Thanks for the review Hilbert and Krzysztof!

2000Hz = good, a move in the right direction to further reduce mouse jitter for high refresh rate gaming; but the higher weight & higher price = not so good!

I am curious whether "nightsabre" is a metaphor for a thing.

Can't help but feel that the issue of price is being swept under the carpet to some extent. Yes, it's mentioned and stated as high but price isn't taken in to consideration when deciding to give awards (or at least it doesn't seem to be). This mouse is awarded 'Approved'... would it still be approved if it was £200... £300? When are awards going to stop on the basis that whatever features the item has, they don't justify the price? Giving awards regardless very much gives the impression that the reviewer believes that the item is indeed worth that price... which I find very difficult to believe.

Hi @James Frazer - I'm the author of the review. Thank you for your opinion; it's always good to have feedback, even if it's not positive (at least I think someone is really checking these reviews 🙂 ). In the last sentence (which people usually read, like with the intro, and the performance graphs, when they are applicable), you can find: " ... it's a great-performing product, but the price is steep and can be too high for many potential customers." Approved is not "Recommended" nor the "Top Pick". It's also not a "Great Value" product. So if it's overall a more than good mouse, what would you like to give as an award? Nothing, because the price is too high, and that totally eliminates the product? I've seen lately on the TPU that they have created a "but expensive" award. Yes, but it was given together with a "highly recommended". Do we really need to go that way? The price "issue" was mentioned twice in the review's rather short "conclusion" last paragraph. Is it really needed the third time?

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Hi @James Frazer - I'm the author of the review. Thank you for your opinion; it's always good to have feedback, even if it's not positive (at least I think someone is really checking these reviews 🙂 ). In the last sentence (which people usually read, like with the intro, and the performance graphs, when they are applicable), you can find: " ... it's a great-performing product, but the price is steep and can be too high for many potential customers." Approved is not "Recommended" nor the "Top Pick". It's also not a "Great Value" product. So if it's overall a more than good mouse, what would you like to give as an award? Nothing, because the price is too high, and that totally eliminates the product? I've seen lately on the TPU that they have created a "but expensive" award. Yes, but it was given together with a "highly recommended". Do we really need to go that way? The price "issue" was mentioned twice in the review's rather short "conclusion" last paragraph. Is it really needed the third time?

I stated in my comment that I acknowledged that the price was mentioned but then to give the product an award regardless very much gave the impression that the price was disregarded rather than taken in to context. In answer to your question regarding TPU, do we need more awards? No... not in the slightest. What is wrong with not giving an award? An award should be just that, an award, given on merit. Not every product needs or deserves an award. So what if the product gets ignored due to a lack of award? That comment smacks of promotion which is a corruption of the review system in principle. Are reviews now paid promotions? I damn well hope not! Awards should be for products that stand out for particular reasons. Awards should not be given out so freely that they are so common that the lack of an award then stands as some kind of 'anti-award', that any product without an award is to be avoided at all costs. It's a shame that in an era of 'Everyone is a winner', that sentiment sadly extends to technology products.

James, Here's the thing, We will decide whether or not a product deserves an award, not you. The editor makes an informed decision on that. You can read the conclusion, you can ignore an award if you want too as based on the review you can make a very informed decision whether or not this product is worth it to you. You can also choose to just ignore everything. Let me also state that a lot of products did not get an award, you fail to mention/see that. While I understand the sentiment of high pricing these days, awards mostly are also based on the product quality and versatility. In this review the editor gave it an approved award, which perfectly fits this product. We understand that pricing is silly these days for anything, but does that make this a bad product?, no. This is a very versatile and impressive mouse series. Don't agree with the content or award? Well geeez, don't buy it? It won't be much longer before we start disabling comments on reviews, as no-matter what we do and write everything is negative these days, everywhere.