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Cougar 550M Mouse
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Today Cougar's 550M Metallic-Blue Edition optical gaming mouse goes under the spotlight to see if it deserves a spot on your desk.Read more
The Cougar 550M is a great gaming mouse that not only has amazing aesthetics, it also offers great performance and easy to use software.Read more
Introduction Cougar is back on eTeknix once again, following the review of their new 300M gaming mouse, which was a fantastic product for a very reasonable price. In the office today, we have something a little more high-end, the 550M 6400DPI 'ultimate optical gaming mouse' and I'm very eager to see how well (or perhaps not so well) it performs. We've seen great things from Cougar in the past, and in my opinion, they're one of the hottest peripheral manufacturers out there right now, offering solid performance, great aesthetics and very competitive prices, so let's jump right to it andRead more
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General

Type of motion sensorOpticalOpticalOpticalOptical
Device interfaceUSBUSB Type-ARF WirelessUSB
PurposeGamingGamingGamingGaming

Technical details

Operating resolution6400.0 dpi16000.0 dpi20000.0 dpi3500.0 dpi
Max polling rate1000Hz/1ms1000Hz/1ms
N/A
1000Hz/1ms
Acceleration50G50G
N/A
15G
Buttons typePressed buttonsPressed buttonsPressed buttonsPressed buttons
Number of buttons68114
Scroll wheelyesyes
N/A
yes
Number of wheels1111
Scroll typeWheelWheelWheelNot available
Scrolling directions
N/A
Vertical
N/A
Vertical

Features

Compact designyesyes
N/A
yes
Ergonomic designyesyesyesyes
Built-in memoryyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Customizable movement resolutionyesyesyes
N/A
Programmable mouse buttonsyesyesyesyes
Plug and Playyesyes
N/A
N/A
Number of movement resolution modes
N/A
55
N/A
Multimedia buttons
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Button functions
N/A
DPI switch
N/A
N/A
Mac compatibility
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • yes
  • yes
  • yes
  • yes

Design

Colour of product
  • Blue,Orange
  • Grey,Orange
  • Black
  • Pink
  • White
Black
  • Black
  • Black,White
  • Purple
  • Yellow
Illuminationyesyesyesyes
Surface colorationMonotoneMonotone
N/A
N/A
Cable length1.8
N/A
1.8
N/A
Form factor
N/A
Right-handRight-handRight-hand
Rubber grips
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Illumination colour
N/A
MultiMulti
N/A

Dimensions

Width2.76 in2.95 in2.8 in2.76 in
Height1.77 in4.88 in1.5 in1.67 in
Depth5.31 in1.69 in4.61 in5.04 in
Weight4.06 oz3.77 oz3.77 oz5.22 oz

Power

Power sourceCableCableBatteriesCable
Battery type
N/A
N/A
Built-in battery
N/A

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