ROCCAT Kain 202 AIMO RGB Gaming Mouse – White

I bought this thinking I was getting as close as I could to a wireless KPOE, but this is different in a lot of ways.Obviously the shape is different. It’s more ambi than ergo, but still right-hand ergo. The texture is slick at first, but perfect imo after it “warms up.” The clicks are crispy and not too loud, nothing to complain about for sure. The scroll wheel is godly. Very defined steps but still quiet. The side buttons are too soft for me. It’s really easy to accidentally trigger them, but that could be a good thing depending on what you like.Tracking is perfect, can’t even tell it’s wireless at all. I am not a sensor snob, so I can’t give you too many details here. I don’t really play much FPS and I certainly am not competitive when I play. The mouse does what a mouse does just fine for me.Negatives: So the coating combined with the shape can make it difficult to pick up at times. Maybe it’s just my hands, but I have nearly dropped it before. The cable is stupid too. You don’t need to use it most of the time, only when you need to charge the mouse. They designed the port on the mouse to ONLY use the cable it comes with. I have 500 micro-USB cables that are sad they cannot be used in this mouse. Why did they make it so you can only use the one cable? What happens if the cable breaks? This is why the mouse lost a star for me. Also, no USB-C? come on.Overall, I really like the mouse. I still daily my KPOE, but some games I prefer the larger Kain. They are both plugged in and I alternate depending on what I want. Hope this helps if you even read this far!

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 Overall I like this mouse and will continue to use it for now.Pros:- Comfortable to use, fits my hand like a glove- Good for palm and claw grips- Battery life is good enough- Sensor is good, very responsive, just as fast as wired mice- Scroll wheel is one of the best- Clicks are crisp- Side buttons are easy to press with shorter thumbs- RGB lighting is bright and clean- At 105g, it’s not a brick but not too light either.Cons:- I have tried two Kain AIMO 202’s, both have scroll wheel rattle and loose right mouse buttons – need to work on that quality control!- I miss the tacky coating used on the kone pure. KAIN 202 performance coating is very slippery when first using it, takes time to build up a good grip, I’d rather have a good grip from the getgo- Wish it had some built in rubber side grips like the Logitech G403- Swarm software signal strength keeps switching back and forth between good-excellent when the dongle is inches away.- Battery life indicator in Swarm software only shows in increments of 20%- Have to click a button to wake up the mouse, should be able to just move it to wake- The price dropped $15 a few days after I purchased mine, feelsbadman

Roccat has been in gaming peripheral business for quite sometime now, while it is not as popular as industry leaders such as logitech, razer or corsair, they are a respectable company which have always tried to bring in unique products to the market.Kain AIMO 200 is no exception and it builds upon the tried and tested design and performance of their wired sibling Kain 120. Here are the things which I like and some which truly standout1) Very nice minimal design2) Light weight and decent ergonomics3) Great top class sensor and wireless performance4) Good build quality and oil resistant coating5) Nice tactile clicky buttons with good actuation experience6) Comes with an dongle hub which can be used as a dongle extension with the included micro usb cable – an excellent way to avoid electronic interference or possibility of lower wireless signal7) Roccat swarm software has plenty of interesting features and consumes less memory and computer resources than Logitech GHUB software8) Excellent battery life – (average of 10 days – 3-4 hrs usage per day with RGB and power saving feature)There is no doubt that alot things Roccat have done are good and deserves praise but there are a few things which I personally feel could have been done better:1) No grips on the mouse – there is a bit of a muscle memory training ahead for those who are not used to playing without some sort of thumb or palm grip textured designs on the mouse. I often found the mouse slipping off my dry hand while gaming.2) Not the best mouse to travel around – does not have a compartment in the mouse to carry dongle3) Battery life percentages displayed on the Roccat Swarm software are extremely imprecise – decrements and increments in 20% values onlyApart from these 3 things out of which the only concern most people may have is regarding the grip I believe. The other 2 are mostly nitpicks

I replace a Logitech G502 wired mouse with the Kain 200 mouse. I have the Kain mouse paired with the Roccat Vulcan 120 Aimo Keyboard. This is a great combination due to one software instead of two and the lighting for both the keyboard and mouse is synced. On the other hand, if you don’t want the lighting synced , you could make the lighting independent to each other. The build quality is good and the battery is lasting many hours before I charge it.

It’s a really good mouse. My only problems with it are that it’s just a little slower than a wired mouse latency wise, but you will have to expect that from a full wireless mouse. It’s not the best wireless mouse I have tested. The Logitech g903 lightspeed is much better for gaming but when compared to the price of this one verulsus the performance I can honestly say this mouse is better in that aspect. Kinda disappointed cause I bought the mouse on sale for 65$ but then it priced dropped again a few days later to 40$! But hey that’s the market… Anyways keep a lookout for the sales on this mouse cause it goes on sale quite alot. Gaming wise, like I said it was a bit sluggish, as in, you can notice the slight delay in movements if your an avid gamer in games like CSGO and call of duty, but if you play games like BFV you can’t really notice since the game itself is already a little sluggish at times. Batterylife is phenomenal last much longer than I expected but the longest I’ve games on it is 8hr but I still didn’t have to charge it until around 3 days later.