Corsair Katar Elite Wireless gaming mouse review: ultra-lightweight gamer gives you the slip

The supremely light Corsair Katar Elite Wireless gaming mouse has limited creative crossover appeal.

A black Corsair Katar Elite Wireless gaming mouse on a brown wooden table
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Our Verdict

Singularly focused on FPS games, the Corsair Katar Elite Wireless gaming mouse is compact, ultra-lightweight and has fantastic optical sensor DPI specs. However, it's perhaps too light and slight for serious creatives who want their mouse to work perfectly for both creative work and after-hours play, and its price point puts too many other capable mice into contention for the Katar Elite to be a top option for them.

For

  • Very light
  • 26,000 DPI
  • Good battery life

Against

  • Again, very light
  • Cheap-feeling casing for its price
  • Grip not ideal for creative work

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The Corsair Katar Elite Wireless is the famous gaming gear maker's latest entry into the competitive field of ultra-lightweight gaming mice, and like a perennial Premier League powerhouse (to abuse a sporting analogy), even a middling result by their standards is better than most others' best effort. Thankfully for Corsair and their high standards, the Katar Elite Wireless is more than middling, but it might not be a big crossover hit for people who desire a creative double-click (sorry) out of their mouse.

We've got some excellent mice for those looking for the best mouse for Mac, or the best USB-C mouse (both wired and wireless), but will the Katar Elite Wireless crack it with the best ones for creatives out there? Or is it too singularly gaming-focused? 

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The Verdict
7

out of 10

Corsair Katar Elite

Singularly focused on FPS games, the Corsair Katar Elite Wireless gaming mouse is compact, ultra-lightweight and has fantastic optical sensor DPI specs. However, it's perhaps too light and slight for serious creatives who want their mouse to work perfectly for both creative work and after-hours play, and its price point puts too many other capable mice into contention for the Katar Elite to be a top option for them.

Erlingur Einarsson
Tech Reviews Editor

Erlingur is the Tech Reviews Editor on Creative Bloq. Having worked on magazines devoted to Photoshop, films, history, and science for over 15 years, as well as working on Digital Camera World and Top Ten Reviews in more recent times, Erlingur has developed a passion for finding tech that helps people do their job, whatever it may be. He loves putting things to the test and seeing if they're all hyped up to be, to make sure people are getting what they're promised. Still can't get his wifi-only printer to connect to his computer.