Today, we review Rapoo VT9Air and Rapoo VT9Air Lite, two mice, which are Rapoo's recent new products for the VT9 series, focusing on wireless lightweight, both equipped with flagship 3398 optical engine, Omron 60 million times of light and brittle micro motion and other powerful material configurations, as well as Rapoo's exclusive black technology blessing. The Rapoo VT9Air weighs only 59g, while the Rapoo VT9Air Lite is lighter at 49g. How the two mice perform, let's evaluate it today.
1 Rapoo VT9Air mouse introduction
Let's first take a look at Rapoo VT9Air, the appearance of this mouse compared to other VT9 series adopts a translucent matte design, and you can vaguely see the battery, micro motion and other parts inside. Rapoo VT9Air offers two colors this time, "Moyin" and "Aurora", which are more atmospheric and natural than the regular pure black and pure white colors.
Rapoo VT9Air size is 120*65.7*37.5mm, suitable for small and medium-sized hand users, the back structure is round and full, grip, tummy grip, 122 grip and 131 grip can be used very well. The surface of this mouse is very delicately matte, so it will not appear abruptly grainy, it will not slip when it is used quickly, and it will also effectively prevent oil.
Rapoo VT9Air buttons adopt the VT9 family's iconic C+ detached button preload adjustment technology, the micro-motion PCB board is separated from the PCB motherboard, which is not only more convenient to replace the micro-motion, but also because of the addition of pre-compression torsion springs, the key feel can be adjusted independently to ensure that the key feel can be provided in each grip position. The adjustment method is also very simple, and it can be adjusted by tightening the screws.
Rapoo VT9Air mouse uses Omron's 60 million light and crisp micro-movements this time, which has been upgraded compared with the previous VT9PRO micro-movements. In the middle, an e-sports 1 million times scale wheel is used, filled with a layer of non-slip rubber ring. Because of the fine frosted material, the buttons are comfortable to the touch, the order is crisp and powerful, and the percussion feedback is enough, and there will be a good click feel when playing FPS and MOBA games.
Rapoo VT9Air mouse is equipped with PixArt's custom 3398 engine, which is an exclusive custom version of Rapoo and PixArt's PAW3395, and by the way, all VT9PPO models can be upgraded to the performance of PixArt's custom 3398 engine by upgrading the latest firmware. It can achieve 50-26000DPI adjustment, bringing 50G acceleration, 650 IPS tracking speed, and ultra-low latency performance. Under Rapoo's self-developed 4K wireless + 8K wired technology, it supports up to 4K drive return rate in wireless mode and 8000 return rate in wired mode.
This mouse comes with a nano 4K receiver this time, so you can experience the 4K drive return rate without additional purchase. Moreover, Rapoo VT9Air mouse is still equipped with V+Wireless wireless gaming technology, using Realtek Realtek low-power chip, built-in intelligent power-saving algorithm independently developed by Rapoo, to increase the battery life of wireless status. It supports 10m wireless transmission distance and on-board antenna at the same time, adaptive signal enhancement to prevent signal interference.
Rapoo VT9Air mouse provides a total of 9+1 custom buttons, and the 9 benchmark buttons include the upper and lower buttons of the scroll wheel and the regular side buttons on both sides. 1 custom button at the bottom, the pink button next to the switch, the default function is to switch the return rate, which can be adjusted through the Rapoo RapooGameDev exclusive driver.
2 雷柏VT9Air Lite鼠标介绍
Let's briefly introduce the Rapoo VT9Air Lite mouse, although the name of this mouse is close to the Rapoo VT9Air, the size is the same, but it is not exactly a lite version of the Rapoo VT9Air, the appearance is completely different. Rapoo VT9Air Lite uses a solid color configuration, providing two colors, black and white, simple and capable, the shape is basically the same as VT9PRO mini, and the feel is close to the same.
In terms of other hardware configurations, Rapoo VT9Air Lite is basically the same as Rapoo VT9Air, both are equipped with PixArt's customized 3398 engine, V+Wireless wireless game technology, Omron's 60 million times of light and crisp micro-motion, C+ detached button preload and adjustment technology point analysis, and support 4K return rate, 9+1 button design.
Rapoo VT9Air Lite weighs only 49g this time, mainly because of the use of a smaller battery design, the following disassembly comparison can clearly see that the battery of Rapoo VT9Air Lite is much smaller than Rapoo VT9Air, so it can be lighter. Of course, the price is that the battery life will be worse than that of the Rapoo VT9Air, providing 48 hours of battery life.
3 雷柏RapooGameDev专属驱动
Let's take a look at the performance of Rapoo RapooGameDev's exclusive driver, except for a few models with special functions, such as lighting effects and screen display functions, other mice are used in the same way in this software, and the adjustment settings are relatively simple.
In the DPI setting page, you can adjust up to 7 levels of DPI, the highest support is 26000 gears, and the lowest is 400 gears, you can adjust it yourself according to your own needs.
The parameter setting interface can adjust the pointer speed, scroll wheel speed, return rate and silent height setting, because Rapoo VT9Air provides a 4K receiver, which can directly turn on 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, 1000Hz, 2000Hz and 4000Hz in the driver, and the 4000Hz return rate can increase the mouse response speed to 0.25ms, further reducing latency.
Macro key settings are important for some tedious operations that are repetitive, and can also be edited in this interface.
4 Hands-on experience
The author has been using both mice for a while, and the lightweight mouse is indeed suitable for users with small and medium-sized hands, especially for the author, all operations are lighter, the reflection is more accurate, and the fine pointing command can also be carried out in wireless mode, which is comfortable to the touch. Rapoo VT9Air Lite, although the weight of Rapoo VT9Air seems to be the same, but there is still a significant difference between long-term use, more lightweight, but there is no need to worry about being too floating, the bottom Teflon foot sticker has strong friction and anti-slip, with PixArt custom 3398 engine, enough to achieve precise operation in any game.
Rapoo VT9Air mouse, the author prefers the touch of its clicking, the rounded body fits the palm of the hand, the slightly frictional keys are also very handy, the percussion feel is also excellent, the rebound is large, the sound is crisp, and it is very easy to operate.
5 Write at the end
As a lightweight wireless mouse, Rapoo VT9Air and Rapoo VT9Air Lite show the characteristics of a lightweight mouse, ultra-light body design, excellent feel, in line with the ninja body design of small and medium-sized hands, and at the same time with a flagship-level engine and micro-motion, it can play an excellent role in various scenarios.
Rapoo VT9Air is currently priced at 299 yuan on JD.com,And Rapoo VT9Air Lite is priced at 249 yuan on JD.com,As for how to choose between these two mice, it's actually very simple,Rapoo VT9Air is already suitable for most small and medium-sized gamers,It also comes with a 4K receiver。 If you have higher weight requirements, you can choose Rapoo VT9Air Lite, which is suitable for extremely lightweight users.
In general, Rapoo VT9Air and Rapoo VT9Air Lite are currently one of the best representatives of Rapoo lightweight gaming mice.