Genesis Krypton 555 Mouse Test – Featherweight middle shelf

Slimmed-down mice continue to dominate the mouse market. Many users have switched to these, even those who were previously convinced that they can play just as well with a heavier mouse. Then somehow a piece of around 60-70 grams gets into their hands, and a new world opens up to them. The manufacturers also enthusiastically entered the competition, who carves one way or another from the crowd of mice. There are also extreme competitors, such as the German Zaunkoen, which was founded a few years ago, and with the M2K, it was able to go as low as 23 grams with a small thing made of carbon fiber material. If we look at it this way, the subject of my present article, the Genesis Krypton 555, is well behind them. But that still makes it fall into the featherweight category with its 70 grams.

The Krypton 555 is a mouse specially designed for gamers, which has chosen the almost classic way to lose weight. The engineers carefully drilled out the bottom and top of the plastic housing. This time, we get a honeycomb grid of hexagons that covers the entire surface under the palm, the base of the two main clicks, and the sole of the mouse. The two sides were not excavated, but here too we find a honeycomb covering. This surface would serve the purpose of making it easier to raise the mouse during use, but my experience is that it does not fulfill this task properly. I quite often lift the mouse while playing and working, but the Krypton 555 is a bit difficult to grip with its slim upward shape, I felt like it would slip out of my hand more than once. This is not a cardinal problem, you can absolutely get used to it and it does not significantly affect the efficiency of the device, but it can be annoying at times.

As for the design, the Krypton 555 is characterized by a general design. It has an asymmetrical design, so it can only be used by right-handed people. Under the thumb, we find the usual two extra keys, and there are also two switches behind the wheel, which control the dpi setting and the RGB lighting. The latter shows itself in the thin strip running along the bottom of the mouse, connecting the two main clicks, in the form of several pre-programmed effects. In addition, the side of the roller and the Genesis logo hidden inside the housing light up without any effect. Their color changes according to the currently set dpi value. The shape of the Krypton 555 is otherwise completely ordinary, which is fine, it lacks any kind of extremity, but it can still be a cheeky decoration for the table.

Moving on to more technical details, it is worth mentioning that the Krypton 555 is an improved version of the Krypton 550. At first glance, there is not much difference between the two mice, except for the two buttons behind the wheel, since the 555 already has a label indicating which is which. But the bigger progress is inside. The manufacturer replaced the previously used PixArt PMW3325 sensor with a newer one, the PixArt PMW3333. Its resolution can be scaled from 200 to 8000 dpi in several steps. Acceleration increased from 20G to 35G and fps from 4600 to 8000. These are good-sounding data, but it is worth keeping in mind that, for example, it is almost impossible to test the degree of maximally perceptible acceleration, as they are well beyond the limit of human performance. In other words, no one will pull their mouse with an acceleration of 35 Gs, only Flash or Quicksilver would be able to do that, depending on whether we approach the question from DC’s or Marvel’s side.

Genesis offers an overall decent mouse in the form of the Krypto 555. It really doesn’t show anything that can’t be found on the list of capabilities of many other manufacturers’ mice. But what he knows, he knows flawlessly. The improvements compared to its predecessor sound good on paper (such as switching from Huano switches to Kailh and the associated jump from 20 million clicks to 60 million), but the average player or user will hardly notice anything of substance. Not even if someone were to use both mice at the same time. At the same time, the Krypto 555 can be an absolutely good choice if someone doesn’t want to choose from the shelf of expensive cursor chasers, but also doesn’t want to hurt his back by bending over in front of the lowest shelf. With its roughly HUF 11,000 price, it is not too expensive, but it is not one of the cheapest mice either. After all this time, it is not possible to determine how long the strap will hold up in the long term, but it has not disappointed during use so far.