The new Glorious featherweight mouse allows you to choose the shape of the side buttons.

On Wednesday, PC peripheral maker Glorious released a lightweight mouse with a magnetic trick up its sleeve.

Gamers and workers can take advantage of the Glorious Model I’s extensive range of customizable mouse buttons. Using the Glorious software, you can program nine mouse buttons to perform a variety of tasks, including macros and keyboard input. But the company has gone one step further by making two of the four side buttons on the mouse removable with magnets.

According to a Glorious blog post this week, the two buttons use a system of pins and holes for alignment, and you can pry them off the mouse with your fingernail or “plastic tool.”Once the buttons are removed, you can change them to buttons of a different shape. In addition to the button covers on the mouse, the Model I comes with two differently shaped button covers for each of the two interchangeable buttons. You can also get rid of any of the side buttons by covering them with the included flat port cover. As someone who struggles to avoid accidentally pressing the side buttons, I can see this coming in handy.

Glorious sells a replacement set of button covers for $8.

Glorious also encourages DIY experimentation with the Model I. The company says it will release 3D files for the side buttons so manufacturers can 3D print their own molds, and notes that these kinds of modifications won’t void the two-year warranty on peripherals.

A light weight

The Glorious Model I continues the company’s history of using honeycomb cutouts to produce a mouse weighing only 0.15 lb ± 0.01 oz (69g ± 2.5g).

Like other gaming peripheral companies, Glorious says a lighter mouse can improve PC gamers’ productivity because a lighter mouse is easier to move around. A mouse filled with holes and made from lightweight plastic may seem cheap, but Glorious uses a matte finish (rather than glossy) to try and make the mouse feel more premium.

Model I is about 31.8 to 40 percent lighter than the wireless Logitech Signature M650 (0.22 or 0.25 pounds, depending on size). However, there are lighter mice such as the Glorious 0.13 lb (58g) Model O or the Cooler Master 0.11 lb (50g) MM720.

Inside the Model I is a proprietary optical sensor with a DPI range of 100 to 19,000. The Glorious BAMF sensor also supports a maximum tracking speed of 400 IPS and a maximum acceleration of 50 g (see our PC mouse terms guide for an explanation of these terms).

The 6.5-foot braided cable is replaceable and opening the mouse to replace it will not void your warranty.

The model I released Monday to Glorious members and the mouse is now available to the general public for $60.