Attitude One Rapira One Gaming Mouse Review

Performance

The Rapira software is nicely designed and it’s very easy to quickly find the settings that you need. The buttons can be easily configured from their respective drop down menus and each button has been clearly numbered on an image of the mouse.

Macro features aren’t overly complex, but there is more than enough customisation options for your average gamer.

Basic adjustments can be made to the polling rate, and you can turn on or off any of the four DPI modes to make switching between them even easier.

Sensor performance tests on the Rapira One started out very well. There was no noticeable angle snapping or prediction on the sensor and the lift-off height was under 2mm. 500DPI gave smooth readouts in all of my tests.

A little bit of jitter creeping in a 1500, but still a good result.

2500 DPI made the jitter worse, which is easily more noticeable on curves.

I was expecting the jitter to be even worse at maximum DPI, but it seems to have levelled out now and while this isn’t the best result (obviously), it’s not all the uncommon for a mouse in this price range.

Those of you who have been paying attention will notice this says 5000, when the maximum DPI is actually just 3500 DPI. I wrote 5000 because it says 5000 DPI in the software (see images above). I asked Attitude One about this and they said it’s a typo in their software; whoops!

Despite the less than ideal sensor performance, gaming on the Rapira One was surprisingly good. The sensor felt reliable enough at the lower two settings and the maximum DPI settings are still handy for making quick turns, a big advantage when driving a tank in Battlefield.

The ergonomics of the mouse make it very comfortable to hold, so long as you’re using a palm rest play style; long hours on games like Skyrim or any other game for that matter are much easier if your hand is comfortable. This is further improved with the rubber grip coating, something that will no doubt please those who suffer from sweaty hands while gaming.

The switches are fairly responsive, allowing for snappy reflexes and they give a good tactile feedback; they’re not going to be snapped up by eSports gamers any time soon, but they’re still very good. Combined with button customisation and macro recording the Rapira One is a solid all-rounder and can be quickly tailored to work and play.