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ROCCAT Kone[+] Review

May 6th, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

 

Over the next three weeks the ROCCAT Kone[+] will go under the microscope, will it come up trumps and give Eric‘s and James‘s favourite mouse (Razer DeathAdder) a run for it’s money?

Review process in detail…
 

ROCCAT Kone[+]

Review 1 – Terry’s review

Review 2 – Eric’s review

Review 3 – James’s review

 

pcGameware Final Verdict

Main Features:

6000DPI PRO-AIM LASER SENSOR EASYSHIFT+ BUTTON DUPLICATOR
for maximum precision for 22 directly accessible functions
4-LED LIGHT SYSTEM TRACKING & DISTANCE CONTROL UNIT
for individual colours + effects ultimate tracking; minimises pick-up-flight
ROCCAT DRIVER + MACRO MANAGER ONBOARD MEMORY (576KB)
incl. Macro presets for games & apps store 5 Game Profiles with macros
4 EASY-TO-CLIP-IN WEIGHTS (4X5G) 8 MOUSE BUTTONS
for individual weight adjustment programmable + solid 4D mouse wheel
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  1. bmt22033
    May 7th, 2011 at 23:59 | #1
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    Just wanted to point out that several people (myself included) are having problems with the Kone [+] scroll wheel. 🙁 Something to consider if you’re thinking about buying this mouse.

    • pcGameware
      May 8th, 2011 at 14:49 | #2
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      Thanks for that, I have had the mouse for a few weeks now (it’s had about 1 month use) and no real issues in game! Currently running software/firmware (version V1.44 / FW1.39). Will keep an eye on it and report back here if I spot any thing odd…

  2. Andy Minor
    March 4th, 2012 at 14:20 | #3
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    I bought this mouse at the end of September 2011 and after upgrading to driver v1.48 and Firmware v1.43 immediately after purchase everything was fine. All LED, Roccat Talk and button functions worked and the scroll wheel worked flawlessly.

    However, in the last few months the scroll wheel has started to play up. When scrolling up or down the mouse sometimes scrolls in the opposite direction briefly before correcting itself and scrolling in the right direction. The problem got worse and worse until I seriously considered throwing it away. Essentially the scroll wheel stopped being usable. Of the two “fixes”, one made things slightly better for literally about 5 minutes (blowing air into the gaps around the scroll wheel) and the other wasn’t something I wanted to try with a mouse this expensive (spraying WD40 into the scroll wheel). There are many videos on YouTube showing the glitch in action.

    Thankfully Roccat listened to their customers and at the end of October 2011 released a new driver/firmware pack (Driver v1.49 / Firmware v1.45) that so far has fixed the problem:
    http://www.roccat.org/Support/Gaming-Mice/ROCCAT-Kone-/

    The release notes are:
    – Optimized scroll wheel behavior
    – Minor bug fixes

    It’s now March 2012 so I expect lots of people have found this fix already but I can confirm that the scroll wheel glitch is fixed. My Kone[+] was experiencing the issue immediately before I upgraded and immediately after the upgrade I have been unable to reproduce the issue despite trying hard.

    I would recommend this driver/firmware combo to everyone experiencing this issue.

  3. Andy Minor
    March 19th, 2012 at 14:01 | #4
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    @Andy Minor

    UPDATE: The issue has come back. It looks like WD-40 is the next step.

    I couldn’t recommend one of these mice. Too many people have experienced the same issue with the scroll wheel.

    • James
      March 19th, 2012 at 18:38 | #5
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      Have you tried to get an RMA via the Vendor or ROCCAT?

  4. Andy Minor
    March 21st, 2012 at 10:15 | #6
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    @James
    Not yet but I’ve seen many comments that the replacement mice also fail. My conclusion is that this is either a manufacturing fault or a design fault. If it’s a manufacturing fault then a replacement might work OK. If it’s a design fault then there’s no hope but WD-40 or else to buy something good.

    • James
      March 22nd, 2012 at 09:40 | #7
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      I think it’s only fair that you give the manufacturer a chance to solve the issues you are having, although this may not fix the problem it should be your first port of call, as the product is well within warranty…

  5. Andy Minor
    March 22nd, 2012 at 15:37 | #8
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    I got round to emailing them yesterday. Roccat Support responded to my support request to tell me that they suspect a hardware fault and that I should contact the retailer. No replacements are available through Roccat.

    I rather suspect my retailer will need the original packaging which, of course, I recycled about two months ago!

    I’m not impressed by the service at Roccat.

  6. Andy Minor
    March 22nd, 2012 at 17:13 | #9
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    @Andy Minor

    I’ve just checked Amazon and they’ll accept a return within 30 days as long as it’s not been opened.

    Is that even legal in the UK?

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