Corsair SCIMITAR ELITE WIRELESS Mouse Review

This mouse looks and feels similar to the other mice in Corsair's SCIMITAR lineup. It has a matte black body with glossy black accents and silver/gunmetal side buttons. It also has full RGB on the Corsair logo on the palm area and embedded in the lettering of the side buttons. However, the side button illumination looks dim in a well-lit room.

This mouse has fairly good portability overall. Although it's on the bigger side, it has a compartment under the mouse where you can store the wireless receiver.

This mouse has very good build quality. It feels premium with a matte plastic finish and a textured right-side grip. There's some minor flex high on the side button panel in the middle of the mouse. The left and right-click buttons have slight side-to-side movement. However, these issues are not noticeable in regular use. The buttons on the side panel look like metal but are made of plastic.

The side button panel is adjustable on a slider that moves back and forth. You can adjust it using the included Allen key to loosen and tighten it in position. You can see a photo of the adjustment process here. Once tightened, the panel feels solid and doesn't move, even when applying considerable pressure.

This mouse is quite heavy compared to most FPS-focused gaming mice, but its weight is typical for an MMO mouse.

The shape of this mouse is very similar to the other mice in the line-up, like the Corsair SCIMITAR RGB ELITE, but with some minor differences in its curves. It has a fairly large, right-handed shape with a ring finger/pinky rest. You can move the side button panel forward and back, which makes it easier to reach for different hand sizes and grip types.

You can connect to this mouse through its USB receiver or via Bluetooth. It has a rechargeable battery that Corsair claims has up to 120 hours of battery life using the receiver and up to 150 hours using Bluetooth, with both figures being achieved with RGB lighting turned off.

This mouse comes with a braided USB-A to USB-C charging cable. It has mediocre flexibility, and it retains some kinks from its packaging, but it glides over surfaces well and doesn't snag easily.

This mouse has good feet that glide fairly well with not too much scratchiness or drag despite their sharp-cornered shape. However, most gaming mice have better gliding feet than the Corsair SCIMITAR ELITE WIRELESS. Third-party replacement feet are also available.

• Corsair SCIMITAR ELITE WIRELESS
• Allen key
• USB receiver
• USB-A to USB-C charging cable
• User documentation

You can reprogram all the buttons on this mouse except for the left click and the profile button underneath the mouse. It also has a side panel with 12 buttons that you can reprogram.

The Corsair SCIMITAR ELITE WIRELESS has remarkably low and consistent click latency that delivers a very responsive feeling suitable for even competitive gaming.

The click latency was tested at a polling rate of 2000Hz, and with Button Response Optimization disabled. Button Response Optimization is a software setting that adds debounce delay to prevent slam clicks.

This mouse has remarkable CPI performance overall. The physical movements you make with your mouse translate extremely closely to your cursor movements on-screen.

We tested this at a 2000Hz polling rate and with Button Response Optimization disabled.

This mouse has remarkable sensor latency performance. It reacts very quickly to the physical movements you make with the mouse, and you won't notice any delay.

Note: Similar to other Corsair mice we've tested, we observed that the Corsair SCIMITAR ELITE WIRELESS sensor operates differently at its 2000Hz setting compared to most other mice with 2000Hz polling rates. At its 2000Hz setting, this mouse sends two reports to your computer at 1-millisecond intervals, while most other mice we've tested with a 2000Hz polling rate send one report every 0.5 milliseconds. While the sensor latency performance is still superb overall, it's measurably less consistent than most other 2000Hz options from other manufacturers.

We tested this at a 2000Hz polling rate and with Button Response Optimization disabled.

The available polling rate settings for this mouse are 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, 1000Hz, and 2000Hz.

The Corsair SCIMITAR ELITE WIRELESS has a textured rubberized scroll wheel that scrolls precisely and quietly. However, the step increments aren't well-defined, and they're hard to notice at times.

Note: Previous mice in the SCIMITAR lineup, including the Corsair SCIMITAR RGB ELITE and the Corsair SCIMITAR PRO RGB, are prone to early scroll wheel failure that can develop anywhere from three months to two years of use.

We didn't encounter any build quality issues with the scroll wheel of the Corsair SCIMITAR WIRELESS during testing. However, we're on the lookout for any reports of any scroll wheel issues from the wider community and will update this review in the future if reports begin to emerge. If you have this mouse and want to share your experience, let us know in the forums.

This mouse's left and right clicks are relatively quiet compared to many gaming mice. However, they're less quiet than the dedicated silent switches present on some productivity mice.

Corsair's iCUE software lets you customize various settings like CPI, polling rate, lift-off distance, RGB, and more. It's reasonably straightforward to use. However, some settings, like macro programming and button assignment, are less intuitive. That said, most users won't have much difficulty with it.

Additionally, much like similar software options from other major manufacturers, this software is the source of criticism from the broader community. While we didn't experience any issues during the testing of this mouse, many users online criticize this software for requiring frequent updates and taking up disproportionate system resources, among other complaints. This software may be frustrating if you prefer more lightweight software options or no software at all.

This mouse is fully compatible with Windows and macOS.