SteelSeries - Aerox 9 Wireless
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Based on 1 year's data from Feb 15, 2026 How it works
Liked most:
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5
"Not had any issues with mine for 1.5 years"
"Steelseries mice are the only ones I've used that haven't had problems within a year of owning them."
"I’ve had it for a few months and roommate has had it for a year or two with no problems"
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"Probably the lightest wireless MMO mouse"
"very lightweight"
"very lightweight"
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"No wires getting caught, can move the mouse wherever I want."
"the wireless or Bluetooth or cabled functionality is awesome."
"uses RF instead of bluetooth for wireless which feels as fast and responsive as when it's plugged in"
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"with 12 buttons"
"it's doing a great job with the extra buttons."
"it also have a lot of easy to configure buttons."
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"it does not feel like a brick weight wise, so if you have long gaming sessions, your wrist will thank you. ... It's like 89g compared to the Logitech G600, which is a common recommendation that is 133g. Or the Razer Naga that is 122g and Corsair Scimitar, which is also about 122g. ... the weight savings on the Aerox helped me no longer get any kind of wrist discomfort after days of longer gaming sessions."
"good side button layout (for my big hands at least)"
"it's a bigger mouse and I can play with my palm resting on it unlike the Naga I had before."
Disliked most:
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"the scroll wheel is a problem on this mouse. ... From what i gather the sensor is so exposed to dirt and shit. ... cant without a working mousewheel."
"Scroll wheel was fucked after like 2 months max"
"4-5 months later the battery lasts about 3 seconds so needs to be permanently plugged in"
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"the scroll wheel is a problem on this mouse. ... From what i gather the sensor is so exposed to dirt and shit. ... cant without a working mousewheel."
"Scroll wheel was fucked after like 2 months max"
"All of the MMO mice I’ve tried have terrible scroll wheel sensors that don’t last me more than a year or 2. ... Even the naga and aerox… thankfully I was able to get replacements for both under warranty."
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"Strongly disagree. Went thru 3 in two years. Some of the more regularly used side buttons just stopped working on each."
"If you're prepared for fighting Steelseries software, saving the keybinds to the on-board memory, disabling Steelseries software entirely, and then controlling the RGB with OpenRGB"
"Hate the constant random disconnects (common problem lots of reports)"
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"The buttons were way too stiff to press."
"Strongly disagree. Went thru 3 in two years. Some of the more regularly used side buttons just stopped working on each."
"Hate the side buttons placement and feel - i have big hands and even for me the top rows are just straight awkward"
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"Expensive trash that didn’t hold for long ... I’m very careful with my stuff."
"The razer and steelseries are the most overpriced"
"only downside, it's expensive."
3scap3plan 1.0Steelseries Aerox 9 Wireless is really nice, I'd say its for larger hands but very lightweight
a1b3c3d7 1.0You will not get the best of both worlds depending on what you want from the productivity side. Does your workflow require or utilize more buttons? Do you care about weight when youre playing games? If the answer is yes, you should just get two cheaper seperate mice. Im sure people will give you good gaming specific reccomendations so I wont get into them. I use a lot of keybinds for productivity to accelerate my workflow, and thats only possible with mice that have more than two side buttons, I've found a few that sort of work for both gaming and productivity: - The G502x is a good balance, but its as heavy as a brick which is fine for some games but I find uncomfortable for FPS. - Lightweight MMO mice like the Steelseries Aerox 9 are great if you need the buttons, and its lightweight but its not suitable for a claw grip let alone a fingertip grip. - The razer Naga has variants with swappable side buttons and depending on your hand they may be suitable grip wise, but id sooner drink paint than recommend them with their issues and they are not worth the cost. I can keep listing reccomendations, but you'll find drawbacks and negatives that will significantly degrade your end experience trying to have a one mice fits all solution, you will constantly be trading away things and in my opinion - no options exist that I can say is worth $150 in value. 2x $75 mice will get you very far, especially in todays markets where Chinese mice are on par if not better than mainstream options in many instances. Ive settled on the G502x for work. The side buttons and the index finger buttons are very useful, but more importantly the scroll wheel has a button to switch to a free spinning wheel, and has side tilt buttons - those two things alone make it extremely useful if you utilize them.
Admirable-Credit-290 1.0The Steel Series Aerox 8 sucks. If you are used to the Naga going to the Aerox 8 feels like a completely different mouse. Your thumb is not perfectly lined up with the numpad and you need either super long thumbs to reach the front row or super short thumbs to efficiently use the back row. After like a month of fiddling with it, i just gave it away and went back to my old Naga until i had enough for a new one.
Aegis_Sinner 1.0I have the steelseries aerox 9 wireless and reallllly like it. Cleaning it blows though
Aesyric 1.0If you want the Logitech g600, look up "Logicool g600" on eBay. It's the same mouse, it never got discontinued in Japan, but the name Logitech was taken over there so they had to rebrand for japanese products to Logicool. I tried a Corsair scimitar, Razer Naga, and Steel series Aerox 9 and nome of them held up to the g600 imo
akllrmn 1.0I used the LEADR until it fell apart. After that I switched to the Steelseries Aerox line (a 5 and a 9). It's not the same, but it's been good.
Alactras 1.0Title really... I have been using a Steelseries Aerox 9 for the longest time (MMO stuff mostly) and have currently fallen out of love with it. After starting to look around I kinda got sucked back into finding a lighter weight mouse, but it looks like a lot of the lightest weights are due to companies sacrificing battery capacity. Are there any sweet spot recommendations that still give me a much better weight than 80-ish grams but a battery life that lasts longer than like 3 days? I don't buy too much into the 8k (and even 4k) polling rates, I don't mind to run it at 1k and keep stuff like tournament mode etc. off Grip wise I have no clear preference, I am somewhere inbetween palm and fingertip I reckon. Ideally it's also using a web interface for changing settings, I am trying to get rid of bloatware software if possible!
Allexan 1.0Naga and G600 feel pretty interchangeable. Aerox 9 gets hair and stuff stuck inside, especially around the scroll wheel super easily. Corsair stuff always feels cheap. I think G600s are still made for the Japanese market so they're pretty available on ebay.
Aoingco 1.0Hopefully their mmo mouse is a banger. I've tried the nagas, aerox 9, evga x15 and most mmo mice over the years, but there hasn't been much innovation in the mmo mice department, especially in terms of reducing weight while keeping similar form factors / button counts :(
apixelabove 1.0I'm using a aerox 9 wireless and it's doing a great job with the extra buttons. I don't think it'll work as nicely if you got big hands.
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