Nixeus Revel Gaming Mouse PMW 3360 for Windows & Mac OS, Matte White

I'll give it 5/5, but only because it did deliver what it promised. I wish they had a few more features on it. Pros: The sensor is great. Assumed that going in. Tracks perfectly fine. Easy to click mouse wheel. This is not the case in Logitech mice. Sleek design with RGB to match my other RGB (trigger warning. JK too late, get triggered) Rubber top/plastic side for textures. My favorite combo. Plenty of DPI selections and good palcement. Scroll wheel feels great. A+ Mouse skates seem to be good. No issues apparent. Lightweight. Great software. However, I find it hard to keep the RGB breathing enabled... Not sure how to fix that since installing the software. Cons: No side buttons on the right. I realize this is purely personal. However, it's an ambi mouse that can't be used like an ambi mouse and i really will miss pg up/down on my mouse. M1/M2 and side buttons are very loud and tactile (think mx blue switches). The rubber coating is a bit slippery. It does provide grip tho, so it doesn't ruin the mouse. IIRC, the G403 was horrible at this. Rubber cable. While most people actually want this, I prefer not to. My mouse will always feel fragile. While not a problem for a $30 mouse, it still looms. Overall, it's the closest to the Sensei so far and I will replace the Sensei for a bit. I just wish the rubber was more grippy like my Fnatic Sensei and that it had 2 extra side buttons on the right. The Fnatic Sensei to me is still just on another level of comfort and usability. I'll be taking my Sensei to work and giving the Revel a long term try at home I'm hopes SteelSeries release a real follow up. The Revel is just simply a great value mouse and what should have been the Rival 100.

This mouse is great and is a good replacement for a Wheel Mouse Optical, Intellimouse Optical 1.1a, Sensei/Kana/Kinzu. Their customer service is also very fast and they are helpful. I contacted Nixeus and they told me that Amazon has both old and new batches. So if people are experiencing build quality problems they probably got unlucky and Amazon gave them one of the older batches. This mouse has a good shape and has a nice sensor. The clicks feel great and the scroll wheel is nice, but it rattles a little. Not a huge problem to me, but the scroll is louder than my G203. The side buttons also have a short travel and are very light to click. I like that the side buttons are further back. Nixeus also has a firmware updater and they are working on software to customize the mouse. I like that the shape of the mouse is more rounded and smooth unlike the DM1 Pro S or the Sensei. The curve on the Sensei/DM1 is more rigid and sharp. The Revel also feels slightly less bulky and not as wide. It is the closes you will get to a replacement for one of the older Ambidextrous Microsoft Mice. I got unlucky and got one of the older batches and Nixeus support told me that they have used different switches for the middle mouse wheel in their newest batch. The MMB on mine was not very tactile, but more a more mushy feeling, and the click was very quiet. My friend who has a REVEL had their middle mouse more tactile and a louder click. I am sending mine back to Nixeus instead of Amazon so that I can make sure to get one from the newest batch. If you have problems with your REVEL, their customer support will gladly help you fast and easy. Overall I love this mouse and it is the perfect shape.

There's a lot that's not perfect about the revel, but not much I didn't already expect having followed its production and viewing feedback on it for some time. If you know what you're buying has X problem, you shouldn't dock it for having X problem. What I didn't know is that the side buttons aren't just bad.. they are BAD. And even if you get a Revel that doesn't have QC issues with the left and right mouse buttons, the left and right mouse buttons will still always feel a bit inconsistent because of the way the mouse shell is designed supposedly. If you're like me, when you first get this mouse you'll start laughing because it feels so cheap that it's legitimately funny; but make no mistake, it has killer performance with the 3360, a very low input delay, a shape many love, and a price point that I wouldn't say is a "good deal", but is simply very appropriate when you consider its shortcomings. If you liked your glossy finish mice in the past, the glossy coat on this one is very nice as well. You'll just have to clean it pretty regularly because even the cleanest person leaves a surprising amount of gunk on these things. Edit: Middle mouse button is double or even triple clicking. No excuse for that, knocked down two stars. Edit 2: Nixeus responded to my review offering "help with any further issues", but considering I have failing hardware there's not any help I could use aside from a replacement. I noticed they seem to respond to everyone with a negative review, and if they infer by your review date that your warranty is up, they don't offer you a replacement in their response. Well that rubbed me the wrong way because I felt it was just virtue signalling to reply to these people they weren't going to help.. so I emailed them and asked if a replacement was what they were implying they could do for me since that's the only thing they could actually help me with, and what do you know, they offered me one even though my warranty was over years ago. I didn't follow up and have it done because the sensei shape doesn't agree with me anyway, but I was very glad to see that they have some nice folks over there. Bumped my review up a star for that.

If you're here, it's because you scouted out many different mice through reviewers like Rocket Jump Ninja and JoshTechBytes on YouTube, read through overclock.net or /r/MouseReview threads, or just peeked into Amazon's mouse market and stumbled on this. This is an excellent mouse - but there are a few details to be aware of that can make or break your decision to purchase this or another competitive mouse. The PMW3360 is pretty much the best sensor on the market at the time of writing. The implementation is great. Lift off distance is low, and I can't find any issue with how the sensor is, especially after updating the firmware. There are preset DPI steps that may be changed with software in increments of 100. Both firmware and software are available on Nixeus's website and are optional, since this mouse is meant to work out of the box. I have 18.7 x 10.4 cm hands. The shape, balance, and weight is a HUGE step up from the Deathadder 3G I had played on for 8 years. The slope is very gradual, and the sides give my 1-2-2 grip a lot of space and a slight ledge to assist in picking up without any slipping. I can palm or claw it, but the hump doesn't really fill out the palm fully - it makes contact and provides support, but it is not a full feeling. I am totally fine with this, but others may prefer a full fill, or a lower profile (see: Zowie ZA/Ninox Venator, or FK for the respective hump profiles). My preferred grip style is now fingertip, surprisingly. The mouse is lightweight and precise enough for it, and the shape allows for that sort of versatility. The clicks and buttons are very tactile and tight. No issues on my matte white copy. The cord is light and flexible. The scroll wheel is tactile and bumpy, which may take getting used to. There is different tension between the scroll up and down. I personally prefer smoother scrolling, so this irritated me a little. It's workable, but I hope that Nixeus considers a different approach to scroll wheels in the future. I'm not a mouse enthusiast, and I wasn't expecting my socks to be blown off by this mouse - but it is a very solid choice, and conveniently less pricey than other solid choices. Other mice to consider include the Steelseries Sensei, Ninox Venator, Zowie ZA/FK series, and maybe the Logitech G Pro/102/203. Those all have ambidextrous form factors, but different pros and cons to them. Overall, I'm very pleased with this mouse, and have no issue using this as a replacement for my Deathadder.

UPDATE - Aug 2020 Just wanted to mention that after over 2.5 years, it's still working fine, but more importantly, it's stood above a handful of other mice I have tried along the way (from top brands). Original review: Everything about the mouse itself is amazing. I like how it is kept simple without any dumb "gaming" gimmicks. The buttons feel nice, the scroll wheel is smooth and easy enough to click, the side buttons can come in handy if you decide to use them (and they are easy to get used to), if not, they don't really become bothersome. It's just 30-something bucks but I definitely don't feel like they cheeped out on the material, there is definitely quality and care put into it while still keeping it as affordable as it is. It's lightweight enough so that you will kinda forget that your holding it, especially when you are immersed in a game. Speaking of games, yes this mouse is really good for gaming and unless you are a heavy MMORPG player, this mouse should cover mostly all your needs. Oh yes, and last but not least, the sensor on this is superb! It's super precise and I haven't encountered any problems with it. Oh and yes, there is software for personalizing DPI. The only con is the wire, which quite short and stiff, if it was braided that would've been neat.

Got this mouse to replace another mouse that wasn't working properly. This mouse worked wonderfully until about half a year and the right click has faulty double clicks, making the mouse incredibly frustrating to use. It wasn't expensive, so you get what you pay for, but still, some crappy mouse I can get at the local store lasts longer and for less.

Mouse wheel is squeaking like mad only 5 days after purchase. Cheaply made. Also when you have to cycle completely through the DPI changes, you can't go up or down like with more advanced (but similarly priced) gaming mice. I wish they had scrimped on the annoying glowing NIXEOUS logo on the top of the mouse (which glows a different color depending on your DPI, gee whiz) and made the mouse of better materials instead.

So I'm a long time Heavy/expensive mouse user. I'm one of those people that are perfectly fine with spending 70+ dollars on a mouse. So when i decided to get this mouse My biggest worry was build quality and feel. Especially since the pictures on amazon make the mouse look kinda cheap IMO. but really this mouse is fantastic. The build quality is superb, and i actually prefer the feel of it over my G502. The soft rubber coating is silky smooth but sadly picks up on finger oils easily. Again though the I thinks its still better that the gunk that eventually build up on some mice with the textured grips (like on the side of the G502, or some razor mice). Oh and the rbg lighting looks good too. Personally I Don't care much about those things but all the colors on my mouse look very solid and accurate if that makes sense. a con might be that the colors are locked to your DPI i suppose But I'm thinking of modding the lights off any way. For performance I'd say its great. PMW 3360... Really can go wrong its a great senser that feels crisp and amazing. If you have a lazer senser or maybe just have one of those Cheap Wireless mice it will improve your gaming accuracy in a way. Plus you might feel how nice and responsive it noticeably is. But if you have you any other optical sensor like a 3310 its not gonna be any different really. For me coming from the G502 with the 3366 sensor I don't feel any more accurate than i was before. But it does feel easier to actually move around due to the light weight. Also the mouse feet for me are the quietest I have RN. Compared the the G502 and Razor Death Adder its noticeable but not a big deal also. I was worried since the mouse price was so low the mouse feet were gonna be skimped out on. The side buttons feel weird and soft though. I Mainly use side buttons as media keys and toggle to speak keys so i don't really care much for them. Final thoughts than. its a great mouse and definitely recommend it. I think its a better choice over the zowie mice I feel due to the cheaper price and technically better sensor on paper. its also 10$ cheaper than the DM1 pro with the same senser and same shape. Also do yourselves a favor and don't buy into all the Gimmicky BS of super expensive Gaming mice. so yeah first review on amazon so sorry if its crap. But I really like this mouse and i think more people should look into this if their interested.