Razer Mamba
Update (Jan 23, 2011) :: So several months ago the mouse optics just up and quit.. Everything else worked, but slowly over the course of a couple days the optics got less and less responsive and then finally stopped all together.. I had put the mouse in the closet on the shelf which is generally where hardware goes to die at my house.. Today I went in there to do some cleaning and putter around only to find that the mouse battery cover had been forced off by a battery that had swelled to more than double its original size!!
My opinion on this thing is back to “avoid at all costs”.. The level of support being what it was and the number of other folks who have similar issues tells me that this thing sucks bad. Add to that the random deaths, the number of folks who have similar optical issues, the battery swelling issue, the very short battery life and it’s inability to work on some surfaces… yeah.. don’t buy this mouse.
Update (Nov 1, 2009) :: After all is said and done, I have the mouse back from Razer and it is working as I think it should. It doesn’t do the sleep-death thing it was doing previously which implies to me that the old firmware was horribly buggy and the newer firmware is required for sure.. That was the number one issue previously and it appears to be resolved.. The Razer management team that I dealt with were nothing but professional and courteous though I am still concerned about the “standard” support they are providing as those folks didn’t give anywhere near the level of support that I got directly from the president and his main man (of course).. My over all opinion on the device itself has gone from “avoid at all costs” to, “okay its not bad so long as you get the most recent version”. I still find myself occasionally using the G7 which I still find telling but I am not sworn off Razer products as I was previously.. And no they didn’t pay me or make me say these things..
Now on to the original post :: I was pretty frustrated and angry when I initially wrote this. The tone is a lot harsher than it should be and for that I apologize, but the message is still basically what I want it to be..
As I have said previously, I’m a pretty hard core Logitech fan. I use a lot of their hardware, and am always very happy with it.. I have used several Logitech mice in my day (corded and cordless) and up until fairly recently was using a Logitech G7. The G7 is one of their cordless gaming mice and I have used it for a while. I really like it, it’s a wonderful mouse and I highly recommend it. My only complaint being that I wish it had 2 thumb buttons instead of one.. that was it.. my only complaint.. I managed to break the mouse wheel on mine though due to my own stupidity and being a bit rough with it, so it was time to replace it..
A buddy of mine has a Razer mouse and loves it, so when I was at the store and saw the Ferrari of the Razer mouse line; the Mamba wireless gaming mouse — I went ahead and picked it up..
At $129.99 I expected this thing to perform like no other.. In fact, at twice the cost of my Logitech G7, I expected it to perform twice as well.. It came in a really nice box, with a lot of high and mighty claims on the box so I was thinking I had a winner..
Let me be clear here – this mouse is the biggest piece of shit, I have ever.. and I mean.. EVER used..
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So there are a lot of people, some famous, trying to get you to buy gold.. While I was in the car dealership the other day in the waiting area they had the TV playing and there was something like 10 different gold resellers trying to convince us that NOW is the time to buy gold .. “Cause the economy sucks”, “Gold is always valuable”, “I’m really famous do what I say.. “ etc..
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