AOC AGON AGM600 Gaming Mouse Review

A Closer Look & Performance

The mouse looks great from the moment you take it out of the box, it’s a little bigger and heavier than a lot of the gaming mice I’ve tested in the last year or so, but in a sense, that’s actually a pleasant change, as I know not everyone likes those ultralight designs.

It’s hard-wired with a durable braided black cable, it has a hard and glossy feel to it, but it’s quite thin so it has a good amount of flex to it.

There are quite a few things going on with this design, albeit, it’s nothing we haven’t really seen on a gaming mouse before. If anything, I think it’s got a modern retro look to it, something that can be seen on a lot of AGON gaming hardware actually. They’re one of the few bastions of the classic gamer black and red theme too, which I still have a soft spot for.

Towards the nose, there are two wing buttons, they have a really springy action to them, but a light and fast click too, making them quite pleasant to click away on. Being off to the side, they’re idea for quick attacks or macros.

The side navigation switches are nice and glossy, and you can easily slide your thumb over them. They have heavier switches too, reducing accidental clicks, but they have a nice tactile feel to their click too. Below that, there’s a third side button, which can be used as the sniper button to drop the DPI while you’re gaming, but it’s programmable, so you could do other things with it too. I like setting mine to the Enter key, it makes for quick entry on forms without having to let go of the mouse.

Around the back, the mouse has a nice ergonomic swell to it that will comfortably fit the palm of your hand. There’s obviously a mid-size wing on the left too, allowing you to easily get your thumb into a comfortable gripping position.

Both the left and right side of the mouse has a grip-textured finish. It looks like a separate material, but it’s actually just a texture cut into the glossy plastic panel that ends up giving that section more of a matte look.

However, it’s pretty effective, it’s easy to hold the mouse without it slipping from your grip. Here you can also see that cheeky bit of red trim on the mouse, there’s no RGB on the wheel either, it’s a bit different and I like it.

There’s quite a lot going on there, with a long and deep recess offering up two large buttons behind the scroll wheel. These buttons are set to adjust the DPI levels, and they have a really nice crispy click to them too. The mouse wheel has a lovely grip to it, a light tactile bump when turned, and a lovely click when you press the wheel too; handy if you like to click the wheel for a cheeky jump or melee in CS:GO.

On the underside, you’ll find four low friction pads, which actually have a plastic cover on each of them that took me flipping ages to notice. It slides well with them on, but even better with the plastic covers removed; I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise.

There’s a profile button down here too, which seems a little unrequited given there are plenty of buttons up on the top. That being said, having it here does free up a button on the top for other fun stuff. I typically only have two profiles anyway, a work one and a gaming one. Just setup your lighting and macros, save your profiles, and you’re ready to rock.

When it comes to gaming, this mouse is really fantastic. It’s a standard-weight mouse, coming in at about 110g without the cable, and 147g with the cable. I do love a good ultralight, but the smoother and more stable movement of a slightly heavier mouse is very nice too. It has low friction overall even when using a lazy full-palm rest, so it glides really nicely and tracks smoothly throughout the DPI range.

It’s really well-balanced too, as your grip point isn’t in the middle, but the mouse is a little heavier at the front, so when you do pick it up it doesn’t flop backward.

It’s a very comfortable mouse to hold in a full-hand grip, and while it can be used in a fingertip grip its overall shape really just wants a full palm rest like this. It’s a relaxed grip too, you don’t really have to hold on to the mouse, as the shape allows the mouse to be loose yet controllable when needed; leading to less strain for those marathon gaming sessions.

All of the buttons have a fairly unique feel to them, and all have slightly different actuations, but all feel very good under your fingers. They’re all laid out in such as way that they’re both easy to access but out of the way enough to prevent accidental clicks.

Both the LMB and RMB have a very immediable click, with the panels mounted right up against the switches. However, the switches are further back from the top and the top panels are quite long, so there’s a bit of flex in them after the click, maybe 0.5mm, but you have to push fairly hard to cause any post-click travel to occur, so overall, it all feels very fast and tight.

The RGB is nicely done on this mouse too, I don’t care too much for overly bright or distracting RGB effects, but I can appreciate some of you do. There’s RGB on the logo at the back, and interestingly, a small light on the very top, which is handy for identifying DPI levels and profiles.

Interesting that there’s no RGB in the scroll wheel, as that is quite common, but I do like that they’ve just made it red, it’s a little more unique looking. The RGB colours are nice though, but that’s par for the peripherals market these days.

There’s a thin light going around the edge too, it’s not overly bright, but it just adds a bit of flair to the design without being overly distracting.