We are today having a look at the Saiph 1800 which is a gaming mouse from Mionix. This is the smaller or younger version of the Saiph 3200 that we will take a closer look on in a few days.

The Saiph 1800 comes in a black, stylish, hard box with just about no information at all on the front. The feeling I get from the package is that Mionix wants to keep a stylish, silent and clean look on their product line and if my feeling is right they have really made it.

Opening up the package reveals the mouse and the information text we copied from Mionix webpage on the previous page, we can't find much more than that inside the package except the mouse cord.

Extracting the Saiph 1800 from the package reveals that it comes with a golden USB connector and a braided cable, nice details.




The top of the Saiph 1800 is covered with a soft plastic, not like rubber which is even softer. It's hard to describe but it's a nice feeling, it is hard plastic but with a soft coating on it.

In total there are five buttons; the two normal ones for left and right finger, the mouse wheel button, two buttons for your thumb and two on top which controls the sensitivity.



The two buttons on top which controls the sensitivity also controls the mouse wheel led colour in a total of seven steps. All buttons are programmable, except the two ones on top of the mouse, to do pretty much anything you want.

One function you can put on a button is the macro function which can hold up to five keys for each button. If we take that with normal characters you would be able to store the word "hello", once on each button.

You can also put other functions onto the buttons, but for all the configuring you need to download the software from Mionix website.

More on the software on next page.




The Saiph 1800 has a Mionix logo on the back of it, almost down at the base. We see that the buttons for your thumb are large enough and when holding the mouse normally you can easily hit the button you want.

Turning the mouse over reveals the sensor and the gliders, which of course are Teflon for maximum performance. Both the Saiph 1800 and the 3200 use a laser sensor and the resolution is in the name, the Saiph 1800 has a total resolution of 1800 pixels.

Not much more to discuss on the underside so let's head over to next page where we test out the mouse and it's functions.