The Pwnage Trinity CF is a lightweight, symmetrical wireless gaming mouse made of a carbon fiber composite. The body has weight-saving cutouts on the top shell, sides, and underside. It's a small mouse with a centered rear hump and flat sides, very closely resembling the Razer Viper Mini. It connects wirelessly via its pyramid-shaped 2.4GHz receiver and has a maximum polling rate of 8000Hz. It uses a Pwnage-branded 'XERO' sensor, which is based on the PixArt PAW3950. Additionally, it has a mechanism that allows you to adjust the sensor position towards the front or the rear of the mouse. For more info about this feature, see the Sensor Specifications section of the review.
Our Verdict
The Pwnage Trinity CF is primarily designed as a gaming mouse, but it's still decent for work use. It has a symmetrical shape with excellent build quality and feels sturdy in hand. Its body has cutouts that help it achieve its incredibly light weight, but leave the interior more open to accumulating dust and debris. You can connect it wirelessly using the included 2.4GHz USB receiver, but it doesn't support Bluetooth or multi-device pairing. It also lacks productivity features like free scrolling and L/R scroll wheel tilt inputs.
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Excellent build quality.
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No Bluetooth connectivity or multi-device pairing.
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Scroll wheel lacks L/R tilt inputs and free scrolling.
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Cutouts throughout the body leave the interior open to collecting dust.
The Pwnage Trinity CF is a remarkable FPS gaming mouse. Its carbon-composite shell is extremely lightweight and has excellent build quality, and its small, symmetrical shape makes it ideal for fingertip and claw grips. Performance-wise, it delivers exceptionally low click and sensor latency and supports polling rates up to 8000Hz. That said, the weight-saving cutouts leave the interior more open to accumulating dust and debris.
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Excellent build quality.
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Superb raw performance.
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Extremely lightweight.
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Cutouts throughout the body leave the interior open to collecting dust.
While it doesn't have nearly as many dedicated side buttons as a dedicated MMO mouse, the Pwnage Trinity CF is a good option for MMO gaming. It has excellent build quality and a small, symmetrical shape that's ideal for fingertip or claw grips. It also has superb raw performance that's suitable for any MMO title. That said, it has weight-saving cutouts throughout the body that leave the interior more open to accumulating dust and debris.
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Excellent build quality.
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Superb raw performance.
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Cutouts throughout the body leave the interior open to collecting dust.
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Fewer side buttons than dedicated MMO mice.
The Pwnage Trinity CF delivers remarkable raw performance. It's superb for gaming of any genre and at any competitive level. It has incredibly low click and sensor latency and an extremely accurate sensor. It also supports a maximum polling rate of 8000Hz.
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Exceptionally low click latency.
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Fantastic sensor performance.
- 7.0 Work
- 9.4 Video Games (FPS)
- 7.8 Video Games (MMO)
- 9.5 Raw Performance
Changelog
- Updated Apr 16, 2025: Review published.
- Updated Mar 28, 2025: Early access published.
- Updated Mar 24, 2025: Our testers have started testing this product.
- Updated Mar 20, 2025: The product has arrived in our lab, and our testers will start evaluating it soon.
- Updated Mar 03, 2025: We've purchased the product and are waiting for it to arrive in our lab.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Pwnage Trinity CF is available in Black, Platinum, Nacho, Sakura Samurai, and Midnight Eclipse color variants. You can order it with solid side panels or side panels with cutouts. We bought and tested the Sakura Samurai colorway with cutouts on the side panels. See our unit's label.
Compared To Other Mice
The Pwnage Trinity CF is a lightweight wireless gaming mouse with a symmetrical shape and a carbon fiber composite body. It uses Pwnage's 'XERO' sensor, which is based on PixArt's flagship PAW3950 sensor. It supports polling rates up to 8000Hz and delivers outstanding raw performance. Its small, symmetrical shape is nearly identical to the Razer Viper Mini, so it's ideal if you have smaller hands or use a fingertip or claw grip. It has considerably better build quality with fewer flex, pops, and creaks compared to the Finalmouse UltralightX or the Finalmouse UltralightX Competition, two mice that are also made of a lightweight carbon fiber composite material.
This mouse's price point puts it firmly at the top of the market. While it delivers expectedly top-of-the-line performance, other, cheaper mice like the Hitscan Hyperlight, the Scyrox V8, and Ninjutso Sora V2 are achieving similar light weights while using more traditional solid plastic shells and not resorting to expensive exotic materials or using weight-saving cutouts.
This mouse has a rare feature that allows you to adjust the physical position of the sensor on the underside of the mouse, either forward or backward. This is beneficial if you want to experiment and find the best sensor placement for your hand size and grip type.
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The Pwnage Trinity CF and the Razer Viper V3 Pro are lightweight wireless gaming mice with symmetrical shapes. The Razer has a more traditional plastic body, while the Pwnage is made of a carbon fiber composite, making it ~14 grams lighter. The Razer is bigger, and its shape is more accommodating to different hand sizes and grip types, while the Pwnage's smaller shape is better suited for smaller hands or fingertip and claw grips. Both mice have similarly superb performance and support polling rates of 8000Hz.
The Hitscan Hyperlight and the Pwnage Trinity CF are lightweight wireless gaming mice with similar small, symmetrical shapes. The Pwnage is made of a carbon fiber composite, while the Hitscan has a more traditional plastic construction. They deliver very similar performance, but the Pwnage has a newer sensor and supports polling rates up to 8000Hz out of the box, whereas you need to purchase a separate dongle to achieve the same high polling rates with the Hitscan.
The WLmouse Beast X and the Pwnage Trinity CF are lightweight wireless gaming mice that are made of exotic materials. The Pwnage is made of a carbon fiber composite, while the WLmouse is made of a magnesium alloy. While both mice use weight-saving cutouts to achieve their incredibly light weights, the WLmouse's cutouts are much larger, making it less comfortable to use than the Pwnage. Still, both mice include adhesive grip tape in the box that can help mitigate potential discomfort. The two mice deliver similarly outstanding raw performance.
The Pwnage Trinity CF and the Finalmouse UltralightX Competition are lightweight wireless gaming mice with symmetrical shapes. The Finalmouse has a flatter shape and is available in three sizes, while the Pwnage has a more pronounced rear hump. They're both made of a carbon fiber composite material and have weight-saving cutouts throughout their bodies. The Pwnage has notably better build quality with fewer creaks, rattles, and flex. The two mice deliver superb raw performance that's nearly identical.
Test Results
The Pwnage Trinity CF has a carbon fiber composite body with an engraved filigree pattern and diamond-shaped cutouts. It has a matte finish with metallic-looking speckles that glitter in the light.
We bought the Sakura Samurai colorway, but other colors are available on the Pwnage product page. It's also available with solid sides instead of sides with cutouts.
There's a Pwnage logo on the mouse's underside. It doesn't have any RGB lighting zones, but an LED indicator inside the mouse is visible through the cutouts in the body. It flashes a configurable color to identify what CPI profile you're using, but it's off during normal use.
This mouse isn't designed specifically for portability. While it's not very big, it lacks an internal compartment for storing the wireless receiver, which is large and pyramid shaped. Additionally, the weight-saving cutouts in the body leave the interior more open to collecting dust and debris.
The Pwnage Trinity CF has excellent build quality overall. It's made of a carbon fiber composite material that feels smooth to the touch and high-quality, while the bottom plate is made from plastic. The mouse is well-assembled with no rattling sounds or loose parts and solid-feeling buttons.
While the mouse feels sturdy when being used, the plastic bottom plate flexes if you apply pressure to it intentionally, but this is normal and isn't noticeable when using the mouse normally. You can actuate the side buttons if you put a lot of pressure on the side panel directly underneath them.
Note that Pwnage advertises this mouse weighs 37g.
The Pwnage Trinity CF has a relatively small symmetrical shape that very closely resembles the Razer Viper Mini. It has a centered hump and fairly flat sides, making it ideal for fingertip grip if you have larger hands and well-suited for claw or palm grips if you have medium or smaller hands.
While the unit we purchased has weight-saving cutouts on its sides, Pwnage offers a variant with solid sides. Adhesive grips to cover the sides for better comfort are also included in the box.
This mouse has an unusual feature that allows you to adjust the sensor's physical position. For more details, see the Sensor Specifications section.
Pwnage advertises a battery life of up to 160 hours of 'Office Battery Life' and up to 100 hours of 'Gaming Battery Life' and a full recharge in approximately two hours. The office estimate is likely with the mouse at a polling rate of 1000Hz or less. Using the mouse at its maximum polling rate of 8000Hz will significantly decrease battery life.
There's an LED indicator inside the mouse that's visible through the holes in the body that flashes red when the battery is low.
This mouse comes with a lightweight and flexible paracord-like charging cable. It glides smoothly across desks without dragging but retains minor kinks from its packaging.
Our cable had some cosmetic damage near the USB-C end, but it didn't affect our testing or the cable's performance.
This mouse has fantastic feet that glide smoothly with minimal friction on mousepads and desks.
You can order the mouse with glass feet at an additional cost. They would likely deliver an even smoother glide but might feel too sensitive for some, depending on preference.
There are 40 dot-style PTFE skates included in the box as well as an alternative set of full-sized skates.
- USB-A to USB-C charging cable
- High Speed Receiver Pyramid
- Set of alternative PTFE mouse feet
- 40x PTFE dot skates
- Adhesive grips
- Screwdriver keychain
- Pwnage sticker
- User documentation
You can reprogram all buttons on this mouse using the configuration software.
The Pwnage Trinity CF has outstandingly low and consistent click latency. It delivers a responsive gaming experience for play at any competitive level or game genre.
We performed our click latency testing at a polling rate of 8000Hz.
This mouse's sensor exhibits no problematic variation or tracking accuracy issues.
This mouse has fantastic sensor latency performance that's suitable for gaming in any genre and at any competitive level.
The above results are using a wireless polling rate setting of 8000Hz with motion sync turned off.
We conducted supplementary testing at additional polling rates:
| Connection Type | Polling Rate | Delay to Start of Movement | Delay at Half Movement | Delay to End of Movement |
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| Wired | 1000Hz | 11.3 ms | 2.7 ms | 4.7 ms |
| 8000Hz | 10.6 ms | 1.9 ms | 4.0 ms | |
| Wireless | 1000Hz | 11.5 ms | 3.0 ms | 5.0 ms |
| 4000Hz | 11.1 ms | 2.3 ms | 4.3 ms | |
| 8000Hz + Motion Sync | 10.8 ms | 2.5 ms | 4.3 ms |
This mouse uses the 'XERO Sensor,' a Pixart 3950, which has been tuned by Pwnage, and a Nordic nrf52840 MCU. It supports polling rates of 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, 1000Hz, 2000Hz, 4000Hz and 8000Hz.
You can adjust various sensor settings using the customization software, including lift-off distance, Motion Sync, and slam click prevention.
This mouse has an unusual feature where you can physically adjust the position of the sensor from the underside of the mouse. You can use a small screwdriver in the box to loosen the screws that secure the sensor housing, allowing you to slide the sensor more toward the front or back of the mouse.
Some people find aiming more natural with the sensor closer to their fingertips, making for a wider sensor travel arc. Others prefer a lower sensor position towards the rear, making for a shorter travel arc. Ultimately, it depends on your preferences, hand size, and grip type. We recommend experimenting with what feels best for you.
This mouse has a grooved scroll wheel made of hard plastic. It's easy to scroll with defined steps, but the steps aren't particularly pronounced. It's audible while scrolling aggressively, but still relatively quiet and precise.
Both main click buttons, the side buttons, and the scroll wheel operate quietly and are unlikely to bother anyone around you.
The Pwnage Trinity CF uses Pwnage Hub, a browser-based companion software that's straightforward to use. It allows you to customize various expected settings, including CPI, polling rate, Motion Sync, lift-off distance, and battery settings. Button remapping is still in beta, and macro creation isn't available yet.
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