What are the side buttons used for?

The side buttons are used to help you react faster in-game. They’re designed to be quickly pressed and allows you to reset your thumb to quickly maneuver your mouse at the same time. This layout helps balance the workload between your left and right hand so you can react faster, play better, and move quicker in any game you play.

What are 100% Virgin Grade PTFE Feet?

These are glide skates that are made from 100% pure PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylenet) material without any additives or color. It has one of the lowest coefficients of friction. This ensures your mouse will fly across your mousepad.

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Aerox 5

Wired Ultra Lightweight Super-Fast Mouse with AquaBarrier™

STUNNING RGB — Radiant 3-zone PrismSync RGB shines in 16.8 million configurable colors
ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT — Purposefully designed holey shell reduces weight to 59g for effortless, fast gameplay
AQUABARRIER™ — Mouse interiors are shielded from water splashes, dust, and dirt, technology rated IP54
BATTLE-TESTED SHAPE — Every component has been carefully optimized and shaped for minimum weight, maximum comfort, and extended durability
9 PROGRAMMABLE BUTTONS — Natural comfort with fully customizable buttons which include a side panel and an up/down flick switch
NEXT-GEN SWITCHES — Golden Micro IP54 switches last longer than a lifetime for crispy clicks, with added dust and water resistance

Wired Wireless

$59.99

$99.99^MSRP

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Aerox 5 Wireless

$99.99

$169.99^MSRP

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LIGHTning Fast

The Aerox 5 is optimized for the fastest swipes, so you beat the competition to the trigger. When milliseconds count, speed matters.

Aerox 5 wired version lightning in yellow

Ultra-Lightweight Multi-Genre Mouse

State-of-the-art engineering gave rise to the Aerox 5, making it 40% lighter than other multi-genre mice. Excel in any game you play with an ultra lightweight 66g build, optimized for unmatched agility.

Holey Shell

Our honeycomb shell reduces weight by up to 20g while maintaining strength and durability for the most intense gaming sessions.

Ultra-Thin PCB

Re-engineered electronics that boast a 50% slimmer circuit board while maintaining durability.

AquaBarrier™ Feature

Forget the spills, focus on the win. The IP54-rated AquaBarrier™ protects the Aerox 5 from dust, dirt, oil, and debris so you can focus on the game. This barrier shields interior circuitry from virtually all types of environmental damage.

Left side view of Aerox 5 mice with an invisible water barrier on the top protecting the mice.

9 Programmable Buttons

The macros you need are at your fingertips, and so is victory. Instantly execute game-winning combinations with a 5-button side panel, including a custom-built up/down flick switch. Customize the Aerox 5 to your preferred method for glory.

1 – Fire 2 – Scope 3 – Pings 4 – Cycle Profiles

1 – Kill Streak Reward 2 – Armor Plates 3 – Crouching 4 – Lethal 5 – Tactical

TrueMove Air Sensor

Unrivaled precision with 1-to-1 tracking brings you absolute control. The groundbreaking sensor, co-developed with PixArt, features 18,000 CPI, 400 IPS, 40G acceleration and tilt tracking, making the mouse an extension of your hand to dominate in game.

SteelSeries Engine

Easily remap important keys and auto-launch your custom configs for each game you play. Engine offers an arsenal of different customizations, from RGB lighting to adjusting the mouse sensor CPI, and triggering lighting effects with in-game events from GameSense-enabled titles.

Engine software interface with all mice settings such as RGB, CPI, Keybindings and Polling Rate.

100% Virgin Grade PTFE Glide Skates

Designed with 100% pure PTFE to provide the smoothest swipes and enhanced control for super-fast mouse movements.

Aerox 5 back view showing plastic materials.

Detachable USB-C Super Mesh Cable

Nothing holds you back, as our all-new lightweight microfiber mesh cable reduces drag, letting you hit that crucial shot.

Top view of an Aerox 5 mouse with its RGB lighting system through its mesh design.

Brilliant PrismSync Lighting

Redesigned lighting provides 3 zones of 16.8 million beautifully crisp colors that can easily synchronize with other SteelSeries products. Choose from millions of colors and effects from reactive lighting to interactive light shows that bring RGB to the next level.