As an Esports-grade mouse, the Corsair M75 Air ticks off several boxes. Lightweight, precise, responsive, and the endurance of a marathon decathlon athlete. But, like everything else in life, it’s not perfect or flawless.
What Am I Looking At?
Like all gaming mice, the M75 Air boast an extremely lightweight design, with a total weight of just 60g. The design and features are of a simple layout too – five buttons in total, with a USB-C port for charging. Internally, the mouse is fitted with the Corsair Marksman sensor.
The M75 Air comes with a USB-A receiver and dongle, along with a charging cable that serves as an extension for said receiver.
What’s Good About It?
As a lightweight gaming mouse, the M75 Air feels swift in its execution. By that, I mean I don’t have to swing my entire right arm from one end of the pad to the other, using curt, swift flicks to move the cursor or in the case of gaming, bring my targeting reticule right on to the target.
The left and right mouse buttons feels clicky and responsive, while the side buttons feel a little squishy. The ergonomics are comfortable enough that I can still use it in a claw grip, which is my hand’s default form when using a mouse.
While the M75 Air has a maximum DPI of 26K, I’m settled in with my sensitivity set at 1300 DPI. Yes, I know, the competitive players tend to set their DPI high and their sensitivity low but I’m not playing competitively here. On another note, its polling rate is high enough that any movement and mouse click is picked up immediately.
Then there’s the battery life and longevity of the M75 Air. As advertised, the mouse has a near 100-hour battery life, which translates to weeks of usage before I have to connect it to a power source.
What’s The Catch?
One of the areas that Corsairs appears to be lacking, in my eyes at least, is any detailed indicators of the M75 Air’s battery life. Even with the brand’s iCUE app, the only option that exists – you can have it appear as an icon on the Windows taskbar – is devoid of the option to have it interpreted in percentage.
There’s also the issue I have with its build quality. Compared to other wireless gaming mice from Logitech G and Razer, the M75 Air in all its lightweight design has a very odd hollowness to it, that makes me feel like if I exert too much strength in my grip, I’d crumple it up. It also doesn’t help that the front narrows down, instead of widening or opening up like other gaming mice designs do.
The pricing is also a little steep for what is essentially a pretty barebones Esports wireless gaming mouse: off the shelf, the M75 Air retails at RM499.
Should I Buy It?
As my daily driver, the M75 Air serves as more than just a gaming-grade mouse. Its lightweight, straightforward symmetrical design makes it a very comfortable peripheral even for non-gaming tasks and purposes.
The only major drawback to this is its RM499 asking price. It’s not the most expensive gaming mouse I’ve tested in the market, but at that asking price and the lack of some really minor creature comforts, there are other models from different brands I can suggest to consider.
Photography by John Law.
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