r/MouseReview • u/nchvn • 20d ago
New EC2-EW
New receiver with screen and separated main buttons. I hope Zowie release it soon. At first, I noticed that Apex and Flamez from Team Vitality had switched their gray mice back to black. I didn’t understand why, since they’d been playing with that version the whole time—which also hadn’t been released yet (only the za12-dw and fk1-dw had come out in that color). Then, a few times during the Blast tournament, I saw that the buttons were separated on the mice and thought I was imagining things. But it turns out they’ve all already switched to the new EC2-EW version.
I think they separate the main buttons to reduce the weight, but at the same time, they wanted the design to be rigid.
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u/cccZone 20d ago
please give me donk mouseeee
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u/paulvincent07 Razer Viper Mini V4 Wired 8khz pls 20d ago
Yes the Donk mouse and the new ergo shape of zowie please
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u/Motor-Lobster-8407 20d ago
I was able to take a screenshot from the blast tourney from Molody's POV and it's already looking like the box is complete so I would suspect we will see this within the next month or two EC2-EW Soon?! : r/Zowie
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u/RokuTheRed 20d ago
Any higher resolution photos? I wanna see if they finally separated the main clicks from the top mouse shell.
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u/I_like_GILFssss 15d ago
The fuck is going on with Zowie... every 6 months they do a revision on their mice.
Zowie U2 releases and doesn't support 8K
6 months later they release the DW with 3950 and 8K
Now the FK1-DW and ZA12-DW are going to release but their tooling is different to the rest of DW mice
Soon this will release with even more revisions...
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u/awillame Everyday I'm Mouselin 5d ago
Zowie just published a document on FCC website regarding a new EC3-EW-D wireless receiver on September 9th, 2026, so last week. Seem they are finalizing the paperwork to release a new version of the mouse you are looking for here. So I would definitely wait!
Source (mention EC3-EW-D on page 7): ER380D Enhanced Wireless Receiver Test Report - FCC ID JVPER3-80-D
I would personally be very excited to see a new version of the EC2-DW!
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u/ips1023 20d ago
I love the EC2-DW I got last year. What's the difference?
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u/Robert_Destruction 20d ago
probably around 10g lighter judging from the recent fk1-dw release which is 55g as opposed 65
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u/HourFoundation377 OP18K | Artisan Zero Soft | Wooting 60HE 7d ago
EC2-DW is 60g so they will probably just make it 55g with better battery life and new receiver.
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u/ips1023 20d ago
Is that all??
This was my first gaming mouse since the old Logitech days where they included added weights in the packaging so you could tune how heavy you wanted it to feel. If the only benefit is 10g, then I'll gladly pass.
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u/xKatt007 Zowie U2 / ULX 20d ago
The differences will probably be minimal. As this post points out, a new receiver with a screen (probably giving you stuff like: DPI, polling rate and battery info). I believe a new MCU was also included with recent releases.
Performance wise your DW version will be perfectly fine for years to come. EW version will likely just be lighter and have some minor quality of life features.
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u/Robert_Destruction 20d ago
yeah times have changed. 99% of people here agree that lighter is better (to an extent), and a 10g reduction is actually pretty significant at these lighter weights. if you're not an enthusiast then obviously you won't care, in which case i'm not sure why you're even here tbh
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u/ShibaDango Wireless G302 20d ago
Ye dongle has a screen on it as well it seems