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The Roccat Kone Camo Charge has the typical Kone shape, as you might expect. The main thing differentiating it from the other Kone Pure mice though, is that this one features a camo-green paint job. The main body is a slightly lighter olive colour than the side panels, though there is little else to differentiate them.
The front section, between the two main mouse buttons, is framed in glossy black plastic, while all buttons are matt black with red muted red indicators. All buttons and the entire shell is coated in a comfortable plastic.
The left hand side features a pair of extra thumb buttons, the latter of which is the default Easyshift switch. Considering there are not very many other options for that function (should you wish to use it) chances are it will remain so too.
In contrast, the right hand side looks almost nude, featuring just a contoured finger grip, with no rests.
It is worth noting at this point, that while quite standard in design, the Roccat Kone Pure Camo Charge does feature one out of the ordinary piece of kit which Roccat is quite proud of: the “Titan Wheel.” This is a heavy duty scroll wheel that Roccat claims can handle over six million steps, with 24 steps per wheel cycle. It has a new encoder too, to make it more accurate. Unlike its bigger brother, the XTD however, the Pure in this case only has a “2D wheel,” so can only click down and scroll backwards and forwards.
That said, shifting the button to the right, seems to engage the main button. It is not really clear if that is a feature or a flaw, but the wheel does feel very sturdy and well built, much like the rest of the mouse.
The underside features only two teflon (or rather, the non-brand name of it) pads, one at the front and the other at the rear, with a centrally mounted optical sensor.
The cable has a high quality black and red braiding and a custom Roccat USB header with a nickel connector.
