The LEDs promise an impressive 16.8 million colours but we didn’t count them all. We liked the various rainbow patterns but there are others that cycle between colours with different rhythms.
This is veritably the Blackpool illuminations of computer mice. There are no other buttons, but if you press the left, right and forward buttons at once you can cycle through seven different illumination patterns. Pro gamers typically use 400-800 DPI, but the right setting for you is a matter of personal taste: a keen gamer will appreciate being able to change it, and have a visual confirmation. Chose low and you can aim precisely but you need big arm movements to get anywhere, which is why pro gamers either have huge mouse mats or are seen furiously lifting their mouse up off the table repeatedly to adjust its position as they move. Choose a high setting and just a tiny mouse movement is enough to traverse the whole screen, it’s impossible to target your adversary or get your cursor in the right place. It’s tempting to assume the bigger the number the better, but it’s not that simple. A coloured portion of both sides of the mouse indicates the setting. They’d be poorly positioned for a left hand.Īside from the usual two buttons and scroll wheel, there’s just one further button, a small one on top, that cycles through mouse resolution settings.
The design is symmetrical, so a left-handed person could use it fine, but there are two handy extra buttons on the left side (under your thumb if you’re using your right hand) that are programmed for ‘forward’ and ‘back’. You can either see this as an energy drain or a reminder to shut down. One of our only peeves is that the LED lights use energy whenever it’s plugged in to a live USB port, so if you snooze your laptop the mouse is still illuminated. Turning it off also saves a tiny bit of energy and energy-saving is a slight bugbear with the Zephyr. It’s a tiny vibration, it won’t ruin your aim, but it’s nice to turn it off when you don’t need it. This is a relief when you’re not gaming – or working – furiously because the fan makes a slight humming noise and even vibrates slightly in the hand. On close inspection, you discover that there’s a tiny button on the mouse’s underside to control the fan.
The matt finish is comfortable to grip but there’s also an internal fan that blows cool air through the cut-outs to cool the sweaty palm of a hardcore gamer. Zephyr is designed for gamers in two ways: it’s responsive and it’s comfortable in the hand. It’s designed with gamers in mind and its form follows function. This is a beautiful computer mouse, lit with rainbow LEDs that shine through cut-outs in its shell, but it’s more than just a pretty face.
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