SteelSeries Rival 3 Gaming Mouse – 8,500 CPI

It feels great, the ability to change the cpi on the fly is great. The RBG lighting looks great in its default color changing mode. The software is pretty decent, you can modify a lot with it.

Cons, just two (plus the new major con after years of use)…

1. The back and forward buttons on the side are tiny as can be. It took me a good week just to get used to using them. Just saying they could be bigger in some way.

2. The colors red and orange have just one shade compared to the other colors. You can tell this immediately when simply viewing the colors changing because it rushes right through red and orange. When you use the software to make the mouse just orange, it’s orange, nothing wrong with that. But when you do the same for red, it’s a light colored red. I personally wish to make it just a little more redder or darker if you know what I mean, to match my red theme of my PC theme. Just had to mention this because it’s one of those little things that just has to exist on my new mouse.

P.S. The other colors are insanely GREAT looking. Especially the shades of purple, pink, blue and green. You can set a custom fade loop with these colors and it’s marvelous. I do recommend this mouse just don’t overpay for it. $30 is pretty much its top dollar(imo). Possibly $35 at most.

EDIT: After 2 years and 7 months, the right mouse button chose to randomly break off (see pictures). I did not abuse this mouse at all and barely even play games with it as I use a controller for most of my game playing. When I contacted Steel Series customer support about this all they did was offer me 15% off another Steel Series product and a “very sorry” apology along with the following…

“Hey there! My name is Bir and I will be doing my best to take care of you! I genuinely appreciate your follow-up and patience regarding your devices. Because we appreciate you being a part of the SteelSeries community and choosing our products in the past, and that we care about you as a customer; we’ve attempted to troubleshoot your mouse, and since we couldn’t resolve the issue and your warranty has expired, we’re happy to provide you with a 15% off coupon.

My response… “So your solution to the mouse breaking is to invest more money into another one for $3 less?

Their response… “Unfortunately, we don’t have a repair service at this time. Additionally, as you’ve stated, the mouse was purchased over 2 years ago which would place it outside of warranty and we would not be able to replace it. We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

My response… “When will a repair service be available? Buying a product that randomly breaks in less than 3 years with 100% normal use is more than an inconvenience, it’s a faulty product. Do you care that my review will reflect this and do you care if I mention exactly what happened in my review? Because this issue needs to be known, as well as the fact that you’re doing nothing about it and that people need to expect their same product to become faulty after 2 years.

Their response… “Hey there, Currently there is no known plans of any repair services in the future and I do apologize about that. Please let us know if you need any more assistance.

My response… “Ah, I see. So you don’t care. Sounds about right. Well, enjoy the bad review.

Their response… I’ll mark this case solved. Please feel free to reach out if you have additional concerns. GLHF”

End of customer support ticket.

This is as honest of a review as I can give. Buyer beware, this mouse is made of cheap plastic on the inside. Again, don’t expect it to last more than mine did because I did not abuse it at all. So I easily expect a lot of people buying this mouse are going to be using it for aggressive gaming purposes. I’d look at alternative options.

Yes, it was a good mouse while it lasted and I did get used to the mouse buttons on the side. It’s just not worth it for the long term and Steel Series knows this.

After using my Rival 300 and Rival 310 for the past 7 years, finally decided to get a mouse with more buttons. The shape is very similar to my old mice, and they opted to do without the rubberized grips on either side which I was never a fan of.
Not a mouse snob but I can definitely feel that it is a much nicer sensor, and other details such as the mouse wheel and button clicks feel much higher quality.
As I tell my wife, I am loyal to the soil and cannot bring myself to try another brand, I’ve always loved Steel Series and, well, you know how it is with PC peripheral brands.

Buen día. Este es el primer mouse gamer que tengo y definitivamente recomiendo muchísimo este mouse tan versátil, ya que lo uso para jugar TPS (Third-Person-Shooters) como: Rogue Company, así como FPS (First-Person Shooters) como: Splitgate y también para RPG’s de acción tal como: Genshin Impact y es una maravilla las opciones de configuración que te ofrece Steel Series para adecuar las funciones de los botones para cada juego y así realizar distintas acciones.

PROS:

Su Software (SteelSeries GG “Engine”), permite crear y guardar perfiles para cada juego y una vez se crean estos basta con abrir el software para elegir 1 y aplicarlo al juego que se desee, sin necesidad de estar configurándolos y guardándolos una y otra vez.

*Todos sus botones son configurables, incluso el de CPI, permitiendo así pasar las funciones de los botones del teclado a los botones del mouse de nuestra preferencia.

*Se pueden ajustar los CPI (Cantidad por Pulgada) desde los 100 hasta 18,000. Lo cual es estupendo dependiendo de la sensibilidad que más le guste al jugador.

*El sensor es muy preciso y en verdad se nota a la hora de jugar.
*Los botones se sienten bien al tacto .
*El cable tipo mesh hace que no se enrolle y tenga un buen desplazamiento.
*Tiene un bonito RGB altamente personalizable.
*El peso es adecuado y el diseño elegante y cómodo.

OBSERVACIONES: Al poner la iluminación al máximo se siente cómo el calor emana de los LED’s y una pequeña parte de la pintura comenzó a desprenderse luego de un tiempo, por lo que yo, en caso de usar el RGB es a un brillo medio o incluso mínimo, porque al máximo lastima la vista, ya que es muy brillante, aunque casi siempre prefiero tenerlo desactivado, como con el teclado, para que no me distraiga la iluminación.
(Esto no afecta en nada el rendimiento del mouse, ya que sólo es personalización del RGB, “Se puede desactivar”).

El botón gris, es algo difícil de alcanzar, por lo tanto, lo asigno como el botón para lanzar Ultimates en Genshin Impact y Rogue Company, ya que por el tiempo de recarga que requieren, hacen que el uso de este botón (por la distancia a la que se encuentra) sea menos frecuente.

Por tanto, es muy buena opción y estoy muy satisfecho con la compra.

Great price, great feel, lots of settings, looks nice

I’m not a gamer but I appreciate gamer mice for their responsiveness and configurability. I use this mouse with Windows at work and Mac at home.

The positives:
* I love that there is an onboard slot for stowing the 2.4 Ghz adapter. That makes it easier to travel with.
* The mouse is responsive compared to my Logitech MX Master 3S.
* The mouse is big enough to not make my hand cramp.
* The mouse is inexpensive.

The negative:
The vendor’s instructions for Mac users are poor. You must connect the mouse via 2.4 GHz for the GG software to detect it. It doesn’t work via Bluetooth.

Overall:
I wanted was a cheap, quality, wireless mouse for office work and that’s what I got.

Es un Mouse excelente, lo mejorcito por el precio. Mejoro mucho mi precisión en los juegos FPS. Obviamente no todo lo hace el mouse, se debe entrenar, pero el sensor sin duda es muy preciso y cuenta con un software para programar botones, DPI’s y colores. El mouse precio – rendimiento por excelencia.

Los materiales son ligeros y cabe bien en manos medianas. Generalmente lo uso en agarre de palma. Es muy comodo.
Me hubiese gustado por el precio que el cable fuera mallado, sin embargo, el cable es de buena calidad y es mas flexible, sore todo si se tiene algo que pueda estorbarlo al moverlo.

Recomendado como primer mouse gamer. ✨