Holes like Swiss cheese.
Many mice have passed through my hands. I belong to the generation of those people who used the legendary mice with a ball in the middle, although my childhood belonged to the joystick and the now iconic Amiga. And games were from cassettes. The good old days.
Over the years, I have changed mice for a mundane reason - a new mouse was supposed to provide modern solutions and enjoy spending time at the computer. And since I divide my time at the computer between gaming and work, I greedily look at new designs and ideas from manufacturers of gaming mice, knowing that these designs also work well during everyday work.
My latest rodent, which I've now been using for 11 months, is the Volcano Shinobi 3360 hole-punch mouse. It was chosen because of its lauded lightweight design and less hand sweating. And in addition, a great PixArt 3360 sensor, cool backlighting (if it can, let it glow, especially since the hand covers most of the light coming out anyway), good sliders - everything suits my needs. And although I am a traditionalist in the choice of mice, after 11 months I can say something more about this innovative (for me) design. But all from the beginning.
Not so those holes are terrible.
The mouse falls into the "ultralight" category with its weight of 72 grams, which was made possible by this "perforated" design. A simple mechanism is at work here - less material, therefore lighter weight. These holes, by the way, are also found on the bottom of the mouse. The whole thing resembles a bit of a construction site - it's a bit of a honeycomb mouse skeleton at first glance, but everything is well-fitted and you don't feel the smaller amount of material in any way. Further proof that nature can inspire cool things.
Less sweat - better comfort.
The biggest plus I've noticed, however, is indeed the reduced sweatiness of the mouse. You have to put between fairy tales some mythical airflow or something like that - here nothing blows on the inner part of the hand. But... since on most surfaces the hand is in contact with the hollow skeleton, the sweating is practically non-existent. A completely new experience than in other mice, where a small, moist and unpleasant layer of sweat appears on their surfaces after long playing. Here in the Volcano Shinobi such a situation does not occur, or at least not with me. The hand is mostly uncovered and touches a much smaller surface, so it doesn't sweat. It is a completely different experience, something that was with other mice a kind of discomfort, here it is completely absent. So a big plus for such solutions - here I was not disappointed.
Does it get dirty?
But along with these holes went the biggest concern about the hygiene of the mouse. After all, through all that skeleton you can see all the "guts" of the mouse, and the mouse (like the keyboard) can get rather quickly and unpleasantly dirty. To my surprise, and contrary to my previous experience with computer rodents, this mouse does not get so terribly dirty at all. I personally see two reasons why this is the case. First is the pandemic and more frequent hand hygiene, including the systematic use of antibacterial hand lotion. The second is just this specific design that reduces sweating.
So what is the reason that it doesn't get as dirty as it might seem? I do not know, all in all it does not matter, because the important thing is that everything is as it should be - that is, clean. It's worth mentioning that I've been using the mouse for almost a year, and I haven't cleaned this "honeycomb" once yet. Therefore, after this time spent with the Volcano Shinobi mouse, I can confirm that this is a successful and cool adventure together.
