SteelSeries has started year 2020 with new product launches, but now at more affordable prices; the series includes the Rival 3 Gaming Mouse in a wired format, the Apex 3 water-resistant keyboard but also the Apex 5 keyboard with hybrid switches and OLED display. In this article we will concentrate upon the Rival 3, that comes with a very light chassis, 6 programmable buttons, 3 lighting zones and more important, the TrueMove Core sensor that is able to track up to 8500 CPI (native, not interpolated).

The product is shipped inside a very compact cardboard enclosure, that allows the user to look at the mouse appearance in operation; here we will also find of the product highlights and the fact that it is compatible with both PC and Mac platforms:

The technical specifications are available on the side:

The opposite side does show another side photo of the product:

Some more details on the product features are available on the back side of the box:

In order to keep the production costs low, the internal packaging has been simplified as well:

Inside the multi-language Quick Start Guide, we will learn of the main mouse components, but also how to operate the SteelSeries Engine unified software:

Let’s look in more detail over the Rival 3!

The mouse does come with a chassis more suitable for claw or fingertip grip but if the user has a smaller hand we could not exclude a palm grip as well; for this model, SteelSeries has went for a matte plastic finish, that can pick finger oils on the left/right click buttons but they are easy to remove as well (if rubber would have been used, cleaning would have been more difficult):