Roccat Kone Air review: Understated ergonomic greatness

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Roccat is seemingly constantly refining its iconic Kone mouse with different versions to suit various tastes.

A while back we saw the stunning Roccat Kone XP with its glorious 3D RGB lighting and 15 programmable buttons. Since then the company released a wireless version of that mouse with even more RGB. Not everyone is a fan of rainbow colours or having a glowing hand though, so along came the much more understated Roccat Kone Air.

This mouse offers some of the best features of those other mice (including Titan Optical switches, a 19K optical sensor and more) but with a much more office-friendly aesthetic. Perfect if you want something capable but slightly more subtle.

How does it stand up against the competition though? We've been gaming with it to find out.

5/5

The Roccat Kone Air is an understated version of Roccat's most iconic mouse. With a comfortable fit, plenty of buttons and great specs too. There's no RGB to speak of and that might be a good thing.

The one thing we've always liked about the Roccat Kone design is the size and shape of the thing. That's still true with the pleasantly understated Kone Air. This mouse is available in two colours, white or black, but both have that same subtle appeal to them.

The Kone Air is a great mouse for those with larger hands. It has a matte finish through the middle of the mouse and on the main buttons but either side sports textured rubber grips to make it easy to hold.

There's a pleasant indent on the left side for your thumb and a smidge of a thumb rest there too. Though there's also a button on the bottom that controls Roccat's Easy-Shift settings.

This button is a push-to-toggle button that opens up a number of other actions that you can set up with Roccat's Swarm