

You either have Swarm open the whole time, customise each one with some sort of obvious RGB lighting scheme, or you enable Roccat's faintly ridiculous audio feedback option where an over-enthusiastic man says "PRO file One" etc every time you make the switch.

The problem comes in figuring out which profile you've actually got enabled. Hit the small + and - buttons just below the scroll wheel with Easy-Shift enabled and you can switch between five different profiles, too, giving you maximum flexibility in your various button assignments. The Easy-Shift feature also lets you assign macros for a number of games and applications, either through one of its 43 preset profiles for things like Plunkbat, Battlefield 1, Rainbow Six Siege, Overwatch, GTA V, Destiny 2, League of Legends, Team Fortress 2, CS:GO and Starcraft 2 to name just a few, or one you record yourself. Personally, I'd be too frightened of triggering an accidental shut down to even think of enabling such a feature, but hey, if you like playing fast and loose with your save files, then the Kone Aimo is very much at your service.
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Or - if you're feeling particularly daring - system functions like shutting down, restarting or putting your PC into sleep mode. This includes web browser controls, timers, hotkeys, the ability to open certain apps, folders or documents, as well as on-the-fly DPI adjustments to change the mouse's overall sensitivity. The Easy-Shift button, also known simply on the actual mouse as 'T3'By default, the scroll wheel doubles up as multimedia controls, letting you play/pause media by pushing it in, adjust the volume by scrolling and change tracks by tilting it left and right, but you can assign all sorts of things to them using Roccat's Swarm software. Its name sounds like the punctuation equivalent of go-faster gaming stripes, but Roccat's so-called 'Easy-Shift' button (pictured below) essentially acts like the Fn key on your keyboard, giving each mouse button a second, well, function. Of course, a button right by your thumb may set off alarm bells for some of you, but this is actually one of the Kone Aimo's main features. There's no such nook for your little finger, sadly, but resting it on the side against my mouse mat was still perfectly comfortable. Designed for right-handed users, your thumb sits snugly in a small, inner groove on top of one of its twelve buttons, and unlike Alec's experience with the Logitech G603, no sharp edges to speak of. It's a bit of a shock to the system, but it's not wholly unpleasant. Is it any better to use and can it break into our list of the best gaming mice? Let's find out. Like the Cataclysm, this is another huge wired mouse, filling the whole of my palm and extending far beyond the tips of my fingers - although at least this time the Aimo's smooth, curved design looks and feels more reminiscent of some kind of futuristic super car than a chargrilled armour plate. Since then, I've moved on to smaller mice more befitting of my spindly fingers, but when I started using Roccat's new Kone Aimo mouse, those early work memories came flooding back. As with most things, though, I eventually got used to it.

It was wholly unsuited to general office work and made my hand feel absolutely tiny. Left there by its previous owner, it was the Steelseries World of Warcraft Cataclysm Gaming Mouse - an absolutely beastly bit of plastic that looked like it had just come out of a hot oven. When I started my first tech job, the mouse waiting for me on my desk was utterly enormous.
