SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition, as an updated gaming mouse of previous Kinzu, wins many gamers’ preference with outstanding handle and moderate price. The most important feature of this Kinzu Red Pro Edition is the more comfortable and precise Omron inching switch. Now, let’s see what has been improved in this SteelSeries Red Pro Edition gaming mouse.  

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition Packaging

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition Packaging

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition still adopts the low-profile and classic packaging without much showy design which highlights the red gaming mouse very well. .

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition Appearance
SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition looks very blazing with the red piano lacquer process on the top cover and the black skin-like material on the side. Meanwhile, Kinzu Red Pro Edition also features the advanced PLFE foot pads that allow the move more quick and precise.The middle radian and the large rear and front part of Kinzu Red Pro Edition provide good grip, whcih also suit its market positioning of high speed movement mouse. Kinzu Red Pro Edition resembles the Microsoft Wheel Mouse series on the appearance, while the button design is totally different.

SteelSeries Logo of SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition
The SteelSeries Logo is marked on the rear of Kinzu Red Pro Edition. The foot pads of the Kinzu Red Pro Edition, which are very important for gamers, are much larger than other mice’s  of different brands.

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition gaming mouse
The high hump on the back of the Kinzu Red Pro Edition offers better support for the palm, and relieve the tiredness feeling in a long time gaming. The wide rear is also designed for larger contact with the hands, providing better stability.

SteelSeriesKinzu Red Pro Edition is one piece button design without side buttons. Besides left, right buttons and the scroll wheel, there is only a CPI adjustment button for profile files changing. Compared with current multi-button mice, Kinzu Red Pro Edition buttons are less, it’s not the shortage in product design but out of consideration for the market positioning.

The bottom of SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition
From the bottom, we can see that Kinzu Red Pro Edition still comes with the optical engine which is widely used in the e-sports products. The typical  connecting wire of Kinzu Red Pro Edition is still the nylon wire with the total length of 2 meters, which can fully serve gamers’ needs. The PLFE foot pads of Kinzu Red Pro Edition can effectively reduce the friction and allow the movement more fast and precise.

Steelseries Kinzu Red Pro Edition Details
Kinzu Red Pro Edition changes the top cover material to red piano lacquer from the previous rubber coating, which offers a stronger visual shock but without major difference in the handling.

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition

Kinzu Red Pro Edition blazing casing are very eye-catching, inducing us to touch it, while the smooth touch will make you like the handling. The skin-like material in the two sides deliver suitable operating friction without any disturbance on operation.

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition Scroll Wheel

The scroll wheel of Kinzu Red Pro Edition still adopts black color and silent design with decent feedback and strong tactile response. Kinzu Red Pro Edition adopts the red light as the light source to position with the highest scan rate of 9375 FPS and highest precision of 3200 CPI, which can be adjusted by the shortcut keys under the scroll wheel. Three independent profile files are available to be changed quickly for different games’ requirements.

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition Gaming Mouse

Kinzu Red Pro Edition gaming mouse not only is the best choice for PFS games, but also suits the RTS and MMORPG games. At the same time, Kinzu Red Pro Edition has excellent compatibility with every kind of mouse pads on the market.

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition

Kinzu Red Pro Edition comes equipped with the best mouse inching switch – Omron inching switch, which features incomparable handle. The quick-acting mechanism of two flat springs offers long life of over 1 million times in the condition of 60 times per minute, the maximum amount of permitted speed 200 times per minute, maximum acting force 0.74 N, minimum acting force 0.05N. Its maximum pretravel is 0.5mm, while the minimum 0.25mm. With the Omron inching switch, the click handle of Kinzu Red Pro Edition becomes perfect. Many FPS and RTS professional players all agree that Kinzu Red Pro Edition has the most wonderful gaming handling.

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition Actual Operation

We choose three levels of frequency response-125Hz/500Hz/1000Hz to test Kinzu Red Pro Edition via the software “mouse rate checker”. Kinzu Red Pro Edition pass the test successfully with stable response. While in the 1000 Hz test, the average result of Kinzu Red Pro Edition is 863 Hz, which has no difference with the high-end gaming mouse.

Next, We choose the FPS game: Call of Duty and Counter Striker to test Kinzu Red Pro Edition as it is designed for this kind of games.

Call of Duty 7

Counter Striker 1.6
As to the handling, Kinzu Red Pro Edition bright material will make gamers who is used to the previous Kinzu with the skin-like material feel inadaptable, but the classic model still fits the hand shape well. The PLFE foot pads make the movement smoother. While the updated inching promotes mouse performance essentially with better feedback and precise positioning without any frame loss, which make us very excited.

The bottom of SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition

Regarding to the usage, red light optical engine is much more mature than other optical technology. Kinzu Red Pro Edition works smooth in each material pads with excellent compatibility and precise positioning.

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition Conclusion

SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition Gaming Mouse

As an entry-level gaming mouse, SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition is very fiery compared with the other mice with normal color. Apart from the red top cover, SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition also adds the black and white for matching, such as black scroll wheel and white logo, looking more concise and lively. Besides, the PLFE foot pads allow smaller friction and smoother movement, significantly elevating the usage experience. In performance and features, SteelSeries Kinzu Red Pro Edition can fully qualify for mainstream e-sports games. Furthermore, three set of gamers customized parameters are available in the internal memory of Kinzu Red Pro Edition, which can be changed by the shortcut key quickly.

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