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what's up guys so there's this new wireless gaming mouse from Asus called the rog spoda spay though better Luke I am your father ah got it the ROG spoda is quite possibly one of the most beautiful mice I've seen with enough features to make you forget all about its 160 dollar price tag good lord this mouse better be on its hands and knees by the end of this video but you know what let's give it the benefit of the doubt because who knows there is a slight chance that this device has enough magic over the competition to justify the extreme cost so let's take a closer look and find out if Asus delivers or if they should consider revising their tagline aesthetically speaking the mouse is just gorgeous its aggressive without being obnoxious and it's got all the right curves to make me want to I bang it all day despite the body's plastic construction the overall build quality is outstanding and there's a metal plate inside the device that makes it the heaviest Mouse I've come across in ages this is totally a preference thing but after a week of use I still haven't adjusted to the heft I also tend to lift my mouse a lot when playing FPS games for example so the sheer weight of this thing makes it really difficult to me to game comfortably in fast paced shooters fortunately this wasn't as big an issue in other game genres on top of weighing a metric ton the spoda is also fitted with a larger than average body whose shape tends to favor palm users / claw grip users laying my entire hand flat on a mouse has always felt anything but natural and truth be told I've been in less awkward positions at band camp but interestingly palm use feels great with this device due to its shape and size when resting my hand naturally the rubberized side grips work as intended and the outer support ledge keeps my ring finger more comfortable than when going my usual claw grip route after a few days of use I've completely acclimated as a palm rest user for the first time ever which is pretty awesome I just wish I could shed some of the weight to operate at 100% comfort or maybe I just need to do more right-handed exercises I'll be right back the mouse uses a laser sensor with 8200 dpi that's pretty much as precise as they come these days and I haven't experienced any tracking issues so far another big selling point here is wireless flexibility without compromising on latency and battery life and the solution Asus has implemented for this is pretty solid the wireless receiver plugs into your PC via a USB cable and doubles as a charging dock you can start topping off the battery the moment you go afk that's right unlike this kid the spotter rewards you for leaving it unattended Asus doesn't list the battery life duration on their website but then again there's almost no need unless you're gaming for days at a time with no sleep to recharge you'll probably never run out of juice at any rate there's a battery life LED indicator on the charging dock for at a glance monitoring as well as a microUSB port on the mouse for Wired use with the included braided cable well it's nice to have the tethered option I found my gaining experience to be identical whether opting for Wired or wireless operation naturally a wireless connection is bound to introduce some latency but in this case it goes unnoticed just like us gamers to the female population it is worth mentioning however that the mouse supports a 1,000 Hertz polling rate when used wirelessly and 2,000 Hertz with a cable but chances are you won't be able to tell the difference in total you get 12 programmable buttons including the left and right clicks which use interchangeable Omron switches asus includes a pair of optional switches with a different click resistance that can be easily swapped after taking apart the mouse by unscrewing the base plate with the included torque screw to be honest the feature feels kind of gimmicky something to hype up the feature set while simultaneously upping the price out of all the great gaming mice I've encountered none of them really needed this option they just came with good switches out of the box which is probably what most gamers want between the left and right clicks you'll find a rubberized scroll wheel with a satisfying click and a 2-level dpi button that I found to be too small and hard to find quickly enough in a heated situation and suddenly I'm reminded of band camp again at the front edge of the mouse are two buttons that are programmed as your forward and back functions by default which I reassigned immediately for the amount of stretching my fingers need to do to reach these especially the front button they really ought to require less actuation force someone like the Hulk made beg to differ but I probably won't ever use these buttons unless my fingers magically grow half an inch longer and the day they do you ladies know where to find me the remaining six side buttons on the mouse are grouped together for quick thumb access but the fact that they're all different shapes and sizes makes them seem counterintuitive however after a few days of in-game practice I got fairly used to the button layout with the exception of the under sized middle button which is hard to click without misfiring the adjacent buttons another gripe I have is up the clicks here are nothing to write home about and I mean that literally one time I wrote my parents from college and told them how much I loved Cherry MX brown but yeah some of the buttons here actually feel kind of stiff and could stand to be a bit less mushy sure they're tolerable but for 160 dollars every click on this device should be thoroughly satisfying now you probably noticed by now that the mouse features RGB lighting around the thumb buttons scroll wheel and the ROG logo at the back these three lighting zones are individually programmable or can be synced to display the same effect using the ROG armory software there are six preset effects to choose from and they all look great and execution with seamless color cycling color accuracy would be perfect in fact if it weren't for the white appearing a touch too warm on the ROG logo and slightly cool on the scroll wheel the only LED feature I was expecting to find but did not with speed adjustment meaning you're pretty much stuck with the slow default speed of the cycling and breathing effects I think we've reached a point in high-end RGB devices where a few preset lighting modes just doesn't cut it anymore give me a seizure inducing light show until I'm foaming at the mouth and now we're getting somewhere within the other tabs of the software you can also adjust power options increase the lift off distance record macros and of course remap any button on the device to whatever your heart's content all of these settings along with your led effects can then be assigned to one of five custom profiles overall the UI has a clean presentation the settings are easy to adjust and the app runs smoothly from what I can tell never stuttering crashing or just plain wigging out so what does all this mean for the spoda as a whole both and being honest I would consider it a good gaming mouse and hands-down the most customizable wireless mouse available but at twice or even three times the cost of its competitors the spa the truly needed to leave my Joss meant it to the floor in amazement which it frankly did not do if you happen to Jackson's and wipe your ass with Benjamin's then you can buy this mouse with confidence knowing it will serve you well but for the rest of us feel in that ramen lifestyle the gaming peripheral market is simply too saturated with competitively priced gaming mice that granted may not have as many tricks up its sleeve but we will happily settle for that's all for now guys let me know what you think of this thing on the comments and don't forget to toss me a like on this video if you enjoyed it before you guys go check the description below for shirts which you can buy in my 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