SteelSeries Kana and Kinzu v2 Pro Review
Kinzu v2 Pro Up Close
Published: 12th March 2012 | Source: SteelSeries | Price: |
Kinzu v2 Pro Up Close
The smaller brother to the Kana is the Kinzu v2 Pro. Here in limited edition silver, but also available in red and black. The standard Kinzu v2 is in yellow, white, orange and black, so you've got a lot of coordination options. Of course the downside to a shiny silver mouse in a plastic cover is you get a reflection of my orange OC3D t-shirt, but don't worry it's purely silver as you'll see in the lower photos.
Although we haven't got the two-tone cable braiding we saw on the Kana the Kinzu still has the same high quality, soft braid on the cable.
The Kinzu is very much a pared down mouse, lacking any side buttons at all. All we have is a soft plastic that nicely inverts the setup of the Kana.
The Sensei is the biggest of the three in this stable, with the Kana a few mm smaller and the Kinzu smaller still. They're by no means tiny with the Kinzu being 117mm long and the Kana 124mm.
Most Recent Comments
|
Originally Posted by Umzok
Do you think Steelseries will ever do a left-handed mouse? |
With the ability to swap the buttons over in the SteelSeries Engine software, it's as left-handed as you could hope for I believe.
Didn't the Deathadder have some sort of DPI problems when you configured it to 1600DPI or something along those lines? Don't remember to well.
I think I would have liked to see at least more consistency for the Kana, like a 'soft grip' on the sides as well. That would have been very nice. This is probably digressing from both the mice, nit does anyone think Steelseries will release another version of the Ikari Laser?
|
Originally Posted by 911^NEmeSis
I thought that the Xai, Kinzu and the Sensei were all good for left handers? Didn't the Deathadder have some sort of DPI problems when you configured it to 1600DPI or something along those lines? Don't remember to well. |
As for gaming mouse for lefties, the Deathadder is the only dedicated ergonomically left handed gaming mouse. So the best you'll get is an ambidextrous mouse. I use my right hand for mice, but I find the Steelseries ambidextrous mice to be extremely comfortable, but that's just me. Based of that, I assume they should be fine for lefties as well.
@Umzok. I doubt Steelseries will make a left handed mouse, because 90% of people are right handed, so it's a significantly smaller market to develop a product for. Also many lefties use their right hands for mice anyway, which decreases the market even further.
Yeah, something along those lines mate. The SteelSeries mice just looked pretty ambidextrous to me and I think it said so on it's packaging or somewhere...
The Deathadder is certainly a good mouse, but personally I would just prefer a Xai or Sensei, though I don't even own one myself. Sensors on the SS mouse seem pretty decent as I hear.
I use an old school MX518 myself so yeah
CSS Valid
Fancy all the benefits of a bonkers sensor but don't need all the multi-button frippery? SteelSeries might have just the ticket.
Continue Reading