The Thermaltake Tt eSports Saphira Gaming Mouse -
The Tt eSports Saphira follows a very standard mouse design. From the top it looks like a one piece overlay with the two buttons and a plain looking white scroll button (it is not it lights up). At the back is the logo for the Saphira which also lights up and according to Thermaltake there are “5 Individual, Striking Pause-Break Lighting Effect. Colors: Red, Blue, Green, Pink, Light Blue.” We will talk about this when we get to the software later.

The buttons are all OMRON gaming switches that will give you 5 million clicks (yes 5 million). On the left hand side there are two buttons that are set for back forward and back by default, but that you can set using the downloadable software.

To connect your Saphira to a computer you get a 1.8 meter (about 6 foot) cloth braided cable. This will give you additional protection from breaking, cutting or crimping. At the end is a gold plated USB plug. This looks nice, but in reality is not going to do much for you in terms of performance unless all of the pins are gold plated on both the mouse and the system.

Since there are multiple profiles you can setup on the Saphira Thermaltake has put 32kb of memory in the mouse so that it can store all of the macros inside (it means you can use those custom macros anywhere).

Flipping the Saphira over we find an odd cluster of buttons on the bottom. These are here to allow you to move between profiles, change the dpi on the sensor, lock a certain function, and also to change the polling rate.  We are not sure exactly why they are on the bottom here, but that is where all of your on-the-fly controls are. This means that to change the dpi on the mouse while in game you have to stop, pick up the mouse press the button and put it down again. That is way too much time. I can sort of see the profile button being on the bottom, but the other ones should be more accessible.

Finally the Saphira mouse is weight adjustable. There are 5 4.5Gram weights (about the size of watch batteries) this lets you add up to 22.5Grams of weight the Saphira. Well, actually it allows you to remove up to 22.5Grams of weight as the mouse comes with them all installed.

You can check out our video coverage of the Tt eSports Saphira below: