Finalmouse is among the most unique companies in the industry. The company produces only one model mouse at a time and refuses to mass-produce it in high numbers. What about the few mice produced? You guessed it right, it sells out within hours on the company’s site and only finds buyers from third-party companies at black market prices. The company, which gained popularity with the Air58 model they developed with the support of Ninja, after a few models that made a decent sound, is the guest of our review pages with the Ultralight 2 Cape Town, a smaller, lighter and at least as interesting model as the Air58.
Cape Town is not the last model to come out of the company. With a magnesium body and a weight of only 43 grams, the latest Starlight-2 series are currently priced at around $600. Although Cape Town isn’t that expensive (it can be found for around $240-$270), it’s still a very rare model, and in fact, it doesn’t appeal to anyone other than tech freaks and esports professionals who are willing to pay these exorbitant prices.
Finalmouse preferred a honeycomb design over the composite body block in this model. The color match of the beige body, the orange mouse wheel and the paracord-like cable is very nice. Cape Town is a tiny mouse and weighs only 47 grams. When you use the INFINITYSKINS sticky sponges, which we will talk about shortly, which allows you to fit the mouse to the size of your hand, developed in partnership with 3M, it can reach up to 57 grams. It’s a terribly light yes and quite small (116x53x36mm) mouse. It does not contain any lighting.
In the Zowie S2 review, we told you that some mice are valued by the comfort they offer, rather than the numbers they make you feel. Cape Town is one such mouse, if you don’t count the terrible price. The Pixart PMW3360 sensor on it has been on the market for a long time, although it is not the fastest, but it is an extremely successful product. Since Finalmouse does not use any software acceleration, it has limited the resolution support of the mouse to 3200dpi, just like Zowie. The values of the sensor, which has 50G acceleration and 250 IPS speed, are already more than enough. Finalmouse has set the polling rate as 500Hz in this model. Since we see 8K polling rate values in the market, you may sneeze at this figure, but to be frank, it is unlikely that you will feel the difference. So yes, the numbers don’t look impressive, but they are extremely functional. The switches used are from Omron’s D2FC-F series with a lifespan of 20 million keypresses. The key delay is 13ms, not bad at all. One of the best values we’ve received in its class. It’s not too loud, and the pressure feeling and toughness are great. When you shake the mouse, there is no sound, and when you apply weight on it, you do not hear that “creaking” sound. The production and material quality is extremely successful. The mouse wheel is quite soft and does not tire your finger, I like it. The mouse’s function keys are also far from the sponge feel, have a nice feel and easy to reach. There is already a DPI (400-800-1600-3200) button on the mouse, there is no other button. Virgin Grade PTFE skatezlers have a very successful gliding feel, unfortunately there are no spares out of the box.
Cape Town’s trademark is INFINITYSKINS, which we thought was a great idea but was not so pleased when we tried it. These are three sets of sticky sponges of different sizes, making it possible to enlarge the size of the mouse to fit your hand or adapt it to the way you hold the mouse. I think these add-ons designed with 3M support are not in harmony with the rest of the mouse and if you regret it and remove it, they can leave some of the adhesive on the mouse and become unusable. So of course, it’s nice that it’s included in the box, but don’t get your expectations too high. I think it could have been more thought through.
Speaking of the box, the box design and quality of the product is very bad. It certainly does not reflect the quality of the mouse and other content. I hope it will be fixed in next models. So when you look at Glorious or something, it looks like a paper bag, to be honest.
Conclusion
We don’t know if we will be able to review Finalmouse Starlight-12 one day. Until then, Cape Town seems to remain the most interesting and rarest gaming mouse we’ve reviewed.
Kursat Zaman
CHIP Online Rating: 87%
+ Extremely light
+ Very good cable and workmanship
+ Easy to use and high performance
+ A rare item
+ Great gliding experience
– The price is beyond extreme, the black market price is also not compatible with logic
– INFINITYSKINS is not very efficient
– Does not have its own software
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