- Hello, and welcome again
to David gets really nervous and sweaty on camera.
Last time, I got really sweaty and nervous.
But this time, maybe not.
Because this time I have a fan attached to a mouse,
I mean a mouse attached to a fan.
Let's see if this thing blows me away.
So they actually sent us two of these bad boys,
I'm guessing different colors.
Let's just open this one first.
Yeah, little instruction manual.
At this point,
I think most people know how to use a mouse.
Plug in and away we go.
All right.
So this is the Zephyr gaming mouse.
It's a pretty cool mouse.
I think I like the shape of it.
But what makes it special
is that there's actually a little fan on the inside.
So the idea is that if you get sweaty palms
when you play games,
this thing will actually cool your pulm for you
and help you get those frags.
My palms don't get particularly sweaty.
At least that's what I thought
until Jono asked me if I wanted to do this
and I said, not really.
And then I started noticing that
like between my fingers I actually got really sweaty
and even right now they're kind of sweaty.
So I'm excited to see if this thing
actually cools the way it is supposed to.
So right off the bat,
I actually like this cable quite a bit.
It's a braided cable, it's kind of fabricey.
It feels like if you had a cable tie,
it would shred this thing pretty quickly,
but otherwise, pretty durable.
This is what I look for
most of the time when I'm getting a corded mouse
which admittedly I don't use anymore,
I use a wireless mouse just for the freedom it provides
but there's definitely
an argument to be made for corded nice,
especially when you consider the weight.
Speaking of weight, this mouse is 68 grams,
which is a little bit heavier
than some of the lightest corded mice
like the Model O- which I think is about like 58.
But it's definitely still
lighter than all the wireless ones.
The lightest ones, including the Viper Ultimate
which is like 77, 78 or the G Pro at 80.
At home, I use a 403 wireless, which is about 100 grams.
So no matter what,
this thing's gonna be quite a bit lighter,
how that's achieved
and how they achieve the cooling
is actually this kind of honeycomb-ish design.
It's a little more organic looking on this one
often it's kind of a straight hexagon shape.
If you look inside, can you see that?
Inside, you can see the fan,
it kind of looks like a little turbine,
the clicking is good.
These are Omron 50 million switches.
So they're rated pretty high.
I know there's been some reliability issues with these ones,
especially in Logitech mice.
They're either under voltage
or using too low of a current.
And so the circuit and the electrical on the mouse
isn't actually meant to handle that
this shouldn't be a problem because this is a wired mouse.
And so I can't imagine they're trying to do any like
power saving or anything like that.
So it should last up to the 50 million,
at least mechanically, I mean,
the electrical always goes out before 50 million.
So on this mouse, there's the two main buttons.
There's the mouse wheel with the click.
There's the top middle button,
which is the DPI there's two side buttons, front, back.
You can map them however you want.
Also on the bottom, you can see the Pixart 3389 sensor.
Nothing wrong with that sensor.
It's considered a flawless sensor.
That's the joy of reviewing mice now,
it's not about seeing how accurate a sensor is,
it's more about how it feels in your hand,
how it plays, and that's something only I can give you.
So, let's find out.
All right, so we've plugged the mouse in,
and the RGB is extraordinarily bright.
So you change it by hitting the two buttons
and then hitting the side buttons.
So there's a whole variety of RGB,
my hand is in the way,
is there a way to do this?
- [Jono] Nah, that's not going to work.
- Nah, that's not gonna work.
Honestly, I would probably have this off.
I usually keep RGB on my computer off,
I find it distracting.
Apparently in the final production model,
there'll be a way to turn it off but for now,
let's go with the rainbow.
Who doesn't love a rainbow?
So when I plugged it in you feel the fan kick up.
It's got different settings
so you turn over to that button in the bottom.
It sounds weird, it sounds bad.
Right now there's the three settings there's off,
no sign, no noise, no vibration.
There's this setting
which is I think about 4000 RPM
there's this one which is 7000 rpm
and then there's gonna be a 10,000 RPM option
but apparently they don't have that available quite yet.
So the question I think this is like
the main question of this mouse is, can I feel the air?
Do you what I do feel is like vibrations city.
This is insane,
I would not be into using this
it is so distracting.
It feels like there's like a rumble pack in this.
Maybe they can do like a firmware update
where they make it that the fan changes for rumble.
You can get like some vibration feedback, heck, yeah.
The vibration actually goes down on the higher setting,
but the noise goes up.
That being said, most of the time when I'm PC gaming,
I'm usually wearing a headset.
So does it really matter?
No, but the vibration?
Yes, that does really matter.
I can feel a little bit of air.
I wouldn't describe it as particularly
like much cooler than using a honeycomb shaped mouse anyway.
Yeah, it's okay.
Is this a game changer?
Probably not, but that's okay.
Mice are pretty good as they are.
Okay, so why don't we fire up a game?
Sensitivity is high but with one button press
we're switching between 400 and 16,000 all the way up.
I want to play a game that is both twitch shooter
and a little bit scary.
And the first game that came to mind was 2005's Fear,
which is long overdue for a remake
so make that hashtag happen.
Fear remake 4k 2020?
Yeah, that's the one.
Oh, I think my sensitivity is too high.
It would be nice to have a bungee
as I think that's kind of the big downside
to corded gaming
is that sometimes you're pulling,
and then all of a sudden,
it yanks in the wrong direction.
Yo, is there acceleration and smoothing on this thing?
That is not cool.
Is it, did we send like a firm,
like a control software today?
- [Jono] No.
- Okay, let me, I gotta turn that off the windows.
There was no smoothing,
but it didn't feel quite right.
So it might just be that the DPI isn't set how I'm used to,
it'd be nice to have some kind of software control
so you can be sure that things are right,
because right now I'm just going off feeling
and that feels pretty close to what I'm used to
at home with my 403.
Yeah, that kind of stuff can come later.
So it's not that big of a deal.
I like the feel of light mice like the Model O-
is like a really good mouse.
And this feels kind of similar
the shape's a little more kind of jagged.
I don't love the way that this bottom feels in my palm.
I'm particularly partial to non ambidextrous mice,
mice that kind of curved one way
and my hand can kind of fit in there.
That's why I like the 403.
But overall, it's pretty comfortable.
I don't love the way that these buttons
are kind of covered by this ledge here.
I kind of like having my fingers closer to the edge.
And this feels like it prevents me
from gripping it how I want.
But like I said, mice, that's a preference thing.
So maybe that's what you like.
And that's part of the more fear, 'cause I'm on the clock
and now I get to play video games.
So I don't have headphones right now.
So I mean, I can hear the mouse,
it's not that bad even when I'm not thinking about it,
it's just like a little bit of a whine,
I can deal with that, I can handle that.
Oop, I thought you were dead.
As I played and as I warmed up,
partially because my nerves,
I actually can feel the fan going.
So if you're someone who's like,
partial to having your palm get warm,
you know, it's kind of cool, it kind of works.
I think it could use a little bit of refinements,
it's not bad, but it just vibrates a little bit,
but I wanna try it in the game
that I know best that I know what a mouse should feel like
and that's Rainbow Six.
So let's load that up.
Whoo, I'm all sweaty everywhere but my palms,
so I'm gonna cool down with my refreshing, cold water
out of my lttstore.com water bottle.
Yeah, if only a mouse could do that.
Now I'm all wet, what did I do?
While this game's loading up,
I'm gonna take a look at what the white mouse looks like.
Figured that, it's the same mouse, but white.
These pads on the bottom don't feel particularly good.
They're kind of sticky.
I wasn't noticing any resistance on the pad
but I don't feel like they would last forever.
I'm just gonna do a regular terrorist.
Let's go Ash 'cause I love the R4.
I'm just gonna do a full auto run.
Normally when I'm warming up to play Rainbow Six and Rank,
I will play with the single shot
and trying to go head shots only.
But just to kind of give this a chance.
First, let's just see how we do.
Okay, still as my settings
Oh well, okay, all right.
All right.
It's definitely different.
But I mean, it's hard to judge a mouse
off first impressions
'cause it always takes a little bit to get used to.
And I haven't played as much Rainbow Six
in the last couple months.
Okay, that's enough of that.
Let's try the 403.
Okay, yeah, this is definitely the mouse I'm more used to
but that's not a knock against the other one.
The other one I could see getting used to it
when I first heard that it was a mouse with a fan in it,
it seems so gimmicky, but it's a proper gaming mouse
and if it's the shape that you like,
there's no shame in using that.
And if you have sweaty palms,
there's no shame man
you don't even need to get help just get love.
- [Andy] Or get a mouse.
- Or get a mouse Andy you're right, you're right.
I think if you have a sweaty palm
getting a Model O or a Model D would be totally fine.
I think the cooling does a little bit,
but I think just having the honeycomb shaped does more
like the difference between this, and this
is in that extra airflow,
it's having just passive air
kind of being able to go in and out.
And so if you have sweaty palms,
give them a try try the Model O, the Model D,
the Finalmouse, if you can still find one.
I think the Cooler Master 710 is a honeycomb.
There's lots of choices.
This is a good choice, though.
It's a good one to put in your options.
It started at 79 for the early bird,
and I think it's going up to $100
when it's kind of full production,
and it's a pretty good mouse
I would say there's lots of options
I wouldn't highly recommend this
but it's pretty good and it's a cool unique feature
and maybe this is the right thing for you.
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Actually, wait, no, no, wait.
I had to do one more test.
This is the make or break feature.
Can you take this mouse to Disney World with you
plug it into a power bank and use it as a fan.
And the answer is yes?
This is amazing.
Oh yeah, oh yeah I can't feel anything.
Now I wanna see if, both mice at maximum.
Oh I can feel it, you know what?
Let's do it.
Next time I go to anywhere warm,
I'm bringing this mouse with me.