Consumers are right in pointing out that 700M has similar characteristics and a resemblance to the Mad Catz R.A.T series but designing a customisable mouse specifically for the gamer leaves few options available for the external design of such a peripheral. And we actually feel that COUGAR has planned 700M to have its own distinct attributes, allowing it to make its own individual impression.

700M combines a mixture of aluminium, smooth plastic and matt rubber for its construction. This mouse is available in two different variants: black or silver. We have the silver version and this mouse pairs up with other devices and hardware very well.



The right side of 700M has little by way of buttons or features except to say there is a honeycomb matt rubber material to help with grip, just as the left side has.

All buttons are supported by OMRON gaming switches. On the left side there some supplementary buttons; there is a “Fire button” which sits on the outer edge of the left button, two navigator buttons which sit just under the left button – in ideal reach of the thumb and a “45° Sniper button”

Incidentally – all of the buttons on 700M are customisable via the supplied software.



Observing the mouse from the front, we can see the orange aluminium frame which sits in the middle of 700M. Inside this frame resides a scrolling wheel which has a rubberised grip and what we regard as the ideal resistance – the increments are neither too loose nor too stiff. Each setting snaps effortlessly. Below the scrolling wheel there is an LED lighting system which the user can adjust to preference. There is 16.8 million colours to choose from.

Further back from the scrolling wheel there is a DPI switching button. This gives the user the option to jump to different sensitivity options on-the-fly.

From the front we can also see the extended reinforcement to cable connection. COUGAR has done this to ensure better durability.



Flipping 700M over onto its side we can see the reverse of the mouse which contains a number of significant features. COUGAR has designed this mouse to have a sturdy aluminium support frame which is coated orange to coordinate with their colour-scheme.

In the very middle of this aluminium frame sits the ADNS-9800 laser sensor which is capable of up to 8200DPI. Coupled with the laser sensor 700M also includes the 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 processor and
512KB onboard memory – giving this mouse the capability to perform adjustments quicker and to offer higher technical specifications.

COUGAR include six glide pads on the base of 700M – all are placed in key areas to provide optimum traction.

Over the page we’ll continue to look at 700M’s features.