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

Really nice mouse, Ive used razor products before and a lot of their mice were too big and bulky or felt odd in my hands. This one is perfect it’s small, it’s light and the batteries last forever. On top of that it doesn’t have all those fancy rgb lights on it Which is awesome, I just wanted a basic fast precise gaming mouse and for the price you really can’t beat it. 10/10

I bought this mouse about a year ago (back in August 2019) because I didnt like the feeling of a wired mouse with the cord all dangling along. When I first got this mouse I was initially very impressed. I use this for both my mac (for when I do work) and PC (for gaming). For everyday stuff, there really shouldnt be anything that should affect what Im doing: Browsing the internet, working, clicking on files. This mouse stutters a lot, which is particularly annoying when I game, but just for when I want to click on a file, its an extra level of precision I have and fixing I have to do mentally to just open a code file. It doesnt seem like all that much, but those moments add up. The other thing that Ive noticed (more with my mac than my PC) is the random double clicking. Ill be clicking on a folder normal double clicking, but the mouse would register it as opening the folder and the first file that you click on. Also again, this is little, but having to adjust my work with my mouse is incredibly annoying. For gaming, the ability to change the sensitivity is cool. Im pretty casual so I never need anything beyond 7200 (which I never understood how even that setting makes sense to people). So its cool... when it works. The stutter is bad when youre just doing basic computer stuff. Now 2x that. Bluetooth or dongle its all that same. Every deathmatch round for whatever game Im playing Ive had to readjust or fix something. Again, very annoying and at times could cost you a game. Overall, when it works, its pretty smooth. However there are some pretty critical flaws that could disturb you in your work and when you game.

Overall not a bad little mouse, but thats exactly what it is: a LITTLE mouse. Its actually pretty snappy. I use it as a Bluetooth mouse, but I like the ability to use the 2.4GHz dongle stored under the top. So far my only complaint is how tiny the thing is.

This mouse is pretty nice for what it is and at what the price its at. Ive found that the mouse is a bit on the small side for my hand but it gets the job done. Its best to plug this into a USB 3.0 port as I have found some problems with using it through a USB 2 port. Customization with Synapse is pretty nice and gives me the option to remap any of the buttons on the mouse.

the battery life is awesome, i use bluetooth and the dongle both and have no issues. the only thing is that this is smaller than a normal mouse, that can either be a pro or a con. it can be programmed thru razer snyapse and that is a plus for me.

Absolutely love this mouse! It is definitely a bit smaller than your standard mouse and that made me nervous, especially since I have bigger hands - but I quickly got used to it and after a few hours it was more comfortable than my previous mouse which was more average in size. The AA batteries give it a nice weight and the click although not silent, is very satisfying and feels well built. I also enjoy the scroll wheel as it has a solid texture and is easy to be precise when scrolling. Very clean design and look.

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.

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!

This may be the best travel mouse I have ever used. Heavy, solid, pairs easily and never drops connection with either the wifi or BT. Its weight is primarily affected by the 2 AA batteries carried internally. Some opinions on weight: If you game or do basic office work, you will never be more accurate than with a heavy mouse than with a light one. Why? It simply gives your brain a starting point and allows you to calculate an exact end point because you have a known weight with which you are moving allowing you to end up in the exact location that you intend to be at the final destination. Headshots are much easier with such a tool. There is one advantage with a light mouse however in that you will move much more quickly from the start but you will trade accuracy as a result for that twitch factor, so take your pick. Lets just say you will never be accused of cheating if you use a light mouse because your movements will be more erratic and far less accurate. In addition, if you game with a light mouse, expect to hate the transition to a heavy mouse for a while until you get used to it. Only when you start seeing some of the incredible shots you pull off will you start to appreciate it. Pros: -Heavy; -Solid construction; -Smooth accurate glide surface; -Easy to pair with solid non-dropping connections; -Works equally well on Linux as it does on Windows without hunting for drivers. -Includes both wireless and BT so it works on anything; -Very comfortable fit for a small mouse. Cons: -You will hate this mouse if you have big hands so dont buy it; -You wont like it if you prefer a light mouse; -Razer software wants to link to a real person / email address before you can use it. I have not tried to load it yet so I dont know if the current version is still doing that but it is almost a guarantee; -Marketing preys on Consumers who dont understand DPI and I hate that about mice manufacturers as they all do it these days. I better elaborate on the last one. DPI on this mouse is an astronomical 7200 DPI (note this is not the industry highest either). What does that mean exactly? Well, it stands for Dots Per Inch. To put that into perspective on why you really dont need it, you might first want to understand that mice that were 600 DPI back in the 90s and 2000s and they still work perfectly fine and were like that for years. That is all you could ever buy until Razer changed that game with a product called the Boomslang mouse. Matter of fact, I think I still have a Boomslang around here somewhere, but this is off subject and you can probably read that history yourself. To make this easy, DPI of 7200 means in exactly 1 inch of travel, your mouse has the resolution to move 7200 dots worth of travel. This is simple enough. Now lets analyze your monitor. The majority of monitors are still 1080p which means you have 1920 dots across. If you do a literal translation of this mouse to your desktop screen at 7200 DPI, that means your mouse would traverse from left to right of your entire screen 3.75x is the space of 1 inch. If we were moving vertically, you would traverse the entire screen 6.67x!!! Even if you have a modern 4K monitor, 1 inch of travel would mean you would still be traversing the monitor nearly 2 times! If you are starting to visualize this, this mouse would be pretty much unusable if it were not dampened by software and no longer running at its native resolution. When razer released its Boomslang way back when, if you didnt dampen its 2,000 DPI, it was already unusable right out of the box. These days, it seems to be expected that manufacturers are doing this and Windows will dampen it right out of the box for you. Lets just say while your mouse may be 7200 DPI capable, you are not really using that capability. The point of all this is simple... Marketing hype for these super high resolutions is just that, hype. You are not going to be a better gamer if this thing was 2,000 DPI or 20,000 DPI. You cannot possibly use these resolutions effectively. With that said, the way the mouse feels and moves physically means everything and that is what will win the day, and boy does this mouse feel right when moving it. I hope all this makes sense. What I have not tried: I have not loaded the Razer software which allows you to tweak the mouse like polling rate and DPI. I might load it to check out what the latest tools looks like but there is no need to load anything special to make this mouse work and I likely wont use the tools after the initial look. Update 1/19/19: Mouse has a major con.... My wife liked it so much she took it. Just had to buy another one to replace it. In the approximately year I have owned it, I have never had a single disconnect / dropped signal as mentioned here by other reviewers. My only thought is that there is a problem with the bluetooth on their laptop, a problem with drivers on their laptop, the mouse entered some sort of sleep state which it will do after a certain amount of inactivity, or they got a bad mouse. Note that I have never used the official Razer drivers either so it could be a problem with Rzer software that I am not aware of.

The laser is perfectly centered on the mouse, how all laser mice should be. Perfect size for travel with a laptop. Smaller than your typical mouse without feeling unfamiliar. It’s got Bluetooth so you don’t have to take up a usb port. It takes batteries, so you don’t have to worry about charging it and the built in battery dying over time. This mouse will last as long as I take care of it and the left click eventually wears out. I would pay double this price, I was actually surprised at how cheap it is, considering it checks all the boxes and has no real downsides.