The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air is an excellent wireless gaming mouse that you can use wired or wirelessly with its USB receiver or Bluetooth. It's lightweight but feels very sturdy and has a right-handed shape ideal for all grip types and very nearly all hand sizes. It has excellent click latency, a very low and adjustable lift-off distance, a wide CPI range, and a CPI you can adjust by increments of 50.
Our Verdict
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air is a good mouse for office or multimedia work, though it isn't for this use. You can use it wired or wirelessly with its USB receiver or Bluetooth. It feels sturdy and has an ergonomic shape well-suited for nearly all grip types and hand sizes, and all buttons are programmable using the companion software. Unfortunately, the software is only compatible with Windows, and the scroll wheel lacks L/R tilt buttons and doesn't unlock for free scrolling.
- Comfortable right-handed shape with a thumb rest.
- Feels well-built.
- Connects wirelessly with its USB receiver or Bluetooth.
- All buttons are programmable.
- Not nearly as many buttons as a dedicated MMO mouse.
- Scroll wheel lacks L/R tilt buttons and doesn't unlock for free scrolling.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air is an amazing FPS gaming mouse. It has very low click latency, feels well-built, and is ideal for all grip types. However, small hands may not be able to reach both side buttons using a fingertip grip. It has a flexible cable and excellent mouse feet that glide well on all surfaces. It also has a wide CPI range, a CPI you can adjust by increments of 50, and a very low and adjustable lift-off distance.
- Comfortable right-handed shape with a thumb rest.
- Feels well-built.
- Superb click latency.
- Very lightweight.
- Not nearly as many buttons as a dedicated MMO mouse.
- No default dedicated button for cycling CPI settings.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air is very good for MMO gaming, but it doesn't have nearly as many side buttons as dedicated MMO mice. That said, all the buttons are programmable. It feels sturdy and has a right-handed shape ideal for all grip types, though small hands may have trouble reaching both side buttons using a fingertip grip. It also has excellent click latency, a wide CPI range, a CPI you can adjust by steps of 50, and a very low and adjustable lift-off distance.
- Comfortable right-handed shape with a thumb rest.
- Feels well-built.
- Superb click latency.
- All buttons are programmable.
- Not nearly as many buttons as a dedicated MMO mouse.
- Scroll wheel lacks L/R tilt buttons and doesn't unlock for free scrolling.
- No default dedicated button for cycling CPI settings.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air is an excellent travel mouse, though it isn't for this use. It connects wired or wirelessly with its USB receiver or Bluetooth and feels very well-built. It has a comfortable right-handed shape that's ideally suited for all grip types, but small hands may have difficulty reaching both side buttons using a fingertip grip. It also has onboard memory storage for up to five profiles. Unfortunately, it's fairly bulky and may not fit in most laptop cases.
- Feels well-built.
- Connects wirelessly with its USB receiver or Bluetooth.
- Storage compartment for its USB receiver.
- Onboard memory; up to five profiles.
- Not nearly as many buttons as a dedicated MMO mouse.
- Bulky; may not fit in most laptop cases.
Changelog
- Updated Oct 11, 2022: We've added a link to the newly-reviewed ROCCAT Kone XP Air in the Additional Buttons section of this review.
- Updated Oct 06, 2022: We've retested the CPI for this product after discovering an error with our Windows Pointer Settings, which automatically defaulted to incorrect settings during initial testing. From our observations, this error may be due to interactions with the ROCCAT SWARM software. We've updated this review with the results of our corrected test.
- Updated Sep 06, 2022: We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.3. This update adds a new Sensor Latency test and makes minor changes to several of our existing tests, resulting in test result changes in several sections. For more information, you can check out our full changelog here.
- Updated Aug 09, 2022: Following the update to Test Bench 1.2, some of our test results have changed within both the Weight and CPI sections. We've added or modified some of the text in this article to clarify these changes.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air we tested is the black variant; there's also a white one available. The very similar ROCCAT Kone Pro is a wired-only version of this mouse. You can see the label for our unit here.
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The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air is a continuation of ROCCAT's Kone lineup and their first wireless entry in the series. It's an excellent gaming mouse aimed both at the esports community and more casual gamers, but as a lightweight FPS mouse, it joins a very competitive market given its price point. It has good performance specs and is very lightweight considering its wireless capabilities, but its winning feature is the ergonomic right-handed shape that sets it apart from many of its ambidextrous competitors.
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The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air is a wireless version of the ROCCAT Kone Pro. It connects wired or wirelessly with its USB receiver or Bluetooth. The Kone Pro is significantly lighter, but it's wired-only. Both mice are almost universally well-suited to all grip types and hand sizes, but small hands may not reach all buttons using a fingertip grip.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air and the ROCCAT Burst Pro Air are both lightweight, wireless gaming mice, but the Kone Pro Air performs slightly better overall. The Kone Pro Air has a more ergonomic right-handed design, and it feels better-built overall. Its click latency is significantly lower, and it's lighter than the Burst Pro Air. On the other hand, the Burst Pro Air has more independent RGB lighting zones, and it's slightly more portable as it's less bulky.
The ROCCAT Kone XP Air and the ROCCAT Kone Pro Air are similar wireless gaming mice from the same lineup. The Kone XP Air has many more programmable buttons, making it a good choice for more complex titles like MMOs and MOBAS. It also has more RGB lighting and includes a charging dock that acts as a wireless extender. On the other hand, the Kone Pro Air is lighter and has fewer buttons. It also has somewhat better gaming performance and is a better choice for playing focused on faster-paced titles like FPS games.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air and the Logitech G Pro Wireless are excellent wireless gaming mice. If you prefer an ambidextrous shape and side buttons on both sides, the Logitech is a good option. Comparatively, if you'd rather have a significantly lighter mouse with a right-handed shape, the ROCCAT is a better choice. It also has Bluetooth support and a better cable if you'd like to use it wired. Unfortunately, unlike the Logitech, its software is only compatible with Windows. Both mice are ideal for all grip types, though small hands may struggle to reach all the buttons using a fingertip grip.
Test Results
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air looks nearly identical to its wired version, the ROCCAT Kone Pro. It has a matte black solid plastic body, glossy black side buttons, a shallow thumb rest, and an aluminum scroll wheel. It also has a single RGB zone visible through a honeycomb pattern in the semi-transparent left and right click buttons. For a wireless gaming mouse with similar performance but modular parts that you can use to customize the look and feel of the mouse, check out the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Ergo.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air feels well-built and has buttons with good physical feedback. It also doesn't flex or creak, despite being made of very lightweight plastic.
For a wireless gaming mouse that's even lighter, check out the Pulsar Xlite Wireless.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air has a low profile, a rounded back, a shallow thumb rest, and two side buttons on the left. Its shape and size should make it comfortable for all right-handed users.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air is well-suited for a palm grip for all hand sizes.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air is ideal for a claw grip, regardless of hand size.
Small hands may have difficulty reaching the front side button using a fingertip grip.
ROCCAT advertises 100 hours of battery life on a full charge and five hours of battery life after only ten minutes of charging, but we don't test for this.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air has a cable that feels very lightweight and flexible, and it moves across desks with minimal drag.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air has excellent mouse feet that glide very well on mousepads and even on tables.
You can reprogram all of the buttons on the ROCCAT Kone Pro Air, and you can enable a second layer of commands by assigning an Easy-Shift[+] button. Unfortunately, there isn't a dedicated button for cycling your CPI setting by default, but you can set one using the software. If you're interested in a mouse with more programmable buttons, check out the ROCCAT Kone XP Air, which is part of the same lineup as the ROCCAT Kone Pro Air and has an extremely similar shape. Alternatively, for a wireless gaming mouse that has hot-swappable switches for the left and right-click buttons, check out the ASUS ROG Keris.
This mouse has superb click latency. It's also very consistent when connected with its cable or wirelessly with its USB receiver. You won't experience any delays while gaming in any genre over these two connection types. The click latency is much higher and very inconsistent with a Bluetooth connection, but this is normal, and it isn't recommended to use a Bluetooth connection for gaming.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air uses an Owl-Eye sensor, a proprietary model based on the PixArt PMW 3370. The available polling rates on this mouse are 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, and 1000Hz. If you're looking for a similar wireless option that supports a polling rate of up to 2000Hz, check out the Corsair SABRE RGB PRO Wireless.
The ROCCAT Kone Pro Air has an aluminum scroll wheel that feels precise. It has well-defined steps and notches that provide a good grip.
ROCCAT's Swarm software is great. It has a modern-looking interface, and most of the customization options are on one screen. That said, more casual users may be confused by the layout.