
The only way to stop it was by flipping the mouse onto its back. It was only when I got to writing on here that I noticed that the cursor had a slight wobble, despite the fact that there was no movement from the mouse, mouse mat, the table or the floor beneath my house. I thought it was an issue with Firefox, tried different browsers. One thing I noticed while watching films and shows in full-screen on Amazon Prime Video is that the information kept popping up. However, what I can complain about isn't so much that the sensor offers some cursor wobble if you happen to pick the mouse up, it's that it gives cursor wobble almost permanently. Can't complain at all for a mouse at such a low price point. The sensor offers a maximum of 8500 dpi and gives up to 300 inches per second accuracy. So what of the other components? This is where I have a bit of an issue with the SteelSeries Rival 3. Smaller or medium-sized hands, this wouldn't be an issue at all. I've resorted with a fingertip grip most of the time, just for comfort. Personally I prefer to go for a palm grip, this is just a little too small to comfortably go for that with my fingers hanging over the edge of the buttons at the best of times. In addition to this, the cable is also plain rubber rather than braided.ĭue to the shape of the mouse, people like me with larger hands may find it uncomfortable over long sessions, depending on how you like to grip the mouse. As a result of there being nothing, it's hard to get away from a sense of it being flimsy, with the smaller size just adding to that. There are no finger rests, no rubber grips at the side of the mouse, nothing to really promote the mouse as more than 'a mouse', nothing aside from the aforementioned LED.

What makes me think the mouse looks and feels on the cheap side is the fact that it's got no features to speak of at all. Despite the fact that it can look cheap due to the shape and size, that's mitigated by the fact the mouse has lovely LED lighting across the bottom rim of the mouse and for the SteelSeries logo. It's got the usual five buttons you find on most mice now, with the ever-more-frequent extra one for flicking between four programmable DPI settings. The mouse is a plain black matte plastic shell. If you were going to describe the SteelSeries Rival 3 to somebody, you'd have to say it's a strange mixture of cheap and flashy.
