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StarCraft is a simple game. You harvest resources and then use those resources to build an army and defeat your opponent. The bigger your army, the more supply depots (as...

Easily my favorite review of the Zaunkoenig M2K thus far happened by total chance. After coming across the M2K in a gaming setup review, Ali from Optimum Tech showed no...

I was reading through the comment section of the TechPowerUp test for the Zaunkoenig M2K and got stuck on the following post: «I do have that fingertip grip and would...

On August the 20th of 1980 Reinhold Messner climbed Mount Everest with just 60 kilograms of equipment. By himself. For comparison: when Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest in the year...

We strongly believe that it should be the goal of every gaming mouse to vanish when playing a game. What we mean by that is the following: when you are...

I recently got an email from someone using the Zaunkoenig M2K primarily for work instead of gaming. He made an interesting observation: «Not only is the M2k amazing for gaming,...

You do not need to install any external software to set up the M2K. The firmware of the M2K, that is the software running in the microcontroller unit (MCU) of...

Equipping the M2K with driverless 8,000 hertz almost did not happen, courtesy of the 2020–2021 global chip shortage. You are probably wondering what military drones have to do with all...

Design and manufacturing of carbon fiber parts is tightly integrated at Zaunkoenig, which comes hardly as a surprise since it is essentially one and the same person. Although I have...

After many years of development, the Zaunkoenig M1K was revealed in June of 2019. Almost two years later, in March of 2021, we revealed the Zaunkoenig M2K, the successor of...

Two days ago, on March 29, we were in the German version of «Shark Tank». The shows name in Germany is «Die Höhle der Löwen» and the concept is very...

The last Zaunkoenig M1K batch sold out in February of 2021. After having made five hundred M1Ks (the highest serial number out there is 516, by the way) we decided...

Back in July of 2020 we wrote a Blog article about feedback from actual M1K buyers. The general theme of the article was that the Zaunkoenig M1K was really good...

When we launched our Kickstarter back in 2019 we were not quite sure what to expect. The Zaunkoenig M1K not only was the most spartanic gaming mouse ever made, it...

Logitech is not exactly a niche gaming mouse brand. They are the worlds biggest gaming mouse producer and about as mainstream as it can get. That is why when Logitech...

It finally has happened: The Zaunkoenig M1K no longer is the only dedicated Fingertip Grip gaming mouse in town. Chinese gaming mouse company G-Wolves has announced the «HSK», which already...

Traditional gaming mouse marketing is all about «moar CPI is better». For a while however it seemed that the CPI craze was cooling down and actually important gaming mouse attributes...

In June of 2019, when the first Zaunkoenig M1K prototype was revealed, its weight on the scale showed 23 grams. Henceforth, the M1K became known as «the 23 g mouse»....

While the Zaunkoenig M1K has been well received by professional YouTube mouse reviewers Beardedbob, BT and Menismyforte all the way back in September 2019, we were anticipating the feedback of...

Our Kickstarter went live on September 19, 2019. We offered 333 M1K and today, on June 24, 2020, the last of these 333 M1K was bought on Indiegogo. So –...

The first time I glanced through the printed out Kickstarter shipping labels and came across «Åland Islands» as well as «Bouvet Island» I thought to myself: «Awesome, even people on...

I still remember the day when I decided to play StarCraft competitively. The year was 2001 and I attended my first big LAN party called «Dimensions». Competing for the first...

Back in February I boldly posted an update on Kickstarter stating that Corona could not affect M1K production. Back then I thought that Corona was limited to China. And because...

We are currently in the midst of putting together lots of M1K for our Kickstarter and Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. So this is a good opportunity to talk about quality control...

The printed circuit board (PCB) of a gaming mouse is what makes a gaming mouse tick. You can compare it to the motherboard of your gaming PC. Our goal for...

The word «design» is among the most misused words in the English language. Most use it to describe how something looks. Design is about more than just looks however: it...

Ever since Tt eSPORTS first released a gaming mouse with speed holes all the way back in 2014 (who do you think pioneered speed holes in gaming mice?), followed by...

Long before we designed and produced our own printed circuit boards (PCBs), we were 3D printing custom designed mouse shells. Back in the day, we ripped apart existing gaming mice,...

On September 25 our Kickstarter campaign for the Zaunkoenig M1K went live. Our funding goal was $10,000. We achieved this goal in two minutes. Right now 158 backers have contributed...

We received a lot of mails asking us about carbon fiber. So, let’s talk carbon fiber. What’s the process, how do we do it and why is it so difficult...

You do not need to install any software for the M1K. Even though the M1K has only two buttons, you can conveniently configure your CPI (same as DPI, by the...

The above meme is what a Reddit user posted as a reaction to the first public picture of a Zaunkoenig M1K prototype in the wild. I think it sums up...

Back in 1998 I was fifteen years old and obsessed with two things: StarCraft and mice. StarCraft is an insanely demanding game when it comes to mechanics. Just moving your...

A good gaming mouse cable has to be good at a couple of things. The four most important factors in my opinion are: flexibility, slickness, low weight and durability. Spoiler...

In our blog post about the optimal weight of a gaming mouse we formulated the hypothesis that the ideal weight of a gaming mouse is «zero grams». Actually engineering a...

The majority of current gaming mice are made for Palm Grip first, Claw Grip second and sometimes Fingertip Grip third. It is unsurprising that these mice are not optimal for...

As of 2019 Palm Grip and Claw Grip are the two most commonly utilized gripping techniques for gaming mice. Hence the following hypothesis will step on a lot of toes:...

When it comes to selecting a gaming mouse too many just look at the sensor or the number of buttons. One of the most important aspects of a gaming mouse...