Razer’s new wireless mouse offers light weight, tasteful look

When you favor a mouse that glides throughout a mousepad—or a glass floor, on this case—with minimal effort, discovering a light-weight, cordless one is an efficient transfer. Light-weight mice are sometimes LED-laden or hole-riddled items that look odd in most settings outdoors of a gaming den. However Razer’s Viper V2 Pro introduced Tuesday is a 2.05-ounce (58 g) wi-fi mouse carrying a muted look that may accommodate extra traditional-looking setups.

Razer is primarily recognized for flashy, snake-clad PCs and peripherals geared toward avid gamers. The Viper 2 Professional, with an optical sensor that helps an adjustable DPI (dots per inch, see extra in our PC mouse terms article) of as much as 30,000 and excessive options like adjustable liftoff distance, can also be geared toward PC avid gamers. However with its muted black or tasteful white design and symmetrical form, you may not discover it at first. Though, recognizing the angular strains underneath the left and right-click buttons and the subtler three-headed snake may present clues.

Nonetheless, there isn’t any RGB emblem, and that took 0.1 ounces (2.7 g) off the mouse’s weight in comparison with its predecessor, the two.61-ounce (74 g) Razer Viper Ultimate, and also will assist preserve battery life. The one actual pop of colour is the sunshine south of the scroll wheel, which signifies which DPI setting you are at present utilizing.

Razer additionally saved some weight by transferring from a inflexible printed circuit board meeting to a inflexible one and altering the first click on buttons. Moreover, the mouse makes use of a battery that Razer claims is lighter and extra environment friendly, making it 0.09 ounces (2.6 g) lighter than the Viper Final and carrying an 80-hour, relatively than 70-hour, battery life declare.

The brand new mouse additionally would not have built-in aspect grips because the prior mannequin does. The grips shave 0.13 ounces (3.7 g) off the mouse and supply extra choices. For instance, you can decide to make use of Razer’s individually bought grip tape on one aspect of the mouse or add a rubbery texture to the first buttons.

Nonetheless, grip tape can put on off and go away a sticky mess. And in case your fingers are likely to get clammy when mousing round, shedding the built-in aspect grips could also be a downgrade.

The Viper V2 Professional solely has two aspect buttons (each on the left aspect), whereas the Viper Final has 4 (two on all sides). Fewer aspect buttons save the Professional 0.1 ounces (2.9 g) however preclude it from being ambidextrous. That is unlucky, contemplating the disappointingly small variety of left-handed wi-fi mice out there.

However having aspect buttons on each side of the mouse could make all of the aspect buttons laborious to make use of. One workaround is to make the aspect buttons user-removable, just like the Logitech G Pro Wireless. However Razer takes neither route, outrightly calling this a right-handed mouse.

Razer made a extra apparent good transfer by upgrading to USB-C charging. The Viper V2 Professional additionally makes use of a 2.4 GHz wi-fi USB-A dongle. The shortage of Bluetooth could also be a deal-breaker for workplace staff brief on ports or moved to one of many many ultralight laptops that do not have USB-A.

For folks looking for a wi-fi mouse that touts excessive gaming specs and people looking for a chargeable mouse for work that is extra superior than it seems, the $150 Viper V2 Pro is an intriguing choice.

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