Keyboards and mice · Pulsar
Owners keep the Pulsar X2 for its shape and its light, centred weight, with clicks they can tune to taste; a few trade that for a scroll wheel that may not last.
The shape is what wins people over: several owners describe it as the mouse they settled on after years of trying alternatives, particularly for claw grip, and some call it their favourite shape outright. Side button and wheel placement come up as reasons it fits the hand without stretching.
Durability is the clear complaint, though from a small number of accounts: the scroll wheel encoder is the part named, with one owner's wheel starting to misfire up and down inputs within a few months. Support resolved it, but owners who care about the wheel are warned off.
The Pulsar X2 (now listed by Pulsar as the X2 v1) is a light wireless gaming mouse with a symmetrical shape. It is aimed at people who play fast games such as shooters and want a light mouse that moves easily.
| Connection | 2.4 GHz wireless with USB receiver; also works wired over USB-C |
|---|---|
| Battery life | Up to 70 hours |
| Switches or sensor | PixArt PAW3395 sensor; Kailh GM 8.0 switches (rated 80 million clicks); TTC Gold scroll encoder |
| Polling rate and DPI | 1000 Hz (1 ms); up to 26,000 DPI |
| Weight | 56 g (±1 g) |
| Layout and buttons | 5 buttons, symmetrical shape |
| Warranty |
From the maker's spec page, checked October 5, 2026. A blank row means the maker does not state it.
At 56 g it weighs about as much as a few AA batteries, so quick flicks take little effort. 70 hours of battery is about two weeks of daily gaming before you need to plug it in. 1000 Hz means the mouse reports its position 1,000 times a second, which is plenty for nearly anyone. The 26,000 DPI top setting is far beyond what most players use; you'll likely set it much lower.
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Once the first week is over, the thing owners still notice is the weight. One owner who moved from a Logitech Superlight found the shapes felt similar in the hand but the drop in grams was obvious every session. The clicks are the other lasting pleasure: the ability to set feedback and actuation per button is the reason more than one owner made it their main mouse, even without any measurable speed gain. Weight balance, which some found back heavy or prone to rolling on the original version, is described as reworked and much better on the newer revisions.
What people adjust to is the click behaviour itself. Very light actuation means the resting pressure some players use on other mice will register as a click here, and one owner was still adapting after two long days. Shape comfort is divided: some find the rear hump supports the palm nicely, while others are still working out where their fingers should sit, and one owner rotates between many mice without settling. Owners already happy with the X2 are told the next model brings small changes rather than a new experience, and several question whether the upgrade is worth the cost.
The shell, shape and switches draw little complaint over time, and build quality as a whole is described positively more often than not. The weak point named is the scroll wheel encoder, which failed for at least one owner within months. Pulsar's support handled the replacement well in that case, which is the practical answer owners give: expect help if the wheel goes, but do not buy it if the wheel is your priority.
Long-term accounts are thin. Only a handful of owners talk about durability at all, and most of the praise comes from people months into ownership rather than years. Battery life and click latency are mentioned favourably, but by too few people to draw a conclusion.
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Among the 3 owner accounts here that gave a duration, 0 described a failure.
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