ASUSROG Chakram Wireless Aura Sync RGB Gaming Mouse Optical Sensor 16000 DPI

At first glance, this is an expensive asking price, BUT, its worth it, imo.First of all, if you are pairing with other ROG products, it stitches in seamlessly with the Armoury app. I got it as a companion for my M16 Laptop, software immediately picked it up, and was good to go in secondsNext, the freaking joystick on the side! So it has a few features, and these are changeable in the Armoury app as well, so it can act as a 4-way and be arrow keys (default) 6-way, or 8-way (I believe it was...). In playing MMORPGS like runescape, you can absolutely just one hand skilling with this thing. I put my laptop on the table, sit back on the couch and skill away while watching tv or something. Arrow keys are on the mouse. Plus you have your typical side buttons for like melee in FPS games and whatnot. I have heard word of being able to map the joystick directions to like MMO hotkeys - haven't tried yet but that would be plain unfair and disrespectfully awesome.Bluetooth AND 2.4ghz, so nice. And the bluetooth is really good too, no random disconnects yet. Coming from a hardcore Corsair fanboi, this is impressive.Feel and build quality are exceptional, in my opinion. I know some other people were iffy on it, but this is far from my first $150+ mouse, its par or better than the razer/corsair/steelseries pricepoint competition. Its a medium weight mouse. For the size (kinda long), its light. I prefer a heavier mouse, and this is on the low end of what I would consider heavy. I have pretty large hands, and a regular mouse pretty much sits in my palm, end-to-end - so I have to like hike my hand up to use a mouse, like cage it in my fingers, move with my pinky and thumb... THIS one, however, is nice and spacious, and fits perfectly in my palm with ample space to actually rest my fingers on the buttons, for once. So nice to use a mouse like a normal person.It does have wireless charging and quick charging. I just threw it on my phone dock, and it charged. Neato.The mouse comes with a nice case, some spare parts/tools, quality sleeved cable, and it is usb-c (thank god).ALSO, there is a small white disc that comes with it. DONT THROW IT AWAY. This is so you can add your own logo/name/whatever, and put it in the back of the mouse for the RGB to shine through. If that isnt the coolest sht ever. Find a friend with a cricut and get it made. The ROG plate comes off easily, and the mouse backing is magnetic. ALSO, in that compartment it has storage for the dongle.

PROs:- Side forward/back buttons are positioned further back than on most mice. I'm a 'fingertip' grip so this helps get those located properly under my thumb for faster FPS games. I like to drag my pinky / ring finger on my mousepad, so no pink-rest is fine by me.- Joystick is positioned a little far forward for my tastes, but it keep it out of the way on FPS games, but it's useable on slower-paced games where I have it mapped.- Battery lasts forever, and paired with a Qi mouse-pad it will never really run out.- Aura Syncs perfectly with the rest of my ROG suite of peripherals and core components.CONS:- DPI switch located on bottom of mouse. There are some instances where I used to switch between two different DPIs on the fly.- Expensive, and not competitive with other manufacturers offerings 'on-paper'.- Frosted plastic will 'wear' and become more translucent as time goes on.- I have to buy another one so my work mouse is the same :)VALUE:I picked this mouse based on it's feel, and feel alone. The joystick is neat, the Qi charging is neat, but what really sold me was the ergonomics. Value is another tricky proposition, Razer and others offer 'on-paper' superior products, however they don't fit my hand and playing style. Value is a unique proposition to each consumer; I cannot tell you if this mouse is too expensive or not. To me - It's a fair price for the best feeling mouse I've used. Most of my other components are Asus, so it fits in nicely.

This is a great mouse, and allows Bluetooth, wired, and wireless connections, so people are able to use what they prefer. I have mine set up for wireless, and run it on an Asus ROG Balteus QI Gaming Mouse Pad, and can easily move it to the QI spot for charging. It does come with replacement switches, which are very easy to change out if needed. I believe each switch is rated at like 10k clicks, so they should last a while. The mouse also has RGB Lighting and is sync'able with the Asus Aura RGB Lighting software. It also has a "joystick" on the leftside, and comes with a longer joystick that sticks out a bit further if the default is hard to use. There is also a plug if you don't intend to use the joystick. I have not used the joystick myself, and just have the default in, which does not affect my using the mouse. It is a larger mouse, which would work well for Palming, or Claw grip. Very responsive mouse, I think it is a great mouse that I happen to use wirelessly. I recommend it.