Cooler Master MM712 Lightweight Mouse Review
Up Close
Blimey that’s a cheery box. It reminds us of the 2021 Spurs away kit. Cooler Master’s brand has always used purple as their company colour and the MM712 takes that to new heights. We like it. Harder to spot in these photos without a banana for scale is how tiny the box is. The mouse is already small and it takes up the whole of the insides.
Within the box you find the usual selection of elements that come with a wireless mouse. We’ve got the quick start guide – which is about the size of the box itself to put the above in to context – the adaptor, some enormous teflon feet and the new paracord style cable. These new cables are so much more flexible than a tightly braided one, but just as protective.
The MM712 itself. It’s available in both white and black, and as you can see we’ve got the white one in. It’s diminutive to the extreme, much closer in scale to those old “laptop” mice you used to get. Or perhaps our daily driver is on the large side. The matte finish is very attractive indeed.
On the underside we’ve got the switch that moves between Bluetooth connectivity and Wireless. Within the small door you find the wireless receiver. There are also pairing buttons and, in a triumph of poor ergonomics, the profile button on the bottom.
The side view shows off the only two side buttons on the MM712. Despite being a near-ambidextrous design you only get two side buttons. The main buttons though have some side protection to keep them in place. Important when the mouse has been on this extreme a diet.
At the front is where the charger cable goes, if you’re averse to wireless or just forgot to plug it in overnight.
Lastly at the back the only concession to modern RGB is the Cooler Master lozenge logo.
