Our Verdict
The Anker Gaming Mouse is okay for office use. While it's designed for gaming use, it's decently comfortable for most hand sizes, depending on your grip type, and all of its buttons are programmable. Unfortunately, due to its smooth plastic finish, it may get a bit slippery during extended use, and its scroll wheel's increments feel very soft.
- Decent build quality for a budget mouse.
- Lots of customization options through the software.
- Good ergonomics for right-handed users.
- Odd CPI adjustment settings.
- Fairly high click latency for a wired gaming mouse.
The Anker Gaming Mouse is a good choice for FPS games. It has excellent performance with a customizable CPI and polling rate, and while its click latency is a little high for a wired mouse, this likely won't be noticeable to most people. The mouse is also designed more for medium and large hands, as they're the only sizes that can use every grip type somewhat comfortably.
- Decent build quality for a budget mouse.
- Lots of customization options through the software.
- Good ergonomics for right-handed users.
- Odd CPI adjustment settings.
- Fairly high click latency for a wired gaming mouse.
The Anker Gaming Mouse is good for MMO games. While it doesn't have as many side buttons as dedicated MMO mice, all six of its buttons are programmable, which is good. Its thin but long shape also means that different hand sizes will likely only be able to use it with certain grip types.
- Decent build quality for a budget mouse.
- Lots of customization options through the software.
- Good ergonomics for right-handed users.
- Odd CPI adjustment settings.
- Fairly high click latency for a wired gaming mouse.
This mouse is good for ultra-light gaming. While it isn't as lightweight as honeycombed mice designed for this purpose, it's still quite light for a gaming mouse. Unfortunately, its long but narrow shape means comfortable grip types will be largely dependent on hand size.
- Decent build quality for a budget mouse.
- Lots of customization options through the software.
- Good ergonomics for right-handed users.
- Odd CPI adjustment settings.
- Fairly high click latency for a wired gaming mouse.
This wired gaming mouse isn't designed for travel. Its wired design may not be ideal to work in small spaces like on a plane and it likely won't fit in most laptop bags.
- Decent build quality for a budget mouse.
- Lots of customization options through the software.
- Good ergonomics for right-handed users.
- Odd CPI adjustment settings.
- Fairly high click latency for a wired gaming mouse.
Changelog
- Updated Oct 23, 2020: Converted to Test Bench 1.0.
- Updated Dec 20, 2019: Converted to Test Bench 0.8.1.
- Updated Dec 13, 2019: Review published.
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The Anker Gaming Mouse is a simple, cheap mouse with good gaming features. Although it doesn't match up to more expensive options in terms of sensor performance and programmable inputs, most people should be happy with this mouse for its price.
Also see our recommendations for the best cheap gaming mice, the best FPS mice, and the best mice.
The SteelSeries Rival 3 is a slightly better wired gaming mouse than the Anker Gaming Mouse. The Rival 3 is a bit lighter, better suited for people with small hands, has a lower click latency, and has a much more consistent CPI. On the other hand, the Anker is still a great gaming mouse that offers fantastic value overall.
The Logitech G502 HERO is better than the Anker Gaming Mouse. The Logitech has better sensor performance because it has a wide CPI range and lower lift-off distance. Its click latency is lower, and it has many more programmable buttons. However, the Anker is better-suited for people with small hands who use the palm grip.
The Anker High Precision Gaming Mouse is better than the Anker Gaming Mouse. The High Precision offers more side buttons, feels better built, and has a more comfortable grip because of the thumb and pinky rests. Both are good gaming mice at an affordable price.
The Anker Gaming Mouse is better than the Vegcoo C18. Its performance is better, more consistent, and it's also lighter. It has access to dedicated software to customize its performance and reprogram its buttons. The Vegcoo is overall bad, and the Anker is a better budget option.
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