Tesoro Gandiva H1L Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅03-09-14
Software & Performance



To get the most out of Gandiva, Tesoro supply software which allows the user to tweak the settings on the mouse and apply commands/macros.

There are different profiles which can be set and up to eight buttons can have their commands altered. Windows functions, multi media operations can be applied, as well as other options such as launching specific applications.



Such options as LED lighting, precise DPI settings and polling rate are not obviously available in the software. It actually took us a while to discover these settings – after clicking “Macro” under the dropdown list on one of the buttons a side panel slides out to reveal additional customisation.

Not only was this unintuitive but the LED lighting could not be adjusted on its own. Another setting needed to be altered such as polling rate in order for the colour to be changed.

Performance

Gandiva isn’t locked down to a specific genre of game and is better suited to large hands and a palm grip. We fully tested Gandiva in a range of different games and in the Windows environment and we have to say, we found it tricky to get used to.

The geometry/width and extension of the left mouse button means it can be difficult for those with small-medium sized hands to successfully click the button. The loose scrolling wheel also presented accidental weapon selection in FPS games – the incremental steps are too easy to move to, we feel they should be tighter.

The overall ergonomics and button placement are good. The thumb navigator buttons and DPI increase/decrease are in useful locations for quick and easy access.

Response from the 8200 DPI laser sensor is very good. Movement is precise and accurate and whether you opt to use the Gandiva on a soft cloth pad or a hardened surface with texture, the performance is still great. We experienced no friction or glide issues during our testing.

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