The same here. I love it :DQuote:
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The same here. I love it :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Hell Hound
I love Razer products. Never had one die on me at all, and they have always been a cut above the rest in terms of performance when it comes to 'who has it first'. This and the fact that they have so many different products tailoring to all sorts of needs gives them a win for me. Used to use Microsoft mice, but since going to Razer I have never looked back. I've tried G9X's, Sidewinder's, Kone's and MX Revolution's and none of them felt right for my hand, didn't look all that good, and weren't very functional. I game a lot, do little bits of office work, do little bits of photo editing here and there and do a lot of net browsing, and my Mamba is exceptional for all of these things. I love the fact I can use it wired and wirelessly, and it charges when it's in wired mode, or you can put it on a dock. The performance is excellent, and button layout is awesome. The cord is braided, and the drivers and firmware support of all of their products has been excellent. The ergonomics are very similar to the previous 2 mice I have owned as this suites my 'palming' style grip nicely which other mice have seem to got so wrong with their square and weird designs, other Razer mice not withstanding. As to the 'crap under flashy lights' comment, I have never had one die as I said, and I love the ergonomics on what essentially is an evolution of design on one of the most favoured mice in history - the DeathAdder. Their products are also made with user feedback in mind, sort of like 'open source' mice if you will. Lastly, I do love the look of Razer's products, who say's one can't game in style?
He he, I guess there's a style for everybody.
I have an awful experience with Razer. The Habu was made by Razer and sold by Microsoft. Drivers never worked right for me (in fact the "Spanish" drivers were actually Dutch) and the mouse died because the cord wasn't properly connected to the mouse. It was an issue that happened to many Habu mice.
Some friends had other Razer products that died or worked very bad, for example Lachesis mice with very bad sensors/drivers that suffered jittering and other issues.
If you are happy then that's ok, but for me, Razer falls in the same category as Roccat: never again.
Like all products great and small, be it NVIDIA vs AMD, Intel vs AMD, WD vs Seagate, Razer vs Microsoft vs Logitech etc etc all products have their bad batches and teething problems. To the contrary I also have a lot of friends with Razer products that don't have any issues. My friends have the new DeathAdder, the old DeathAdder and the Lachesis and none of them have reported problems so far for the extended times they have all had them respectively. Bad batches can ruin a name I guess. The difference here, is that Razer thrives on listening to customer feedback and improves upon their products in relation to some of the feedback they get. They also listen and do everything they can to make sure they release firmware and driver updates appropriately to within their abilities to address reported issues. Everything about them I love. For instance, some people said they weren't flashy enough, so with the new Mamba you get custom colour profiles just as one does with certain other mice.
Another example, I know it's not mice, but with the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate, another product I own and love, some people and reviews said they didn't like the fact it was shiny or the fact that even though it was part of the whole feature of being a mechanical keyboard that some people didn't like the clicky sounds of the keys. What did they do? Ignore the customers, with a we are right and superior evil money making business attitude? Nope, they released the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition, with a matte black finish and still mechanical but silent keys. Props to Razer for listening to their customers.
So you too share the same positive opinion about Deathadder? It looks decent from the pics, sensor is pretty praised as far as I can tell, jitter and lod issues fixed so I might give it a try. It is not excluded I buy it and steelseries kana next to G500 and then stick with the two which I like the best. I want to avoid the bizzare way I lost warranty on my mouse - a hair from back of my hand fell inside the wheel and tangled itself there preventing the wheel from turning properly. To avoid being without a nice mouse for 40 days, I diy it myself a little :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SabreWulf69
That sucks to hear. But yeah, the DeathAdder is fantastic and has been out for a while so all the teething problems would have been worked out of it if there were any with the latest drivers and firmware updates. The DeathAdder sort of is or sort of used to be the staple of gaming mice.
Right now have the deathadder and I like it since its comfortable for my hand
Also had the Microsoft sidewinder which was a good mouse
Been looking at the Razer mamba though lately.
im using a deathadder + goliathus control, havnt play competitive fps in 4 years though.
I went from a g5 -> g9 with a steelseries cloth mouse pad for FPS. And a filco tenkeyless w/cherry blacks.
Im using a G9x with razer scarab mousepad. Very slippery, and im very satisfied.
I had G5 before this and mx518 before that. Also tried Mx revolution, it was quite nice exept for the wireless bit :p
I must say i like my setup alot, G9x with razer scarab and g110 keyboard :)
I'm still using a Logitech MX510, will probably keep using it till it croaks. Also the pad I'm using is a ratpadz, very solid mouse pad.
By the way, I forgot to say that I use a Razer Goliathus mat. Three actually: two medium and one large :D (yes, three, it's a long story).Quote:
Originally Posted by SabreWulf69
I'd like to try a Razer keyboard, but they don't make Spanish layouts with letter Ñ.
The next time I look for a mouse I'll have a look at Razer mice.
G9 :up: to cyborg R.A.T. 7 :up::up: with Razer Goliathus Control Mat
So I see a lot of people use PTE mice, how do you cope with Z-axis issue while you play? Do you lift your mouse?
I'd say it still is. The mouse is really praised, so I'm more concerned about subjective sense of comfort as from the technical standpoint it has been tried&tested.Quote:
Originally Posted by SabreWulf69
Razer Mumba With Razer Mouse Matt
G15 Keyboard
Do love the feel of the Razer products
Fits the palm perfectly :-) A review of the original one --> http://www.extremetech.com/computing...ng-mouse-yet/2Quote:
Originally Posted by Erklat
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The new one is the same except for upgraded internals (better and higher DPI 'laser'), there is also a lefty version, a Mac version and several special edition versions I believe. It's good to have choices.Quote:
Pros: Excellent ergonomics, great drivers, Vista support, lights can be turned off, fantastic tracking precision and sensitivity.
Cons: Some gamers like more than five buttons.
You know, ive used just about everything. I played competetive CS for years, was an active raiding member in WoW, and co-owned a LAN center with my dad. In all that time i have tried out quite a few mice, andi have to say that i thin logitech makes the best all around mouse on the market today. The mx300 was fantastic (ive owned like 6 of them) and the new stuff is just great. I have owned just 1 razer mouse, and it died a most irritatng death after about 4months of raiding. Maybe it was just the luck of the draw, but i dont think that lachesis was worth the mony.
As of right now im used a million year old mx300 that still works just fine, but when i pull the trigger on a new box later this year i am seriously wanting to try out a rat7. Or maybe just stick with logitech and grab an mx518 :)
Genius 535 Agama -> Razer Lachesis -> Logitech G9 -> Logitech G9x (current) on a Razer Destructor
Switched to a Death Adder from my SteelSeries Ikari when it started doubleclicking, i like both mice a lot. Didnt use a mousepad at all (laminate desk) for the longest time, now using a cheap gigabyte ghost cloth mousepad, very good for the price. I needed one because I'm switching to a desk with a clear top.
I don`t play much Quake these days but when I did I always used a simple ambidextrous 3 button mouse, definitely a proper middle button though - not a wheel. Wheels suck for gaming imo. Tried plenty of fancy mice but the extra buittons always slowed me down.
A cheapo Microsoft branded optical. I could be wrong but I believe there is not much difference between a good cheap optical and a very expensive gamer mouse. I have only used cheap optical mice, so I hold my hands up and admit of my ignorance regarding comparison. Still I can own ass in TF2 with my £8.00/$12 mouse.
I really think comfort is the issue and not CPI at least when beyond 2000, and at >=2000CPI the mat (friction) is more important imho.
I'm still using the mx518 as well. I just haven't seen a reason to upgrade from it.
Mad respect for the Logitech G5 here. I own three at the moment. I use one at work and one at home and keep one more as a spare/travel. The travel one is a first-gen model while the other two are the blue second-gen G5s. I just hope they don't die on me.
Before the G5 I had a Logitech MouseMan Dual Optical which I loved. It got demoted to bench/spare duty, but it eventually started to develop tracking issues. Before that I used Logitech's first optical mouse. I used it until the dual opticals came out. Back then you still had to deal with the very real problem of moving too fast causing the mouse to lose tracking and put your cursor straight up or down, and that's bad when you're a CS player (which I was at the time).
currently using the deathadder, had the G5 but one of my friends "borrowed" it for a lan and I haven't seen him since lol
the Mamba looks pretty sick, but the DPI is insane, maybe if i had a surround setup it would be useful
MX510 -> MX518 -> G9x
Ratpadz GS
Steelseries Qck
Ratpadz XT
Just recently retired my MX518 so I'm just getting used to the G9x, everything is good so far with the g9 except the tough to press wheel button and the sensitive laser (doesn't like my clothpad too much/loves my hardpad) lol. I wanted to try out the CM Storm since I'm a claw type user, I'll probably get one if the g9 fails on me.