HATE The Company LOVE The Mouse - Finalmouse Starlight 12 Phantom Review
This is a top performing mouse with a magnesium allow base making it weight 42 – 47 grams, is wireless with the best battery life of any mouse on the market, with a top of the line sensor. It works best for fingertip/claw grip and is THE mouse to have for competitive Esports. But it isn’t perfect, it’s hard to get, and it costs you your first-born child. Finalmouse as a company is hard to support. But they continue to change the game so I just can’t say away from their products. Kind of like that toxic girlfriend that you just can’t say no to.
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SPECS:
Two Sizes small/medium 42/47 grams +/- 2 grams.
FinalSensor supports 20,000 CPI with 450 IPS. Preset to 400, 800, 1,600, and 3,200.
GodSpeed Wireless Tech utilizes Nordic RF Platform (nrf52840) which was developed in house.
Jauch Lithium Ion Battery with impressive power optimization of sensor, PCB, firmware, and long duration. They report 160 hours average use case. Translated to 7-week average usage, 3-week below average usage, and idle time of 16 weeks.
1,000 Hz up from 500 Hz
Click latency on the lower end (software or clicks?)
Ultem Base layer to allow RF Signals out.
Magnesium Alloy Base
1 Year Premium Warranty Service (Trained Finalmouse Tech will repair or solve specific issues so you keep the same laser engraved number. After the first year fees will be associated with shipping/handling.) Disappointed.
1 mm lift off distance (to low for some)
Ares Medium #1303
For those wondering the lights are only indicators that come on when the mouse is plugged in and charging. They never come on other wise and are not controllable RGB Green = fully charged Pulsing Orange = charging Periodic Pulsing Red = Low battery
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DROPS:
Colors First Drop: Achilles (Gold), Ares (Red), Hades (Black), Zeus (White)
Drop 1 | May 1, 2021 | 10,000 Units (2,500 each colorway, 1250 units per size?)
Colors Second Drop: Phantom
Drop 1.5 September 20, 2021 Phantom Pre-order | 5,000 Units available | Proven via live video showing the mouse.
Drop 2: November 8, 2021 | 25,000 Units (5,000 units available to prior Phantom owners)
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NOTES:
Marketing is still predatory.
Tweet “everyone” will get one. Likely multiple drops with different colorways.
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UPDATES:
Binned Kailh GM 8.0 Switches from Omron 20 mil (left/right click + middle click)
Centered Scroll Wheel (moved over .2mm)
Added stability to wheel posts and housing without adding weight
Redesigned Mylar Pads (left/right primary click) to prevent from falling off.
Upper magnesium is now being pretensioned to ensure lighter and snappier clicks. Allegedly click force will be checked by hand on each unit (yeah right).
PCB will be more securily mounted to the Ultem base to prevent it popping out of the tabs and help prevent creaking and flex.
New process to the magnesium fabrication to prevent abnormalities such as deadzones and/or warp.
Users who want a higher LOD will be able to change it to 2 mm via a driverless key combination on boot sequence.
DPI values have been adjusted to be more in line with listed values.
Encoder debounce has been adjusted to prevent accidental mouse wheel up/down actuation.
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