The manufacturer Marsback has introduced a special gaming mouse: It features a built-in fan. This is meant to help gamers with sweaty hands. However, the fan could also be quite loud.
Many gamers are likely familiar with the problem. You are playing your favorite shooter with your gaming equipment and have sweaty hands while gaming. As a result, the mouse slips out of your fingers or you lose your grip.
This is how the manufacturer wants to solve the “sweaty” problem: The manufacturer Marsback has now introduced a gaming mouse that aims to solve exactly this issue. To do this, the manufacturer has built a fan into the mouse, similar to the ones found in our PC cases. This fan is designed to ventilate your hand from the inside.
The mouse offers ventilation and a high-quality sensor
Overall, the presentation by Marsback sounds quite promising. The mentioned technical specifications of the new gaming mouse can indeed impress on paper:
- Marsback relies on the Pixart 3389 as the sensor. The Pixart PMW 3389 was considered one of the best and most accurate mouse sensors in 2019 and is still regarded as a very good sensor today.
- With a weight of 69 grams, the gaming mouse is very light and is likely to appeal to shooter players and users looking for a lightweight mouse.
- Under the mouse buttons, they use tried-and-true Omron switches, which are said to withstand up to 50 million clicks.
Additionally, it aims to provide adjustable RGB lighting and comprehensive software to include all essential functions. However, the fan could also pose a problem – at least this was the case with the previous model, the Zephyr.
The fan of the gaming mouse may cause problems and vibrations
As the mouse has not yet been released, we can say little about its quality. However, Marsback has previously introduced the Zephyr, a gaming mouse with a fan. And here, several testers reported problems:
- People who tested the predecessor, the Zephyr, mainly complained that the fan produces a buzzing sound and that the mouse vibrates slightly in hand (via eandt.theiet.org).
- One tester compared the noise level of the mouse at the highest setting to the regular humming of your gaming PC, which can be annoying but shouldn’t be overly disruptive (via Youtube.com).
If you are wearing a gaming headset or headphones while gaming, you might not notice the buzzing, but you will still feel the slight vibration.
In its product presentation and in an official graphic, Marsback explained that it intends to address these issues. Additionally, it aims to finally provide software, onboard storage, and plenty of additional features compared to the predecessor.
Whether this will actually work out remains to be seen once the mouse is available for purchase.
What are the current alternatives? If you are currently looking for a mouse and the presentation from Marsback does not convince you, there are currently some good alternatives:
A mouse with more buttons but also a higher weight would be Razer’s Basilisk V2. With Razer’s Viper, you also get a symmetrical, lightweight gaming mouse, which impressed us less with its build quality but quite a bit with its good clicks and high speed while gaming.
Another recommendation, if you are looking for a lightweight gaming mouse, is Roccat’s Burst Pro. The mouse buttons are quite loud, but you get a high-quality and hollow-free gaming mouse. You can read the entire review here on MeinMMO:
Lightweight, hollow-free gaming mouse for speed fans – Roccat Burst Pro in the test
