47g without meat! Try the ultra-lightweight and ultra-light wired mouse "TUF GAMING M4 Air" (1/3 page)

ASUS JAPAN has released the gaming mouse "TUF GAMING M4 Air" (hereinafter referred to as "M4") as a product of the company's gaming device brand "TUF GAMING" series. The price at the ASUS Store, which is sold directly by the company, will be 6980 yen (tax included, the same applies below).

ASUS JAPAN's gaming brand also has the "ROG" (Republic of Gamers) series, but TUF GAMING is more affordable and more accessible to general users, including its unisex design.

This M4 is also a wired mouse, but the surface and bottom of the mouse are stamped out in a triangular pattern with a side of 4 to 6 mm to create a "fleshless mouse". The company calls it "Air Shell Design", and the weight of the main body is 47g (actually 76g including the cable), which is extremely light.

The other company's wireless gaming mouse that I own weighs 111g, and the small wireless mouse for business weighs 83g, so you can see how light the M4 is. Even with the same meatless mouse, it is unique to cut 50g.

However, wireless models tend to be heavy because they need to prepare batteries, batteries, communication modules, etc., but the M4 is a wired type with a reduced number of parts, and the RGB LED that is familiar to gaming devices is also omitted. Some people may feel a little lonely that it doesn't shine, but by eliminating these points, a very simple mouse is created.

The M4 has six tactile buttons. The left and right click buttons are located at the top of the body, the wheel and DPI change buttons are located in the center, and the buttons used to move the browser forward / back are located on the left side (both at the time of initial setting).

These buttons can be assigned and customized with the setting utility "Armoury Crate", which is familiar to the company's products. Since the body design itself is symmetrical, it can be handled not only with the right hand but also with the left hand, but the assignment cannot be changed only with the left click button. The Armory Crate will be described later.

In small areas, it is good to turn the wheel toward you, but if you turn it toward the back, your hands will be slightly separated (depending on how you hold the mouse), and the main body will move up together. This is because the main body is too light, but it was a little difficult to operate.

Also, when using it by holding it so that it covers the mouse, the DPI switching button is located almost at the base of the middle finger. Therefore, when I tried to operate it quickly, I had to bring my middle finger to the front, which was also inconvenient. Assigning it to the back button on the left side just got better.

The total length of the cord extending from the main body is quite long, 2m in actual measurement. Even if you can only connect the USB connector from the back of a desktop PC placed on the floor, it's long enough to handle it. On the other hand, in the case of notebook PCs, it is too long, but the M4 uses a flexible cable.

The company calls this a "TUF gaming paracord," which doesn't have the hardness of a typical USB cable, is very supple, and can even be crumpled. If the cable is stiff, it may get caught when you operate the mouse, but thanks to this, the mouse handling is quite good. Even if you shake it suddenly from side to side in a game, the cable will not get in the way at all.

In addition, the white PTFE (fluororesin) mouse foot placed on the bottom realizes quick mouse handling. It slides very well and again doesn't feel stuck. Therefore, a light mouse operation is realized.

Although it is not covered by the warranty, when I disassembled it to check the inside of the main body, I found that the "Kailh" switch was used for the left and right clicks. It is reliable that only the buttons that are used most frequently are solid ones.

Since the M4 has a lightened structure, the printed circuit board inside can be seen from the top of the main body, but it is said that the water resistant protective coating of IPX6 is applied to this. However, since only the printed circuit board is water resistant, it is necessary to handle the switches and connectors so that they are not splashed with water.

In addition, the body surface and side buttons are treated with the newly developed ASUS antibacterial guard silver ion treatment, which can prevent the diffusion of harmful bacteria (based on the ISO22196 antibacterial activity / effectiveness test by the Taiwanese testing organization SGS). ing).