Looks can be deceiving The SteelSeries Kinzu V2 Pro Edition isn't anywhere near as extravagant as its name suggests, but the catchy 'no thrills, just kills' tag-line from its tells you all you really need to know about the Danish manufacturer's latest gaming mouse. Retailing at £31.99, the V2 Pro is an entry-level optical gaming mouse that attempts to satisfy the very basic needs of avid PC gamers by scrimping on a few features and attempting to make up for them with a tournament-grade sensor. Measuring 36 x 64 x 117mm, the Kinzu V2 Pro has a love-it-or-hate-it, extremely slim and low profile. Consequently, its slender frame is more suited to the fingertip grip style and isn't ideal for 'palming,' particularly if you have big hands. Also available in glossy black and red, we tested the Special Silver Edition which has a metallic reflective plastic outer shell that feels cold when you first lay hands on it.
When things do start to warm up though, the combination of the reflective surface and its very low profile means that hands can get hot and sweaty very quickly. Design Due to its symmetrical design, the Kinzu V2 Pro can be used by left-handed and right-handed players, while the rubberised grips on either side ensure there's added comfort while gripping the mouse. The V2 Pro sports a simple four-button design with standard left- and right-click buttons either side of the clickable scroll wheel. The fourth button sits just below the scroll wheel and can be used to toggle sensitivity. A thumb button on the black-coloured side grip panel is something we usually take for granted, but the V2 Pro, surprisingly, doesn't have one.
Download the SteelSeries Engine 3 software for the best gaming experience on Windows and Mac. Update {$ SteelSeries.formatCurrency(item.line_price, cart. Kana v2, Kinzu v2, Kinzu v2 Pro Edition, Kana CSGO Edition, Kana Dota 2 Edition, WoW Wireless, Free, and Shift Keyboard. The Kinzu v2 Pro Edition also features a 1,000 Hz polling rate, a 2 meter braided cable, USB 2.0 connectivity, and comes in three color versions - black, red and silver. Currently only the black model is available and it costs 44.90 Euro.
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On its base, three gaming-grade UPE Teflon pads offer low-friction glide, and the mouse connects via USB with a sturdy two-metre braided cable giving some flexibility and durability. Based on looks and feel, our first impressions aren't great. We're not big fans of the reflective metallic casing of the V2 Pro - it feels cold and unwelcoming when you first lay hands on it, while the low-profile design alienates those with bigger hands who don't like the grip style. Nonetheless, its small frame does mean that it's lightweight and therefore glides very smoothly across the mouse pad. Drivers and software With no CD bundled with the V2 Pro, one has to head over to the SteelSeries website to download the driver and SteelSeries Engine software, providing the means by which to reprogram the mouse. The SteelSeries Engine is super-simple to navigate. The left- and right-click buttons and scroll wheel are fully programmable, though it's not possible to reprogram the fourth button, which is used solely for assigning two DPI settings out of four solid options: 400, 800, 1,600, 3,200.
The polling rate can also be adjusted, which is automatically set at a maximum of 1,000Hz, and record macros; though the lack of programmable buttons on the mouse means that you don't have too many options available. An unlimited number of profiles can also be setup, though we couldn't see any way in the SteelSeries Engine where users can set profiles to the mouse buttons to enable on-the-fly profile switching. Nonetheless, the software does offer the basics along with a stat tracker to monitor button presses, which may be all that some gamers need. The only annoying aspect about the software package is that it also downloads a heap of other unwanted stuff, such as PDF manuals for a Diablo III headset and mouse.
Originally Posted by MartiAn Hey there I just bought this mouse today for $50 off someone around my house on craigslist. It's brand new in the box and he bought it off Takasha on ebay and said he didn't like the shape. I had the original kana and uninstalled all the drivers before I plugged in the v2. Now I redownloaded the drivers for the steelseries kana and it didnt recognize my mouse, then i tried the kinzu v2, same thing.
It says Plug in steelseries device to start. Can someone help? I remember reading about something that the newest driver does not recognize the kana v2.
Try to find an older version which supports the kana v2. Guys the LOD of the Kana V2 is totally fine and about 2mm with the newst firmware on my puretrak complexity no matter if i glide over the black or the red parts of that pad, the lod is just fine and the mouse superb. But how always you could have a conflict with its shape. You can just believe me your mouseexperience with the kana v2 will not fail because of the lod. I tested that mouse the last days and all i am doing hard with is its small shape and i am a fps csgo player who would have noticed a disturbing upper high lod.
That's just not the case. Lifting the mouse of the pad is smooth and your crosshair stays calm. If you know the old g400 without prediction you have a imgaination of the kana v2 lod updatet to the newst firmware. Originally Posted by thorsteNN nope, if engine says 'no device recognized' just rightclick steelseries tray symbol click on launch firmware update tool and press 'Driver Reinstall' then the kana v2 will work fine with engine caution: engine 3 doesnt support kana v2 yet This worked. I click Driver Reinstall and the SS Engine recognized v2 right away. Thank you very much.
Another question, I loved the first kana and now with this 1 (v2) I notice when I'm playing cs:go sometimes the mouse will just swift to the side or feels like there's accel but I have everything to stop that in config. I just know my first kana never felt like that.
I always used 400dpi and same sens and that felt almost the same but the accel or something else is off. It just randomly will move to the side sometimes if im not paying attention or if I lift up the mouse.
Not sure what it is but I'm gonna game to find out. I just got my Kana 2 today. The funny thing is that it was working when I first plugged it in.
I have plugged in the mouse, win7 recognized it, everything was fine. Downloaded SS Engine and tried to install it. The setup recognized my mouse and then got stuck on 'checking firmware' for like 15 minutes. My scrollwheel blinked red a few times and nothing happened, the installation hanged 3.
Restarted the pc and now windows doesn't recognize the mouse. I have tried running the firmware update/fix tool, it stopped at 11% telling me 'cannot open bootloader device'. I tried again and again but I was getting the same error every time. I have uinstalled everything, tried to change USB ports, nothing works. I even tried to plug in the mouse by holding LMB+RMB+CPI, still nothing.
'The USB device cannot be recognised blabla' Is my mouse dead? Should I return It? If anyone knows a solution.
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I need help badly.