Top positive review
4 people found this helpful
A higher learning curve, a satisfying experience.
By M. R. Simmons on Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2011
I got this mouse because I wanted a gaming mouse to go with my new gaming keyboard, the Razer Blackwidow Ultimate. Since the keyboard was by Razer, I decided to try a Razer mouse. I settled in on this one because it had the right balance of price and functionality. I was previously using the Logitech M500 mouse, a great mouse but not a gaming mouse. After learning about all the features of this mouse and experimenting with the settings, I can see where this mouse has huge potential for a wide variety of uses. The mouse frustrated me at first, but as I learned more about it my experience and satisfaction with it grew. This mouse is very comfortable in my hand. I use more of a palm/flat style to hold my mouse, and this works well with the shape of the Deathadder. Users who are more claw-style holders may have more of a challenge with this than palm-style users (google mouse grip styles for more information). I like the light-up scroll wheel on the top of the mouse, and the side buttons are nice and large, so they are easy to press. They are also noticeably more smoother than the buttons on the Logitech M500, which are stiffer to press down. The light-up scroll wheel is cool, also the light-up Razer logo on the body of the mouse is a nice 1337 touch. The Deathadder has a braided USB cable and a gold connector to reduce latency. The top of the mouse is made out of a neat rubbery material that has a nice, smooth feeling. Like the other reviewers said, the sides of the mouse and the two side buttons have a shiny plastic finish that can attract finger grease, but I don't mind wiping it off every now and then. The feet of the Deathadder are made of a Teflon material that makes the mouse literally glide across your mousepad! This helps the sensitivity of the mouse and makes its movements smooth. The mouse does come with a bit of a learning curve if you are not used to gaming mice. The Deathadder will work fine with no drivers out of the box, but in order to get the full range of options available you need to go to Razer's website and download the drivers for the mouse. There is also a firmware update there as well. Navigating the Razer website for the correct drivers leaves much to be desired. It is a little tricky to find the correct drivers but after that, installing them is no problem. Once the drivers are installed and you restart, then you have access to the full configuration options for the mouse. This is where things can get a little confusing if you are new to the world of gaming mice. The driver software is not very visually appealing at all--the font is small, boxy, and the whole interface is a very dark and more than a little cramped. But beneath the ugly exterior of the driver software lies the mouse's true potential. Don't get discouraged here. If you take the time to learn what each of the configuration options means, you will find that the mouse has a lot of power in it. I initially did not like the mouse and was getting ready to return it to Amazon because it skipped around on my computer screen a lot (and I did remove the film from the bottom). I couldn't understand why the mouse would not work smoothly, but after I educated myself I found out that the polling rate on the mouse defaulted to 500Mhz, but the normal rate for most mice was 125Mhz. Also, the two USB ports on my computer that were reserved for the keyboard and mouse were USB 1.1. Combined, those two things accounted for the mouse skipping. I created a profile for the mouse with a polling rate of 125Mhz, and adjusted the sensitivity and the acceleration of the mouse, and the skipping problem went away. I also created a faster profile for when I am gaming. Again, this mouse does take a learning curve as far as the configuration goes if you are not into gaming mice. Please don't give up on the mouse until you have put the time it to learn about all the setting options and how they work together. I would have sent back a perfectly fine mouse if I had went with my initial feelings about it. Now I love the fact that this mouse can accommodate a wide variety of uses, from gaming, to everyday web browsing, to even photo editing (with the high DPI settings)! The only two features that this mouse doesn't have that I miss are horizontal scrolling and hyper-scrolling (like my M500). Still, I do give the scroll wheel on this mouse its credit as the clicks on the scroll wheel of the M500 were not as defined due to the unlocking feature of the mouse. Also, on the M500, using the mouse as a button was tricky because actually pushing down the scroll wheel required much more force and was not nearly as crisp as the Deathadder. I am now very happy that I did get this mouse. This was a good place for me to start learning how to improve my game with gaming mice. If you are looking for a mid-range gaming mouse that has some premium features but doesn't break the bank, this is the mouse for you. Just be sure to learn how to use it to its full potential.
Top critical review
11 people found this helpful
Great product with lots of fakes (even from Amazon sellers)
By Matt on Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2016
This product is 4.5 stars, but the fakes like the one I was sent are less than 1 star. I own the actual product that I purchased from a Best Buy in 2012/13 and can do comparisons between my genuine product and the fake one I was sent by BIZBUY INTERNATIONAL. First it arrived in an obviously a fake box which I will include pictures of. - The first sign is that the front of the box does not even match the one from the picture. It is surprising that they didn't even put in effort to try the box art from the picture of the item. Also with a quick google search you can look up the original box art and comparisons against fake ones like the one I received. - The more obvious flaw is the bottom of the box. The bottom should always have a S/N code matching the one found on the Razer product being purchased. If it does not, the product is guaranteed to be a fake like mine. - And obviously to top it off the sides and back of the box do not match the picture or any genuine product picture online. Even though I knew the product was fake I thought I would check it out. I have seen some high quality fakes on eBay before so I thought I would check out the build quality on this one. - The first bad sign was that the plastic packaging on the product didn't correctly line up with the mouse, which is very common in fake mouses. You can go to any local store and check out one of their newer products to see how it should correctly fit. - After opening the packaging I was able to look at the mouse which was covered on only the bottom by some plastic which was also not correct. - More notably though was the poor build quality of the product. the sides that connected the top piece to the base were not even close to being flush. I have included a picture of mine for comparison of how the should line up. This shows that its not only a fake, but a low quality fake which probably means that other internal parts such as the censor were likely cheaply made as well. - Also checking the underside of the mouse I could see that the writing around the censor in the middle was slightly askew. - Looking at the S/N on the bottom you can also tell that it is not correctly lined up and is too big and out of focus. This is less noticeable with the writing underneath it, but is definitely there. - I also decided to check the length of the chord against my mouse as well. From my experience this seems to be one of the parts that is the most common indicator that the product is fake. And while this one was close it was still about 3 inches off what my original mouse had. In closing, remember that this product has been out of production for some time and is not longer created or distributed by Razer. If the company says they got their product from a factory, then it is also obviously a reproduction of the original product. Also be aware that these products can be spoofed to appear as real products on synapse so that is not a good way to check the authenticity. The best way to check is: - Looking at the box and checking that it matches the picture from the item, and matches the pictures you can find online. - The bottom of the box has an S/N code that matches the product inside the box - Checking the product inside. If it looks or feels like poor build quality then it probably is. - Check the underside of the product. Does the S/N number look skewed or out of focus? Does the ring around the censor look off center? - Check the chord length of the product. In my case I had one to compare but measuring out the 7 feet with a tape measure will work as well. I have seen high quality fakes where this is the more obvious tell. Remember that is product is not longer in production, but the demand for Razer products still is so fakes are very common with this product. Luckily, these factories cannot exactly mirror the original items so being vigilant can make sure you do not purchase a fake product from a seller on Amazon.
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