Turtle Beach - Burst II Pro High-Performance Ultra-Lightweight Wireless Optical Esports Gaming Mouse - Wireless - Black

The TB Burst II Pro is a surprisingly light but full-featured mouse that blends the new trend of ultra lightweight mice with the customization and features you would expect from a heavier mouse in this price range. Right away you'll notice that this is an Ultra Lightweight mouse that has become popular again with e-sports and competitive shooters. I wasn't always a fan of these mice because I felt they were a little too responsive and jittery, but this is less of an issue now with these higher-end sensors and some of the smoothing techniques on the sensors. The biggest difference with Ultra Lightweight nice is you immediately notice how much easier and less fatiguing it is to move the mouse around. It may not seem like a big deal, but after even 5 minutes much less 5 hours of gaming, you notice the difference. Here are some of the stand out features and observations after using this mouse for a few days. - The mouse is light at 37g, which isn't the lightest but still lets you sling it out around quickly while retaining a lot of high-end features you expect from your full featured mice. The body has a matte feel and tapping the body you can tell it is mostly hollow. Even the bottom has two large cutouts in the body, I thought that might be for weights like some older mice used to include but I didn't see anything about that with this mouse and no weights were included. - It comes with larger teflon feet along with just dots of teflon and some other slick material that you can replace standard teflon pads. It also comes with some side and button rubber textured decals if you don't like the standard matte finish. These do add a little weight so if you want the lightest mouse possible you may want to leave them off. - It still has Bluetooth connectivity, which is sacrificed in a lot of these ultra lights, and it also comes with a nice mounting adapter for the USB-A RF dongle with a braided USB-C cable that can then connect into the mounting adapter or into the mouse for charging. Bluetooth is great if you just want to swap between a desktop and laptop using BT. Battery life is solid as well with 40 hours in 8K polling mode and 150 hours in 1K polling mode. - The mouse still has a DPI switching button, a competitor mouse relies on a series of key presses which is just not going to work well if you try to make in-game adjustments. The DPI button is far enough forward that it isn't a great spot but you can still swap quickly. The LED on top corresponds to a different color that you can set and customize. This is the only LED on the entire mouse which keeps its weight down and battery life up. - Usually I don't bother with the software, but in order to really maximize the use of this mouse you need to use Swarm II, which I was pleasantly surprised with in how sleek it was and also how much customization it opened up on the Burst II Pro. I'm not going to go into all the details, but you will want to check out some of the following features to really make the most of this mouse like: debounce time, angle snapping, motion sync and angle tune. This really lets you customize your mouse click behavior, movement accuracy and even mouse movement behavior with Angle snap and tune. Angle tune is probably the most powerful feature, as it basically flattens out your horizontal mousing by how much you set the angle, so instead of mousing horizontally, your mouse registers a flat scroll, allowing you to stay more on-plane when gaming. As mentioned, you also need to use the software to calibrate features like polling rate, lift-off distance and DPI presets. I will say that the actual buttons of the mouse are not the best I've ever felt. They don't have as much travel and clicky response feeling as some other mice and feel a bit muted and hollow for my taste, but many may prefer this for fast key pressing. The flat uniform profile is also nice for claw grippers but also mouse flippers as the back rises up to your palm. The box says there's 8 buttons, but there's really only 6, they count the scroll up and down as 2 buttons which I think is kind of a joke. Still, this is a very full featured mouse with a ton of cool gaming features that I'm enjoying in BF6. I've applied the rubber decals which help keep the mouse dry and comfortable during long gaming sessions.

This is the first sub-60 gram gaming mouse I’ve actually KEPT. I’ve used an ultra-lightweight that clocked in at just around 48 grams…but it was SO lightweight it felt like I was always “mousing out of control” with little to no stability under my hand. The Turtle Beach Burst II Pro comes in at roughly 57 grams and provides, at least, to my larger hands (I wear an XL/2XL glove), what feels like the perfect balance of reassuring solidity, accurate mouse control, while still providing that otherworldly sense of a barely-there, super-low-effort, super-fast-flick mouse. If you are serious about your gaming experience and want to shave every possible nano-second off your mousing reaction time, the Burst II Pro is a fantastic, if understated, esports-grade mouse that should be near the top of your “to-buy” list. Physically, the Burst II Pro trades in virtually all flash for the sake of weight reduction. There is no flashy RGB, and all branding is printed in barely contrasting grey over the shell’s matte black finish. The plastic surface texture is slightly grippy rather than glassy smooth; this contributes to the mouse’s superior feeling of control and stability despite its lightweight build. The click/scroll wheel is deeply knurled but is not surrounded by a silicone or rubberized bumper. Wheel action/scrolling is reassuringly solid…you can easily feel each individual detent and click of the scroll wheel. Note that the click-wheel is not free-spinning. There is a single LED indicator between the left and right mouse buttons, but it hardly ever indicates anything—don’t count on bright or flashy RGB to help you find it in the dark. The LED will pulse red, orange and green while charging, and it will show solid green when fully charged. The mouse’s corresponding battery level appears for only for 2 seconds during power-up or waking from sleep. A single silver strip runs across the bottom of the left and right mouse buttons and provides for a clean and very professional look—this mouse would be JUST at home in an office as it would at your battlestation. There are only two primary buttons outside of the left click, right click, and wheel-click, so if you’re looking for a mouse to carry a litany of shortcuts and macro buttons, you should look elsewhere. The mouse is ambidextrous, but the two side buttons are positioned solely for right-handed use…an option to switch the buttons to the other side would be helpful to the lefties in the room (though I imagine the extra circuitry and mounting points would also add to the overall weight). Helpfully, the DPI cycle switch is WAY up front and easily out of reach of all but the most spindly and extended of thumbs; I cannot imagine anyone accidentally tapping it and changing optical resolution mid-play. The front USB-C port is deeply recessed providing ample cable strain relief when used in wired mode, though you might have to be careful about picking replacement cables as the opening is rounded and may not accommodate just any USB-C cable lying around. The included cable is covered in a woven fabric for what Turtle Beach calls “PlugPhantom flex”…whatever. It’s a very flexible cable that exhibits just a HINT of memory, but it will certainly move your mouse if you are bending or pushing the cable around. The capable 8K receiver is a little modular number that includes a small USB-A dongle, and a larger USB-C female to USB-A female coupler (helpfully backed with adhesive if you want to secure it somewhere nearby without having loose cable flopping away). This gives you the option of using the same cable to operate the mouse in wired mode and then connect it to the coupler to keep the dongle in close range, even if your PC is tucked away behind a desk. The package is rounded out with three different sets of feet/glide replacements: 2 large PTFE (less friction) glides, 8 PTFE skate dots, and 8 UHMW-PE (more durable) dots, and some pre-cut grip tape. If you have something like OCD-level customization needs, I think Turtle Beach has you covered! This is a modestly/medium-sized mouse; under my larger meat hooks, and given that I use a palm grip, nearly half of my palm rests fully off the rear of the mouse. However, this actually allowed me to make faster impulse movements because there was simply less plastic shell in contact with my hand and fingers. The top hump is fairly shallow so it should work very well for claw-grip gamers as well. The bottom of the shell features two HUGE cutouts for weight reduction, PTFE glides, power/BT/wireless switch, another cutout for the wireless dongle when you need to take the mouse on the road, and the eye for the beefy 30K DPI Owl optical sensor. Overall, I found the Burst II Pro to be *exceptionally* comfortable, and its ultra-lightweight design definitely helped reduce strain and fatigue from repetitive use during my workdays. The battery capacity, especially at saner DPI and polling rate settings, was phenomenal—a 9-hour workday only drained about 9-10%; I have not had to recharge in more than a week of steady work and gaming. In use, this is not a quiet mouse. The switches are not intrusively loud, but they are clearly audible. The 30K optical sensor offers probably more precision than you’ll need unless you’re a professional or serious esports gamer, but the performance I experienced at 6K DPI was simply superb. There are 5 different DPI levels you can store in each of 5 separate profiles you can save on the mouse itself. Each DPI setting can be programmed with a different color that, like the battery indicator, only lights up the central LED for 2 seconds. You have to remember which color corresponds to which DPI setting, but it IS at least a visual indicator for cycling through the various DPI settings available in the current profile. The 8K polling rate receiver (8K is currently the highest polling rate available on the market) offers ultra-low 0.125ms latency, but the benefits of running a polling rate this high will be most noticeable if you also have a high refresh rate monitor. I am not a competitive gamer, so I’ve never needed to run a mouse much higher than 6K DPI at a 1-2K polling rate. Altogether, the “mousing experience,” even at my somewhat more modest settings, was just sublime—instant action, crazy-accurate movements; I don’t know that I’ll ever bother going much higher, but the overhead that is left on the table here is insane! Until 16K polling is a thing, the Burst II Pro is the fastest wireless mouse you can get right now. Is 30K DPI going to be enough? I believe the highest DPI sensor is currently about 45K--I can’t imagine what in the world you would be playing that would require THAT much mouse resolution, but I suppose as 8K and higher gaming on large format or ultra-super-maxi-high-definition monitors goes mainstream, this mouse will grow into the need it’s currently a little ahead of the curve to fulfill. Finally, using Turtle Beach’s Swarm II client opens even more options and settings for those of you who need micrometer-level customization. The client provides for firmware updates (both my mouse and dongle needed an update straight out of the box), driver checks, battery status settings, standby delay, and of course polling rate and DPI settings. Advanced settings included mouse button macro and function assignments, sliders and adjustments for debounce time (click detection speed vs. reducing false-positive clicks), angle snapping (artificial mouse path smoothing and straightening), and lift-off distance (to help correct tracking errors). But there were two settings I was not familiar with. One was “Motion Sync”—supposedly it enhances responsiveness by exactly syncing the sensor’s signal delivery to match the receiver’s polling rate. I personally didn’t notice any appreciable difference with this feature on or off, but I’m certain someone out there is sensitive enough to discern an effect one way or another. The other feature sounded intriguing: “Angle Tune”—a means of improving the precision of perfectly horizontal movements by compensating for a person’s natural tendency to make slightly angled mouse swipes (due to contrast between precise horizontal motion and the radial motion of the arm at the elbow). The calibration routine had me track horizontally between alternating targets on the outer edges of the screen; it was harder than I expected on my ultrawide monitor. Unfortunately, my recommended setting ended up being an offset of 0 degrees, so I can’t attest to the effectiveness of this particular feature. However, I imagine there’s a market for it out there somewhere. Despite the features and functionality in the Swarm II client, technical performance of the client itself was spotty. Swarm II was constantly reporting disconnects with the mouse when used in wireless mode (and no, it wasn’t due to the absurdly short default standby time because that was one of the first things I changed). These disconnects usually occurred right before I was about to adjust another option or setting. I tried the old uninstall/reinstall trick and used 3 different computers—all yielded the same frustrating results. On my main PC, I typically had to double-click the program’s shortcut two to three times before it finally remained open on my desktop. This breakdown in the user experience of the client was most unfortunate because it diminished what was otherwise an incredibly compelling and comfortable experience using the mouse itself. But once I had the settings dialed in to what I wanted and saved down to one of the profile slots on the mouse, I didn’t need to open the client anymore—so I figured a little short-lived inconvenience was a reasonable tradeoff for such a fantastic-feeling/performing ultra-lightweight mouse. Definitely recommended even with these few hiccups in the companion app.

I wanted a lightweight mouse for gaming on the go, I preferred something that would work without software on wireless or Bluetooth. That’s when I came across the Turtle Beach Burst II Pro High-Performance Ultra-Lightweight Wireless Optical Esports Gaming Mouse! I didn’t even know Turtle Beach made Mouses and Keyboards until now! Pros: - Ultra-Light Weight at just 57 grams. - High Sensitivity at a max of 30K DPI. - Swarm II is a major upgrade over prior Apps. Cons: - Plastic Material feels too smooth and cheap. - Default DPI settings are very slow. Out of the Box: On picking up the box, I had to wonder if there was anything even in the box because of how light it was. The Turtle Beach Burst II Pro is just that light, the mouse is only 57 grams, even with the included Grip Tape the mouse weights under 60 grams! This is by far one of the lightest mouses I’ve ever used. Included with the mouse is a wireless dongle, USB-C to USB-A adapter, braided USB-C to USB-A charging cable, Grip Tape, and additional PTFE skates for the bottom of the mouse. I was happy to see the Grip Tape included as the surface of the mouse is very smooth, to the point that my fingers had a hard time finding a good grip on the buttons. Software: I was happy to find that the Swarm II app had a much more modern and well thought out design compared to prior Turtle Beach apps, a huge improvement. Swarm II provides an easy way to update and adjust the settings of the Burst II Pro, that is easy to navigate. The DPI settings are right at the top of the mouse settings, which shows good understand of what most people will want to change first when coming into the mouse settings. You can set 5 pre-set DPI levels, that can be cycled through with the little button on the Left Front side of the mouse. You can easily adjust the colors of the different levels as well. Lower on the page there are options to adjust the Polling Rate from 1K, 2K, 4K, and 8K Hz which impacts how often the mouse communicates its motion to the PC. For less competitive or slower paced games games, the 1K setting is plenty as most mice sit around 500-800Hz. But the higher polling rates do make a big difference for anyone playing faster pace games. Additionally, there are Battery information and notification settings for power, Life-Off Distance settings, Angle Tune, Debounce Time, Angle Snapping, Motion Sync, and Standby Mode. Luckily, Turtle Beach included explanations for each setting in the app, which made deciding what to adjust and what to leave easy. Below all those settings is the Button Remapping and Alternative Function section, which Turtle Beach calls Easy Shift. Basically, this allows you to remap or even create an alternative function on each of the mouse buttons when an “Easy Shift” key is held down. Basically, it is a function key or Macro. Though this is probably one of the easiest Macro assignments features I’ve seen. Just click the button visually from the diagram of the mouse, then on the Right-Side Panel select the Function you’d like it to do. Some are simple remapping, while others trigger whole programs or even custom files. I’ve played around a bit with setting an easy shift button on the keyboard, so when pressed with combination of a click I can quick open specific applications. Build & Feel: The mouse is ultra-light weight, as the name implies but it takes picking up the mouse in hand to understand just how light weight. Weighting just 57 grams without the grip tap, the mouse is one of the lightest I’ve ever used. The grip is a claw grip, which is one of my preferred grip types as my hand naturally fits it. I found it to be very comfortable even after long periods of use. The material used for the mouse shell is a matte smooth plastic, with little to no texture on the mouse. Unfortunately, this does two things I don’t like about the mouse. First off, it makes the mouse feel very cheap, like a hallow plastic toy. I do not like that, as there is no weight behind the mouse. Second, the surface of the plastic is extremely smooth, to the point that I lose grip without the grip tape. The grip tape resolved the smoothness issue, but I would have loved to have some addable weights for the mouse to be able to adjust to the perfect weight. The mouse is very solid otherwise, there is no unintended flexing or give while using it. It’s just a bit off putting the weight with the texture without the grip tape. On the bottom of the mouse is multiple PTFE skates to help it glide across the surface. Additionally, included in the box are additional skates and dots, that can be added to give the perfect balance and contact points for smooth use. Performance: I’m very impressed by the performance of the Burst II Pro, I was able to use it on most surfaces without any issues and all features worked as expected. I had a great time with the mouse, both playing games and just general computing. The mouse also slides across most surfaces without any issue thanks to the skates. Even on default settings, I had no issues with the mouse. But I had to crank up the DPI settings as the default only goes up to 12K DPI, which on a 30K DPI maximum mouse I find an underwhelming choice for default settings. After adjusting the settings to fit my play style, this mouse ends up being one of my favorite ones to play games on. The Angle Snapping really made a difference when paired with Angle Tune to ensure smoother movements even when you physically cannot move the mouse is a perfectly straight line. Conclusion: If you want an ultra-lightweight mouse that has all the extra features, the Turtle Beach Burst II Pro is a solid consideration. The mouse weights in at 57 grams, 58 grams with the Grip Tape on, which you will want. The Swarm II app has everything you need front and center, making customizing your mouse as easy as clicking a slide bar or switch. I might just be replacing my old go to mouse on my desktop with this!

I became an instant fan of the Turtle Beach Burst lineup when I picked up the original Burst Air II. That little mouse has been my go to travel companion for both gaming and productivity, thanks to its ultra-light build and reliable performance. So, when I got my hands on the Turtle Beach Burst II Pro, expectations were high, and honestly, it didn’t disappoint. Like its predecessor, the Pro keeps the lightweight DNA alive, coming in at just 57 grams compared to the Air II’s featherlight 47 grams. The slight increase in weight makes sense though since it’s packing extra sensors, refined internals, and a battery capable of up to 150 hours via Bluetooth, which is an impressive upgrade for anyone who hates constant recharging. Since I already loved my Burst Air II for travel, I knew right away the Burst II Pro was destined for a permanent home at my gaming desktop setup. The ergonomics are spot-on, offering a natural grip that fits perfectly in hand without fatigue. During long gaming sessions or extended editing and browsing, it remains incredibly comfortable and effortless to maneuver. The lightweight shell gives you the freedom to flick, aim, and scroll with precision and ease, perfect for FPS gaming or detailed editing. Turtle Beach also stayed true to their identity with the inclusion of customizable skates and grip tape. From my previous experience I immediately applied the grip tape, and it completely changed the feel. It’s subtle but adds a premium, textured comfort that enhances control. Out of the box, you get four corner skates already installed, but you can swap them for full skate pads or experiment with the included 8-dot PTFE or 8-dot UHMW-PE pads depending on your surface type. That kind of flexibility gives the Burst II Pro an edge for gamers who like to fine tune their setup. One design choice I really appreciate is the lack of RGB lighting. A lot of mice these days go overboard with light shows, but this one sticks to a clean, performance first look. The subtle chrome strip dividing the palm rest from the buttons gives it just enough flair to look high-end without feeling flashy. It’s sleek, minimal, and professional, a design that fits seamlessly into both a gaming or office environment. This mouse performs phenomenally in its tracking precision and responsiveness. With NVIDIA Reflex and the Swarm 2 software, you can fine tune performance and sensitivity down to the smallest detail. The Titan optical switches are crisp and tactile, giving you instant feedback with no mushiness. Turtle Beach claims 8K performance for ultra-low latency, and while I can’t personally feel every nanosecond of that speed, I can tell you the response is instantaneous. Whether I’m gaming in FPS or editing photos on my desktop, the Burst II Pro feels laser accurate and buttery smooth. One small note, the mouse is advertised as having 8 programmable buttons, but in reality, there are 6 physical buttons. I’m assuming the count includes the scroll wheel click and its programmable functions. It’s not misleading per se, but worth knowing if you were expecting a bunch of side buttons like some MMO mice. That said, every button is well placed and tactile, giving that satisfying click you want from a gaming grade switch without excessive resistance. All in all, the Turtle Beach Burst II Pro feels like a worthy evolution of an already stellar design. It’s lightweight yet solid, minimalist but packed with customization options, and powerful without being pretentious. The performance is top-tier, the comfort is excellent, and the attention to detail shows Turtle Beach’s commitment to refining what already worked so well. For me, this mouse hits the sweet spot. It’s everything I loved about the Burst Air II, just elevated in every way. It’s now one of my top-performing mice for both gaming and productivity, and I can easily recommend it to anyone looking for a high-performance, no-nonsense mouse that doesn’t compromise on comfort or precision.

I've never been a fan of touch pads. They've certainly improved, but they don't provide the same flexibility as a mouse. and for gaming purposes they just don't have the same feature set. I have to admit that all too often I find myself grabbing my travel mouse, which is too small for my hand size and it does not have the resolution of a decent full size mouse. In addition this mouse has a set of driverless setup controls. I've been using a Turtle Beach Pure Air since last June. This Burst II Pro (B2P) is a step up, with better battery life and faster polling. The B2P weighs 3g more than the Pure Air. The B2P weighs 57g without the rubber pads, 60g with. Its battery life varies based on polling speed; 40 hours at 8kHz polling, 150 hours at 1kHz polling, and up to 165 hours in Bluetooth mode. The braided USB cable (PhantomFlex 8K) is about 6' long, with a USB C connector on the mouse end and a USB A on the computer/charger end. No charger is supplied and the USB connection is USB 2.0 (no big deal), but it now supports 8K polling. In actual use it is very comfortable and highly accurate. There are 5 default profiles, and 5 user definable profiles (can be defined by app). Before use you should remove the blue protective plastic off the mouse's feet and center ring. The mouse includes replacement pads for the 4 feet and center ring (nice bonus). The USB charging cable can also be used to hardwire the mouse via USB to your computer. So if you're looking for a hardwired mouse this fits the bill. The Swarm II app allows changing the poll rate to: 1kmHz, 2kmHz, 4kmHz and 8kmHz. and changing the DPI from 400DPI to 3200DPI or 30,000DPI (wired only). You can set the mouse lift off distance to either 0.7mm, 1mm or 2mm (or custom). and change the button debounce rate from 0ms to 10ms. Using the button on the lower left side of the mouse you can change the DPI to use any of the profile settings (5). This is much more flexible than the Pure Air options. There is also an active angle tuning interface (+/- 30 degrees), with its own calibration tool, it shows you if your hand drags the mouse evenly (up/down) across the screen. I used it with the Turtle Beach RF dongle and Bluetooth (both were very simple to set up). I found it hard to tell the difference (which is good) as I usually feel a touch more lag with BT. But not in this case. The wired interface with the faster polling rate (8kHz) definitely has a more immediate feel, especially when coupled to your desired mouse lift setting. The flexibility of all the settings provides a truly custom feel. In addition the side buttons and scroll wheel buttons can be programmed to provide different functions based on how each profile is programmed. So the mouse wheel can be used to scroll the browser display, and the side buttons can be used to page up/down in a browser (or user/app programmable). The mouse has a nice flat finish, leaving no fingerprints. But in the box they include rubberized "stickers" that you can apply to the mouse buttons and both sides of the mouse. This adds a tactile feel to the mouse sides/buttons (and 3 grams). I really like the feel on the sides of the mouse, it just fits my hand better without sliding. I'm so accustomed to having smooth mouse buttons, using them on the right/left buttons was a tougher choice, but it's up to you if/where you use them (I like that they made this optional). If you are looking for a lightweight, full size, responsive mouse this is a most excellent choice. It is an improvement over my Pure Air, I'm happy with my upgrade.