Razer Atheris Ambidextrous Wireless Mouse: 7200 DPI Optical Sensor - 350 Hr Battery Life - USB Wireless Receiver & Bluetooth Connection - Classic Black

I have 2 of these now - one for me and another for a family member. My family member’s mouse jumps around at times and I’m not sure why. Her mouse pad design has lines that may be causing this, but I have the same mouse pad and have had no issues. Otherwise, it’s a great mouse but the battery drains fast if you don’t turn it off when the computer is off.

bought this mouse solely for use with my ipad, but was disappointed to find out that the scroll wheel does not work correctly on it. It works just fine on my computer (which is what its intended for), so Im still giving 5 stars, but just a heads up if youre looking at this for use with an iPad.

In Bluetooth mode, this is a pretty solid little mouse (assuming youre right-handed), but I found the 2.4GHz mode to be basically unusable. The mouse includes a pre-paired 2.4GHz transceiver, but with the mouse not more than 5 feet away from the computer, movement tracking was very sporadic. If I move the mouse in one direction at a constant speed, the mouse cursor stops periodically as if the computers temporarily lost communication with the mouse. This is even more noticeable (and problematic) in 3D games, where navigating your character or the camera with the mouse results in the character/camera lurching in unexpected directions with every other mouse movement. So, just always use the thing in Bluetooth mode, right? Well that only works if your computer is Bluetooth-equipped. I wanted to use this mouse with a desktop that lacks onboard Bluetooth. In order to use the mouse I had to buy a USB Bluetooth adapter (I picked up this one:

Expensive, but worth the price. I can use the dongle on 1 computer and Bluetooth on a 2nd, using the switch underneath the mouse to switch between them. Seemingly no lag, but Im not using it for gaming.

Amazing little portable productivity mouse. It comes with a Bluetooth as well as a 2.4hz wireless dongle, so it makes working on 2 separate computers super easy. It’s also pretty durable, It’s been dropped it multiple times from table height multiple times and came out unscathed. The one drawback is that it’s rather uncomfortable for gaming, but that’s to be expected due to its small size.

Peripheral Support 1. Navigate to the Apple Icon 2. Select System Preferences 3. Click on the Bluetooth icon 4. Turn off Bluetooth 5. Press both side buttons and the DPI button to ensure that the mouse is in pairing mode 6. Turn on Bluetooth 7. Search for Razer Atheris 8. Click on Pair in the Bluetooth menu to pair the device It turns out not reading the manual was my fatal flaw. I contacted Razer support and they guided me through how to pair a bluetooth Atheris on Mac. press both side buttons and DPI button. Now the mouse is working flawlessly on the Mac. With high resolution monitors, high DPI mouse is important as you can navigate the real estate much faster and accurately with high DPI mouse. The combination of high DPI, Bluetooth and 2.4Ghz option along with ergonomics of Razer mouse, this mouse can not be beaten by any other mouse. Only caveat is 350 hour battery life on Alkaline Batteries and that means a lot of AAs in the landfill. But it still is best performance option in the market. The joy of using a Razer mouse on Bluetooth on Mac is very satisfying. I will leave my idiocy below for others who can relate to it. * It no longer skips when paired properly. Skipping on Mac was caused by improper pairing. === Mac, Bluetooth does not work. I have brand new 2016 Mac Pro. When I try to connect over Bluetooth, it gyrates between connect and not connect state and end up in not connected. I bought this specifically for its bluetooth capability for Mac so it is a useless device for me now. With 2 USB-C, 2.4Ghz doggle is useless. Mouse itself is an excellent mouse. It has good weight for my style. Not too light not too heavy. Most of the weight comes from 2xAA batteries which is positioned in sharp V shape. Important stuff. All buttons click with light pressure which is important to me as I click a lot. Scroll wheel also feels light and clicky which is fine with me. I do not like heavy feel the wheel in some fancy mouse as it ends up being a drag on my finger in long run. 2.4Ghz and Bluetooth combo allows a mouse sharing setup between your PC and MAC. Lousy PCs which still doesnt even have a decent Bluetooth driver can use 2.4Ghz and use Bluetooth on Mac. and you can switch between them with a flick of a button on the mouse itself. Good concept and feature set listed convinced me this would have been a perfect mouse for it. Either Razer botched bluetooth implementation or they intentionally made it not work so you will have to use more expensive mouse. If Bluetooth connection, somehow, gets fixed, I will give this a 4 star. Its limited battery life really means this mouse can not be a main mouse. An auxiliary mouse does not deserve 5 star. Update : It skips on Mac. Utterly useless on Mac.

The good: -Mouse looks good and feels good. -Materials seem of good quality. The battery lid is held magnetically which makes it very easy to open and close. - It works very well when connected over 2.4 radio (using the includes wireless usb adapter) The bad -When connected over Bluetooth, it gets extremely laggy and clumsy. I’ve tried reconnecting it, re-installing razer synapse, changing the settings and the dpi sensitivity, all to no avail. -Sometimes it works ok and sometimes as described above, I have not yet figured out what causes this. -The razer synapse software required is very buggy on a mac (no idea how it fairs on a windows system) -No rechargeable battery Conclusion: I was looking for a Bluetooth mouse that I could connect to my touchbar macbook pro easily, hassle free and without occupying any of my usb-c ports. Where it not for the clumsy Bluetooth connection, this mouse would fulfill everything on my list. however, it is very unreliable over Bluetooth and therefore not a very good product for me. Being a razer mouse -razer is a great peripherals company with an excellent track record- I would expect a flawless product. If you plan to use this mouse using the usb adapter, then it should be a good choice for you. note* I’ve read that other users besides me were having similar problems even with apples magic mouse, so part of the problem could be on apple. This review merely states my experience using this mouse on a 2016 15macbook pro. Hope this helps!

Mouse feels good in the hand, battery seems like it will last forever and the dongle for 2.4ghz is super compact. Four stars for the BT connection which is my primary use, it’s better than most but still has some disconnects and times it just randomly stops responding. The adjustable DPI is nice but the razed software to configure is very buggy.

Great wireless mouse for the cost. It is smaller than average, but that is by design. The extra buttons are great for gaming.

I used notebook/portable mouses from Microsoft (specifically some variation on this one https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wireless-Mobile-Mouse-4000/dp/B002DPUUL4/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=microsoft+mouse&qid=1602543672&sr=8-3) for years. That form factor became comfortable (average to slightly above average sized hands) and every mouse Ive used since has felt too big and flat for my hand to rest the way I was used to. But sadly, that mouse itself has become too slow/inaccurate for the work I do as a designer, and the casual gaming I do in my leisure time. This mouse is a bit flatter than that Microsoft mouse, but the build quality is 100x better, and the form factor absolutely works. No problems so far either, Ive heard the dongle can break, but on my setup the dongle goes in, and doesnt need to come out, so Im good! If it breaks, Ill adjust my score!