Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great product long battery and very light and clean looking

Good mouse for the price. Works well. High quality material.

Great for use in games like fortune I really enjoyed it

i’ve been using it for a year now and i like it but the problem for me is that i wish it was rechargeable

Very comfortable, responsive, and easy to use. I love this product!!

This mouse is amazing! I use this mouse every day and I love it. It is very colorful and comfortable to use and smooth control.

Is a great mouse for prime gamers and actually a nice experience

Bought this one for my nephew a year ago and is still working like a champ..

Not impressed with price to features. Doesn’t wake up when you move it. Has to be physically clicked. Other mice are much better at the price and don’t need AAA batteries. 2023 Li Ion is the way to go.

Great battery life and ease of use would recommend

It's light but doesn't feel like a budget mouse. Very responsive and accurate when i play FPS games and Skyrim. Easy to use and set up. Only downside is that it uses 2 AAA batteries.

Overall a great mouse with excellent battery life and enough programmable buttons for my needs. It fits comfortably in the hands and you can in a way adjust the weight by limiting having the option to either use 1 or 2 batteries out of the 2 AAA slots that are available. You also have the option to either utilize a usb receiver or Bluetooth however you have a bit more customizability on the SteelSeries GG program when utilizing the usb receiver. The feet glide very well on the desk mat and the mouse is easy to disassemble if need be. The one con I have with this mouse however, which I may have just been unlucky with was that after about a month the scroll wheel input started intermittently skipping and either moving a few ticks up or down when only scrolling in one direction. Luckily the problem was solved by removing the top of the mouse and slightly moving the metal clip to the left of the wheel to not be so close/tight when scrolling. After slightly moving it away with a paper clip, the scroll wheel stays smooth and tactile during up and down scrolling and works perfectly.

I picked this mouse up to use with my laptop for work and on the road. The Bluetooth is quick and works flawlessly once paired, same can be said for the 2.4ghz dongle. Having both options makes flipping between my work and gaming laptop a breeze when I'm staying in a hotel. Nice and light, and is so far holding up extremely well being tossed around and carried in a bag with minimal protection in the mouse pouch. My previous wireless glorious mouse had a broken scroll wheel after just two week and ran twice the price. The Steel series software uses minimal resources, is easy to navigate, and makes setting up profiles a breeze. If you can snag this thing on sale like I did, it's absolutely worth every penny.

The rival 3 is a really nice wireless mouse that isnt that flashy. It is very reposive, light weight, and fairly priced. It does run on batteries, but i think that its more of a strength than weekness as you dont need to worry about pluging it in when it when it runs out of juice (something that doesnt happen often).

It's not too large or heavy and the clicking action is "springy" not spongey. The programmable keys are good, but require the dongle to work. Understandable why the profile memory is in the usb portion, but would be nice if it worked over bluetooth as well, though I imagine it might impact the price. If I didn't need to travel with it often I'd have gotten the wired version.

The Steel Series Rival 3 Wireless is a good mouse, functional, lightweight, and comfortable. The battery usage is good lasting a month before needing to change the batteries. The mouse turns off after being ideal for a few minutes but turns back on after a click. The Rival 3 is a good mouse but should be temporary, there are plenty of mice on the market that are wireless that have built in batteries. I'll keep it as a back up mouse in the future.

pretty good mouse, I expected more battery charge, but it's not that bad. Eco mode makes the batteries last very long, but I don't use it because I am an edgy 17-year-old who likes RGB lol. It's not a bad mouse, a tad expensive for what I got, but it does work very well. The steel series engine is amazing so that's great. But looking back I probably could've just bought a cheaper mouse and played video games fine with it. I still would recommend it though because of the fact that the engine is so good and the changing of the sensitivity is really easy. But if you're just looking for a mouse, I would just buy a cheaper one.

The Rival 3 is a great shape for claw grip so it’s nice to have a budget wireless option as well without having to go all out on the Aerox 3 Wireless. I ended up gifting this mouse to my cousin and he’s been enjoying it! Pros: - Amazing shape like I said earlier - Amazing build quality (absolutely no rattle or creaking on my copy) - Great feeling main buttons and scroll wheel - Feet glide surprisingly well - Good sensor performance and no lag observed using the 2.4GHz connection - Clean RGB only visible on the scroll wheel - Great value at $49 or on sale Cons: - Coating is a bit slippery (I’d recommend getting grip tape) - This is the heaviest of the Rival 3/Aerox 3 line because of the batteries and it’s also back heavy

These are generally great mice, but SteelSeries seems to have a particular problem with their scroll wheel encoders, causing their scroll wheels to become less and less usable within a few months of normal usage. The wheel will start scrolling the other direction every few clicks (like if you scroll down ten notches, it’ll randomly jump back up 2 or 3 notches) and it makes both work and gaming very difficult on these mice. At first I thought it was just my particular unit, but after it happened to both my SteelSeries mice (this one and a Aerox 3 Wireless), I found numerous other user reports about this happening across many of their models: https://old.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/zyh8c5/aerox_3_mouses_scroll_wheel_is_acting_up_any/ https://old.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/18rqxr5/aerox_scroll_wheel_issues/ https://old.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/13wdz5t/steelseries_aerox_mouse_scroll_wheel_scrolling_up/ https://old.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/zhnbwp/scroll_wheel_issue_on_mice/ https://old.reddit.com/r/MouseReview/comments/1jeyx56/aerox_9_replacement_scroll_wheel_issues/ And here’s a person who fixed the problem only by swapping out the encoder hardware: https://old.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/1jde821/fixing_aerox_9_scroll_jumping/ Their RMA/repair process is terrible (requiring you to physically destroy the mouse by ripping off its buttons, creating e-waste in the process). Although I love their mice otherwise, this is a big deal IMHO because the mice are basically unusable after a few months :( I hope they will use better parts in their future revisions. It's otherwise a great mouse.

I recently made the switch from a standard mouse to the this lightweight mouse, and I couldn't be happier with my choice. This mouse has become my go-to option for both travel and light gaming, and it has proven to be a fantastic addition to my setup. Fits perfectly in my hand, offering a comfortable and natural grip. It offers a level of performance that suits both work and light gaming needs. Finally having both Bluetooth and Radio Frequency (RF) is perfect if i need to switch between the two.