Performance
The Avior 700 is plug and play compatible, but to really reap the benefits of its features you’ll want to download the software from the Mionix website. Here you can extensively customise the features and performance of the mouse, including re mapping every button on the mouse, altering various speeds and disabling / enabling of pointer acceleration.
The sensor is nothing short of awesome to begin with, but having full X and Y adjustments from 50 to 7000 DPI, each configurable to three steps for the DPI toggle switch, then each three can be saved to one of five profiles. On top of that you also have angle tuning, angle snapping, pointer speed, lift-off distance that can go so low the sensor doesn’t pick up the mouse mat, but so high you can use it as a hover mouse… not sure why you would want to go to those extremes of course, but its great to have so much range. Finally we even have a surface quality analyser tool that scans the mouse mat to detect how optimal it is, I used it on my scruffy one to see how it scored and it did rate it at 50%, while a new one registered around 80% so it does seem to work nicely.
The lighting isn’t extensive on the Avior 7000, with just the logo and the scroll wheel being illuminated, but the level of configuration is great, a nice choice of colours, effects and you can also disable it completely if you wish.
Finally we have a full macro record setting, perfect for deploying complex commands in your favourite game, or if you’re more like me, you’ll have it setup to do most of your work for you in Photoshop.
It didn’t take long at all to get the Avior 7000 setup to my liking, tune in a few macros and get into a few games of League of Legends, Battlefield 4 and even a little Fallout 3 for old times sake. Having already used the mouse for a few hours prior to gaming I already had my mind made up that I love the sensor in this mouse, but it just got even better when gaming. Zero acceleration, a perfectly calibrated lift-off high (super low), and a nice tactile feel to the Omron switches that the mouse is fitted with, it’s nothing short of a pleasure to use while gaming and working.
Having five profiles is always nice, with one configured for my general gaming needs, the other for my work, and it saves a lot of effort having each profile set to the right side buttons so I can quickly switch between tasks. The sensor passed all my tests with flying colours, I’ll go as far as saying its on of the best (if not the best) sensors I’ve ever used.
The ergonomics on the back part of the mouse are really nice, although I personally prefer a wider mouse here for a full palm rest, but this mouse works really well both palm rest and with a claw grip hand position, with the added bonus of being ambidextrous, so it really is rather versatile.
