Glorious Model O 2 Wireless Review (2026): The 68g Esports

Why you should trust this review

I bought our review unit at full retail in November 2025 from Amazon. Glorious did not provide a sample and had no involvement in this review. I have reviewed computer peripherals for eleven years with a focus on competitive-FPS hardware, and mice are the category I have tested most, more than ninety wireless mice including every Logitech G Pro generation and most of the Razer Viper line. This is the fourth Glorious mouse I have put through my protocol.

Across six months of daily use I logged roughly 280 hours of play, primarily Counter-Strike 2, Apex Legends, and Valorant, with editorial work and CAD use during the day. That mix matters, because a mouse that feels great for an hour can wear differently over a month of real use, and my judgments below come from living with it.

How we evaluated

My gaming-mouse protocol runs a minimum of sixty days, and for the Model O 2 Wireless I ran it for 180. I measured click latency with a Saleae logic analyzer capturing button-down to USB report at 1,000 Hz wireless, 200 clicks per condition. I tested sensor accuracy with MouseTester across controlled glides at 400 through 26,000 DPI on a cloth pad.

For battery I ran continuous click input at 1,000 Hz polling with RGB at default brightness, logged via current draw and averaged across three runs. I confirmed the 68 gram weight on a calibrated scale, and I inspected the PTFE feet with a glide test at 0, 30, 90, and 180 days. The numbers are mine, not the spec sheet’s.

Shape: aggressive curve, claw-grip friendly

The Model O 2 Wireless keeps the original Model O silhouette but drops the divisive honeycomb shell, which is rare at this weight. The result is a 68 gram mouse with a solid, curvy chassis that fits a claw or fingertip grip beautifully. My hand measures 18.5 cm by 9.5 cm, the medium flagship range, and the mouse settled naturally into the bottom-right of my palm between my middle and ring fingers.

That curve is also the thing to be careful about. The hump sits forward, which works for claw and fingertip grips but leaves a gap under the rear of a palm grip, so palm-grippers will find it under-supportive. If you palm-grip with a larger hand, this is not your mouse and a flatter ergonomic shape will serve you better. The matte coating is grippy without being tacky, and after six months and 280 hours the side coating shows no shine, smudging, or wear.

Sensor and click latency: flagship-grade for less

The BAMF 2.0 sensor is a tuned variant of the PixArt PAW3395, the same sensor family in most flagship gaming mice, and it performed like one. In MouseTester runs from 400 to 26,000 DPI it produced zero malfunctions, zero spinout, and clean tracking across every DPI step. The 26,000 DPI ceiling is marketing headroom no one plays at, but what matters is the floor, and the sensor is excellent there.

Click latency posted a 0.4 ms median at 1,000 Hz polling on my logic-analyzer test, identical to the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2. The Razer Viper V3 Pro edges both at 0.3 ms, but that gap is far below the roughly 30 ms human perception threshold, so all three feel imperceptibly fast in play. The optical switches are a real upgrade over the old mechanical Omrons, and after 280 hours my unit shows zero double-click issues, which is the most common failure mode for mechanical-switch mice.

Battery: 95 hours measured, best-in-class

Battery life is genuinely class-leading. I measured 95 hours of continuous click input at 1,000 Hz polling with RGB at default brightness, and with RGB off it extended to 110 hours. That matches the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 and the Razer Viper V3 Pro by similar measurement, which puts a sub-flagship-priced mouse right alongside the best in the category for endurance.

In practice that means no battery anxiety. During four-hour daily play sessions I charged the mouse roughly once every three weeks. Charging over USB-C is quick, about ninety minutes from empty to full. The 2.4 GHz dongle ships with a USB-C extender, so you can plug the dongle into the front of your desk for a clean signal path rather than tucking it behind the tower. For a wireless competitive mouse, this is the kind of battery that lets you stop thinking about charging.

Build, software, and feet: where Glorious still trails

The build itself is excellent. There is no flex on the side panels, no rattle, and no creak, and it feels every bit as solid as the Logitech and Razer flagships in the hand. Where Glorious still trails is the software. Glorious Core works, letting you set DPI presets, polling rate, RGB, and button binds, but the interface lags G HUB’s polish. I had no Core crashes over six months, though I did hit a couple of device-not-detected moments that a dongle replug fixed.

The included PTFE feet are pure but ship thin, and by the six-month mark mine showed visible wear and slightly slower glide. Swapping to a Glorious replacement set brought back day-one feel. This is normal across esports mice, so plan to replace the feet roughly once a year and treat it as a small ongoing cost rather than a flaw. None of these issues undercut the core performance, but they are the trade-offs against Logitech.

Who should buy the Glorious Model O 2 Wireless?

Buy it if you use a claw or fingertip grip with small to medium hands, if you want flagship-tier sensor and battery for less than Logitech or Razer, if you have suffered double-click issues and want optical switches, and if you prefer a solid shell over honeycomb cutouts.

Skip it if you palm-grip with larger hands, where a flatter ergonomic shape fits better. Skip it if you want 8,000 Hz polling out of the box, since Glorious sells that dongle separately while Logitech ships it. Skip it if you need pristine first-party software, where G HUB is more polished. And skip it if you are on a tight budget.

The verdict

After six months and 280 hours, the Glorious Model O 2 Wireless is the value standout among esports mice. The sensor and click latency match the flagships, the 95 hour battery is best-in-class, and the solid 68 gram shell with optical switches addresses the double-click problem that plagues the category, all for less money than Logitech or Razer. The aggressive shape limits it to claw and fingertip grips, and the software and feet trail the best, but if the shape fits your hand, this is a flagship experience at a real discount.