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Tt eSports ships the mouse in a brightly coloured box with an image of the mouse clearly visible on the front. The back lists several of the mouse's key features.
Opening the flap reveals the mouse inside, which is protected by molded plastic.
Inside the box are two Battle Dragon stickers, a quick start guide, a leaflet promoting the Volos mouse, a protective bag and the mouse itself. Instead of the Tt eSports brand name, the design team has chosen to prominently feature the Battle Dragon logo.
The Battle Dragon logo is clearly visible towards the back of the mouse and is one of the 4 customizable lighting zones. The other zones include the top thumb button, the ring on the left mouse button and the scroll wheel. The DPI settings buttons have clear white markings to visually indicate their purpose.
On the left-hand side we can see the forward thumb buttons in a layout familiar to anyone who has ever seen an Xbox controller. The middle thumb button, serving to switch profiles on the fly, is situated higher on the mouse and has a slightly raised profile to prevent users from accidentally clicking it mid-game. Towards the back are two thumb buttons marked A and B.
The flash emphasises the glossy bezel along the length of the mouse.
Moving to the right-hand side we can see the remaining three thumb buttons marked C, D and E.
The mouse buttons have curved edges which your finger can rest against without slipping off.
Taking a closer look at the forward thumb buttons on the left-hand side we can see that, although the color scheme and button style is similar to an Xbox controller's buttons, the buttons have been marked like a Playstation controller. These buttons are very smooth and their raised profile makes it easy to determine which button you are pressing.
The ring on the left mouse button is not completely level with the rest of the mouse button.
The scroll wheel has a soft rubber surface and a texture that is reminiscent of the profile found on tyres.
The sensor initially appears to be off-centre, though the asymmetrical shape of the mouse is deceptive in this regard.
The Teflon feet cover nearly the entire outline of the mouse, with only two breaks in the middle section. The feet provide enough clearance to prevent any unwanted friction with a variety of surfaces.
Just left of the sensor we can see the Macro Lock/Unlock button. This button does what it says on the tin and disabled all macro keys when locked, leaving only the scroll wheel, profile button and mouse buttons active.
Removing the weights cover reveals 5 weights, each 4.5 grams, held in place by rubber cut-outs.
Removing the rubber holder we find two more weights underneath, for a total of 7 weights at 4.5 grams each.
The USB cable has a protective cap at the end and has been completely customised to suit the design of the mouse and Tt eSports brand..
The entire USB cable is braided to protect the cable and a velcro band to hold everything together.
To round things out we selected a different colour for each lighting zone and took a low-light photo.
Wow are they allowed to use that little pad on the side? looks like an xbox 360 controller on the mouse!
Love the look of this, is it well built? looks like it could withstand a bit of abuse over a few years? im always a little concerned about TT build quality after buying one of their cases years ago and it literally fell apart on me.
How difficult are the buttons A,B,C,D, and E to get to? Can they be reached with ease without lifting ones hand from the mouse?
John, it certainly does feel like it will withstand a good amount of abuse. I am not usually known for handling mice gently, but the Volos feels like it would hurt me before I can get a dent in it.
BeK, I have slighter larger than average hands and have no problem reaching any of the buttons when using a palm grip. I can imagine gamers with smaller hands possibly running into trouble reaching the E and blue buttons.
The A and B buttons are situated so far back that anyone can reach them easily with their thumb.
The software page which is located at http://www.ttesports.com/downl… is useless because it downlaods ONLY a .rar file which is NOT a executable. I just got this mouse and cant even use it. If Thermaltake doesnt respond to me sometime today with a answer to this problem then I will be sending the mouse back tomorrow. This is extremely dissapointing. I’m running Windows 8 by the way if that is of any consequence. I have no idea how you even tested the mouse if you cant download the software.
Hi BeK,
The installer is in the .rar file (it is packed this way so you do not have to download multiple files separately). You can open it with free software such as WinRAR. Once you have WinRAR, or another application that can extract the files, installed you will see a folder called “Tt eSPORTS VOLOS AP V1.0”. Open that folder and you will be able to use the SETUP.exe to install the drivers.
You can download the latest version of WinRAR by clicking here. Alternatively, there are other applications out there that you can use.
Thank you Roald, that was extremely helpful.
How was your experience with binding any keys to “Scroll Wheel Up”? That particular button won’t work when bound to any key besides default which is ‘scroll up’. This is a major set back in my opinion. I just got this mouse in the mail yesterday and I want to like it but so far I am extremely dissapointed about the defective binding. I don’t know if it is a software issue or hardware. If Thermaltake doesn’t respond to my email in a timely manner then I will just return it to amazon.com along with a negative review. I do like the feel of the mouse but if I cant bind all the buttons that the software says is bindable then the mouse is useless to me.
Has anyone else been able to reproduce this problem? The foks over at Gadget review were able to do so. You can read the comments at http://www.gadgetreview.com/ge…
I’m trying to figure out if this is a hardware or software problem. Please test this and let me know. Thank you.