Review Roccat Pyra Mobile Wireless Gaming Mouse

The Pyra-design sends its regards to the Batmobile, or even the latest Alienware notebooks in terms of design. The angular, black shapes and the blue light strip between the mouse keys look futuristic and fit perfectly to the gaming ambitions of the "small vermin". Nevertheless, the mouse is comfortable to work with and is equally suitable for lefties and righties due to its symmetrical design.

Roccat uses matt plastic for both mouse keys reaching up to the rear, and high-gloss elements on the rear edge surface. The feel of the plastic is, however, only average. Merely the rubberized front edge surface, where the thumb-tip and the middle-finger rest, is very pleasant in terms of haptics.

The most important function of a gaming mouse is undoubtedly its precision. Roccat advertises with a laser sensor with a resolution of 1600 DPI and merely a delay of 1 ms by the wireless transmission. The Pyra could prove this impressively in our test. The little input device allowed for a precise control of characters in all gaming tests (first person shooters and RTSs). We didn't notice any delays caused by the wireless transmission.

The laser worked without any problems on all surfaces in the test (tested on paper, various mouse pads, wood, textile), with exception of glass tables (also foil-covered).

A minor disadvantage is, however, that you can only set the DPI level in three steps (400, 800 and 1600) and only in the driver menu.

The two mouse keys are very smooth and can be pressed halfway into the mouse. One tester happened to frequently and unintentionally press the 2nd mouse key at the same time as the 1st mouse key due to the high sensitivity. The other test users didn't have any problems with the mouse keys though.

The central mouse wheel offers a noticeable catch mechanism and can be used pleasantly. As it's usual, the wheel can also be pressed (center mouse key), but it is very stiff.

Of both lateral mouse keys only well the one on the thumb's side is actually well accessible. However, this is the toll paid for the symmetrical design for righties and lefties. In this regard, the possibility of switching the mouse from right-handed to left-handed use by pressing both lateral keys while turning it on is worth mentioning. In any case, the Pyra will likely turn out to be too small for big hands.

The battery life of both included AAA microcells regrettably isn't very convincing. The Roccat Pyra abandoned us after about 6-8 hours of use and had to go back to its "cable". Especially on the go, you should therefore always take the USB cable along (or use stronger batteries), just in case.

The Roccat Pyra is a futuristic wireless gaming mouse. It can convince gaming fans with precision, gliding traits and wireless use on the technical side. The fast wireless transmission likely is also the cause for the fast draining of the included batteries. But because you can use the mouse while its being recharged (and even without batteries), you only have to interrupt the gaming session for a short moment.

Nevertheless, the Pyra's biggest drawback is the selection of material, which is worthy of improvement. You can find something better at the competitors (e.g. Logitech's Anywhere MX). The smooth mouse keys could also turn into a problem for some users.

However, Roccat has accomplished the hurdle of creating a small gaming mouse for on the go – even if with the aforementioned shortcomings.

The mouse is currently available for 57.19 euro at Amazon.de.