![]() Setup was a breeze across PC, Mac and Xbox Series X, making the Rival 5 completely ‘plug and play’. Already owning a low-friction mouse pad, it was no surprise that the Rival 5 glides over the surface, its weight low enough to raise slight concerns about durability while simultaneously feeling sturdy enough to survive years of use, provided the user doesn’t have a predilection towards blaming their hardware for a loss and punishing it accordingly. As someone who rarely games on PC and certainly isn’t up to date in any way with the competitive side of any popular eSports titles, terms like ‘Palm Grip’, ‘Finger Grip’ and ‘Claw Grip’ are lost on me a quick analysis suggests I favour holding a mouse in a ‘Finger Grip’ style, and that the Rival 5 is exceedingly comfortable when held in this manner. It boasts 9 programmable buttons including one paddle switch, many of which weren’t apparent at first glance and it took a brief dip into the instruction booklet to wrap my head around the layout. On first inspection, the Rival 5 seems subdued in its design, apart from the now-ubiquitous RGB configurable colour scheme that undulates across its surface. ![]() Forgoing the gaudy excess of many ‘gamer’ products, the Rival 5’s minimal packaging suggests Steelseries have a lot of confidence in the product inside forget weight cubes, different shell sizes, USB dongles and an array of flyers and inserts, the Rival 5 comes with nothing more than a small instruction booklet and an extremely smooth 2 metre ‘Super Mesh’ USB cable that promises uninterrupted motion over almost any surface. Given this extended gap, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when the SteelSeries Rival 5 arrived on my doorstep in a small, unassuming box. ![]() It’s been well over a decade since I last unboxed a prestige gaming mouse during my somewhat brief foray into World of Warcraft, a piece of hardware I abandoned when its soft rubberish exterior, which once felt so comfortable to grip began to de-vulcanise and left it a sticky, crumbly mess. SteelSeries Rival 5 – Price Meets Performance
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