Zowie FK1 Review

Nexus18 · 22 Jan 2015 at 09:21

I now have a steelseries QCK heavy for my fk1 and can't fault it.

joelk2 · 22 Jan 2015 at 09:29

the steelseries would be fine id imagine.

it had trouble tracking on my work mouse mat (one of them photo ones, its a cloth one but with varying colours) and from my readings and understanding the fk1 does have issues with coloured mats. so as plain as possible works best.

the G-TF rough is very nice, it has a stitched edge, its got quite a hard feel to it (coming from an ocuk xxxl mat) and as per the name a rough texture. but the fk1 works great on it.

Arcane · 22 Jan 2015 at 10:38

Thanks chaps. I've got the option of both now (to add to my ever increasing Mouse Collection

).

Westie · 22 Jan 2015 at 14:35

Qck heavy is best mouse mat for low sense gamers tbh..

Arcane · 23 Jan 2015 at 09:44

So, one evening in and so far I'm enjoying the Zowie. The side buttons seem easier to use than the Sensei RAW and I swear it seems more accurate? The only thing I'm not comfortable with at the moment is the 800dpi thing, it's a little lower than i'm used to whereas I can't hit a barn door at 1600dpi. I'm sure i'll adjust though. It works a treat on the Hard Mat, the Zowie one should arrive today.

TwsT · 23 Jan 2015 at 15:53

great review

Nexus18 · 23 Jan 2015 at 16:59

Thanks

Rroff · 23 Jan 2015 at 18:23

Arcane said:
So, one evening in and so far I'm enjoying the Zowie. The side buttons seem easier to use than the Sensei RAW and I swear it seems more accurate? The only thing I'm not comfortable with at the moment is the 800dpi thing, it's a little lower than i'm used to whereas I can't hit a barn door at 1600dpi. I'm sure i'll adjust though. It works a treat on the Hard Mat, the Zowie one should arrive today.

In my experience the FKs are hugely more accurate than the Sensei, the DPI multiples can be a bit of a pain but I'm a 400-450dpi/sens 6 player anyhow.

Disco Boy · 27 Jan 2015 at 14:52

Is it possible to use the thumb buttons on both sides at the same time? i.e. as a right hander, can I use both thumb buttons and one or both of the buttons on the other side with my little finger?

Nexus18 · 27 Jan 2015 at 15:31

In windows based stuff, afaik, no

In games, as long as you can change key bindings, it should work just fine.

olivier renault · 28 Jan 2015 at 10:22

Unfortunately, no you can't on Zowies. One side disables the other.

Nexus18 · 28 Jan 2015 at 11:27

Ah shame that, I don't see why you couldn't have used all the buttons in games :confused:

Disco Boy · 28 Jan 2015 at 11:58

olivier renault said:
Unfortunately, no you can't on Zowies. One side disables the other.

Thanks.

Nexus18 said:
Ah shame that, I don't see why you couldn't have used all the buttons in games

Yeah, it is frustrating because one on the right side would be a good PTT button...

Arcane · 29 Jan 2015 at 09:10

Rroff said:
In my experience the FKs are hugely more accurate than the Sensei, the DPI multiples can be a bit of a pain but I'm a 400-450dpi/sens 6 player anyhow.

When you say "sens 6" is that the in-game setting? A couple more days in and i've adjusted (kind of) to the new dpi & the P-TF Rough. Definitely better all round than the Sensei Raw. Quieter too, the wife hated the banging noise the hard mat makes.

Azer · 29 Jan 2015 at 09:21

Disco Boy said:
Yeah, it is frustrating because one on the right side would be a good PTT button...

For a very similar mouse (claw, same sensor) but with the button functionality you are after you could have a look at the Mionix Avior 7000.

Disco Boy · 29 Jan 2015 at 15:56

Azer said:
For a very similar mouse (claw, same sensor) but with the button functionality you are after you could have a look at the Mionix Avior 7000.

Thanks, I'll take a look.

joelk2 · 30 Jan 2015 at 10:30

can anyone recommend any mouse feet?

SneakBS · 5 Feb 2015 at 14:18

So you can't configure the extra buttons with macro's ?

Mynight · 5 Feb 2015 at 20:59

It's using the windows basic HID drivers, that's why its 'driverless'. Windows only seems to cover 5 button mice so without a custom driver it won't work afaik. I'm looking at it but it's my first experience with drivers so it's really not stable.

foster grant · 7 Feb 2015 at 15:01

I've just got this mouse ..and after two days.... I wont be using it again .