Packaging and Bundle
Packaging[HR][/HR]Unfortunately the version of the device we have received has been sent in slightly different packaging to that of the retail version. This is not unusual but does mean you won’t see the same thing if you were to buy it today.
It is also more unfortunate as I quite liked the Roccat Kone package design. From the front it looks like a prized trophy in a cabinet. It also looks like you could use it as a football and it would survive which is certainly a nice touch. It also includes the main features seen in the technical specifications on the front but mainly focuses on allowing you to see the product.
Although you can’t instantly feel the mouse through the packaging, it has been designed that this front just lifts off to reveal the vacuum packed mouse underneath while making sure you can’t just take the mouse out too easily.
From the back, we can see a nice list of features including those in the technical specifications as well as Customizable Light System’, ‘Clip-in Weights’, Tracking Booster’ and a few others. These continue Roccat’s usual colour scheme of a blue title font on a black background with the rest of the text in a white. At the bottom of the back is the package contents, the technical specifications and the system requirements. It also, which is very useful, lists the documentation languages included. This back page does open up in a book style.
On the inside of this back cover, on the left-hand side are some in depth details of the features, as well as an appraisal from supposedly one of the best gamers in the world not that we don’t believe them, just that it seems a bit generic! On the right hand side of this booklet is the features in 9 different languages.
Contents: [HR][/HR] Roccat Kone Gaming Mouse
FastClip Weight System (4 weights) with Hard Case
Inari Case Mission Book with Roccat ID Card
Driver CD
Quick Install Guide
To start off with we will take a look at the extras that come with this mouse. Roccat claim that their mouse, like others, is so light that for most serious gamers they will want to make it slightly heavier, so they have included 4 extra weights that can be clipped in at the bottom of the mouse. These 4 weights (5g, 10g, 15g and 20g) have their own hard case and each weight has a microchip included so the mouse presumably knows which one is installed.
The quick installation guide is a 1-page affair just in a good selection of languages. It shows you how to install the mouse as well as the drivers and how to add and release the weights.
The driver CD is on a Mini CD which can be stored in the hard case, this does also contain a PDF version of the User Guide.
I own one of this, and i see a lot of issues:- system clamp loads quite poor after several months of use- no manual setting of the DPI to predefined software (eg 420dpi, 650 etc)- illumination remains active after shutdown computer…but heeey I can be more pretentious
Hey, idbaghera,It's really nice to hear peoples views who have been using the devices for a long time and can give us real feedback! I didn't feel the DPI setting problem you raised was too bad as you have 6 different settings between 800 and 3200 which for me worked nicely, but of course more fine tuning can always be nice! The illumination remaining active problem you raised is a problem we have with nearly all the mice we test and so not very specific to this mouse in general. In fact the Tt eSPORTS mouse I tested recently also did the same. This is only because the USB ports stay live and nothing really to do with the mouse itself!Simon
I'm a little confusd as to why reviewing the old model Kone, rather the the current Kone +. Ah sorry see you stated your rationale, but there really are some significant changes in the Kone+, I think.