Speaker 1: [00:00:00] Hello, this is the Provoked Prawn, and this is a video to compare two premium
wireless game in mice from Razer, the Razer Viper Ultimate seen here in all its subtle glory and
the Razer Basilisk Ultimate. Now, I've unboxed and reviewed both these mice separately, and I'll link
to these videos in the description. But here I'm going to talk to you about the differences between
the two, what I like and don't like about them and why they're interesting. Now, these are two very
comparable mice in terms of specs. They both have 20000 DPI, 650 IPS, 50 G's of acceleration and
loads and loads of battery life. The Razer Viper Ultimate seen here has up to 70 hours of battery
life. And this is an ambidextrous mouse, which, as you will see, will work with both left and right
handed gamers, and it's also available to purchase with the charging dock. So note that you see it
has a little charging dock. More on that in a minute. It comes with Razer's hyperspeed wireless
dongle, as well as a speed flex cable. It has eight programable buttons, which includes buttons
on both sides of the mouse. And you can also get more out of that at software level thanks to
Razer's hyper shift technology, which I'll going to be a bit more depth on in the review. It has a
DPI button on the underside, which I really don't like but otherwise it's an understated design,
very comfortable and really nicely set up. The charging dock is almost certainly a bonus for a
wireless gaming mouse because it means as long as you remember to dock it when you're not using it,
you no longer need to worry about plugging it in, which is really nice because that means you don't
have the faff of plugging in for charging. You can just drop it onto these pins, there's some pins
for connectivity on the underside of the mouse and on top of the charging dock. It also works
as an extender for the range because you can plug the dongle into it. So that means you only need to
use one USB port on your PC, which is obviously a bonus. You'll see some decent slick feet on
the underside as well. But one downside might be that micro USB cable, which I know annoys a lot of
people nowadays. It comes in at 74 grams. So it's not exactly light weight, but it is lighter than
the Razer Basilisk Ultimate, which weighs in at 107 grams, which they say is a mid-weight design,
that's significantly heavier than other wireless lightweight game in mice I've reviewed, including
the SteelSeries Aerox 3, the SteelSeries Prime and the Glorious Model O, but it isn't the end
of the world for either of these mice because they're still very slick, accurate and agile.
Now you'll see on the bottom of the Viper Ultimate you'll notice when you're plugging
in the charging cable, it actually has marked top so you don't get it the wrong way around.
It is slightly designed with a sort of run on it as well. So when you plug it in,
you'll find its slots in there a bit fiddly. That would be nice if it had USB-C.
Now you'll note that the Viper Ultimate has textured grips on either side as well as two
buttons on either side as well on the side. One thing that I found with it, though,
is though it's a nice fit in the hand, I do feel that those side buttons are a bit too recessed
and not terribly easy to press. On the underside you have a dock for your 2.4 gigahertz dongle when
not in use. So you have access to this and you can also plug it into the charging base station
and then increase the range on that or at least have it in a more convenient place. So it's right
on your desk when you need it, as is the cable, which means you don't need to plug in two things
into your PC, which is definitely a bonus. One thing I did find with this charging dock, though,
is it is a bit fiddly to get the mouse onto, it takes a bit of practice to learn how to do it.
I found that is just a bit of a pain to dock. Now the Razer Basilisk Ultimate is obviously
on the face of it, quite a different looking mouse. This mouse has eleven programable buttons
and a different shape to it. It's designed for right handed gamers and it has a much
more sort of angry look to. It also has other differences, including multiple RGB lighting zones
that the Viper Ultimate does not. It has fourteen customizable lighting zones
and also has more battery life, it has up to one hundred hours of battery life.
You'll notice the large PTFE feet on the underside as well as that the 2.4 gigahertz wireless dongle
that's also accessible there in much the same way. So it's tucked away down there too. Now you have
eleven programable buttons on this at hardware level and you also have the ability to adjust
more within Razer synapse software so you can add in that hyper shift for even more button presses.
On the face of it, the Basilisk Ultimate is definitely the better looking of the two mice
and perhaps more interesting, you have simple things like left and right click
on the mouse wheel, for example. But there's also a paddle that you can add in here,
it's a multifunction paddle and clips into the front, has a really interesting feel to it
in the way it presses and actuates. And I find it really interesting and delightful. Also unusual.
What isn't unusual is the floppy cable design from Razer. That's basically the same on both mice, you
have that micro-USB connection. Now, if you don't purchase the one with the charging dongle you do
get this little extender dongle that you can put on the desk . Micro-USB cable plugs into that and
then you can plug the USB dongle into that. And obviously you can then remove it from there and
plug it into the mouse when it needs charging. I would recommend springing for the one with the
charging dock though because it makes things a lot more convenient. Now a little bit of a talk about
which is my favorite. The Razer Viper Ultimate is interesting, obviously, because it's ambidextrous.
And so you have nice texture grips on both sides and these buttons on either side as well. So it
gives a lot of flexibility in terms of the buttons setup, now usually with ambidextrous mice you have
a problem where you might accidentally actuate these side buttons when you don't mean to.
That's one thing I didn't find I did with this mouse, which is certainly good. What I did find
is these buttons just don't stick out enough from the side so they're not easy to press and feel
when you need to. Otherwise, though, the mouse is really nice, the mouse wheel is quite satisfying,
has some good action to it and nice textured finish. The buttons also have good response.
Both these mice have optical mouse switches, which means they actuate really fast and accurately and
should hold up over time and give a much better resilience versus your traditional mechanical
switches. And so that sounds really good there. Obviously this mouse is a nice symmetrical
ergonomic shape to it. Well, personally, I prefer the Razer Basilisk Ultimate, which I think is the
better looking mouse, but more importantly, a better for a right-handed gamer. I really like
the thumb rest, for example. The Basilisk also wins for a number of other simple reasons. It
has a lot more programable buttons. So you don't have buttons on both sides. You obviously have the
paddle. You also have left and right click in the mouse wheel that you can see here. So you have a
lot more flexibility in terms of that. And there's a DPI up and down button behind the mouse wheel so
you can change those independently as well. Once you throw in hypershift into either of these mice,
you can then obviously access a lot more potential programmability as well.
Another thing that's interesting about the Basilisk Ultimate is the resistance will
adjustment. So on the underside, you'll see there's a tiny little wheel. If you roll back
in one direction or the other, it will adjust the feedback that you get from the mouse wheel,
so it'll give you more or less resistance. This is quite similar to the Logitech G502 Lightspeed,
which has the design on there for basically infinite scroll on the mouse wheel, it just spins
and spins. This is ever so slightly different because what it does is adjust the resistance.
You're getting some feedback from tactility and sort of the speed at which you can move that mouse
wheel around. It's a nice little quirk and quite unusual, also to get some good feedback from that.
But you also have that side to side action so there's loads of programmability in this.
And I just prefer the overall comfort of the Basilisk Ultimate and the setup of it.
Considering they both have very similar specs the Basilisk Ultimate is a more sensible choice
in my mind. Plus there's a satisfying paddle button and the switch that up and the enhanced
RGB lighting as much superior RGB light. You see the strip down the side, below the side buttons,
that's adjustable in various different zones and obviously it works with Razer's Chroma software as
well. So you can even get it to match up with a charging dock, which also has some Chroma
RGB lighting on the bottom. However, there's no denying the Viper Ultimate is a fantastic mouse.
It doesn't quite have the specs of the Viper 8K, which is also worth looking at,
but they're both great. And I really like the addition of the charging dock, although it can
be a little fiddly until you get used to it. Hopefully you found this video useful. Let me
know in the comments if you got any questions and be sure to check out the in-depth reviews where I
go to in a bit more detail on things like the software controls and such. Otherwise,
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