Pulsar Gaming Gears - X2F

Pulsar X2F is an excellent next step after the Pulsar Mini.

Warning: Long Post, TLDR at the end Backstory Purchasing this mouse is actually quite a full circle moment for me. The only reason I started intensely looking into and buying peripherals in the first place was because I started playing Valorant around two years ago. Prior to this, though I spent most of my life playing FPS games, and making it to decent ranks in CS:GO (LEM) and Apex (Masters), I pretty much played on your standard SteelSeries qck and a Logitech Superlight. When I started playing Valorant, it was a few years removed from my last CS:GO match, and I was extraordinarily rusty on tacFPS. Everything felt wrong, I couldn’t hit my shots, and the util usage was beyond me. It took me so long to even get positive KDR regularly at that time. Around this time, I discovered this subreddit, and r/Mousepadreviews, which opened my eyes to a world beyond Razer and Logitech. I am lucky enough to be in the position where I can buy and use plenty of mice, and during that time, I had built up quite a collection of probably around 30 mice (I haven't counted). In my post history you can see about half of them. Most mice, I used over 60 hours to properly acclimate and test them, though some of them I immediately hated (Lamzu Thorn, Pulsar X2H) and put it away. Some mice I mained, such as the Vaxee Outset Ax, the NP01-S, the Lamzu Atlantis Mini (with Corepad grips), the E1, the Finalmouse ULX, and the Viper Mini SE, of which I cannot clearly say how many hours I logged on each. I abided by the philosophy that a mouse for you should feel comfortable for your natural grip first, and my tracker score reflected this by showing me positive KDR. However, one thing that never changed is my headshot %. It floated around the low 20%s and never rose. I did manage to start climbing in Valorant slowly, but, being mainly solo-queue, the inconsistency in my own performance, and the roulette wheel of the lobbies really burnt me out. My younger brother, who is an aim demon, recommended a fingertip grip mouse, he was using the Keychron M4, which I picked up as well. That mouse, combined with the Padsmith purple Empress glasspad ended up being my main combo for the past year. In this time, I had stopped playing Valorant, climbed to GM in Overwatch 2 on Hanzo, and GM3 on Marvel Rivals, while maining aim heavy characters like Hela and Hawkeye. Rivals was the quickest, as I had a duo, we hit GM3 from Bronze within 9-12 hours of gametime, I want to say. Recently, I began feeling the frustration of extremely team reliant games like Overwatch and Rivals again, and started yearning for that feeling of a good Ace on Valorant, where I just had to win my duels, maybe get two or three, and I can die knowing I contributed to the team. Whereas on Marvel, there are times where I’ll drop 40 on Hela, my healer decides he no longer wants to heal, and I have to go on Luna, pick up 10k healing and sweat my ass off just to win a match. So, I started playing Valorant again. The first thing I noticed, using Keychron , was that, although my HS% was better than before (high 20s, low 30s), I noticed that my KDR was always negative. I realized this was due to the precision of the mouse, I would either get a great headshot, or entirely miss and then die. I decided, maybe I need to move away from the fingertip grip. I went to my Viper Mini SE, and lo and behold, I started winning with my KDR in the positives… but, my HS% plummeted back down to the low 20s. I had a eureka moment, and what I realized was that essentially, the claw shape helped me get ‘on-target’ easily, at the cost of precision, because I was controlling the mouse with the hump area, while a narrow fingertip grip allowed me to be extremely precise, at the cost of speed and general accuracy. I suddenly remembered a mouse I had seen online, and checking Eloshapes, confirmed that the Pulsar X2F has nearly the exact same front dimensions as the VMSE, and obviously, chops off the hump of the traditional mouse. I ordered it, and the first 4 games I played, I averaged a whopping 43% headshot rate. This was games of 55%, 41%, 35%, and 53%.The 35% outlier was an extremely laggy lobby as well. Furthermore, last night, while I was playing on nearly no sleep, I logged 38% on Iso, and 28% on Gekko (I don’t know how to play Gekko), and the lowest KDR I logged in those games was .9, generally I was above 1.5. Basically, the X2F solved my problems. Mouse Review Sorry for the long winded intro. The mouse itself is great, the packaging is pretty interesting, made entirely of some kind of foam that is seated into itself and must be slid off. It comes with three types of PTFE feet (dots, small skates, large skates) that I didn’t use. I stuck on my Unusual Way Silver Fox skates and called it a day. It also comes with a 8K Dongle and a cable. Surprisingly, it didn’t come with any grips, but the coating is pretty good on its own, and is downright sticky once your hands warm up. I would not buy Pulsar’s grips, as their grips are some of the worst, nastiest feeling grips ever. If you want grips for any mouse, I swear by Corepad. The clicks are nice, though I’m going to be completely honest, I’m not a click connoisseur, for me, they’re either “good” or “ew”. These fall under “good”. The encoder wheel is a bit of a weak point for me, I like a nice clicky wheel, and this one is soft. When I click middle mouse, it's very easy to accidentally scroll the wheel at the same time. That could be down to my grip, but it’s a thing. The firmware was very easy to update through Pulsar’s website, and they have a web based version of their software called Bimbimbap that is very easy to use and navigate, and doesn’t reset everything the instant it’s shut down (looking at you Razer). The side buttons are great and responsive, and there is absolutely no flex in the shell. The weight is about 39g, so a hair heavier than the Keychron M4. Honestly, I don’t care about weight. Sub 45gs is all the same to me, unless it's TOO light then I’m throwing it across my desk by accident. Conclusions I came to a few realizations over this journey of extreme mouse collecting (don’t recommend). The first is, shape doesn’t matter, in the traditional sense of "What's most naturally comfortable?". This might be a controversial take, but in my opinion, unless you have an injury or disability, any mouse shape can be adapted to, and any mouse shape has its ideal scenarios. For example, when I play MMORPGs like FFXIV, my favorite mouse is the Razer Naga V2 Pro, and not just because of the side buttons. It is large, and I can rest my entire hand on it while playing and that makes it much more comfortable. My natural grip type is a claw grip, and yet the mouse I comfortably mained for over a year playing OW2 and Rivals was a very skinny fingertip grip mouse. Another bit of evidence is the mice I've mained all vary pretty greatly in style and weight. In my opinion, the shape of the ideal mouse has to solve a problem for you. For me, the Keychron was too skinny in the front, and because of this, I felt like I couldn’t move it very easily over long distances, on the other hand, any claw grip mouse, ergo or sym (VMSE, Sora V2, NP01s, etc) allowed me to rest the heel of my palm on the back hump, which was great for target switching, but not the best for precise microadjustments. Therefore, the perfect solution for me was essentially “Give me just the front end of a normal mouse”, and Pulsar just so happened to make one. I do see some complaints about the mouse being $180 USD, and weighing 39g, where there are lighter mice out there for a fraction of the price. Personally, I think eternally chasing the lightest mouse doesn’t necessarily help. For me, having some weight is better, because it gives a sort of tactile feedback for where my hand is. My sweet spot is around 30-45g. I think that if you are still on the hunt for the “best mouse”, try to diagnose what about the current mouse your using isn’t working for you, maybe through Aimlabs scenarios, or even in game, though I think that’s harder outside of games with clear trackers like Valorant. Once the issue is diagnosed, you can either try going for the extreme opposite end, or look for a hybrid immediately. Eloshapes is great once you diagnose the issue (e.g. I’m using too much palm contact, I’m using my fingers too much instead of my arm) to find a mouse that’s similar, yet eliminates the problem you have. At the end of the day, picking a mouse is a deeply personal choice, basically what allowed me to narrow it down to the Pulsar X2F was going between two extremes, figuring out why certain things worked on Mouse A, but not on Mouse B, and vice versa, in order to pick a mouse that is the ideal hybrid of both. I really love this mouse, and it's the best I’ve ever used for myself, but others may feel differently. TLDR: Great mouse, great web based software, good coating, nice clicks, bad scroll wheel. I love it, get one if you think it'll suit you.

I am on the pulsar X2F now after giving up on searching for large mice. It's been nice so far tbh.

Forgot to say that I ordered the pulsar fingertip mouse to see if it makes a difference for my hand/gaming. I will try to report back.

get a dedicated fingertip mouse like the Pulsar X2F or build a mouse with a pcb of ur choice (like logi G pro or Razer) and get a 3d printed fingertip grip shell from Etsy.

I switched from a GPW to a Pulsar X2F on sale at 120€, compared to 200€ for other FTIP mice. I totally recommend it, unless you want something lighter since it weighs 38 grams.

I come from a 5-year-old GPW, always fingertipped it. I knew these types of mice were made, so I made the switch. Even though the size difference is huge, I went for it and bought the Pulsar X2F (it was on deal at 120€ on Amazon while the G-Wolves is 200€, so I had to take the first). It's the best mouse of my life. However, it pisses me off I didn't go to the extreme buying the G-Wolves, but I'm happy with my Pulsar X2F. If they ever drop a 10ish grams mouse in the coming years, I'll probably buy it.

21x9 here (I could be wrong on the width). I've been fingertip gripping the GPW for years, then just some weeks ago I moved to the Pulsar X2F. It feels like it was just made for me; the shape is great, really feels extremely natural to grip. It could potentially be my endgame, but I'm not gonna lie, I want to try a <20 grams mouse like the Fenrir

I love the x2f so much so that i bought 2. First one was the 5 year anniversary edition and the 2nd was just the black one. I use one at work and one as my main mouse at home

Where are all these cheap fingertip mice on the market? Keychron M4 is $40 for 1k polling, $55 for 4K and $65 for 8k. G Wolves HSK Plus Light is $60 to 70 USD, with a last gen sensor and 1K polling. (still fine IMO, but not apples to apples) That's ALL of the commercially available; wireless, ***fingertip specific***, gaming mice with decent sensors under $100 USD\* that I am aware of. Two shape options under $100, just two while being generous with the 'cheap categorization. Under $50 there is only one and it's an overspec travel mouse from a keyboard brand. Between $100 & 200 USD the market has more options; Pulsar X2F, Gwolves HSK Pro and Fenrir models, WlMouse Miao and I think the ZeroMouse Blade comes in under $200 as well. These are priced in the premium range for gaming mice overall. That said, availability is far from good even in the more populated premium tier or used on Ebay. Many of the mentioned models are often out of stock. Total, excluding OptimumTech and very small bespoke makers, that is a grand total of what, 7 or 8 total shapes? Larger than it was, but still a VERY small market unless you include mice than are friendly to fingertip, but relatively full sized. *\*Yeah, that was a mouthful, but just trying to make a distinction between all the tiny mice that are super common, but not at all intended or spec'ed for competitive gaming, like the Logitech M317/pebble/ect.*

I don't really have an opinion on them as a company, but I'll say I bought their X2F (fingertip style) mouse a few weeks ago and it almost immediately became my all time favorite mouse. I've always been more of a palm grip guy (coming from a MCHOSE AX5 V2, which is still a perfectly good mouse) and have always kind of avoided small mice (my hands are a bit larger than average), but I've been really enjoying using more of a fingertip style with it. My aim has improved and I can handle higher sensitivities *much* better. I love the mouse (it's quite light, but solid build quality, etc), the software is decent, but I don't have any experience with their customer support or anything like that... so, YMMV.

I bought the X2F a month ago and gave it a spin. After a few days I’d recommend not getting it. It’s not a bad mouse. But it’s almost a bit larger than what you’d need for a finger tip mouse. Its biggest flaw is the weight. It feels much heavier than a light weight but normal size mouse. Micro movements are just not there. I have a Fenrir Asym and that, despite a few flaws, is pretty close to what a finger tip mice should be. It’s very nimble and easy to adjust and a blast to play with. For the price, there are many options that beats the X2F. The should reduce the X2F size further, simplify the bottom half of the mouse, cut the weight down by half. Then they’d have a real competitor in the finger tip niche

Im currently rocking the new pulsar x2f and loving it. Side buttons are a must for me