SteelSeries Sensei Laser Gaming Mouse in Rubberized Black Finish

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1. Anonymous Verified Buyer – 19 April 2024

   Light and controlleble. Has a very nice feeling with the material and LEDs are very good too. Performance is on point, has everything you would expect from a gaming mouse. I recommend you download the Steelseries ENGINE 3 too, it is a software to customize your mouse the way you want to. You can change CPI , polling rate and set macro buttons. Overall an amazing gaming mouse.

   

2. JT Verified Buyer – 20 October 2024

   I love the feel, look and responsiveness of this mouse. It’s too bad they discontinued making it. It was a nice upgrade to my old Razer Lachesis. I bought my first Sensei directly from Steelseries in 2012 (one on the left in pic). In March 2016 I dropped it on the floor from my desk, and this permanently damaged the right mouse button (but it still works other than that). So I purchased a replacement from go-keyboard.com (on the right in the pic) which is still working. However, as you can see the cosmetic silver coating or finish or whatever you want to call it wears off quite quickly, particularly in the bottom right corner (I am right-handed). This is from casual gaming use. Although I like the simple design of this mouse and the low profile side buttons, the cheap material quality is quite evident. I don’t have particularly sweaty palms, but this happened nonetheless. I’ll still give Steelseries another chance. It seems like the material quality is much better on their higher end products. So keep that in mind that it’s not all about the additional features. Their headsets are a prime example. The lower end headsets not only have less features but are made from cheaper materials.

   

3. UltraSeven7 Verified Buyer – 10 January 2025

   I never use a wonderful mouse before i use the sensei , I think it’s better than rival 300 , my rival 300 csgo only suitable for FPS games , this mouse can play all games . It’s the best mouse !

   

4. Harith H. Aldabbagh Verified Buyer – 16 January 2025

   This is the best mouse I’ve ever used I used to have Gigabyte GM-M8000 followed by Logitech G500 the Gigabyte was really awesome but then suddenly my friend stole it from me lol and Gave me his G500 the G500 was great too but a little heavy for me then I got this which has a light feeling in my hand fits my hybrid grip greatly Pros: has a feature I really liked which is FREEMOVE that reduced sudden pointer twitch when you get shocked by an enemy soldier being so close to you and madly fire at him lol smooth, accurate movement you can feel it as part of your hand (seriously ) fits left handed people nice shiny look thought it’s a dust magnet Cons: Driver installation could be buggy for some people Used in combination with Razer Scarab BF3 Edition Mouse pad, my settings are: 1500 CPI1 500 CPI2 ExactLift: 100% ExactAccel: 0 ExactAim: 2 FreeMove: 5 Report rate: 1000 Overall… the best mouse I’ve had till today

   

5. R. Sullivan Verified Buyer – 1 February 2025

   I’ve had my Sensei for 18 months. The customization options are second to none. Its sensor is very precise and is customizable with two quick change settings, separate application profiles and onboard profiles. All the buttons still are very crisp and responsive. I got used to the ambidextrous design and it feels very natural in my hand. Occasionally my ring finger will slip and hit one of the side buttons on the right side. The metallic cover is not metal, but a coating over plastic which is now starting to chip away exposing large ugly gaps in the finish. Most annoyingly, the scroll wheel is starting to malfunction. While scrolling down it will, on occasion, randomly scroll up. This little glitch is forcing me to get a new mouse. I expect a high end mouse to last at least 2 years and I will not be considering another SteelSeries mouse due to the 12 month warranty when Razer offers 24 months on their mice.

   

6. Allen Verified Buyer – 2 March 2025

   Good seller good item,love it it looks nice with the blue light and there’s 2 speed motion you can set up with the button on the mouse

   

7. Castellan Chris Verified Buyer – 5 March 2025

   Ok I promise to try to keep this review short. I always get carried away! I got my Steelseries Sensei in the mail about a week ago from TigerDirect. My initial impression was very favorable. The packaging was nice, and the mouse’s finish is very pretty/different. I am getting bored of all these black mice. The metal looking finish is quite shiny, the mouse also has some very nice details. Braided cables which have a very fine weave. More fine than my Logitech G9. The USB connector is also gold plated. So if your thinking about purchasing one of these I will give you some good and bad points, from a consumer perspective. PROS: Braided cable, I really like these its a sign of craftsmanship. Gold USB connector, another nice touch, does it increase electical conductivity? Dont know, dont care. Craftsmanship. 2 DPI settings- that you can switch on the fly and you can program 2 different color LED lights to show you which setting your in. Default is 1600 DPI/3200 DPI I believe. I have mine at 1800/2600. Slower one for browsing faster one for gaming. (A note on DPI, I dont know what the max on this mouse is, I think its 5000 something..but MOST people wont ever go over 3,000 Manufactures like to market themselves for the DPI but it really dosent matter. The quality of lazer and smoothness is more important)and this ones smooth. More smooth than my Logitech and Razer. Software- Not really a pro or con for me, I think the software has too much information/programs. You can do a whole bunch of stuff with your mouse, they say the Sensei has some kind of little computer in it, go read the website if you want all the features but I dont really use any of them. Supposedly one will help you draw straight lines etc. CONS: Custom Color LED’s- Dont buy into that whole “make 100000” different type of colors scam. This mouse is only capable of being maybe 6 colors. Different hues of red basically look the same, the preset colors are the ones that work the best, if you tinker around with the color wheel you cant tell the difference. One annoying thing is that there is no White. I wanted white LED’s to match my whole Steelseries setup, but the Sensei’s White has a light pink/purplish hue. Preset colors are all very vibrant however, just dont bother adjusting the color wheel outcome will be the same. Possible RMA- My mouse’s scroll wheel sometimes registers a single click as two. Randomly it appears, I have tried to find out whats wrong with it but to no avail. I have emailed Tigerdirect, and I will write Steelserie’s Support also to see what my options are. Ambidextrous setup- I dont like the ambi set up. All you left handed guys, go get a left handed mouse. The Sensei’s right side buttons are difficult to click their positioned in the middle of your pinkie/ring finger gap so you dont naturally touch them. Atleast I dont the way I hold my mouse, with my palm on the desk and fingers on the mouse I believe this is called the “claw”. So try hitting those buttons when your playing a FPS game. If your ring and pinkey are not touching the mouse their trying to find the side buttons how is your mouse stabilized? How will you have control with only your thumb, index and middle finger holding the mouse? If they moved these two buttons down a little maybe it would be better. Dirty- The metallic plastic finish, although pretty, gets dirty so easily. I am baffled how. I wash my hands before I get on my computer, I also dont eat anything while on my computer and every now and then will use some Purell hand sanitizer on my hands. And yes still this grime has built up on the finish. I wipe it off with a tissue and there is no color so I am unsure whats going on here. Anyways thats the down low, its pretty and shiny but will get dirty. Sidenote- My Steelseries 6GV2 has already been RMA’ed so I am not impressed with Steelseries quality, The only thing that hasnt been RMA’ed is the Mousepad! Their expensive and market themselves to be the best however from my experience I wont be a repeat customer. I WISH I could just exchange the keyboard for a DAS Pro S. And since my Sensei is now acting up I am using my Logitech G9. I also have a Razer Deathaddler, and both of those companies have (in my experience) put out better products than Steelseries. BOTTOM LINE: So if you skipped all that text and want the skinny: Q- “Is this your current favourite mouse?” A- “No, I like the Logitech G9 better because its heavier and feels more natural to me” Q- “I cant decide! Steelseries or Razer?!” A- “I have never owned a Razer keyboard but I have had a Deathaddler for 6 years and that mouse STILL works. My Steelseries is not even two weeks old, and along with its keyboard brother is in the process of being RMA’ed. Razer products are also very shiny and very black, so they will be fingerprint magnets.” My experiences with the company) So I hope this helped in any way. I am not saying unboxing videos and reviews are bad but they are indeed overhyped and biased. I thught you guys would like to hear it first from a actual owner. So whatever you decide do some research and talk to actual consumers. Good luck on the mouse hunt! Chris IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *********EDIT: 10/14/2011********** As of today I have demoted this mouse to a 2 star product. After I installed the Steelseries Engine I clicked “Steelseries Firmware Repair Tool” thinking it would fix my scroll wheel problem as I read online it might be driver related. This was a fatal mistake, during downloading of the firmware the program crashed. Now my mouse’s LED keeps blinking blue. The scroll wheel and side buttons are all inoperable. The Steelseries Engine does not recognize my mouse. Now I cannot even click the “Firmware Repair Tool” it crashes the second it loads. I have had absolute terrible experience with the Steelseries company. I am a First and LAST time buyer. Christmas I am swapping the Steelseries 6GV2 for a Das or Filco, so if you guys are interested keep your eyes open for it on eBay in December. Nothing wrong with it but from my experience its a walking timebomb. (I will have to say go-keyboard.com did a great job with the RMA) Steelseries… You guys make freaking peripherals for Christ sake and (in my experience) fail even at that. For as advance as this Ubr-Mouse is it cant even click or scroll properly. Yes its got a cool finish and shiny lights but probably to hide the $5 Made In China POS that’s underneath. I dont even want a RMA I just want this mouse out of my life and my money back. I have been very patient, understanding and optimistic so far but I am 2/2 with steelseries and I just about had it. Like I jokingly said all that remains to be RMA’ed is the mouse pad, watch that rip or something in the coming week. Then I really AM going to tear my hair out. Out of 18 components that make up my workstation these are the only two that have had problems. Go figure, what are the odds? And no I did not buy these from some shady company the Keyboard and Mouse where bought from go-keyboard.com by go-keyboard.com and Tigerdirect. So if you will excuse me I am going to go rummage for some Scotch and go find someone that will listen to me B**** while comforting me by patting my head. MAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! **********************EDIT 10/31 ******************** Item is out of stock from the seller, they have already received my RMA but I dont feel like waiting any longer. I think I will just get a refund instead. With my refund money I do not know whether to try again with another Sensei from go-keyboard.com, or to get something entirely different. It is kind of dissapointing because I bought a Steelseries 6GV2 JUST to pair with the sensei mouse, If I was going to go RAT9 or Razer I would have bought a DAS, or BlackWidow keyboard accordingly…Steelseries support has offered to help me get a replacement, however my mouse is already at TigerDirect. My only criticism is that Steelseries support takes too long, I only have a 40 day return window and they take 1 week per response so I was pressed on time. ****************************EDIT 11/2/11******************* So TigerDirect issued the refund as they for some reason do not carry the Sensei anymore…Maybe they had a bad batch and got a ton of RMA’s who knows. Its kind of not fair because I never asked for a refund, I just wanted a exchange. They gave me a pre paied shipping label and I shipped it back to them and I got a refund MINUS shipping. Item was $90 and I only got $80 back. So at the end of the day after all this hassle they jip me for $10. It is undecided if I am going to try again with another Sensei or not. Conclusion- TigerDirect I wont be buying anything from again, and Steelseries support needs to hurry the heck up with answering questions. I kind of wish I did a RMA through them but they take a week per response. *****************Final Update 11/5/2011**************************** Got my new Sensei from go-keyboard.com. So far so good. During its RMA period I did miss the Sensei, I guess its just got that kind of charm. After coming back to the Sensei after a 3 week break when I used my G9 I can feel the difference in smoothness. Then again my Logitech was a G9 not a G9X with its new lazer so it was not very fair. I am going to bump this back up to 4 stars. I think the RAT7 might offer what I am looking for in a mouse, I really like the pinky rest idea as my fingers do scrape against the mat. I will compare the mouses to see who gets my 5 star rating and update accordingly. Thanks, Chris IMPORTANT! 11/9/2011******************************************************************* RE: Once again, I have run into another problem. Ok at this point I am really starting to get ticked off. Just when I thought FINALLY all is done, I get another problem. My mouse for some reason seems to get stuck, the point that is, when I scroll very slowly. Sometimes, not all the time, but enough to annoy you when it does happen. I would just be browsing around online moving my mouse slowly around and I notice my pointer gets snagged, starts to “shake” a little or sometimes refuses to move. If I rapidly move my mouse around it seems to fix the problem. I did some tests, tried to SLOWLY move my mouse in a straight line and it would wobble up and down all over the place. Now personally I am infurated, its a bloody mouse for Christ’s sake, that cost $100. It boasts so much ground breaking technology and yet in practicality fails at doing the simplest thing a $5 mouse can do. If I cannot get this resolved soon I will be RMAi-ng the Sensei for the SECOND TIME back to go-keyboard.com for a refund. Go ahead and knock me AGAIN for a $10 shipping fee I dont care. If Steelseries support cannot get this fixed in a timely manner I will just buy a RAT7 or another Razer, as the mouse I bought from them 6 years ago still works flawlessly. I am extremely unimpressed from my initial experiences with the Steelseries company. Go ahead and hate fanboys I couldn’t care less. Edit- some of you might say, oh thats because the surface is dirty or you need a good mouse pad. Hey guess what I am using a Steelseries QCK+ so shove it fan boys. I have joked around that the MOUSE PAD is the only thing I own from Steelseries that has yet BROKEN upon further inspection the seams wherre my wrist wrests often is beginning to flay but thats another review for another page. I was going to buy a gold and black Steelseries Sibebria V2 for myself on X-mas but that seems very unlikely at the moment.

   

8. E. M. Eisen Verified Buyer – 8 March 2025

   I’ve been looking for a replacement for the MS Intellimouse Optical for years, and this definitely feels like the spiritual successor to it. The software is lightweight and unobtrusive. The extra buttons are well placed for gaming and other tasks in both hands (I game right handed, but occasionally perform other tasks left handed). It’s exactly what I was looking for, and what I’ve BEEN looking for. So why not 5 stars? Two minor issues that keep it from being perfect: The main left and right buttons need to be pushed from the very top of the mouse to reliably click. They’ll click from a lower position, but I don’t have very long fingers and it’s difficult to reach them for a 100% reliable click sometimes. This has been getting better as I adjust to the mouse, but it’s definitely something to be aware of. Also, after only two weeks of use, the gray panels on the sides below the buttons have started to wear away, leaving dingy-looking spots. Neither of these are dealbreakers by any means, and I will still heartily recommend this mouse to anyone looking for an MSIMO replacement.

   

9. Nine Five Garage Verified Buyer – 10 March 2025

   For the past couple years, I’ve been using a wireless Logitech mouse that I really like, but after needing to replace it twice, and getting sick of replacing batteries, I decided to go back to a wired mouse. I arrived at the Sensei mouse after reading a lot of reviews and wanting something built well for gaming but not too ridiculous to also use for mundane work tasks, which is my primary use for this mouse. I don’t need 999 buttons on my mouse, but I still really love the extra buttons it does have (for easier web browsing, scrolling, etc), and the fact that they are easily programmable. It’s the perfect middle ground for tech-savvy users who don’t necessarily game 24/7. *Setup* Getting this mouse set up was about as easy as you would expect. You can either go the plug-and-play route (drivers automatically install), or if you want more control over customization, you can go the extra (optional) step of installing the SteelSeries Engine software. I would highly recommend doing this, if nothing else than for the firmware updates. *SteelSeries Engine* This free application basically interfaces with all your SteelSeries devices, to give you full customization options, profiles, LED controls, and firmware updates. The very first thing I did with my Sensei was click the alert stating that there was a firmware update available. Updating the firmware only took one click and less than one minute; super easy. While not all devices are compatible with the newer SteelSeries Engine 3, luckily the Sensei RAW is, which is great because SSE2 was more bloated and less stable from my experience. Upgrading to SSE3 was a big step up, and I really like it. Using SSE3, you can also fine-tune mouse sensitivity, polling rate, and customize/map all of your buttons however you see fit. The application’s interface is very intuitive, easy to navigate, and has pretty much all the features you would expect. *Hardware* First of all, this is a laser mouse, not an optical mouse, which I’ll leave up to you to decide if that’s good or not. There are pros and cons to each, and I’m not religiously committed to either type. Laser mice do typically have higher CPI, but how much that matters, and whether it’s worth trading off other benefits of optical mice is up for debate. Anyway, here are the raw specs: CPI: 5670 (Counts per inch) Clicks: 30M (Number of average clicks it’s rated to handle over its lifetime) Response: 1ms (How quickly the mouse responds to your actions) Force: 30g Programmable buttons: 7 Lighting: 3 zone (scroll wheel, CPI indicator, logo) Weight: 90 grams (0.2 lbs) Height: 38.7 mm (1.5 in) Width: 68.3 mm (2.7 in) Length: 125.5 mm (4.9 in) Ambidextrous Shape The USB cable is also sufficiently long, enough for me to need velcro ties to limit the amount of lose cable on my desk. But mine is plugged into a USB hub instead of directly into my computer. The frost blue version has a gray unbraided cable, while the heat orage has a black & orage braided cable. Worth noting since the product description incorrectly describes the frost blue edition as braided. *Summary* After using it for awhile now, I can definitely say I have no regrets in purchasing this mouse. It looks great, especially with my matching mouse pad and headphones, and performs even better. The SSE software lets me customize the mouse to my liking, and its movements are quick and accurate. There is a lot to love about this mouse, and not much not to like. As you can see in my photos, I actually liked it enough to also buy it in black/heat orange. Pros: [+] Awesome appearance, especially when paired with matching SteelSeries mouse pad and/or headphones [+] Love the pulsing blue/orange LEDs [+] Movements are smooth, quick, and accurate [+] USB cable is sufficiently long to make it around a fairly large desk into a PC [+] SteelSeries Engine software makes firmware updates, profiles, button mapping, and device customization super easy [+] The physical hardware has a very high quality look and feel, despite it being primarily plastic Cons: [-] White / Frost Blue edition doesn’t have the braided cable that the Black / Heat Orange does for some reason (this is not stated on the product description page) Other: [*] After a long time of using a rubber mouse before this high-gloss plastic, it’s a hard feel for me to get used to. This is subjective, so just make sure you know which material suits you better before choosing which one to get.

   

10. Anonymous Verified Buyer – 3 April 2025

    Unbelieveble comfort mouse! Ultimatively! I had A4Tech X7 series (laser) previously, and it was good, but This one – Extremely comfortable! Works perfect! Nice mouse! I’ll buy it again.

    

11. CD_Core Verified Buyer – 7 April 2025

    Love this mouse. I’ve had two in the past. I’m really disliking go-keyboard.com quality control at the moment. This is the second mouse I’ve received in ONE week and have been disappointed. Your “New” products should NOT come scratched/used/worn/dirty. The braided cable is even damaged out the box. Should I waste my time returning and hoping for a CLEAN unit? Why should my time/efforts suffer without compensation? Discount the mouse if it was manufactured 5+ years ago. How can I be sure it hasn’t been thrown around the shop? The box came filthy and dented. The price hasn’t changed in 7 years. Neither should the quality. Thank you