"Congratulations - there's no turning back. You are now officially part of the Cult of Razer".

Bought the new version of DeathAdder, and this was in the package. :D

EDIT: Woa, my hand feels reborn. This is way more comfortable than my previous Razer, the Copperhead.

So, how is it? :)
Really as good as they say?

(I have Arctosa, it's really good)

DeathAdders are *amazing*. :D I have had one for about a year or so now and love it to pieces. I'll probably end up buying a backup one eventually for if ever this one decides to die on me. :3

DPIs and ergonomics...bah. I have a cheapo logitech and it works just fine.....now lemme just find my claw lotion. It was here before....

It seemed somewhat large at first, but after using it for a few dozen minutes, my hand is very happy. :) A major improvement from my previous mouse.

One little negative thing is that you can't change the speed of the mouse on the fly, you have to go to its control panel. Copperhead had two additional buttons for changing the speed up and down, this one doesn't have (by default).

But it does have two buttons that I can program for speed change if I'm not using them for the game.

Its worth spending the £40-80 on a decent mouse and mouse mat. I used to use cheapo mice thinking the difference couldn't really be that great. Man was I wrong. I'm still not convinced on gaming keyboards other then possible macro features.

IMO the fancy mice are for those who want a better feel(I'm used to cheapo mice...i'd rather not pay big bucks for a better grip) or more buttons(I like using the keyboard for most commands.).

Most definitely, at least in comparison with the Copperhead, which is for both hands. This one's DPI is 3500.

Razer have the Mamba, which has a DPI of 5600, but it costs more than the double of what I paid for the DeathAdder, so it was out of my budget so I didn't get it.

Best thing about Mamba (besides the DPI) is the ability to run the mouse in dual mode, wired or wireless (I think it can be changed on the fly, you just plug in the wire and it becomes wired).

This was my only real complaint with it at first too. The mouse is technically rather gigantic so I have to drape my whole hand over it. :P You get pretty used to it though. Those side buttons I personally don't use in gaming, but I do find them rather nice to control web browsers' forward and back buttons. :)

Its not just for feel, they really do improve your game. They allow much finer adjustments then cheapo mice and are smoother when aiming at things. Also with really high dpi you can throw your sensitivty up really high so you can 180 within and inch or two of mouse movement and still make those precise shots at long range. Not a big fan of wireless, I would probably stick with wired regardless.

Thats kind of what I'm worried about with the bigger mice. I keep my wrist on the mouse pad and move the mouse about in my hand without having to move my entire arm. Can you still do that with a deathadder?

I'm still happy with my aiming/gaming and see no need to get obsessive over a bit of extra performance.

Testing... At 3500 DPI you barely need to move your hand. At 1800 DPI it requires some movement, but not much. At 900, it requires some more movement, but it still its not much to bother you (movement of your hand, not the arm). At 450 DPI, which I doubt anybody uses it for gaming, you will probably need to move your arm.

Mind you, I have a 17" screen, and my arm stayed still except on 450 DPI (I could still move around the screen without moving my arm, but not with much comfort or functionality).

I am a claw user. There are very few "performance mice" designed with me in mind, and so I continue to use my $5 generic three-button mouse.

:brofist:

3 buttons ftw.