It’s finally happened. After nine months the scroll wheel on my Roccat Kone has packed in, like so many Kones before it. It was the flimsy scrollwheel that damaged the reputation of the Kone just after its launch and led to Roccat quickly issuing a revised version with stronger parts. I thought mine had been doing rather well, as many people were reporting...

There is now a definitive way to tell if your Roccat Kone is a new version with the stronger scroll wheel – just check the packaging. Roccat have relaunched the Kone mouse in a new ‘eco-friendly’ box. If your Kone arrives and it’s not in the packaging you see above you should question whether or not it’s a V2. If it’s in an...