Glorious Model D 2 gaming mouse review
A good wireless gaming mouse needs a good many things. It needs to feel comfortable after hours of play, keep charged for long periods, and look nice enough to make you want to pick it up.
Though the Glorious Model D 2 Mouse succeeds in ways its more competitive big brother doesn't, it's a good mouse drowned out in a much bigger and more impressive gaming mouse market.
Starting with that look, the Glorious Model D 2 retains the honeycomb pattern of its predecessor, with holes lining where your palm traditionally sits. This is presumably done to make the mouse lighter but also allows the flashy RGB lighting at its core to shine. This is a fairly common technique to drop off a few extra grams, with the Glorious Model 02, one of the best wireless gaming mice, doing the same.
It's an impressive affair that looks great on the desk. With my model coming in a brilliant white, it looks clean with RGB turned on and has a gorgeous glow to it in the dingy depths of my gamer den (my living room). As well as RGB coming out of the holes in the palm, its lights line the side of the mouse, perfectly outlining where my thumb lies, whilst illuminating the six buttons you can click.
Buttons: 6
Feet: PTFE
Connectivity: Wired (USB-C), 2.4 GHz wireless, Bluetooth
Sensor: BAMF 2.0
Max DPI: 26,000
Max acceleration: 50g
Max speed: 650 IPS
Polling rate: 1000 Hz
Battery life: 210 Hrs (Bluetooth), 110 Hrs (2.4GHz)
RGB lighting: Yes
Warranty: Two years
Weight: 66g
Price: $100 | £90
Those buttons come in the form of a left click, a right click, a scroll wheel, a DPI button near the scroll, and two buttons on the left-hand side. Unfortunately, without an ambidextrous or left-handed model, this mouse only works for us righties.
Luckily, that shape is super comfortable, partially down to how familiar it feels. Razer's pretty excellent Deathadder V3 Pro has a similar look except the curves on either side of the D 2 are a little larger, allowing my quite big hands to wrap around it comfortably.
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