Disclaimer: Product was NOT sent to me by WLmouse and was purchased with my own funds. This unit was also a PRE global release unit that was China only.
WLmouse has surprised the community with competitive products for the last few years and has had huge success with all of their releases so far. Will the Ying be any different? You already know what time it is.
Technical Specifications
– Forged Carbon Fiber Chassis
– Omron Opticals
– PAW3950 sensor
– Black colourway with 3 more to choose from
– 39g (my unit)
– $179 USD
Shape
There’s not much to say other then it being extremely similar to the Endgame gear op1 on paper, and it is. However, in hand it feels a tad bit different mainly with the LMB and RMB having grooves which actually feels much nicer to me than the flat surface of the op1, the Ying also feels more curvy than the op1 which feels more flatter on the sides. In terms of hump feel, it’s very similar. Simply put, the Ying just feels like a more rounded version of the op1 shape.
Overall Build Quality & QC
The shell material is made of real forged carbon fiber, the photos advertised made it look like a carbon composite with a swirly texture but this was indeed not the case, there are physical carbon fiber pieces within the shell and it looks fantastic. Build quality is very solid with the shell of the mouse having no flexing or creaking apart from the sides closer to the front end of the mouse, but it does require a good amount of pressure for it to flex, the bottom of the mouse does flex though, like the Finalmouse ULX.
Material/Coating
The material is a forged carbon fiber as stated, it looks and feels premium with a very nice coating. The coating is grippy but not a rubberized feeling, it’s not chalky either but just has this feel of your hand locking on quite nicely, it does feel somewhat similar to the GPX2 coating. Super dry hands may slip though but it shouldn’t be an issue for most people.
Mouse Buttons
Starting with the scroll wheel, I like how it feels. The scroll steps feel a bit more on the linear side but you can still tell the steps quite clearly, click is crisp and has a nice moderate click weight. Side buttons however aren’t the best, the forward button is OKAY with some minor wobble but the back button rocks and wobbles quite a bit similar to that of the RVMSE from earlier batches, it’s not unusable but just really not great in terms of tolerances, pre and post travel are good but not the best. LMB and RMB feel great, the omron optical implementation here is top notch on my unit, no side to side wobble or grinding noises and very very minimal pre travel and post travel. Clicks are crisp and feel moderate in terms of weight.
Skates
The stock skates on this mouse is very mid tier, I switched them off right away after a few games as they felt cheap and the glide isn’t the best, not terrible but just not premium feeling, they also feel very hard. Pretty sure they are the same ones that come stock with the Beast X mini.
Performance
I honestly don’t quite know what to say when it comes to performance these days, I think most high performance mice on the market have hit a point where they all feel just as good as eachother and I don’t feel the need to comment further. Great performance.
Conclusion + TL:DR
The Ying doesn’t BLOW me away. Sure it’s a beautiful mouse and very solid but not for $179 USD, I don’t doubt the fact that forged carbon fiber costs that much but it’s just mainly for show and there are mice just as good for half the price, you are paying for a showpiece essentially that also performs well while looking good. Personally it will be in my rotation along with the ULX Competition and Hitscan Hyperlight but if you want this mouse, I’d recommend witing a few batches when they’ve fixed the side button tolerances.
