Friends who usually pay attention to lightweight mice should be familiar with the Ice Leopard ROCCAT Kone series, of which "Kone Prue Ultra" has felt the attention of many players with its ultra-lightweight setting without punching holes and excellent grips. With the further maturity of wireless peripheral products, Ice Leopard ROCCAT Kone finally launched the first wireless mouse in the series - Kone Pro Air, which uses the ergonomic design of lightweight structure, as well as three-mode connectivity and flagship performance support, how does it perform?
Specifications
Product model: ROCCAT Kone Pro Air
Connection: Bluetooth, 2.4G Hz, wired
Sensor: Owl-Eye
Programmable buttons: 6
DPI：50~19000
Dimensions: 125.6mm×72mm×40mm
Weight: 75 g
Reference price: 849 yuan
There are surprises in appearance and feel
Ice Leopard ROCCAT Kone Pro series is divided into Kone Pro (Professional Edition) and KONE Pro Air (Wireless Pro Edition), the wired version weighs only 66 grams, in addition to the size of the larger, can be seen as another classic after the "66 Leopard", and the Kone Pro Air wireless mouse integrated more functions in this review, the weight is only less than 10 grams higher than the wired version. In terms of color matching, like the previous ice leopard mouse, it has two versions of black and white, and the iconic pure white color scheme is very recognizable in today's world of various "dark" peripherals.
Ice Leopard Kone Pro Air basically continues the shape and line of the Kone series, using the classic right-hand plan and ergonomic design of Ice Leopard, but has been fine-tuned in detail. Mouse side skirt using a unique horizontal non-slip line, looks a lot like the whale's chin on the "throat groove", this stripe in the effective increase in longitudinal friction to prevent slipping at the same time, to ensure the flexibility of the mouse grip, the shell is still frosted ABS material shell, the upper hand feel is very delicate and dry, anti-slip, sweat-proof performance is good.
In terms of keys, the main key was changed to trigger a more flexible split button, the front of the button was designed to be translucent, and the two RGB atmosphere lights on the mouse were also placed here, through this part of the honeycomb structure of the internal BIONIC SHELL can be faintly seen, when the light is on after the hive structure is more obvious, full of technology. The Titan optical axis micro-motion paired with the main key has a life of 100 million percussion, and the response time is faster than that of the general mechanical micro-motion, but the trigger key range is longer. The upgraded Lightweight Titan Roller Pro is made of all-aluminum alloy with a clear rolling scale and crisp mid-key rebound feedback.
Two long strips of side buttons are located in the upper part of the mouse, the shape of the keys is relatively full, the surface is also frosted and non-slip treatment, but because of the height of the side skirt, the need to move the thumb significantly when triggered, personally think it is not suitable for use in the fierce game battle. Two large white pure PTFE heat-treated foot stickers at the bottom of the mouse have undergone special factory tuning, and the friction resistance when the mouse moves is very small. The sensor uses the Owl-Eye "Eye of the Night Owl" customized based on the original phase new generation performance-grade optical engine PAWA3370, and the maximum DPI can reach 19000.
The mouse's function keys are located on the bottom right, from top to bottom are profile toggle keys, connection mode toggle switches, and a storage slot for a 2.4G adapter. The cable adopts a 1.8-meter-long USB-C PhantomFlex braided cable, and the softness of the cable is very high, which can effectively reduce the drag and drop sensation caused by the mouse charging and wired use, making the mouse more flexible and lightweight.
Triple-mode connection switching, taking into account portability and gaming performance
Ice Leopard ROCCAT Kone Pro provides players with a variety of connection methods, support lightweight mouse in the rare Bluetooth, 2.4G Hz, wired three-mode connection mode, using the wireless adapter connection only need to switch the bottom of the mouse toggle the key up, Bluetooth connection to switch mode first, and then hold down the profile switch button for three seconds to enter Bluetooth pairing. In addition, the mouse supports fast charging with fast charging function, only need to charge 10 minutes to last 5 hours, and in the case of full charge, even if the lights are turned on, there are 65 hours of continuous use time, and daily use basically does not have to worry about battery life.
In terms of driving, ROCCAT SWARM driver software provides a wealth of mouse setting options, which is convenient for players to adjust the configuration that best suits their operating habits. The main interface provides four functional modules: basic settings, key assignment, lighting effect settings and advanced settings. Up to 5 profiles can be saved in the on-board mouse storage, and pressing the profile button at the bottom of the mouse allows you to quickly adjust DPI levels and illumination without driver software. In the "Key Assignment" interface, the key function can be set, and the preset also provides key configurations suitable for different scenarios. Although this mouse has only 7 buttons and does not have the traditional DPI toggle key, through Ice Leopard's exclusive Easy Shift+ function, it can achieve multi-combination key customization functions and macros.
In the "Lighting" interface, seven preset lighting effects such as AIM lighting effects, waves, full light, and heartbeat are provided, and each preset has more detailed adjustment options, which can be combined with other ice leopard devices to create cool personalized lighting effects. In the "Advanced Settings", you can not only see the battery status of the mouse, but also display the battery level and energy saving settings for it. On the right, there are also fine-tuning options such as the refresh rate of the mouse, line correction, etc., and the "distance control unit" can adjust the LOD silent height of the mouse to achieve excellent tracking accuracy on the desktop of different materials.
Next, we used the MouseTester software to test the return rate and delay of the mouse when connecting using the 2.4G Hz mode, both the rate of return and the delay jitter are at an excellent level, and the stability of the wireless connection is good. In the X-axis trajectory offset (xCount vs Time), the Owl-Eye "Eye of the Night Owl" customized based on the PAW3370 sensor did not lose frames, and the performance was fully able to meet various games with high mouse control requirements.
Then we used the mouse to experience different types of esports games such as CS:GO, Battlefield 5, and LOL. The weight of only 75g is flexible and lightweight to move, the positioning after high-speed emergency stop is accurate, and the PTFE heat treatment foot sticker adjusted by the game is silky and smooth during large-range perspective conversion, gun pulling and other operations, with almost no additional friction. The scrolling and clicking feedback of the middle mouse button is very clear, and the fly in the ointment is that although the consistency of the split button is good, the trigger stroke of the button is long and the rebound is soft, and the trigger response speed is not as fast as the mouse equipped with the button pre-pressure system. Of course, compared with the trigger speed, the difference in the feel of the keys affects the game experience of our ordinary players.
Summary: Wireless lightweight mouse with excellent hand feel
In actual use, ice leopard Kone Pro Air is the most satisfactory to us is its excellent grip feel, the first time you will even forget that this is a lightweight mouse, the curve of the fuselage is almost perfectly fitted to my palm, the grip feel is very full, and the ergonomic "left high right low" asymmetrical design and the concave curvature of the side skirt make the comfort of long-term right hand control to a higher level. At the same time, the Nest series of honeycomb structure + translucent shell was brought to the Kone series, with a unique button RGB lighting effect, the appearance of the appearance is outstanding, and the three-mode connection method is the first time to be installed on the same level of products.
It should be noted that the ice leopard Kone Pro Air fuselage is longer, the tail is wider than the Kone Prue series, from the size can already be counted as a large hand mouse, more suitable for lying on the grip and grasping use, and the small hand artifact "66 Leopard" is different in positioning, everyone should first consider the usual mouse use habits when choosing. As the first wireless lightweight product in the Kone series, the Ice Leopard Kone Pro Air performed well, as well as details such as aluminum alloy rollers, Titan light shaft micro-movement, and heat treatment foot stickers, which greatly improved the game experience. The official price is 849 yuan, but the current product is being listed for the first time, the price is only 549 yuan, very cost-effective, suitable for both mouse lightweight needs, but also pay attention to the feel of the player to buy.