UtechSmart Venus Pro RGB Wireless MMO Gaming Mouse, 16,000 DPI Optical Sensor, 2.4 GHz Transmission Technology, Ergonomic Design, 16M Chroma RGB Lighting, 16 programmable Buttons, Up to 70 Hours

I've had my mouse for nearly a year now, only two more months and it would be 1 whole year. This mouse has served me well, and originally I came on here out of irritation over my mouse's scrollwheel not functioning correctly anymore, but realized this mouse is getting a bit old and has done a great job at being a mouse. My scrollwheel has recently started scrrolling randomly in directions I do not want it to scroll. I scroll the wheel up, it thinks I am scrolling down, and vice versa, and its completely random intervals. Sometimes it does scroll in the direction I need it to, but maybe for a few seconds before stuttering badly or even going in the opposite direction, which is bad for games that require the scrollwheel to traverse an inventory or something of the sort. It has gotten a bit frustrating, but I calm down remembering this mouse is getting old, so i'm happy I managed to use up such a nice quality mouse.The texture is very nice, and very close to a texture I really like to feel on my hands. Some strange material between smooth plastic and rubber, with a slight grittiness to it, that's a texture I like to hold and seems to be uncommon amongst computer mice, but this one gets pretty close to it. I never really used mice with a bunch of side buttons before, but I decided to give it a try with this mouse; and while I never ended up using all of them very often, it did come in pretty handy when playing games like Terraria: Calamity with the immense amount of keybinds that I was able to bind to the side buttons. I also bound some general computer binds to the buttons like "Go Back" or "Go Forward". The lights are pretty nice too, although surprisingly I ended up not using the light feature overtime, i think because of the battery life hinderance. Overall I think this is a great mouse and I'd love to have another with a working scrollwheel now that mine seems to be coming to an age where it's wearing down.

This mouse is well worth the price. The buttons are just the right size to click with your thumb and the pressure needed to press them make them easy enough to press in tense moments while also making mistakes fairly rare. I use the back of my thumb to press the last column and this even works pretty well. The rapid fire button feels quite nice to press as well. The scroll wheel is segmented but also smooth.Minor complaints include the fact that I am not a huge fan of the sandpaper feel on the left/right buttons and on the edge. In particular, I found that my ring/pinky fingers started to feel chafed by it when first using it, though I believe use of the device quickly wore it in and I no longer get this feeling. I do also wish the thumb rest was extended a bit further out from the mouse. I do not use it that often, but it is not really wide enough to fit the entire thumb without it hanging off the edge.I love that the mouse is wireless, as I could never get used to the cord snag that occurs with wired models, though it can also be used with a wire if that is your preference. The battery life is superb. I can forget to charge it for days at a time and it will still have juice. The sleep mode activates pretty quickly after not using the mouse for a period of time and will automatically awaken after any movement/button presses and will register said input.The two DPI buttons are placed in a nice spot and there are four red lights, or the absence of light, which indicate five different profiles. These are set to 1000/2000/4000/8000/16000 by default, but you can set them to whatever your preference is. As I find any lights on my mouse/keyboard distracting, I set my preferred DPI on the lowest profile. That said, the RGB lights on the mouse are great. The thumb buttons look particularly cool when it is shining through them. If you want to show off a cool new mouse, this is the one for you.The program for this mouse is also pretty great and easy to understand. The default profile for the thumb buttons sets them to 1-0 on the number row and -/+ on the number pad. I'm not sure why they decided to use the numpad rather than the number row for the last two, as I have played games which contain item slots on the latter number row keys, though they are easily remappable in the program or in-game. The program allows for importing/exporting profiles, which is necessary if using more than two. The profile switch button on the bottom can cycle between the default, which is itself remappable, and an imported profile. The program also allows the user to design macros which is very convenient for the sake of productivity.For gaming, the number row mapping already makes perfect sense for many games. Even though I do not really play MMO games, I found that being able to swap weapons in GTA and items/shouts in Skyrim with the touch of a button was quite an improvement over using the number row, which takes fingers that could be pressing other keys and has an inconveniently placed second half for the left hand to reach. Of course, you can feel free to map it to whichever buttons you want.I also personally use this for video editing and general productivity shortcuts on my PC and I can report that it is excellent for both. My left hand has to move around far less than what it used to, and overall things feel more balanced. Overall extremely pleased with my decision to purchase this mouse and recommend it to anyone who wants a versatile instrument for any of a multitude of computing needs.EDIT: I have dropped this review to four stars because of an issue with the scroll wheel. After having the mouse on for some time the scroll wheel takes two notches to start scrolling in the opposite direction (for instance, if I am scrolling down and I try to scroll up the first notch on the wheel that is scrolled up will do nothing). If I turn the mouse off and then on again it will return to normal, but will, in time, begin to act up again. It is rather minor, but is quite annoying. And I can see this being a detriment in games. I have reached out to Utech's support and have not gotten a response. I am trying again. If my issue is resolved I will return the review to five stars.EDIT: I managed to get in contact with them through the email for the gift inside the box. They were very nice and sent me a new one. While the second one was on the way, my original somehow started working again. I can only surmise that it has something to do with being kept on for a long enough period of time, rather than being turned off and on again after acting up. Anyhow, I am pleased that it has started working again and that I now have a backup in case it messes up once more, and am now raising it back to five stars!