Introduction

Continuing our current trend of gaming mice reviews today we have the Steelseries Kinzu. It’s a lightweight, small, ambidextrous mouse with a high sensitivity rating. This isn’t the first one we’ve reviewed for this company, but it is the first budget optical of theirs that we’ve taken a look at. Let’s see how it does.

Specifications

• Frames per second: 9.375
• Inches per second: 50
• Megapixels per second: 3.75
• Counts Per Inch (CPI): 400 – 3200
• Acceleration: 20 G
• Buttons: 3
• Cord: 2 m / 7,9 ft (braided to improve durability)
• Polling: up to 1000 Hz
• Lift distance: ~2.0mm
• Large pressure points that reduce friction for optimized glide
• Driverless, plug-and-play feature for LAN gamers
• Built-in memory for 3 profiles
• Measurements: 117 x 64 x 36 mm / 4,6 x 2,5 x 1,43 in
• Operating systems: Win XP / Vista / Win 2000 / Mac OS

Features

• Ambidextrous lightweight ergonomic finger-tip / palm design
• Slip-resistant coating for superior mouse grip and control
• Gaming Grade optimizations for pro gaming CPI values
• CPI toggle for on-the-fly high & low sensitivity adjustments
• Customizable report rate between 125hz-1000hz / 1 ms response time.
• 3200 Counts Per Inch
• 9375 Frames Per Second
• Acceleration on/off toggle via software
• 50 Inches Per Second and 20G of acceleration
• Low-friction high-performance polyethylene feet