Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2016-12-09
Cougar Revenger is an affordable gaming mouse packing the proven Pixart PMW 3360 optical gaming sensor, with a comfortable shape, additional programmable buttons, onboard memory for storing profiles, RGB lighting, while the powerful UIX software allows the gamer to configure it in very much detail.
At first we would like to thank Cougar and CaseKing.de for offering us a sample of the Revenger Gaming Mouse for testing and reviewing.
“Created in 2007 by a group of engineers, COUGAR has been devoted since its first day to a single objective: to endow every single product with a superb quality, a rich functionality and a distinctive design. This aspiration moved us during our first years in the PC case, PSU and fan market. Our efforts bore their fruits in the form of user satisfaction, many praising reviews and prestigious design awards such as the 2010 design & innovation award, organized by iF at Computex Taipei 2010.”
“Caseking is a leading European distributor of exclusive top brands and a renowned online-retailer for unique and extravagant computer hardware and accessories, founded in 2003 and continuously growing. Headquartered in Berlin, Caseking’s base of operation is a vast modern logistics centre of 10.000m² storage area in the Charlottenburg district.
As the name Caseking suggests, a plethora of the eponymous PC enclosures in varying forms and fashions play a central role in Caseking’s product range, which is supplemented by a large array of modding items for individualisation purposes and personal design.”
Multi-Color Backlight System (2 Zone RGB)
The palm backlight and the 3-Stage DPI LED indicator are both RGB backlight systems that work independently and which can be used to know always which configuration profile you're currently using.
OMRON Micro Switches
OMRON Switches provide absolute accuracy and an incredibly long life, this gaming mouse is going to serve you well for a long time.
Gaming-Grade Scroll Wheel
Accuracy and clear tactile feedback: a perfect solution for gaming.
Trigger Button (Programmable)
This ergonomically designed button is located on the rear of the wheel. It allows you to access an extra function almost instantaneously with a quick finger movement.
Anti-Slip Flanks
No matter how intense a gaming session is, you usually don’t want to launch your mouse with a fast movement. Revenger’s Anti-Slip Flanks help you getting a more stable grip.
Premium Pro-Gaming Surface
Enhanced comfort and stability for gaming.
1000Hz Polling Rate / 1ms Response Time
1000Hz Polling Rate: Absolute control, amazing response time. No control lag. Only victory.
3-Stage DPI LED Display
Revenger’s 3-Stage DPI LED allows you to know instantly the DPI level you are using, without needing to move the mouse around to check its sensitivity.
Cougar is another established competitor on the gaming peripheral market, which is insanely competitive at the moment. Besides the usual gaming mice, keyboards and headsets, Cougar does also manufacture PC cases, power supplies, cooling fans but also offer custom accessories as mouse pads, metallic keycaps for their mechanical keyboards, mouse bungees; they are also present now in the gaming chair field in order to compete with other manufacturers as AKRacing, DXRacer, Arozzi and so on. The first product we are going to look at from their new series is the Revenger gaming mouse, which comes with a powerful sensor, RGB lighting, a comfortable shape and more; the product is shipped inside a small cardboard enclosure, which does show the product in operation on the top cover, along with a list of the main highlights:
On one of the box sides, we will get to see some more details on the product:
The list of specifications is also available on the opposite side:
This is not all! A more detailed product review is available on the back, along with more explanations, in multiple languages:
The enclosure opens up like a book, in order to offer a clear view of the product, along with a description:
Our sample has shipped with zero accessories, but the retail packaging should contain a set of Cougar stickers, but also one User Manual:
Revenger does come with a shape more down-to-earth, and not as futuristic as the 700M model we have tried out in 2014; since it is longer a bit versus the Rival 700 from SteelSeries, we could successfully use it with a palm grip, while the top dark-grey cover does not become slippery during prolonged use. OMRON switches are being used for extended durability of the left/right buttons:
On the mouse rear area, we get to see a LED-lighted Cougar logo, along with an additional LED curved band:
On the left side panel, the mouse does feature a rubberized layer, two extra programmable buttons which are easy accessible, but also three LED lights for signaling the current DPI setting:
The right side panel is coming with a similar rubber textured layer, but no additional interfaces can be spotted:
Near the mouse scroll wheel, we can spot a Trigger button which does come with a different actuation mode (it must be pressed inwards). The new usage mode of this particular button is easy to get used with:
The frontal mouse wheel is quite large, does feature an interesting design and it does not rattle during usage:
If we take a look on the bottom area of the Revenger mouse, we will get to see large bottom PTFE feet, but also the central sensor lens. This model is equipped with one of the most acclaimed sensors, PMW 3360 with a configurable DPI up to 12000. The high DPI settings are great for usage on high-resolution displays or multi-display setups:
Cougar did not equip this mouse with a braided USB cable, but only has a thin rubber layer; its length is 1.8m, enough for most applications:
The custom USB connector is gold-plated, to ensure optimal contact:
Right after we have connected the mouse to a spare USB port, the LED lighting started up:
As we have seen with other manufacturers, Cougar has its own available unified software system, which helps customizing the connected peripherals even further. UIX has detected the mouse right away and has made available its custom GUI for us. We can personalize and save three different profiles to the mouse, while each profile is available to switch between three DPI steps. The main Performance area does allow the user to change the DPI step values, choose a value for the Sniper mode, enable “Independent X-Y axis” adjustment, adjust the Polling Rate, enable Angle Snapping, the Lift Height, Double Click Speed, Scroll Speed but also the Windows Pointer Speed:
The profile manager opens up in a window of its own:
The next tab allows us to modify the button functionality; the work environment is similar to the one we have experienced along MadCatz gaming mice:
We have the Basic and Advanced functions available for us to choose from:
Basic
Advanced
From the Advanced functions area, we can select one of the following categories:
DPI Switch you have already seen, so we will continue with the Sniper category:
Mode Switch
Ins. Mode Switch
Launch Program
Media Function
Macro area allows the user to create Macro Groups and for each group we can record new Macros:
The Macros are recorded in a separate window:
The Lighting Control area allows the user to configure both RGB LED areas independently; we can choose from different modes like Breathing, Static and so on, but we did really enjoy the color cycling mode best which is set by default, which switches colors in waves, from left to right:
For testing this mouse, we have run Mafia III, Paladins, Tom Clancy: The Division, DOOM and Devilian; the mouse tracked wonderfully on our ModMyMachine aluminum pad, but also directly on the table surface. We found the DPI switcher easy to work with as set by default, and the mouse remained comfortable even during longer gaming sessions such as Devilian leveling in dungeons for two hours and a half in just one go.
We do really appreciate the fact that Cougar did not use rubber coating on the top cover, which usually picks up lint and skin oils more frequently than on regular plastic finishes. The textured rubber layer on the sides is very helpful though for additional grip and the DPI LED lights are easy to spot during operation.
The Cougar UIX unified software allows the user to customize the buttons with many other different functions, but also work with the LED lighting system or fine-tune the PMW 3360 sensor performance.
Cougar Revenger is available online for about 55.9 Euros at CaseKing.de.
We would like to thank again to Cougar and CaseKing.de for making this review possible!