steelseries ikari laser

by codethief • 16 Oct 2008, 15:59 • Forums › Technology
hey crossfire,

yesterday, i bought steelseries' ikari laser mouse. here's my experience so far in a few words: great plug'n'play and freemove technology, very comfortable (maybe even better than logitech's g5, i'm still not sure about that), good positioned buttons.

but what i noticed is the following:
sometimes, i accidentally press the scroll wheel, that is i kill myself. also, clicking the left or right button or scrolling is way too loud and sounds cheap. can anyone of you (who owns an ikari) confirm that or is it just my mouse and i better return it and get myself a new one?

thanks in advance,
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tetsuo 16 Oct 2008, 17:04
g5 sux anyway so its not hard 2b better
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Gabt 16 Oct 2008, 17:08
Ive ordered one!(optical) let u know wen it arrives
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sean 16 Oct 2008, 17:11
Ask Gabt

edit, or not.. didn't notice him with his british flag on.

fuck.
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cRz 16 Oct 2008, 18:24
razer cooperhead!
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h8m3 16 Oct 2008, 20:03
buttons are rly too sensitive on all ikari mice (laser&optical), as for me when i tried it i had to unbind mouse3, coz i also killed myself almost every time i put my mouse on the opposite side of the mousepad, also happens to mouse1 & mouse2 btw :{
thought that isnt rly bad, great responce = fucking ownage with railgun >D
p.s. freemove pwns, too bad there is none at the optical version :E
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Rickk 16 Oct 2008, 20:06
Anyone knows if the new Razer Keyboard is any good?
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arca 16 Oct 2008, 20:13
If you mean Razer Arctosa (which just looks like a cheaper version of Lycosa tbh), I guess yes.

I've been using Lycosa for a couple of months now and I've got to say, I love it.
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Rickk 16 Oct 2008, 20:14
Lycosa is the one with Laptop soft keys, + the touchscreen display for music right?
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arca 16 Oct 2008, 20:16
Yep.

Razer has also released a "shiny" version (lol) of Lycosa, Lycosa Mirror, a contest for 5 of those going on atm :o


(^supposed to be a reply to the above post, lol)
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lahq 16 Oct 2008, 20:57
A friend of mine got it. Can't really say I like the mouse, it doesn't feel comfortable in my hand, quality ain't a plus point for it eigher. Overall its really overpriced. You should take it back and get a mx518 or a deathadder instead. :p

Anyway have fun with it. :)
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codethief 16 Oct 2008, 23:29
well, for me it's comfortable. :) what about your friend? can he confirm the issues mentioned above?
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lahq 17 Oct 2008, 14:48
He's always complaining about the mouse feeling in general and about its drivers. (Don't mind him he's noob :p) But I can confirm that the buttons are really "a bit" too sensitive. :O)
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codethief 17 Oct 2008, 17:43
well, as i mentioned it's just the scroll wheel being accidentally activated every now and then. it's not like all the buttons are crap.
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abort 17 Oct 2008, 16:02
i like the freemove thing as razer is just forcing your mouse to be inaccurate, didn't try it yet though, and dont know if i actually am going to
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Gasoline 19 Oct 2008, 04:58
Little offtopic but blah. Anyway, how does that laser mouse perform on different surfaces?
I remember i had a big problem with different surfaces. Wouldnt slide properly on black cloth surfases nor on very slippery plastic/metal ones. Hows yours?
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codethief 19 Oct 2008, 11:53
So far, I haven't had any problems. Though, I haven't tested many surfaces.
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rizziek 11 Nov 2010, 06:42
I have the ikari mouse, is really good ... The thing is that it didn't come with a software like mx518 do, so I dont know how to change dpi and stuff ....
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