![]() So I asked SteelSeries directly and according to them, you can get around 100 hours at 1,000 Hz polling rate with 2x AAA batteries (or 50 hours with a single AAA battery). For competitive gaming, especially on fast-paced first-person shooter games, not many would love the idea of having to play with 125 Hz polling rate and when I gave that a try, it was quite unplayable with stutters and skipping. You can get around 400 hours of battery life when you are using 2x AAA batteries BUT only on Bluetooth or if you set the mouse to “High Efficiency mode” (125 Hz polling rate as opposed to the usual 1,000 Hz polling rate) on the 2.4GHz wireless mode – this is on their FAQ page. ![]() I used it to work from home (coding), blogging/reviewing, and evening gaming – which means that I’ll be using the mouse for around 10-12 hours straight in a day. And that excludes using the mouse for web browsing, checking emails, etc. You can exactly see that you can’t really associate 400 hours into one year unless you only play for 1-2 hours a day. SteelSeries markets the mouse as a wireless gaming mouse with 400+ hours of battery life and in some social media posts, as one-year-long of gaming. Okay, so let’s address the “elephant in the room”. ![]() If you want a heavier mouse, you can place both AAA batteries inside the mouse and also get longer gaming sessions as a bonus. This makes the Rival 3 under the “below-100-grams gaming mouse” category and gets a thumbs up from me. You can actually opt to use just a single AAA battery to make the mouse lighter to use (96 grams). Thanks to its ergonomic design, using the mouse is comfortable (like the Rival 3) and reasonably light. The mouse itself fits really nice within my small hands and is perfect to use by claw or fingertip grip gamers like myself. The USB wireless dongle is stored inside the mouse which makes it really easy to travel with. Thankfully, 2x AAA batteries are included in the packaging so you can use the mouse straight away. There is nothing much in the packaging, and that’s okay because it cut costs down and better for the environment as well.
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