The marketplace for gaming peripherals is nearly over-saturated. With so many to select from, whether or not you’re on the hunt for a keyboard, mouse or headset, the range in selection makes it laborious to choose. However, we hope our opinions allow you to in that division, and right now we’re taking a look at Genesis’ newest gaming mouse, the Xenon 800.
Construct High quality & Design
To kick issues off, as normal, I’ll start by wanting on the Xenon 800’s construct high quality and design. This explicit mouse could be very completely different from any of the others manufactured by Genesis. The outer shelf as been perforated time and again, with small hexagonal shapes reduce into the casing. The rationale for this? Properly, apart from wanting cool, it permits Genesis to make the Xenon 800 its most light-weight gaming mouse up to now. Weighing in at simply 58g.
While chances are you’ll assume chopping elements out of the case might sound like one thing that may make it much less sturdy, as a result of design, it really retains its power and rigidity. That is as a result of hexagonal shapes really enhancing the Xenon 800’s structural integrity. And all of this while being moulded to a pleasant ergonomic form that provides each optimum consolation and a reassuring grip, so long as you’re right-handed anyway. Sadly, at this present time, there isn’t a left-handed model.
Together with the strong and smooth wanting case, the mouse additionally has RGB lighting which sadly is roofed up a bit of and 6 programmable buttons. For some 6 buttons might not be fairly sufficient, particularly should you play MMO video games, however they’ve their Xenon 770 gaming mouse round for that, which we reviewed late last year. Nonetheless, they’re properly laid out, and with a rubber coating on the scroll wheel, you may undoubtedly inform this has been designed with consolation and grip in thoughts.
Should you don’t just like the look or the texture of this mouse although, Genesis have you ever lined. As you may really take away the highest of the casing and placed on a strong one. It will clearly add a bit of extra weight however which may be one thing you favor. Which is why there may be lso a set of weights included you may place contained in the mouse to weigh it down, eradicating particular person weights to regulate it so you may get that excellent steadiness thyat you’re on the lookout for.
Performance
So by way of performance, you’re going to need to obtain the Genesis software program for this from their web site. It’s not the most effective, bu it’s primary and easy sufficient o do what you want it to do. And it permits you to customise the mouse to get probably the most potential out of it. Setting issues like RGB lighting, what you’d like particular buttons to do, and clearly, the vital one, the DPI of the mouse.
Now for DPI, it does have some preset ranges you may swap between. However you may customise these additional with the software program as much as 16,000 DPI. So you probably have completely different video games the place you want faster or slower motion then that is ideally suited, as you may set a number of ranges, ideally suited for particular person video games. Then you definitely simply have to modify between them with a easy press of a button on the mouse itself.
While it could sound good although with the ability to modify all this, it’s vital to see the way it reacts in-game. On the coronary heart of the Xenon 800 is without doubt one of the finest PMW3389 sensors accessible available on the market, which means this mouse is extraordinarily responsive. Like I couldn’t even recognise a delay in any respect. Though my eyesight isn’t what it was, simply watch me play Apex Legends and be amazed at how a lot I miss my targets.
What’s notably spectacular about his sensor although, is utilizing the software program, you may set the Carry-Off Distance (LOD) to a few ranges. So, should you’re a type of individuals who like to tug your mouse away from the desk, you are able to do while nonetheless contriolling your cursor in sport. This not solely gives you higher management, however permits you to sport extra comfortably as you’re not going to be straining your self an excessive amount of transferring the mouse aroubnd wildly.
Worth for Cash
The large query. How a lot does it price? Properly, when we reported the news of the Xenon 800 being announced, Genesis said it might retail for round €50. Which isn’t a nasty worth level whenever you convert that over to good ol’ Pound Sterling, coming in at £45. This makes it roughly the identical worth vary as Wonderful PC Gaming Race‘s fashions, and only a smidge costlier than Cooler Grasp‘s MM711, each of which look related in design making an attempt to make their mouse’/s light-weight.
Sadly, while these preliminary impressions sound good, and costs do the truth is present on some websites the Xenon 800 being bought for across the €45 mark, cheaper than initially instructed, for UK Avid gamers its not fairly the case. Genesis remains to be struggling for stockists within the UK, and this present pandemic in all probability hasn’t helped of their search. However sadly it does imply that costs are inflated due to this, and the most cost effective we may discover the Xenon 800 was for £69.23 on Amazon (worth right as of 18/10/2020).
It’s possible you’ll get extra luck really shopping for overseas and having it shipped over. It sounds loopy, however we’re in loopy occasions proper now. So is it worth for cash? If it was on the worth it realistically needs to be, then sure it’s glorious worth for cash. It’s designed effectively, good high quality and very practical and customisable. However sadly, with an inflated price, chances are you’ll need to wait till these are extra simply accessible, however how lengthy that would take is unknow. So possibly you might have to look elsewhere for now if within the UK.
Genesis Xenon 800 total ideas
There is no such thing as a doubt in my thoughts that the Xenon 800 is a unbelievable mouse. It won’t be the most effective accessible, however golly does it seems nice. It feels comfy and it’s so responsive too that you just’ll don’t have any points with it when gaming, even on a aggressive degree. However regardless of all it does effectively, you’ll wrestle to get it at a good worth within the UK.
It will hopefully change in time, however as of proper now, you may get related merchandise for decrease than that of the Xenon 800 within the UK. Nevertheless, should you’re within the EU or know somebody who’s that may get one and ship it over for you, you’re quids in. As a result of this can be a unbelievable mouse that provides quite a bit to your cash when you may get it on the proper worth.
You will get extra data on the Xenon 800 and extra Genesis merchandise on their official web site HERE. While the mouse is now accessible and simply attainable throughout Europe, UK Avid gamers should stick out the await Genesis merchandise to turn out to be extra extensively accessible as they attempt to discover a stockist within the UK to assist convey costs down. Don’t fear although, now we have loads of different {Hardware} Critiques so that you can take a look at proper HERE.
