SteelSeries
SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless - Holey RGB Gaming Mouse - Ultra-lightweight 68g Water Resistant Design - 200 Hour Battery - 18K CPI TrueMove Air Optical Sensor
Best for: aim that keeps up with your hand — lighter shells and higher polling rates pay off most in fast competitive shooters.
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Score breakdown
Where the 4.4 comes from
Each bar is this model's min-max normalized position across the 6 gaming mice we track. Missing specs are excluded and the remaining weights rescaled — never treated as zero.
Official spec sheet
Every number, cited
| Brand | SteelSeries |
|---|---|
| Max DPI | 18,000 |
| Polling rate | 1,000 Hz |
| Weight | 68 g |
| Battery life | 200 h |
| Buttons | 6 |
| Sensor | TrueMove Air |
| Connectivity | 2.4GHz + Bluetooth + wired |
| Spec source | View spec source ↗ |
Strengths in the data
- Best battery life in the category
Flaws but not dealbreakers
- Bottom-4 weight in the category
- Bottom-4 polling rate in the category
- Bottom-4 sensor resolution in the category
Both lists are derived mechanically: a metric makes the list when this model finishes in the top or bottom four of the 6 gaming mice we track.
Who shouldn't get it: Skip it if you mostly game from the couch on console — a high-polling esports mouse earns its keep at a PC desk.
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All data above is publicly available spec data from the official brand page linked in the table — we don't lab-test. Prices and availability are shown on Amazon. Compare with all 6 gaming mice ↗