Gaming: Breaking Pulsar X2 Crazylight Medium Review

This mouse is a very comfortable, satisfying, lightweight option for competitive FPS gamers, and it looks great, too. Unfortunately, it's let down by poor battery life and less than ideal sensor tracking consistency over wireless connection.

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I had my eye on Pulsar mice for quite a while before getting my hands on the X2 CrazyLight, as they seemed to be aimed at those with competitive FPS gaming sensibilities like my own. After spending a lot of time with this particular mouse, I can confirm this is certainly the market for these mice. But despite me thoroughly enjoying using the Pulsar X2 CrazyLight, it probably won't be the best option out there for many competitive FPS gamers.

If you aren't familiar with the company's line-up of gaming mice, looking at Pulsar's product pages can be very confusing. Even just looking at the X2 series, there are a whole bunch of different models there. There are 'A' versions which are ambidextrous, 'H' versions which have a bigger 'hump' to them, and so on, plus different size variations.

It's the medium-sized X2 CrazyLight that I've been spending time with, although I have also tried the CrazyLight X2H in mini sizing. Apart from being a little too small for my hand, I also found the hump in the latter too pronounced for my liking and a little distracting, so I've stuck to considering the regular one for this review.

Buttons: 6 (including one DPI)Connectivity: USB-C and wireless 2.4 GHzSensor: XS-1Switches: Optical (100 million clicks)Feet: large PTFE, or small UPE dotsMax DPI: 32KWeight: 39 g dot skates, 41 g PTFE (+/- 1 g)Max acceleration: 50 GMax speed: 750 IPSPolling rate: Up to 8 kHzBattery life: A few days of heavy use at 1 kHzRGB lighting: NoColours: Jet Black / Uyuni WhitePrice: $130 / £130

The main reason Pulsar mice appealed to me was that they seemed like they were plucking everything I like about what is probably my favourite mouse of all time, the Logitech G Pro X Superlight. They seemed like premium, minimalist, ultra-lightweight gaming mice—ones that offer few unnecessary frills or design but a light shell and great buttons.

Thankfully, this hope has been proven well-founded with the X2 CrazyLight, as it's sturdy, lightweight, comfy, its PTFE feet make it glide across the mouse pad, and has some satisfying

Source: PC Gamer