CMStorm Recon Gaming Mouse

**Santy** · 15-04-2013

CMStrom Recon Gaming Mouse is a high quality gaming mouse. With high sensitivity and customization options you can expect a much better gaming output. According to me this mouse is nice alternative for some costly products available in the market. In combination with mechanical keyboard, your gaming rig will deliver a better output. It is not fair to count Recon under entry level mouse. Not at all. This is a good mouse that has AVAGO sensor which increases the responsiveness to great extent. But to some extent the customization features are not so well. CMStrom needs better customization software for the mouse. Recon is a stylish lightweight mouse with color customization and 9 keys to program. There is good enough space to program the keys as per your need, while some costly gaming mouse is overloaded with features that would take years to learn. Recon is clear and straight. At a mid range the mouse is capable of giving you all features which are required for gaming. You can check out the short feature list below. That will give you a bit of glimpse on mouse properties.

Features:

Avago 3090 optical sensor with 800-4000 dpi
Sensor Lift-Off-Distance adjustment
On-The-Fly DPI, LOD and USB polling rate adjustments
Up to 1.5m/s or 60”/s tracking speed and 20G of acceleration
Highest grade Japanese Omron micro switches
Extra wide 16-bit USB data path
1000 Hz polling rate / 1ms response time
Super Grip coated ambidextrous mouse body
Ultra swift mouse feet
Flexible 1.8 meter or 78.6 inch long cable
Dimensions (W x H x D): 64.4 x 116.4 x 42 mm/ 2.53 x 4.58 x 1.65 inches
Multicolor Mouse wheel light to identify Profiles

Specification:

Model : SGM-4001-KLLW1
Color : Black
Form Factor : Ambidextrous Body
Sensor : Avago ADNS-3090 Optical Sensor
Programmable Buttons : 9
Onboard Memory : 32KB
Polling Rate : 1000 Hz /1 ms
Velocity : Up to 150 ips
Acceleration : 20 g
Dimension : 64.4 x 116.4 x 42 mm / 2.53 x 4.58 x 1.65 inches
Weight : 139 g / 0.31 lbs
Warranty :2 years

If you go on the web and search for best gaming mouse you can see that ample of them are using AVAGO optical sensor. This is one of the best in the market that provides maximum precision to the mouse while playing games. With the mouse software you can perform a firmware upgrade anytime you want, if you feel that you are not getting the right performance out of it. The body of CMStorm Recon is made up of plastic with grip coated material and Teflon fleet at the lower side. The design makes the mouse to perform well on any surface. The ambidextrous design allows comfort to use it with any hand. It is not really a complicated mouse. Recon delivers some premium features at a price that is not far from budget. The build quality of Recon is quiet good. With different set of profile you can get the right settings at right time or you can simply edit and create your own profile through the mouse tool. On the body there are around 9 programmable keys that include right, middle and left keys. There are two additional keys placed on the left and right side.

**Santy** · 15-04-2013

While for some flash effect, CMStorm has added 3 programmable led lights also. This key features a set of colors that you can change through Recon Software. A combination of two colors creates a new one. The default colors are Red, Green and Blue. The programmable keys give you comfort while playing games. The design offers a good grip also while gaming. The weight is just perfect that offers you easy gameplay with muse strain on the wrist.

Recon Software:

Recon software is a set of driver suite that offers easy customization and drivers for using the mouse. The pc suite features additional options to customize the mouse keys. You can also adjust the dpi instantly through the software or by just pressing the keys on Scroll button. There are some screenshot below that can give you a glimpse of options available to program the mouse. You can go in this software directly and make the adjustment.

Conclusion:

The cost of CMStrom Recon Gaming mouse is around Rs. 3,000/-. The price may be bit above the budget, but as per the features and specs we checked, it is a good tool for gaming. The DPI resolution between 800 to 4000 allows you to adjust the mouse precision as per your need. While rubberized grip on the top makes the mouse a bit comfortable in usage. Performance wise Recon is good at work. On any surface the high responsive AVAGO sensor gives appropriate output.

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