ROCCAT Ice Leopard's Kone Magic Leopard series gaming mouse has won the favor of many players with its comfortable hand feel and outstanding hardware configuration. In recent years, in order to better meet the needs of users, ROCCAT Ice Leopard has also made significant adjustments and upgrades to the Kone Magic Leopard series, from last year's Kone PRO and Kone PRO AIR can be seen at first sight, and a more bold appearance scheme, more powerful hardware specifications, but also let these two game mice get the attention of many players. Recently, ROCCAT Ice Leopard released a new product of the Kone Magic Leopard series - Kone XP Gaming Mouse, which has a unique 3D RGB lighting effect, up to 15 function buttons, and is equipped with Krystal 4D scroll wheel and Easy-Shift function, and then follow the author to see the specific performance of this gaming mouse.
Packaging & Accessories:
ROCCAT Ice Leopard Kone XP gaming mouse continues the consistent tradition of black and white color matching, which can better meet the needs of players for personal preferences and desktop collocation. The outer packaging of the product also continues the design style of the Kone Magic Leopard series, the pure black packaging background with the cool mouse display diagram and feature logo, has a high degree of recognition, and the e-sports atmosphere is also very in place. The features section details 3D RGB lighting effects, Titan micro motion, pure PTFE heat treatment foot stickers and PHANTOMFLEX cables, etc., so that players can quickly understand the product features.
Only the product quick start manual is provided in the package, which is convenient for users to understand the mouse button function, after all, this is a gaming mouse with up to 15 programmable buttons, and it is recommended that users read it before using it.
Appearance & Details:
ROCCAT Ice Leopard Kone XP gaming mouse continues the classic right-hand ergonomic design, the fuselage size is about: 126mm×70mm×40mm, for medium and large hand players is still friendly enough, different holding postures also have excellent comfort performance. In terms of product appearance, both gaming mice use a semi-transparent material body cover scheme, the black version of the upper cover looks more transparent, through the upper cover can also see the internal grid-like light strip structure. The white version continues the classic panda black and white color scheme, and the same family design style as other Kone series products also brings higher recognition, while the semi-transparent treatment of the partial fog surface can also better soft lighting, bringing better visual performance.
The fuselage created by two different materials, combined with the ergonomic design, also has an excellent hand performance, and the semi-transparent material also has a slight matte texture, which can provide a higher coefficient of friction, improve the stability of the control, and there is no need to worry about slippage and other situations in the case of sweat on the hands, which is still very friendly to the player of hand sweat. The side skirts on both sides are coated with anti-slip patterns of ANTI-WEAR, while the left skirt also provides an inverted groove treatment for the thumbs, and with the small waist design on the right, the grip performance is more comfortable and natural, and the handling performance is more stable. The overall center of gravity of the mouse is a little bit lower, and the ergonomic design also balances the overall hand performance well, and there is no obvious backward problem. A good body material scheme also makes this mouse more convenient in daily cleaning and maintenance, and the experience is still very good.
This mouse provides a wealth of functional buttons on the left skirt position, supports key value customization, and also supports ROCCAT Ice Leopard's own Easy-Shift function, which can achieve more key functions. The left side skirt provides four keys, the upper two default functions are the browser up and down page switching, the next two are keyboard keys "R" and "G", the four side keys are moderately positioned, the trigger is very convenient, the key range is moderate, the hand sense recognition is also very clear, can better avoid the occurrence of accidental touch.
The Easy-Shift button is provided on the left finger support position, which can provide users with a key operation scheme of the second layer, the function is basically equivalent to the FN function key on the keyboard, and the user can customize the key function of the second layer according to personal preference in the driver. The key travel of this button is too long, which can give the thumb a good support feel and avoid accidental touch. The DPI gear switching button is also provided in the front end of the side key, which is convenient for players to switch different DPI gears at any time and better adapt to different use scenarios.
The two main keys adopt a split structure, equipped with Titan Optical Switch (Titan Light Micro Motion), the button pressure is moderate, the feel is compact, the pressing is clear and sensitive, slightly stuffy, not brittle enough. Titan Light Micro motion has a faster trigger response, and the life of about 100 million clicks is more durable, but the lighter trigger force and feel performance still need to be adapted to the player. Krystal 4D roller with transparent structure with rubber anti-slip bar, rolling feel scale sense is clear and fine, moderate damping, light feel, in addition to the conventional front and rear rolling and down pressure trigger, the roller also provides left and right toggle trigger function, can provide players with more functional performance. Behind the scroll wheel is a profile switching button that allows players to switch between different profiles according to different usage scenarios.
There are large areas of pure PTFE heat treatment mouse foot stickers on the upper and lower sides of the bottom of the mouse and around the middle bald head, and the pre-tuned game foot stickers allow players to get started directly to get the best smoothness of use without any running-in process. This is also the first industry technology created by ROCCAT Ice Leopard, and it has been unanimously praised by players. The center-mounted sensor head solution also allows users to reduce the adaptation time and quickly play their due level of game competition.
ROCCAT Ice Leopard Kone XP gaming mouse currently only supports wired connection, the cable is a PhantomFlex ghost line with a length of about 1.8 meters, the line material is light and soft, with a slightly upturned outlet rubber strip, which can reduce the drag and drop feeling when using, bringing players more flexible and free control performance. The cable is also equipped with a removable rubber harness for easier storage.
RGB backlight:
ROCCAT Ice Leopard Kone XP game mouse adopts a semi-transparent material shell scheme, with 19 built-in RGB LED beads, but also for players to bring a new 3D RGB lighting effect gameplay. The semi-transparent material cover has a good light transmission performance, and the light range covers almost all the upper cover area, which can maximize the display of lighting effects and bring better lighting atmosphere performance to the player's desktop. These 22 RGB LED beads form 8 RGB light strips, with ROCCAT Ice Leopard's own AIMO RGB lighting effect system, but also bring more abundant lighting gameplay and visual performance, translucent cover scheme and outstanding lighting performance, but also make it more recognizable, can better highlight the player's personality.
Driver settings:
The simple and intuitive setup interface of the ROCCAT SWARM driver software allows players to easily manage mouse hardware parameters. The settings page provides adjustment settings for wheel speed, double-click speed, Windows pointer speed and DPI gear, and numerical values. Players can adjust it to their individual needs, and with the built-in on-board storage, there is no need to change the computer and use the driver to reset.
In the key distribution interface, players can assign functions to 13 customizable keys in addition to the left and right keys, in addition to mapping macro commands, players can also carry out multimedia control of the keys, keyboard key function change operation, so that the mouse can adapt to different use scenarios, very convenient for players to customize the use. At the same time, the right side also provides key settings for the Easy-Shift function, which can provide players with richer key customization functions, which is still very helpful for MMORPG, RTS and other games.
In the lighting interface, there are 5 preset lighting effects of waves, full brightness, heartbeat, breathing and flashing, and players can also adjust the brightness and color of the lighting, which can also bring better visual perception while playing richly. At the same time, it can also be linked with the AIMO lighting of compatible devices, bringing a more immersive desktop lighting atmosphere performance.
In the advanced settings interface, players can set more subtle advanced functions such as mouse return, LOD height, line correction, standby LED shutdown and sound response to meet the needs of different game enthusiasts. Together with the Profile Manager and macro manager, players can also set and save individually for different usage scenarios, further improving the user experience. ROCCAT SWARM driver software is very good in terms of ease of use and difficulty of getting started, comprehensive and powerful, which can better meet the needs of players and individualization.
Usage test:
ROCCAT Ice Leopard Kone XP gaming mouse weight of about 101 grams, although not the current very popular lightweight program, but as a multi-button, and mainly for MMORPG or RTS players for the gaming mouse, such weight performance is still relatively good, for most of the daily and game players are also acceptable. The mouse has a full and full grip and a good center of gravity collocation, and then with the heat treatment of the PTFE foot sticker and the addition of the parachute cord, it will not have a significant sense of weight when moving, which can bring better control performance to the mouse.
This mouse is equipped with an Owl-Eye 19K optical sensor based on the POW3370 sensor, with a DPI adjustable range of 50DPI to 19000DPI, supporting 50DPI values as a step fine-tuning, while supporting 400IPS, 50G acceleration, performance is still unquestionable. Powerful sensor performance can also bring more accurate positioning, tracking track performance, jitter control and straight line correction processing is also excellent, to deal with daily entertainment, game confrontation use is not bad, the comprehensive performance is still very good.
Rich side keys and Easy-Shift functions also provide a wealth of custom keys for this mouse, players can set the key functions according to different games to achieve quick operations such as releasing skills, using items, calling maps, switching weapons, throwing objects, etc. At the same time, for Minecraft players, this mouse also supports DC (drag click), and the function support is still very comprehensive. With the on-board storage and profile switching functions, it is more convenient for players to save different key settings according to different games, which is more convenient to switch and can better adapt to different use scenarios. Comfortable right-hand ergonomics, moderate body weight also allows this mouse to have better control stability and flexibility, the powerful Owl-Eye 19K optical sensor responds quickly, positioning accurately, but also for players to bring a better experience.
summary:
ROCCAT Ice Leopard Kone XP gaming mouse has outstanding appearance and powerful performance, and also follows the comfortable feel of the Kone Magic Leopard series, and the rich keys and 3D RGB lighting effects also bring players a better experience. As the successor to Kone AIMO Remastered, Kone XP has a comprehensive performance that is better than blue, which is still very suitable for players who do not pay much attention to lightweighting and want the mouse to be able to take into account both daily life and game use. This gaming mouse will be released in the near future, and interested players can pay more attention to it.