Let’s say Swiftpoint gives you a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, but then Swiftpoint takes the peanut butter & jelly off of it. All you have now is what could’ve been a good sandwich. I’ll get more into that in the “PB&J Analysis” section for the Swiftpoint Tracer Gaming Mouse.
Preface: My hand size is 18 x 8.75 cm. I use claw grip.
Shape/Weight/Grip
Dimensions (cm) – 120 x 67 x 38
Weight – 250g (Personally, In 2021 you do not want to play competitive shooters with a mouse that weighs more than 100g)
The mouse has an ergonomic shape. It’s rather large, so this mouse is best for those with larger hands. This mouse also includes a thumb rest and pinky rest. Not a bad shape but because of the size, some may find using the front buttons to put strain on the hands.
Mouse Buttons
The mouse has a variety of different buttons that are remappable to whatever the user feels comfortable with. All the buttons use Omron 20m switches. There’s the normal M1 & M2, which are pressure sensitive which allows for deep clicking. All of the other buttons function as remappable side buttons, with 4 extra located near the index and middle finger for easy use. The fingertip buttons have two different rubber attachments that can be hot swapped.
Mouse Feet
There’s four, small generic PTFE mouse feet on the mouse. They are mediocre, and felt somewhat scratchy. These are removable, but this function is useless on this mouse, which leads to the question… why? I’ll get more into that in my PB&J analysis.
Cable
The mouse has a braided cable, which is a plus.
Software
The software is visually appealing. However, the DPI switching functionality requires computer restart (which is not indicated), so make sure you do that if you plan on changing the DPI on this mouse. It also allows remapping of the buttons.
Sensor
12,000 DPI so a Pixart 3360 or equivalent. It’s perfectly fine.
PB&J Analysis
If you read the subtitle at the top, I compared this mouse to a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, and here’s why.
The mouse is advertised towards gaming and to gamers, however I’d argue that this mouse isn’t desirable for gaming. Let’s compare it to the G502, another gaming mouse with similar key points (a lot of buttons):
- Better sensor
- Adjustable weight
- Better RGB
- $39.99*
- Larger mousefeet
The Swiftpoint Tracer has:
- None of the above
- $139.90*
The Swiftpoint Tracer may have great button program capabilities than the previous mentioned popular competitor, and costs $100 more. Arguably the best mouse on the market, the GPW Superlight, is $10 more. $139.90 is way too expensive for a mouse of this quality. This is the peanut butter. *Prices at the time of review, 4/5/2021
The Jelly
So I mentioned earlier that the mouse feet were removable, and the reason why is that the Tracer is a budget version of Swiftpoint’s “Swiftpoint Z” mouse. Let’s compare the Tracer and the Z.
So here we see, the Swiftpoint Z has tactile feedback, an OLED screen, pivot and tilt gestures, additional tilt mouse feet, additional joystick extender, and in-air 6-axis movement. The Tracer has none of the above.
So Swiftpoint took the redeeming qualities of the Swiftpoint Z, and got rid of them. This is the jelly.
PB&J TL;DR: Swiftpoint has offered a gaming mouse at an unreasonable price, and then removed the redeeming qualities of the Swiftpoint Z. This is the Swiftpoint Tracer.
Overall, the Swiftpoint Tracer is a gaming mouse that works and I do like the button mapping capabilities, and the variety of buttons are unique. However, I’ve reviewed many gaming mouses of different pricepoints and there are better out there.
