et désastreux.. Le packaging de la souris est très beau, montrant la catégorie du produit (HdG). La souris repose dans son écrin, le câble est rangé dans une boite à part à l'intérieur de la même box. Je regrette cela-dit le câble non-tressé. A part, vous aurez un autre packaging très soigné contenant 4 poids de 4gr que vous aurez loisir à placer à l'intérieur de votre souris pour lui donner le poids et la lourdeur que vous préférez. Il suffit pour cela de dé-clipser les parties latérales de la souris : Cela prend 2 secondes et est très aisé, confortable. Les poids placés, il suffit de re-clipser le tout. J'ai opté pour deux poids de chaque côté, et ce aux extrémités avant et arrières des emplacements proposés. La prise en main est très agréable et permet le "palm" et "claw" grip, et semble convenir à tout type de main. J'ai de petites mains et la souris me sied à merveilles... La paume de la main retombe parfaitement sur la souris... Le toucher sur les parties latérales (silicone) est très doux et plaisant. La molette à cran est fluide, et permet un bon défilement tout à fait naturel. La glisse est parfaite, et grâce à ce double capteur, je peux vous affirmer que nous avons la meilleure souris. Lorsque vous décollez la souris du tapis, votre capteur ne bougera presque pas (c'est ici la meilleure technologie du marché). C'est idéal pour vos parties de FPS nerveux, spécialement en sensibilité faible. Vous pouvez bien entendu modifier la distance de "décollage" de souris dans le logiciel SteelSeries Engine 3 (très pratique à prendre en main, ergonomique et qui relie facilement tous vos accessoires SteelSeries ensemble pour une meilleure gestion par exemple du RGB...) pour modifier la sensibilité lorsque la souris se soulève du tapis. Le logiciel va également vous permettre de réaliser des macros sur votre souris, de modifier la sensibilité (dpi) de celle-ci et de paramétrer deux réglages, qui, en un clic sur le bouton central (le "bouton n3") basculera entre vos deux préférences pré-établies (idéal, encore une fois pour les adeptes de FPS et de nos amis sniper qui aiment un dpi très peu élevé lors de leurs séances de visée à longue portée... ;) ). Enfin, vous pourrez modifier chacune des zones RGB de la souris et les paramétrer indépendamment et exactement que vous le souhaitez : Énormément de paramètres de personnalisation, si vous avez la patience vous allez vous créer votre propre style. Il est également possible d'associer les couleurs / effets affichés en fonction de vos notifications sur Discord, CS:GO (vie, munitions...) et d'autres jeux / logiciels. Si vous avez d'autres périphériques SteelSeries comme je l'ai déjà énoncé plus haut, vous pourrez les synchroniser tous ensemble très simplement pour une harmonie de vos paramètres RGB. ;)

very good mouse with very lightweight drivers for it too, unlike some other competitors. if i could wish one thing, it would be that the weights weighed more to have more of a range to choose from