
The only reason I put up with it is because as I said deathadder fits my hand the best. I basically have to buy a new mouse every two years. basically in my opinion razer build quality is crap.

All of my razer mice without a single exception had scroll wheel loosen up after 6 months to a year. The Diamondbacks and Copperheads had semi-transparent silicone gasket between top and bottom half of the mouse to help with the grip, that gasket was also lit up by the LEDs for added bling, well, in all of my Diamondbacks and Copperheads that silicone gasket started to "melt" after a year or so of use - it became sticky every time I touched it, I have to presume it was from the extra heat that LEDs were putting out. All of them without fail showed rubber coating disintegration after 1.5-2 years.
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Disabling those LEDs improved the temperature significantly, however that requires installing the drivers and with the recent Razer drivers moving setting to the "cloud" and having really loose privacy policy I would never install them (but that's another issue). All of them felt really warm to the touch after long gaming sessions, most likely because razer insists on the blingy LEDs and the additional heat from those LEDs contributed to the heat build up. To be truthful they did not die, they just because gross to the point where I felt I needed a new mouse. I have had multiple Razer Diamondbacks, copperheads, deathadders, and they all "went out" with the same symptoms. The only thing I can tell you about razer mice is that they do not last. So I really cannot recommend you a mouse. However, it will be different for different people. In the end I have not found a mouse that fits my hand better than deathadder. I have tried the Logitech MX518 (I think) and G9v1. Are you using your fingertips, are you gripping the entire mouse, or a combination in between? I bought Razer imperator and I have had to return it because one, the cursor always jumped when I lifted and repositioned the mouse, a known problem for that mouse, and because two, I could never get the cursor to move horizonally when I moved the mouse left to right, you see the most comfortable way for me to grip the Imperator was a little sideways/slanted, so obviously when I moved my mouse left to right the cursor moved up when I moved the mouse right and it moved down when I moved it left. How you grip the mouse also affects how the cursor moves. I have had to give away Razer Lachesis because I simply couldn't get a comfortable grip. Most important is how mouse fits in your hand and how you use it. I've tried a bunch of mice at the time trying to get competetive advantage, but to be honest I cannot really advise you anything except trying mice yourself.

I never played in the tournaments, thank god, but I was good enough to be invited to various clans/competitions. Supposedly Razer improved rubber coating on the 2013 edition, but the history is what it is, and in the past deathadders did not live very long.Ĭlick to expand.There was a time in my life when I've played semi-competetively. I'm on my third deathadder and they all "die" in the same exact manner.

After about year and a half the rubber coating starts peeling and the scroll wheel loses its crispness and becomes very loose, so sometimes you can inadvertently change a weapon in game without really meaning it. These mice are pretty much disposable, they never really last me more than 2 years. And I'm sad to say, but I would be hesitant to pay $50 for this mouse. That said previous editions have gotten as low as 39.99 in the past, so it stands to reason that this mouse will go down to 39.99 as well. The last bullet point is personal as the mouse movement will depend on how individual holds the mouse, but for me the deathadder is the only mouse that truly had horizontal panning. Previous Deathadder editions are the only mice that 1) sit well in my hand 2) do not jump erratically when I lift the mouse, and 3) do not move my cursor up/down when I pan my hand left to right which helps with FPS head tracking and all.
