It’s a fairly minimalist selection of buttons for a gaming mouse and that could be a problem for some serious PC gamers. You can’t adjust the fan speed, which is a strange omission, but even at full speed the fan isn’t noisy, so it’s something of a non-issue. There are also two buttons on the underside one for switching between RGB setups and one for turning the fan on and off. In addition to the left and right mouse buttons and a satisfyingly sturdy scroll wheel, there are two thumb buttons (no southpaw support here, sorry lefties) and a DPI button in the center. In terms of buttons, the Zephyr Pro has a fairly pedestrian layout. It has reliable Omron switches underneath the buttons too, rated for up to 50 million clicks. A 16,000 CPI PixArt sensor ensures good sensitivity for twitchy gaming moments, while wide PTFE feet and a woven paracord cable ensure that this mouse can glide comfortably over any desk surface. The Zephyr Pro just about falls into budget territory for a gaming mouse but offers solid performance nonetheless. The plastic exterior remains cool even under the sweatiest palm, but the breeze generated by the fan is gentle enough so as not to distract during use. The tiny fan housed inside the Zephyr Pro’s honeycomb casing is near-silent and generates no discernible vibration both major factors in the criticism of the first Zephyr.

Not satisfied with merely being functional, its core gimmick actually does work. There were many doubts that the Zephyr Pro (from industry fresh-faces Marsback, who previously released the lower-spec original Zephyr) would be anything more than a forgettable gimmick product.Īnd yet, as we used the Zephyr Pro, we found it to be a surprisingly competent gaming mouse. ‘It keeps your hand cool!’ this reviewer cried, to be met with the Slack chat equivalent of raucous laughter. IT’S FAIR TO SAY that ‘it’s a mouse with a little fan inside it’ was a statement met with some derision by the Maximum PC team.

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