Corsair KATAR PRO XT Ultra-Light Gaming Mouse Review

A Closer Look & Performance

Corsair has kept this mouse pretty simple, and that’s a good thing. This doesn’t feel like some “mouse of the future” and sticks with something any PC user will be familiar with. This is important for overall comfort, but also it just makes it easy to use. That’s great for work, but also important for a lot of gamers. Typically, FPS and MOBA players just want a good click and a decent scroll wheel. Here, you get both of those things.

Down the side, the mouse has a texture moulded into the hard plastic. It provides more than enough grip, but also shouldn’t wear smooth out like some of the softer grip designs. If you plan on putting a few thousand hours and beyond on this mouse, it should still hold up just fine. The side button are nice and light to trigger, but they’re also shaped so that you can slide your thumb up or down over them to trigger them as well as simply push them in.

The mouse has a traditional right-handed design, not all this dissimilar from the old Intellimouse shape, but maybe a little more swollen at the upper middle section to suit a palm grip, but with enough grip on the sides to allow you to use a fingertip or claw grip too.

Interesting, the Corsair logo isn’t RGB at the back, no doubt to keep the cost and weight down as low as possible.

There’s a bit more of that hard-wearing texture on the right too, so it should slip free from your grip unless you have Teflon fingers.

The main star for this mouse has to be the LMB and RMB though. The click response is exceptional on this mouse. Both buttons are mounted on their own panels with a spring-loaded system. Corsair says they’ve mounted it so the actuation is right on the switch with no extra travel. That means you get a crisp and fast click every time. They’ve used fairly strong switches too, so while it’s an easy click, you won’t accidentally click just resting your fingers there.

The sensor is superb too, as one would expect from a Corsair product and the fact that it’s a PixArt Optical sensor. With up to 18,000 DPI tracking, you won’t be left wanting for more. Actually, I didn’t really feel the need to go beyond 5000 DPI myself, but hey, it’s nice to have some options. As you would expect, it tracks beautifully. Because the mouse is so light and has such massive slipmats on the bottom, it glides effortlessly too.

Overall, it’s so easy to move the mouse that you can still make precise movements even at higher DPI levels, making it great for Photoshop, FPS gaming and beyond.

Lightweight and nimble, the mouse is very comfortable and fits my hand very well.

What I do like is that if you hold it in the middle, it doesn’t tilt, it’s got 50/50 weight distribution.

Corsair couldn’t release a mouse with RGB, it would be like water not being wet. However, they have kept it pretty minimal, with just a ring on the scroll wheel. It’ll cycle through the rainbow nice and slowly by default. However, it can be used to indicate your profile settings, so you can check them at a glance.

MM800 Mouse Mat

Corsair was also kind enough to send over their latest mouse mat, the MM800. It’s a little on the big side for my desk, but it’s certainly awesome if you’ve got the room for it. As you can see, it’s got an RGB strip all the way around the edge and comes with full iCUE support.

It features a simple Corsair logo in the bottom left corner. It’s the new logo too, and it looks fantastic.

It’s got a block in the top right, offering up RGB on the Corsair logo there. Plus, it has a USB port on the front that can be used for your mouse, a headset, or whatever really. The actual mat connects to your PC via a USB-C cable too, and it’s great to see the more modern USB port getting put on more things.

Beyond that, you also have a small control button on this hub, allowing you to cycle colours and effects without the use of software.

I’ve tried a couple of Corsair mice on it this week, and really can’t fault it. Plus, it’s big enough to also go under your keyboard and just about everything else actually.