Hello this is the Provoked Prawn and this is a video to compare two interesting MOBA or MMO mice
a Steelseries Aerox 9 wireless and the Razer Naga Pro now I've unboxed and reviewed both
these mice and I'll link to those videos in the description where I'll go into a lot more
depth but in this video I'm going to talk about the various highlights the features the specs
and the things that make them interesting and comparable and the things that I like and don't
like about them now as you can see they're quite different the Steelseries arctic 9 has a honeycomb
design to it a lot of holes whereas the Naga Pro has some swappable faceplates on the side
to give you access to a different level of button customization and a different setup so that you've
got different buttons depending on what you're doing which is actually one of the massive
highlights of it and one of the things that's worth talking about you can see for example I've
swapped out one of the side plates here and now it only has six buttons instead of the mass of other
ones you can get up to 20 buttons on the Naga Pro and the swappable side plates are actually really
easy to change you can see they're held in place with magnets and the system's really intelligent
the house automatically recognizes which ones is using and will switch the settings in synapse to
let you use those and customize them depending on what game you're playing you'll see it also has
a 2.4 gigahertz dongle underneath there as well the Steelseries on the other hand basically has
18 buttons and that's what you've got and that's what you're stuck with however you can see it
is a very nicely designed mouse it has a nice abs matte finish on it with a honeycomb design
which makes it very lightweight I'll talk more about that in a second and it also has
a number of interesting highlights including some nice RGB and overall nice aesthetic you can see
when they're in the same mode in the MMO mobium mouse mode they look quite similar but also quite
different a Naga Pro for example has RGB lighting on its side buttons and on the mouse wheel and on
the logo but not really anywhere else whereas the Steelseries has it's shining through its body and
on the underside but then when you put your hand on top of it you don't really see the lighting
on either of them they're quite a bit different in terms of the specs as well the Razer mouse
also stands out because it has optical switches which is definitely a highlight of this mouse and
something worth keeping in mind it also has up to a potential 150 hours of battery life
Steelseries claims 180 hours but that's over Bluetooth and you can have both 2.4 gigahertz
or Bluetooth connectivity on either mouse however I did find that I was plugging in the Steelseries
mouse a bit more often and that's a bit of a problem however it does have fast charging
via USB-C cable and it's worth keeping that in mind because the Naga Pro uses micro USB
or as a Steelseries Aerox 9 uses USB-C which is more convenient Steelseries has ip54 rated designs
so it will hold up to dust and dirt ingress and it also has golden micro switches which
have a really satisfying click to them but they aren't optical so that's worth bearing in mind
they don't have the optical mechanical setup that Steelseries has used on previous setups so it's a
bit of a shame it does have a USB-C dongle though and a USB-C charging cable and an extender slash
adapter that you can use so you can basically plug USB-C cable into that and the dongle into that
and then the USB a connection into your PC and then you can remove the cable when you want to
and plug it into the mouse for charging the RGB lighting on the mouse also changes to red when it
needs charging which is really convenient because it gives you a glance view of when things are
running low and that's pretty helpful because as I said the battery does run out a little bit faster
uh you can go up to 80 hours is the claim but it really depends on your use how much RGB you have
and what settings you change within Steelseries GG software you can customize and optimize the
battery settings and tweak some of those in order to change the sleep settings or just optimize
the battery overall so you can see there are quite a few differences between both these mice
and what they like to use now the thing that I found with the Steelseries Aerox 9
is it's very lightweight and very comfortable and it has a really nice fit in my hand I really like
the Steelseries Aerox lineup and the aux 9 is no different they are vastly different in terms of
the setup between them though I already said for example that the Naga Pro has micro USB
and you will notice on the underside it has two charging pins so you can pay for an additional
dock that you can get from Razer that you can then dock your mouse in when you're not using
it which means it'll then charge without being plugged in theoretically so when you're not
using it just put it onto the dock and it will then charge up that's obviously very convenient
I also like a lot of the different things about the Naga Pro you can see that it's quite large
for example I said in my review that it's one of the largest Razer mice that I've tried and
also very comfortable for that reason the micro USB may be a bit of a faffin annoyance
but it does have a lot of other things going for it obviously those swappable side plates are nice
you'll notice on the right hand side that has a pinky rest essentially and you can change the
design when you want to I found the Steelseries rx9 was really difficult to use for FPS games
because of the mass of buttons on the side and you'd have the same problem with the Naga Pro
if you play a lot of FPS but also play MMO or MOBA games you might struggle with the x9 and
you would with the Naga Pro with the 12 button side plate too although I do think that the Naga
Pro has larger side buttons than the Aerox 9 and that's worth keeping in mind but they're
both nicely designed the rx9 for example has a bit more of an ergonomic shape to it
but you can obviously swap out the side plates on the Naga Pro for ones with less buttons this one
for example has just six buttons and you'll see there's a bit of a textured grip on the bottom of
this they say this one's recommended for battle royale style games and perhaps for FPS as well
if you demand more buttons on your mouse also a nice satisfying click from the side buttons
and I'm going to leave a clip at the end of the video to compare the sound of the buttons on both
mice just so you can hear the difference between them one of the things I will note now though is
that I found there was a bit of play in the left and right buttons at the back on the Naga Pro it
feels a little bit cheaper in the hand and both mice are sort of comparable in price so
although the Naga Pro offers a lot more basically in terms of specs for example it has a higher DPI
and it also has a higher IPS and other things like that it also has a tad more battery life
and some other interesting highlights obviously including the optical switches and the swappable
side plates I do actually prefer the Steelseries in some ways because of the fit and comfort of
it and the response from the clicks on the left and right switch is more satisfying and
it feels a bit more premium in some ways there are also some hidden elements to the Aerox 9
in that it has left and right click in the mouse wheel which isn't immediately obvious the
other obvious thing about the rx9 is that it is lighter considerably lighter in fact at 89 grams
versus the significantly heavier 117 of the Naga Pro I just want to demonstrate this
hand size so you can see that on about seven and a half inches in length and you can get a
comparison of what that looks like with both mice in my hand as I said I think that the Naga Pro is
quite large and the Steelseries rx9 fits nicely they both sort of sit quite half the desk which
means that they push up nicely into your palm and it's just a comfortable grip especially
for a palm gripper and I found that as really easy access to the side buttons and everything
that you would need you can also see just how my thumb fits in that area and I did say that I
found that the Naga Pros buttons are a bit nicer spread out but you can see that the Steelseries
has a bit of a sort of ergonomic fit to those side buttons and where your thumb goes on them
and the result is a really nice comfort because of it and it's easy to use and easy to access all
those buttons and obviously you can customize all of that within the software now I'm going
to leave you with a sound test be sure to check out the links in the description for the specs
and links to the review to find out more this has been the Provoked Prawn thanks for watching