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FNATIC Gear - eSports Peripherals Any Good?

2016-03-31
silverstone reversible cables feature beautiful aluminum housing in various colors and nylon braiding for protection with reversible USB 2.0 on one end for the really easy plug-and-play and on the other end available in both lightning connector for the iPhone or reversible microUSB get you cables now with a link below what's up guys I'm Dimitri with hurricane axe and welcome to another review today I'm a little bit intimidated by what we are reviewing today because we have a few peripherals from one of the best eSports teams out there so how do you approach something that is backed up by professional gaming company first I was a little bit skeptical on what they're trying to pull using their name as the vessel for brand recognition and not really the quality of the stuff but we'll find out more today so more that is left to do now is really just jump into a game and utilize those gaming tools for precision and speed let's play some csgo you really have this Oh quite haddem so on the review table today is a very familiar set of peripherals this is from fnatic gear and they say familiar because remember funk gaming while they've been acquired by fnatic and some peripherals have transferred over we have the entire set here which includes the flick g1 gaming mouse the rush g1 keyboard and adduced g1 mouse mat so let's start with a keyboard first now I say this one was familiar to me because it is based off the funk KB 460 and nothing has changed aside from a few software tweaks which is a bit disappointing because I would expect a tkl keyboard from an actual eSports brand it is a very basic board with some simple design it comes with MX cherry red blue and brown switches with a red backlight on the keys and an under plate also for that cohesive undertone and I think that looks awesome you can adjust the brightness of the leds in six intervals and there's also a built-in breathing mode too there are two USB pastors at the back which can be used to connect other peripherals and that's awesome the keyboard comes with a wrist rest which is comfy and easily detachable and shares the same rubberized matte coating that feels comfortable on the skin but easily picks up fingerprints and such I do love that the wrist rest isn't bulky in any way plus I love that it is removable although the attachment mechanism is a bit finicky with these two individual clips but you know it's totally fine media controls are built into the F keys and we also have a fanatic mode that disables the Windows key when we talk about the switches these come with reds and I really have nothing negative to say about these it's a very light 45 gram key I prefer linear switches for gaming so there is no tactile bump when the key is rebounding and you just have to adjust to releasing pressure from the finger so the key can bounce back which is super fast and it's also a fairly quiet keyboard even if you don't bottom out let's take a listen now when we offer the mousepad the packaging is cool although I would say it's pretty wasteful so much material for so little of product it is a very thin mat toe with the shape which is also compact enough and the surface is fine for tracking no problems there but the bottom surface is ridiculously slippery there is no grip whatsoever I prefer something more stable like these aluminum pads from in wind or simple fabric ones and I'm really surprised that the boost mousepad actually made it into the fanatic approvals list since land players they don't know which surface we'll be playing on so the grip is essential but now let's flick gears a little bit and talk about the mouse having the fanatic backing this product made me really excited because you know fnatic as a gaming company or an eSports team day they should have some credibility right despite my disappointment with the mouse mat and a simple logo exchange on the keyboard as soon as I jumped into csgo match with this mouse I instantly felt happy and my expectations were met the flick g1 has many fantastic properties its light at 90 grams you can flick away no problem the shape is comfortable with all the curves and angles and the right spots for my type of a hybrid grip the ambidextrous body allows left hand operation but the side browser buttons are only on the left side so there's a bit of a compromise there the rubberized coating feels good all the buttons are in their natural spots the primary left and right clicks you zom run switches but they are more resistant than the g5 a2 or demonics caster but not by much and it was easy to adjust to the slightly heavier actuations the scroll wheel is a little bit money but scroll steps are defined it's that rotation that could use less restriction the middle click is light enough to press in game and the round button behind the wheel is very well in reach for the DPI or profile change which are indicated by these three discreet LEDs on the side of the mouse that's a perfect - quickly notice your dpi level when the LEDs are in orange and the profile changes when the LED corresponds to the lighting on the mouse wheel the site browser buttons are awesome they're in good place and actuations do not distract from the grip nor the aim the feet the bottom are on each corner provide very smooth glide and at the heart of the Fleck g1 is an a DNS 3310 which is a very trusted sensor within gaming mice and used all over the place by my onyx Zowie SteelSeries and Roccat mice there is no acceleration no prediction the default lift off distance could be shorter if you move and lift your mouse a lot but overall this is a sensor that I can trust when my aim needs to be 100% all the time now maybe it's because I'm so used to the performance of the 3310 sensor on my other mice that when I start gaming with the Fleck g1 it feels very natural and the performance and the sensor is so consistent that I can just plug in my desired dpi my standard dpi across all my other mice that use the same sensor of 800 dpi and I can just flick away play no problem I love the consistent performance that's awesome on the software side of things unfortunately fnatic do not have a drivers hub so you need to download flick and rush drivers separately the mouse customization is very basic offering three dpi steps double-click speed polling rate but no lift off distance adjustment which is very weird because it is not a sensor limitation and this is such a disappointment because the mouse becomes unpredictable when you place it back down on the surface and this is a very odd omission again because the sensor can be controlled to adjust for that on other mice but apparently not on the mouse that is behind an eSports brand it's completely ridiculous moving on to' you have three profiles and color customization with a few effects that only applies to the scroll wheel and all this is saved onto the mouse itself effectively allowing you to do a one-time setup and forget about the drivers the keyboard drivers following a similar simple suite giving you a chance to create profiles with macros on any key of the keyboard which I guess is that hidden gem if you're all about those macros and so this entire set of fnatic peripherals enters a highly competitive arena with the rush keyboard dating back to three years ago which makes me think it needs a price drop you can acquire many similar MX cherry boards for under 100 bucks that function in the same way but other than that the rush is a satisfying keyboard for those who want simplicity but if only it wasn't this expensive the flick gaming mouse though I think is what will hold the fnatic gear brand it is priced very well at 49 bucks which is probably the most Buy in this price range as long as you can get used to the set liftoff distance but overall I think it's a very good direction for a fanatic to acquire funk because at least now they have a solid foundation to grow from with all these peripherals but now I want to see a Tiki on keyboard and maybe a different shaped Mouse please but that is it for this review then guess much for watching if you enjoyed it make sure to subscribe and follow for more similar content and we'll see you in the next video
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