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We all get asked for technology buying advice from time to time – and KitGuru readers probably get asked more than most people. When a friend bought their kid a laptop for Xmas, the lucky child immediately asked its parents (nicely) for a ‘Gaming Mouse’. After doing their research, they opted for a GameMax Tornado – which cost less than £7.50 with free shipping from Amazon.
We were intrigued and asked if we could intercept the gift for a review before ‘Junior’ got her hands on it. No ‘Golden reviewer' sample with us for sure and with a price point just 50p above that of a Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse, we wanted to ask just one question: Is this mouse any good at all?
Shimmy up to your local peripherals dealer and slap £7.50 unto his desk. He’ll smile and hand you the Microsoft optical default mouse. If you go onto the sites of some major high-end peripheral companies and hit the ‘low to high’ pricing option for RGB mice, you will struggle to find anything under £30.
Enter GameMax.
Features
- Comfort ergonomic design
- Anti-sweat skin
- Coloured LED backlight, cycles through 7 colours
- Pro gaming sensor, 4 dpi profiles ranging from 800-2000
- Compact optical mouse with 6 buttons and noiseless scroll wheel
Specifications
- USB connectivity
- 1.5M cable length
- 6 buttons
- Resolution: 800, 1200, 1600, 2000 selectable dpi
- LED colour: cyan, blue, magenta, white, red, green, yellow
- Mouse colour: black
- Working voltage: < 5V
- Working current: < 250Ma
- Button mean time before failure: > 5 million keystrokes
- Dimensions: 120 x 80 x 42mm
- Net weight: 0.095Kg + 10g
Given the experience we had in the KitGuru Labs when we first got hands-on with the GameMax chassis, I'm not sure how surprised to be that this company can delivery very affordable peripherals. Let's get the packaging open and see what's inside.
looks quite decent for the cash. Less than a few beers now in my local
For some extra features, try the free X-Mouse Button Control… On my Maxtek from Aldi, I found it useful to eliminate unwanted wheel presses – it’s a great tool for mice that don’t have their own tweaking tool
Lol, I just bought one of these for work.
no wonder it is good. As of lately I have abandoned the well established brands that I follow for years in mouses and now I get the sharkoon shark force to cover my needs in gaming and work (graphic design).
They cost 1/3 of the price and perform better.
My friends are doing the same with other low cost brands, really it feels like we are wasting money on brand names now.