- Is it any surprise that a $250 gaming mouse
is one of the best mice I've ever used?
Well, that's the case, so today I'm going to tell you
why I love the Razer Hyper Mamba Flux.
Stay tuned.
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Okay, so I know what you're wondering.
How the heck does a mouse cost $250?
Well, to be honest, Razer's not out of their mind here.
Logitech did it first.
Yes, they had the G903, which does not cost $250,
but when you throw in its optional power mat,
all of a sudden it costs that price.
And that's kind of what's going on here.
Let's first talk about the mouse itself.
So the Razer Mamba mouse has been around for many years
and this is the updated version.
We are talking a 5G optical sensor, as the 3360
used on a lot of gaming mice and it's very popular,
and it's great for those of you who hate lasers.
It also has 16,000 DPI, which is absolutely insane.
I suppose if you have an 8K monitor though,
it may actually help.
Luckily you can adjust that on the fly,
which is nice to have.
You also get that 1,000 Hz ultrapolling,
which is a buzzword, of course.
It just means that the mouse updates very quickly.
All these things are pretty normal
for high-end gaming mice, and it's great to see it here.
That's not what makes this mouse, though, cost $250.
It's the fact that it's completely wireless.
Again, you probably just rolled your eyes.
Why is that a big deal?
This mouse doesn't have any batteries involved whatsoever.
There's no recharging.
Instead there's a little system inside
that works with inductive charging.
That's where the Firefly mat becomes involved.
So this mat works with inductive charging.
If you've ever used a smartphone with Qi wireless,
it's not the same technology but it's very similar to it.
So you just place the mouse on this mat
and it will wirelessly charge.
Once you get used to a wireless gaming mouse
that you never have to recharge,
it's a very liberating experience.
Most wireless mice don't get into the 16,000 DPI
and the 1,000 Hz polling,
because it would actually drain the battery so quickly,
you'd be recharging the battery every day or so.
Luckily, with this system you don't need to do that.
And the difference between this and the G903
is the G903 can hold a charge for a few days,
where this literally holds a charge for about 30 seconds.
If you pull it off the mat, it will go dead.
So again, you're probably wondering why would they do that?
And the reason is because this mouse is so light.
It's 96 grams, and that means it feels hollow.
It feels like a dummy mouse,
and the reason a lot of people like that is for gaming.
Razer actually interviewed a lot of gamers for this mouse,
and they said they want a very light one
for first person shooters, and that's what you get here.
It's not all bad news.
If you want to use this mouse, say, on the road,
you can just plug in the micro USB cable directly to it,
and use as a wired high-end gaming mouse.
So let's give a quick tour of the Razer Mamba.
You can see you have a couple buttons here,
forward and back.
These are programmable, of course.
You also have a profile button, to switch between profiles,
which is all synced with Razer Synapse.
You also have some buttons on top here
that can be used for changing DPI on the fly,
and of course a scroll wheel, which is a clicky type.
It's not adjustable, though, so it's just going to be fixed.
There's also the very familiar Razer Chroma,
so this all lights up, all controllable through
Razer Synapse 3 Beta, which is what this supports.
You even have a little On light there.
Very cool stuff, and I love the design a lot,
specifically this rubber mesh here on the sides.
It's one of the unique designs that Razer's been using
on all their modern mice,
and it just feels really comfortable.
The clicking is also pretty good,
not too loud, not too soft,
and just has a really nice feel to it.
When it comes to the trackpad, nothing too shocking here.
It is very large, very good for gamers.
It does plug in through micro USB to your PC,
and it has a little light of course,
telling you that it's on, and it is dual-sided
so you pick this up and switch between the sides.
One is going to be a hard sort of plastic
for those of you who want a hard surface.
The other one is more of a cloth side.
I really like this design as it gives people a lot of choice
and just fits in very nicely.
Finally, I should mention
that Razer put some Chroma lighting
on the edge of the mouse pad.
It's very unique in the sense of
mouse pads typically don't have that.
It is completely configurable through Razer Synapse 3.
You can even turn it off or control the brightness
and set the patterns.
I like it a lot, I don't think it's
very gaudy-looking at all, which is sort of surprising,
but it looks very tasteful.
All right, so the Razer Mamba HyperFlux, it's $250.
I know a lot of you can't afford that
and that's totally fine.
After all, a lot of this is like the surface stuff
where it's just super expensive.
Having said that, assuming it doesn't cost $250,
is it a good experience?
Yeah, I actually really love this thing,
specifically the ergonomics.
It's one of the most comfortable mice I've used.
It's very light, but I like the clicking of it.
I like the way it feels in the hand,
the way it wraps around.
Now if you're a sort of claw user,
you're probably not going to like it too much.
If you're a person who rests the palm on it,
it's just a very comfortable mouse.
I love not having wires.
More importantly, I love not having to worry about
charging something all the time.
So it's just a really good thing,
and if you, of course, play video games
it's a good experience.
Now I don't want to say everything is perfect
with this mouse.
Razer has quite a few mice on the market,
including the Razer Basilisk,
I believe I'm pronouncing that correctly,
which I reviewed recently.
What's cool about that mouse, it has an extra trigger on it.
It's configurable, and it's really good
for first person shooters.
That's not on this mouse.
I would have loved to have that option there as well.
And there's also not a configurable scroll wheel,
something else they've done before, too.
And I would have think for this price tag
it would have been kind of cool to have that built in.
And then there's the fact it is super light.
It's only 96 grams, and that's really good,
but why not maybe add some weights in there as an option?
Lenovo has a cool gaming mouse
where it has little fishing weights in it,
where you can put them in and set the weight you want.
I think that would have been a nice option, too,
for this price tag.
Putting all that aside, this is my go-to mouse
and I'm going to give it a high recommendation
if you can afford it, which of course is a big question.
But if you can splurge, definitely go for this one.
So there's a quick look at the Razer Mamba HyperFlux.
It's available now from Amazon and razer.com.
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Take care, everybody.
You're getting the Razer Mamba,
which is a legendary, almost mm gaming, eh.
(bleep), what was I going to say?
Oh, come on Dan.
Let me do that again.
Just pause that.