Corsair Sabre v2 Pro Carbon Fibre Wireless Gaming Mouse Review

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One of the top gaming peripheral companies out there. Corsair has recently released a new gaming mouse for us all to enjoy. The Sabre v2 Pro Carbon Fiber Wireless Gaming Mouse. Wow what a mouthful. It’s worth taking the time to get the name right, though, because once you get to grips with this mouse, you are going to see why I’m buzzing about it.

This Sabre is sharp!

Retailing at £159.99, it isn’t cheap, but you are going to get some incredible features. Let’s see whether or not you think the price tag is justified.

Design Features

Let’s talk about the looks first. With a superlight, carbon fiber unibody, it weighs a tiny 55g, giving you pro levels of play. Being able to move the mouse around quickly means that you get a head start against the competition. Built into the body is a trifecta of connection types. Wired, Bluetooth and 2.4Ghz wireless. All bundled up with a battery that can last up to 120 hours. Obviously, this will all depend on a number of other setting choices.

Oh look, matchy matchy

One of those choices is where you sit along the 8k hyper-polling to ensure that you have ultra-responsive inputs. Finding that sweet spot depends on your performance criteria. If you play strategy games, or low-pressure games, then maybe leave it at 2k or even 4k. If competitive games are your thing, then definitely bump that up to 8k, ensuring that quick reactions are translated into the game with accuracy and precision.

With Corsair’s Marksman S sensor, the Sabre V2 Pro has a true 33,000 DPI tracking. With a 99.7% resolution accuracy, you can stay locked on targets in all kinds of scenarios. Using this mouse is pretty epic. Alongside all the internals doing the business there are a couple of extras included in the box. You can change the mouse skates from the lighter build for quickness, to the larger ones to ensure greater glide control. You can even apply the added grip tapes to ensure that you keep control of the mouse no matter what the conditions.

image of the sabre v2 pro on a the mm glass mouse pad — Even on a glass mouse pad it looks the business

All the settings and customisation options are adjustable in the software. being able to customise the DPI levels, polling rate, motion sync and even button assignments. All within the Corsair Web Hub.

Mousepads

Corsair were also generous enough to drop us two different mousepads. The MM Glass Large, and the MM Pro Control. Both offer a different experience with the Sabre V2 Pro. With the MM Pro Control having a cloth surface allowing for better control and precision. With an anti-fray edge, meaning it holds up to intense gaming sessions, even if you catch the edge of the mouse pad, it can hold up. With an anti-slip base you can ensure that the textured material will keep it in place as well. All you need to decide is whether the £49.99 price tag is acceptable for you?

Patterns and names, all the important things on a mouse pad

The second mouse pad, MM Glass Large. This large 400 x 500mm glass mouse pad is built with a smooth glass surface with a non-slip base. Giving you enhanced speed and agility with the friction-free glass surface. Retailing at £99.99 though, this is expensive for a mouse pad. With a great look on a desk, especially the black desk that I use. At only 3mm thick its an impressive piece of engineering. Especially those CNC-sculpted edges which will help prevent any cable or clothing snags. Ensuring peak performance at all time.

Final Thoughts

Using the Corsair Sabre v2 Pro is awesome. I’ve used so many mice in the past, but none have felt so natural as this one. Is the price justified? I think so. Obviously, it really does depend on whether you are able to fork out the money for it. Using it for general day-to-day work stuff is probably a little overkill, but it makes it a lot more enjoyable.

With features in the awesome carbon fiber body giving you a great experience both surfing YouTube or playing your latest games. If you are looking for something thats different to the norm, then definitely grab one of these.

The Corsair Sabre V2 Pro Carbon Fiber Wireless Gaming Mouse receives the Thumb Culture Platinum Award.

Disclaimer: Samples were received in order to write this review.

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Stuart

Been playing games since I can remember, from spectrum all the to current consoles. Always been interested in video game news and recently got the opportunity to head up a great team of eager people. I’m generally a man of many words but I try and be succinct and to the point in everything I write.

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