Roccat KONE [+] Review

Roccat KONE Plus Review

Introduction

It’s rare for a company to burst on the scene with an endless stream of excellent products. Normally they have one great idea, form a company and then, like a rock band, have the sophomore slump of trying to follow it up.

Roccat most definitely aren’t in this group of companies as their products have been innovative, well built and have always impressed us to such a degree that we actually anticipate their next product.

For their next one their actually returning to their roots. Back in June last year we reviewed the 3200dpi Roccat Kone and found it to be a great performer with everything we threw at it and about the only thing we could find to complain about was the pricing being in line with the big names of the industry for a first product. Of course we know now that Roccat are one of those big names.

So now we have the update to the best-selling Kone, let’s see what’s new with the Kone [+].

Technical Specifications

The main changes between the two models are the natural updates we’d expect in 2010. The laser has been upgraded from 3200dpi to 6000dpi. The acceleration has been upped from 20G to 30G, and the onboard memory has been vastly improved from the previous 128KB to 576KB to take the much larger settings available with the EasyShift[+].

  • Pro-Aim Laser Sensor R2 with up to 6000dpi
  • 1000Hz polling rate
  • 1ms response time
  • 11750fps, 10.5megapixel
  • 30G acceleration
  • 3.8-5m/s (150-200ips)
  • 16-bit data channel
  • Tracking & Distance Control Unit
  • 72MHz TurboCore processor
  • 576kB onboard memory
  • 2m USB cable


Features

  • 6000DPI PRO-AIM LASER SENSOR – for maximum precision
  • EASYSHIFT[+] BUTTON DUPLICATOR – for 22 directly accessible mouse functions
  • 4-LED LIGHT SYSTEM – for individual colors + effects
  • TRACKING & DISTANCE CONTROL UNIT – ultimate tracking; minimizes pick-up-flight
  • ROCCATâ„¢ DRIVER + MACRO MANAGER – incl. Macro Presets for games & apps
  • ONBOARD MEMORY (576KB) – store 5 Game Profiles with macros
  • 4 EASY-TO-CLIP-IN WEIGHTS (4X5G) – for individual weight adjustment
  • 8 MOUSE BUTTONS – programmable + solid 4D mouse wheel
  • ULTRA QUIET – low friction mouse feet