Glorious Forge Pro Golden Panda Wireless Review

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Glorious Forge Pro Golden Panda Wireless Review

Introduction

Glorious Gaming first appeared on the market back in 2014, as a Dallas based company aiming to shake the market up, by providing designs which fit the needs of the gaming market without having enormous feature sets people didn't necessarily want that came with similarly enormous price points. You probably first became aware of them with their range of mice that was at the cutting edge of lightweight designs. If you ever wondered why so many mice suddenly came to market with body cut-outs in a quest for lightness, you have Glorious Gaming to thank.

Just like many companies have their extreme arm, so Glorious Gaming have their Forge. This is very much a limited run of products that fit a particular segment of the market. Something like Kickstarter. It allows them to really synergise their product range with the desires of their rabid fanbase. When you're dealing in low volume production it's a perfect business model. We've all seen items that were very nearly what we wanted but came with a compromise somewhere. With the Glorious Forge there are no compromises to be found, and they are very reactive to their userbase.

The Model O Pro we have for review today is part of their Forge range. Available in three colours, Red Fox, Blue Lynx and the Golden Panda we have here. As you can see from the image above it's a stripped down mouse with the focus upon crisp buttons, super accurate sensor and a lower weight than a supermodel who's been lost in the desert for a week. Let's take a look.

Technical Specifications

Glorious Forge Pro Golden Panda Wireless Review 

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Most Recent Comments

02-03-2023, 21:23:56

dazbobaby
The yellow looks nice.


But overall it looks like a circa 2000's microsoft mouse, it's only missing the tail.


I'll stick with my G602, now that's a nice mouse.Quote

03-03-2023, 09:24:14

Dicehunter
I quite like the look of this, Nice and simple clean design... Although I'd prefer a wired option as I'm not too fond of batteries in my mice/keyboards as they all inevitably retain less and less charge over time.Quote

03-03-2023, 11:26:01

Warchild
Never understood where the cost comes in for these overly simplified mice. Its nice and sleek but £100 for this??? The naga mmo mouse is the same price and has better justification for its extended button options and versatility.

And as Dice mentioned, wireless with batteries? thats a massive no in 2023. Id expect this from the 2000-2010 era.Quote

03-03-2023, 11:59:03

Dawelio
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Originally Posted by Dicehunter View Post
I quite like the look of this, Nice and simple clean design... Although I'd prefer a wired option as I'm not too fond of batteries in my mice/keyboards as they all inevitably retain less and less charge over time.
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Originally Posted by Warchild View Post
Never understood where the cost comes in for these overly simplified mice. Its nice and sleek but £100 for this??? The naga mmo mouse is the same price and has better justification for its extended button options and versatility.

And as Dice mentioned, wireless with batteries? thats a massive no in 2023. Id expect this from the 2000-2010 era.
So what exactly are you referring to wireless being powered with, if not a battery? Solar panels? Quote

03-03-2023, 12:28:09

Warchild
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Originally Posted by Dawelio View Post
So what exactly are you referring to wireless being powered with, if not a battery? Solar panels?
Good point. I actually misread into about the battery thinking its the old method of AA/AAA. I was about to answer that typical lithium would be better, but its already using it. Friday brain shut down mode.

But you know there are many methods that could drop the battery method right?

Kinetic via electro generator,
Inductive charging
Resonant (magnetic) charging (slightly inefficient)

I think we already have mouse pads that charge the mouse inductively, but its limited to one small patch.Quote
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