The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air is the first wireless entry into the ROCCAT Burst lineup of gaming mice, and its symmetrical shape is identical to the other mice in the series. However, a notable change is the inclusion of four independent RGB zones rather than one. Each one is independently customizable in the companion software. This mouse connects wirelessly with a USB receiver or via Bluetooth and recharges with an included USB-C cable.
Our Verdict
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air is a great mouse for office and multimedia work. It feels well-built and comfortable to use, and you can program all its buttons to perform whatever task you need. This mouse is also wireless, meaning you can connect it with either its USB receiver or Bluetooth. Also, the companion software allows for a high degree of customization. Unfortunately, the scroll wheel lacks L/R tilt inputs and a free-scrolling mode.
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Bluetooth compatible.
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Feels well-built and comfortable to use.
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Fairly lightweight.
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Scroll wheel lacks L/R tilt inputs and free-scrolling mode.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air is a great mouse for FPS gaming. It's fairly lightweight, feels well-built, and has impressive click latency performance. The companion software offers a high degree of customization, so you adjust the sensor settings and set your CPI precisely in steps of 50 in a very wide range. Also, the feet and cable don't cause drag on mousepads and desks.
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Feels well-built and comfortable to use.
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Fairly lightweight.
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Heavy.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air is a very good mouse for MMO gaming; however, it isn't designed for this use as it only has two side buttons. It feels well-built, has impressive click latency performance, and is suitable for all hand sizes using most grip types. You can set the CPI precisely in steps of 50 within a very wide range, and its companion software allows for a high degree of customization for other sensor adjustments.
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Feels well-built and comfortable to use.
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Fairly lightweight.
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Not nearly as many side buttons as a dedicated MMO gaming mouse.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air is an impressive ultra-light gaming mouse. Overall, it feels well-built and comfortable to use. It also has impressive click latency performance and high-quality feet that offer a smooth gliding experience. However, at 81g, it's much heavier than many other lightweight wireless gaming options.
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Feels well-built and comfortable to use.
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Fairly lightweight.
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Heavy.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air is an excellent mouse to use for travel. It's wireless and connects using Bluetooth or with its USB receiver. There's also a storage compartment for the USB receiver on the bottom of the mouse, so you won't have to worry about losing it while on the go. Overall, it feels well-built and comfortable to use, and it has onboard memory, meaning you can take your customized settings with you. However, it may not fit into all laptop cases easily.
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Has a storage compartment for its USB receiver.
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Bluetooth compatible.
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Feels well-built and comfortable to use.
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Fairly lightweight.
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May not fit into laptop cases easily.
- 8.2 Office/Multimedia
- 8.3 Video Games (FPS)
- 7.8 Video Games (MMO)
- 8.0 Ultra-Light Gaming
- 8.5 Travel
- Updated May 13, 2024: We've corrected the text in several areas that referred to old test results left over from an earlier test bench, notably in the Sensor Specifications and Click Latency sections.
- Updated Sep 28, 2022: We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.2. This update simplifies our Weight test and expands on our CPI test from Test Bench 1.1, resulting in changes to test results in both sections. For more details, you can see our complete changelog here.
- Updated Sep 21, 2022: We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.1. This update revamps our Click Latency test and results in changes to test results. For more details, you can see our full changelog here.
- Updated May 19, 2022: Review published.
- Updated May 10, 2022: Early access published.
- Updated May 03, 2022: Our testers have started testing this product.
- Updated May 02, 2022: The product has arrived in our lab, and our testers will start evaluating it soon.
- Updated Apr 27, 2022: 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 ROCCAT Burst Pro Air comes in a white or a black colorway. We bought and tested the black colorway, and you can see the label of our unit here.
Compared To Other Mice
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air is a gaming mouse that marks the first wireless entry in the ROCCAT Burst lineup. At 81g, it's heavier than the other mice in the series, and its price point is significantly higher. Its click latency is also slightly higher than the rest of the lineup, so if you tend to play FPS or other competitive games, you'll find options with lower latencies at this price point. However, if you're looking for a mouse that's fully loaded with customizable RGB zones, this mouse has four in total.
If you're interested in checking out other options, look at our recommendations for the best wireless gaming mice, the best FPS mice, and the best gaming mice.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air and the ROCCAT Burst Pro Air are both lightweight, wireless gaming mice, but the Kone Pro Air performs slightly better overall. The Kone Pro Air has a more ergonomic right-handed design, and it feels better-built overall. Its click latency is significantly lower, and it's lighter than the Burst Pro Air. On the other hand, the Burst Pro Air has more independent RGB lighting zones, and it's slightly more portable as it's less bulky.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air and the ROCCAT Burst Pro have are identically-shaped mice, but they have a few differences. The Burst Pro Air connects wirelessly with Bluetooth or its dedicated USB receiver. You can recharge it with its included cable, which is more flexible than the attached cable found on the Burst Pro. Also, it has more RGB lighting zones. On the other hand, the Burst Pro has lower click latency and is lighter than the Burst Pro Air.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air and the ROCCAT Kone Pro are gaming mice with key differences. The Kone Pro is a wired-only model with a right-handed design, and it's much lighter. Also, it has better click latency. On the other hand, the Burst Pro Air is a wireless mouse with a symmetrical shape. Its feet offer a slightly better gliding experience, and it has more RGB zones.
The Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT and the ROCCAT Burst Pro Air are lightweight, wireless gaming mice, but the Logitech performs better overall. The Logitech has better click latency, a wider CPI range, and it's 22g lighter than the ROCCAT. On the other hand, the ROCCAT supports Bluetooth, though this may not help for gaming, it does mean you can use it with tablets or other mobile devices if needed.
The Razer Viper Ultimate and the ROCCAT Burst Pro Air are lightweight, wireless gaming mice, but the Razer performs better overall. The Razer has slightly better click latency and a slightly wider CPI range. It's also about 6g lighter than the ROCCAT, and it feels better built overall. On the other hand, the ROCCAT supports Bluetooth, and its software is compatible with macOS.
The GLORIOUS Model D and the ROCCAT Burst Pro Air are both gaming mice with different features, but the ROCCAT performs slightly better overall. The ROCCAT is a wireless model with a symmetrical body. It feels better built and has a wider CPI range, more programmable inputs, and a lower lift-off distance. On the other hand, the GLORIOUS is wired-only and has a more ergonomic right-handed design.
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Test Results
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air's design shows off its four independent RGB zones, which are located in the palm area underneath the logo, in the scroll wheel, and under the left- and right-click buttons. It has a honeycomb shell that's covered by a translucent, black outer body. The sides are made of matte black plastic and have a glossy, honeycomb pattern printed on them. The side buttons, DPI button, and scroll wheel are all solid black plastic. Although the strip surrounding the scroll wheel looks like brushed aluminum, it's plastic.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air has an identical shape to the other ROCCAT Burst mice.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air has a slot on the bottom for storing its USB receiver.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air feels very well-built. The plastic body feels solid, and there's no wobble in the scroll wheel or L/R click buttons. There's a very faint rattle inside the mouse when shaking it, but it's hardly noticeable. While ROCCAT advertises this mouse as having a water and dust-resistant outer shell, there's no specified IP rating. Unfortunately, the side panel with the side buttons does exhibit some flex, and with a significant amount of pressure, you can actuate the two side buttons. However, this shouldn't be an issue during regular use, as you'll need to apply quite a bit of force to activate the side buttons.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air comes with a USB receiver that weighs 1.77g. The "Maximum Weight With Wire" measurement includes the USB receiver as it's stored inside the mouse. The "Minimum Weight Without Wire" has the receiver removed to obtain the measurement.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air feels comfortable to use. It has a symmetrical shape, but it's not truly ambidextrous as the side buttons are only on the left. These side buttons are well-placed and easy to reach. Overall, it feels identical to the other mice in the ROCCAT Burst lineup, and it's well-suited for use with a palm grip.
Any hand size can use this mouse with a palm grip.
If you have small hands, you may have a difficult time reaching the front side button with a claw grip.
If you have small hands, you'll have a hard time reaching the front side button using a fingertip grip.
You can toggle between connection types using a switch on the bottom of the mouse. ROCCAT advertises a 100-hour battery life on a single charge and notes that a 10-minute charge gives you up to five hours of playtime. In the software, you can enable the RGB lighting to act as a battery indicator, so you'll know when you need to recharge.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air comes with an outstanding paracord-like cable. It's detachable, so it's easy to replace should it get damaged, and it's very lightweight and glides nicely. Though it does retain slight kinks from the packaging, overall, it's very flexible.
The feet are remarkable and don't cause any drag. They offer a smooth gliding experience on a mousepad, and there's only a minimal scratching sound when used directly on a desk. You can also find third-party replacement feet if you need them.
- ROCCAT Burst Pro Air
- USB-A to USB-C cable
- USB receiver
- USB cap
- User documentation
- Limited Edition ROCCAT mousepad
You can program all buttons on this mouse except for the device pairing button on the bottom. To reprogram the L/R click buttons, you'll have to reassign their functions to another button on the mouse. You can also use the companion software to assign a "shift" button that enables a second layer of controls as long as you press it. You can program up to five custom CPI settings per profile and cycle between them with an assigned button, which is behind the scroll wheel by default. The L/R click buttons use ROCCAT's proprietary Titan Optical switches, which are rated for 100 million clicks.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air has impressive click latency and is suitable for casual or competitive gaming in all genres.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air uses ROCCAT's proprietary Owl-Eye sensor, which is based on the Pixart PAW3370. Overall, the sensor latency performance is excellent. The sensor reacts quickly when you move your mouse, and these movements closely match the timing of the cursor movements you see on-screen.
During testing, we noted that the sensor exhibits higher-than-expected speed-related accuracy variation, specifically using an 800 CPI setting. That said, this isn't an issue using other common CPI settings.
You can configure the lift-off distance in the customization software, and the polling rate options are 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, and 1000Hz. If you're looking for a similar wireless option that supports a polling rate of up to 2000Hz, check out the Corsair SABRE RGB PRO Wireless.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air's scroll wheel feels precise and smooth with well-defined steps. It's covered in a grooved rubber that feels grippy and is quiet to use.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air uses ROCCAT Swarm software, which has a clean-looking and well-organized interface. You can configure sensor settings like lift-off distance, debounce time, and angle snapping, along with more common customization like setting up profiles and adjusting the CPI setting. You can also customize the four independent RGB zones to display whatever colors you want. Also, this software allows you to enable certain features like remapping the scroll wheel to act as a media control or assigning a sniper button that uses a custom CPI setting.
The ROCCAT Burst Pro Air is fully compatible with Windows and macOS. However, the software isn't compatible with macOS, so you can't make any adjustments though you can save your custom settings to the mouse's onboard memory to use on systems that lack the software.
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ROCCAT Burst Pro Air: Main Discussion
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- 21010
It’s troublesome to support passthrough without decoding. The reason is that you would lose audio via optical/analog/internal speakers, and if the eARC link is broken or never established or if the eARC device doesn’t support DTS, the TV has no way to tell the source to stop sending DTS. You would get silence on all outputs, which is not a user friendly result. So as a practical matter, you need decoding (and the DTS license fee $$$) to allow passthrough.
If the eARC link is broken, it doesn’t matter whether or not the signal is DTS as it wouldn’t reach the AVR/soundbar even if it was something else like PCM. Also if the soundbar doesn’t support DTS, the source device will know as the TV passes this information through.
- 43230
So if we want DTS support for this TV, we would need to make sure our receiver can decode it? Like for example I have a Nvidia Shield TV Pro. I connect Shield HDMI to my receiver then receiver HDMI to this TV and I’ll have full DTS support that way? Or if I get this TV, DTS support even with a receiver that can decode it is totally gone?
Shield to AVR as you described works with DTS. It’s an issue for those who’d route their media player to TV and then TV to AVR which would be the case for PCs or game consoles. Running those through an AVR would disable gaming related features like VRR.
- 21010
With DTS support gone eARC pretty much loses its point. I can understand them removing the decoder (I still think it’s a cheap move but money talks) but no passthrough is a showstopper for me. I hope they’d bring it back with a firmware update.
- 32120
This is a slight limitation of our current test bench. The XG95 does support DTS, but not over ARC, it only works over eARC, so you’ll need a recent receiver that supports eARC for it to work.
Wait, so if I have a receiver with eARC, regular DTS will passthrough just fine? It’s just normal ARC that doesn’t handle DTS?
- 21010
Right. It seems to me that not many people are aware of that monitor’s existence, hence it’s not voted here and suggested anywhere when people are asking what monitor they should buy for their Mac.
Edited 5 years ago: Added one word - 21010
I am also very interested in this topic because it is an essential feature for me in a TV. Does it happen only transferring DTS from other devices to the receiver or also reproducing content in the TV reproductor? It seems to be related to the new Mediatek SoC, but I cannot understand why there is DTS-HD passthrough via eARC and not DTS. There are some forums full of owners of the AF9 with the same problem.
Yeah, I’d understand it if the DTS-HD support was omitted as well. In that case the lack of DTS support would probably be due to Sony cutting costs on licensing.