Roccat Gaming Gear Trio Review

I have to say that I'm quite impressed with the Hiro.  The vulcanized surface gives it a solidness when tracking without bunching or dragging, while still retaining a lot of the portability and other qualities of a soft gaming mat.  So far, I've had fewer issues keeping it clean over other cloth-topped mats, and the surface wipes off contaminants very easily.  While using it, tracking is quiet and smooth, and the non-slip base keeps it in place on my desk.

The Apuri has a lot of great features, with its ferocious stance and full complement of four actively powered and illuminated USB 2.0 ports.  It's a very ambitious two-piece design to help reduce and manage cord clutter, and increase the number of easy to access 2.0 ports.  The Apuri can be run passively through just the micro-USB but, running the Apuri in active mode will save you headaches trying to utilize multiple ports at once.  It is lightweight with three narrow points of contact to the desk with its tripod design, which personally did make the mouse bungee a little squirrelly during more intense matches.

I really like the Kone Pure Optical mouse.  It may lack a lot of the external customization options, but it's ergonomically built, and comes with a lot of stuff under the hood that is desirable in a gaming mouse.   It comes standard with an onboard processor and memory for storing your profiles and macros on the mouse itself.  The scroll-wheel design has been bulked up a bit with an improved axis shaft to ensure longevity.  While slightly smaller than the original Kone, the Kone Pure is comfortable to hold in either a claw or palm grip, but is not ambidextrous and contoured with only right hand users in mind.

The driver suite also comes with an impressive number of settings and pre-built macros to dial in the Kone Pure's performance to your liking.  The Easy-shift button allows you to assign an additional function to each button on the mouse, allowing for up to 16 different commands to be mapped to the mouse through the software.  Profiles can also be associated with an .exe launcher for whatever program you're building it for.  The benefit is that the driver will automatically swap to that profile when that program is launched, and back to Windows default settings when tabbed out or the program is closed. 

The multi-LED display in the back of the Kone Pure allows for a selection from 16.8 million combinations of colors and effects to be displayed, so you can match whatever lighting scheme you desire.  The Kone is also set up for both the Roccat Talk and Roccat Talk FX protocols, allowing your mouse to share Easy-shift settings with a Roccat keyboard, and broadcast visual lighting cues and alerts to your mouse and keyboard's LEDs from your game.

All paired together, the Kone Pure Optical, Apuri and Hiro make a nice setup that provides a lot of utility and versatility inside and out of games, and all without breaking the bank.  This trio can be acquired for the cost of just a high grade laser mouse alone, and it will perform and feel great in many gaming and working environments.      

Laser Accuracy from Optical Engine
Roccat Talk Enabled
Controllable LED Effects
Ergonomic Mouse Design
Durable Rubber Mousepad
Powered USB Hub

Kone Pure favors Right handed players
Apuri needs more weight