Redragon M901 Gaming Mouse RGB Backlit MMO 18 Macro Programmable Buttons with Weight Tuning Set, 12400 DPI for Windows PC Computer (Wired, White)

Heres some interesting information that the gaming community needs to know about this mouse, coming from someone with far too much knowledge about gaming mice (and partnerships with the companies that make the laser and optical sensors). First and foremost, these Cheap Chinese Mice that get rebranded as MSI, Logitech, and whoever are really the same internals. What it really boils down to are the goodies inside. A mouse is a very simple peripheral that can be put into a few categories, which I will review individually. Switches, Sensor, Driver, Form, Aesthetics, and Other. Switches: This mouse uses really nice Omron switches. When it comes to long-life, good-quality switches, Omron is pretty much the king. Omron makes industrial switches, but also really high performance switches that go into things like gaming mice. These switches have very high precisions of actuation, meaning the amount of force required to press and trigger the switch is very precise. It also means that these mice are going to last through a lot of those games, whether youre playing an FPS or pushing it to the limit in a game like Torchlight. Sensor: There are two reigning champs in sensors. Avago and Philips. Avago makes incredibly good optical sensors and Philips is known best for their dual laser sensors. Both make really great sensors. This mouse has the highest DPI Avago sensor to date, which means that you could crank the DPI to an insane level and have incredibly precise tracking. For things like an FPS, this is pretty important. I want to say that not everyone needs this high DPI. Its just a very nice to have in such a cheap mouse. Driver: Some mice dont have drivers. In fact, most mice are simple HID (Human Interface Devices) and never get anything but a generic driver. So why is there a whole section for drivers? Well it does really matter on a mouse that has a bunch of buttons. These buttons have to be programmed and it matters if this programming is on the mouse or on the computer. Redragon was nice enough to have some onboard storage on the mouse so that when I configure this mouse, I can take it to any computer, plug it in as an HID, and use it with all of my profiles without setting up the driver. Nice! The drivers themselves are really nice, install quickly, save profiles one the mouse, can save them externally, have lots of configuration options. It very will thought out. The RGB lights on the mouse can be custom set, custom DPI modes can be set, every button on the mouse can be rebound to something else. Overall, they did an excellent job and I dont have a single complaint about the drivers. Form: The mouse itself is very ergonomic, whether youre a palm gripper or more of a claw gripper like myself. The side buttons were cleverly formed so that my thumb can press the front ones with the tip and the back ones with the ball. These side buttons, at first, seemed to be a little firmer than I wanted, but I soon realised this was well thought out so that I would not accidentally press buttons or press when I had to grip the mouse to lift it. The entire mouse is coated in a nice textured polymer that gives an excellent grip. It also gives more feedback for when Im touching a button, as opposed to the rest of the mouse since they are different textures. The adjustable weights are a very nice touch. I prefer my mouse to be a bit lighter, so I only have 3 of the weights in. Someone who prefers a heavier mouse or who is used to a wireless mouse may want all of the weights in. This mouse also has side rests for my ring and pinky, which I hope is becoming more of a trend. My last mouse also had this, and Im glad to have another with this form. I do hope theres a lefty version of this mouse, but for someone whos definitely a dedicated righty, its nice to have a mouse that fits my hand for long use. Aesthetics: This mouse does come in a couple colors, which is nice. I chose the Black version, because all of my hardware and bezels are black. The red is a nice touch because it does add a splash of color. Being able to change the center breathing light color is also very nice for indicating special profiles. The Mouse wheel will change color with profiles and overall I really do like the looks of this mouse. Ive never been a huge fan of some mice, namely the R.A.T. and some of the Razer mice, but this one is actually pleasant on my desk. It also has a red braided cable that gives a bit of color all the way back to my computer. Other: There are some things that dont fall into the other categories, so they fall into the other category! The USB plug is a bit large. If its plugging into a laptop, itll stick out pretty far, but its nice that its not going to break off and that its easy to remove. As mentioned before, the cable is braided, which is really nice. Its not a removable cable. Some people call that a con, I count it as a huge pro because I never want my cable detaching mid game. Redragon was nice enough to send replacement teflon feet for the mouse because they assume youre going to game hard and wear them out. It has an 18 month warranty, which is unusual. Its not long or short, its just unusual to be a year and a half. They do make other mice, too! If youre looking at mice, look at their other ones, too, you may find one that suits you more. Ive actually purchased two mice from them because they suit two purposes. One is an MMO mouse and the other is for FPSs. Overall, I couldnt be more pleased with this find. I do highly recommend this and their other mice because theyre really well crafted and well thought out.

Update 7/12/2019-I first bought this mouse back in 2015 and I finally had to buy another because it started dying on me (Im not gentle to my mice, Im a hardcore gamer with over 850 games in my library). I like the new style of material they have which is more matte and sticky on the mouse itself. The driver is extremely easy to download and use. Ive never used a Razer mouse because those are entirely out of my price range, but Im immensely happy with this mouse. Im 53 with tiny hands (long fingers). This mouse fits my hand perfectly. I think many people would find it to be a bit too large, but I prefer my mice on the larger size, I feel it offers me better control when gaming. The side buttons are well within reach and easy to use/memorize placement because of the angle at which each is made. Overall, Im extremely satisfied with this purchase and is why I bought this mouse again. Additional, but irrelevant to the mouse itself: It came in this really cool case. Ive included photos of the new version of the mouse with the matte finish and the case. Update 3/26/2015-I had received almost an immediate follow-up email from ChallengerUSA Customer Service representatives. They responded promptly and assisted me with figuring out the issues I had. Ive changed my rating to a 5 star because of how impressed I am with the customer service. I highly recommend purchasing this mouse-it looks beautiful, it has great sensitivity, and the customer service is above and beyond. I have given this mouse a rating of a 3 star currently because though Ive installed the drivers, it doesnt detect the mouse (and I have tried other USB Ports). It makes me unable to use the 12 side buttons and I am an avid MMO player (LotRO and SWTOR, specifically). The sensitivity is fantastic, however, and being able to customize the speed of my mouse with the knowing what 5 standard color speeds are (yellow, red, green, blue, and purple) is also a bonus. (Pictures attached of the default colors-Yellow is slowest cursor color, red is fastest). If I can figure out how to get the driver to detect the mouse and can get the Redragon Perdition program working (where you can customize the mouse even more-colors, buttons, etc) then I will ensure to be back to update my feedback. (Original post 3/25/2015)

Figured I would throw a 5 second review up on a new mouse that I bought while my Naga is being RMAed. This is coming from 1 weeks of use so of course my opinion could change down the road. I have never heard of this company before and that makes me a bit nervous. Luckily though the mouse was 1/2 off ($50) when I bought it so that made it a bit easier to pull the trigger. This mouse also had a laundry list of of features so I will just cover each one and my thoughts on them. 1) The 12 side thumb buttons This is a must for me now on any mouse. The range of 2-5 buttons on my right hand, more if you use alt/shift modifiers with them, are not enough. On these mice I always use 1-6 for twitch/placement abilities and 10-12 for various mounts. Additionally I use alt + 1-6 for more abilities. To lose this functionality would be a bad day, and indeed it was when I had to go to a 2 button mouse for a couple of days. These buttons on this mouse feel pretty solid and give a bit of a click when I depress them that is audible. They are not as pronounced as my mechanical keyboard but they seem to be more mechanicaly (made up word) than my Nagas side buttons. I think I like the actual switch in these better than the Nagas as they feel a bit more solid and give more feedback. These buttons, as opposed to the Nagas, are concave between the 1-6 and 7-12. You can see it in the pictured how the rows alternate pointing towards each other. If you have large thumbs this has been a bit of an issue and I have to be a bit more careful in my key selection vs the seemingly easier to select Nagas. If they were flat, or even the whole thing convex like a bubble, I think I would them better. 2)16400 DPI OMGGGGGGGG! I have this cranked down to 5000 and that may even be still too high. I have the mouse setting under control panel very low and the mouse set to 5000 DPI. Moving the mouse 1 on my desk is akin to 3-4 on my monitor. You can keep 5 different DPI settings registered at any time and switch on the fly. 3)Left / right click These feel super solid and have yet to register a false click. Meaning pressing on the left hasnt triggered the right. I have had this happen on some mice if I am a bit spirited in pressing the keys. 4)Mouse covering Durable smooth TEFLON feet pads and contour body for ultimate gaming control. The mouse feels super high quality and I have yet to lose my grip on it. I need a good sweaty palm play session in some heroics raids to test this further but so far so good. I like the feel of this mouse better than my Naga. 5)The colorsss man, the colors! You can pick between 1000s? of LED colors on this. There are maybe 15-20 main colors that you pick, and then you can open the color pallet in that range to further change them. The scroll wheel is set to the color of your currently selected DPI setting range I think, so that may not match the mouse. I currently have my mouse mapped to an aqua blue and I LOVE it! 6)Weights I have never had a weighted mouse before this one. I have tested removing portions, and all, of the weights in the mouse and I cant feel too much of a difference. I have been leaving all of the weights in though as it does seem to add a bit of weight and in turn make the mouse feel more solid. A nice quality touch for the package as a whole is that it comes with a case to store the weights in should you not want to use some. 7)Programming Your imagination seems to be the limit on programming the buttons on this mouse. You can assign typed in macros to each key, key combos (shift + 1), etc. This was super easy to setup with the provided software. You can then just map that key combo to keybinds in games and it just works. Overall I am very happy with this mouse. It feels super solid, comes packaged and presented well. The weakest part for me are the angles on the thumb keys but I have been adjusting quickly to them. I am going to guess that the construction of this mouse is better than the Naga, but I like the feel of the Nagas thumb buttons better. Taking the thumb buttons out of the equation I would think that this is a better mouse. It feels better, it seems more solid, the buttons themselves seem better and the customization you can do to the colors/key combos is very good. I would say buy it if you want to get a mouse for $50. If you want to spend 30 - 50% more then investigate a Naga or maybe the G600.

So my Razer Naga died a spectacular death on raid night of all nights and I couldnt find a replacement in town. I came here to get a new one and nearly ordered the Logitech mmo mouse but saw this one and decided to take a chance on this one. Truth be told, I was kind of afraid at first - it is a gaming mouse made in China to compete with Razer and Logitech from a company Ive never heard of. Its a beautiful little mouse for the price. The Perdition has a nice feel to it. The weights came in my mouse and I havent removed any as I like it to have a bit of weight so it doesnt go sailing off my desk (the teflon pads are really slippery) and the mouse itself has a nice pebbled coating that just feels nice. The DPI is extremely easy to turn up and down (16400 is kind of high - a slight twitch will send it flying - but you can change it from the mouse itself so its really simple to play with. To be honest, this mouse arrived 5 minutes before the start of my second raid in WoW. I installed the software off of Redragons site and I plugged this mouse in and it just worked off the jump. I had to remap the 11 and 12 buttons to work with - and = but it had no issues. Its smooth and precise, its comfortable to hold, the lights arent obnoxious and dont get hot to the touch. The buttons on the side are curved and it took a little practice to master but after an hour or so it felt really natural. The instructions claim the mouse might not be as responsive on a dark surface but I am using it on a black Rocketfish gaming pad with no problems. I dont seem to have the scroll wheel issues other people are commenting about. The scroll wheel feels about the same as my Naga did. A little clicky in a purely tactile sense that feels way smoother than I expected it would given the reviews. Overall I think this mouse is great - especially given that its cheaper than the other leading MMO mice. Its quality made, doesnt suffer the issues with static that my Naga did and I seriously plugged and played with it. I only opened the software after I had it plugged in and had been playing with it a bit because the - and = buttons werent mapped. I intend to purchase another one to have as a backup and will definitely be using this mouse for a long time.

In 2014 I was looking for a good new mouse and stumbled upon this. It seemed almost too good to be true: a <$40 mouse with crazy high DPI and a crazy amount of buttons? Yet early reviews and indications said itd be worth a shot, so I went ahead and got it. Almost two years later, its still doing its job. Theres two main questions that I thought of at the time and now have an answer to them. 1) Are all the buttons necessary? No, not at all. Even when playing a couple MMOs, I struggle to get over 12. Im no expert player but Im above average and certainly competent. What it did teach me though was that 8 buttons is the minimum I now can accept: left/right/middle clicks, back/forward/refresh buttons, enter, alt tab. Once you get used to that, its almost impossible to go back. Others useful but not-as-essential functions may include cut/copy/paste, print, save, and some media controls. Once you get the hang of it 12+ buttons isnt useful for just MMOs, its useful for everyday browsing and multi-tasking. 2) Is 16400 DPI really necessary? Also not at all. Even by todays standards thats still considered freakishly high and Im not so good that I can control that speed in an FPS. But 4000, 8000? Ive managed with that and now use them regularly, for everything. The biggest perk of all: It costs less than $40. Its a jack of all trades that surpasses the standard of doing everything okay and manages to succeed at doing everything things well. The only pieces of improvement I can think of are that it has no left/right scrolling and that middle clicking can be a bit stiff. The latter is easily resolved (use another button) and the former just needs to be gotten used to. It can be partially mitigated a higher DPI level too, depending on your task. The biggest expectation I had after trying to a few months was that itd die on me in under a year. Now Im coming up on two and its still working great. At the price point its at, its a no brainer.

Coming from a Logitech G600... From the first moment I took this mouse out of the package it felt very high quality & sturdy. The clicks are very satisfying feeling & stronger than my old mouse, making accidental clicks much less likely. The texture to the mouse feels very nice & lets my hand breathe much better. Unfortunately it also has a side-effect of making the mouse very slippery feeling. Making it difficult to lift when needed to adjust its position. Ive currently put a small strip of tape along the right side to give my fingers on that side a smoother surface to cling to for this reason. The shape of the mouse is a bit odd. With my large hands holding the mouse naturally, my thumb rests perfectly between the 1, 2, 4, & 5 buttons, with all of them easy to reach without moving it & the rest of the buttons are also reachable when needed. However the width of the mouse combined with the curve along the right side makes the mouse feel far too small... I imagine smaller hands would have trouble reaching all the thumb buttons as it is, but they could actually add a good 1/2 or more to the width to make it fit better without it feeling oversized for large hands. The software is pretty nice, allowing you to rebind every button on the mouse including the scroll up & scroll down functions, which is pretty rare. The only thing I find it lacking is automatic profile switching based on application detection, which my old mouse did with an unlimited number of profiles. Instead, this software only has 5 profiles that you need to switch through manually. The DPI is also a bit odd... Needing 1900DPI to match 1800DPI on my G600 when tested. I find myself wishing I knew which sensor this mouse uses, as the M901 had a Pixart 3327, & the M901-1 was upgraded to a Pixart 3360, but the M901-2 has no information on this, & if the box is to be believed, it uses a 220FPS 30G sensor. Which is similar to the inferior Pixart 3327, & not really what I was hoping for when I ordered. Im likely going to be returning this mouse & giving the M990 a try, as I do like the build quality, but the sensor & shape arent quite what I was hoping for.

My Razer Naga finally bit the big one, and I needed a replacement since they no longer make that perfect mouse. This mouse is pretty cool and seemed like it would be similar enough. The color schemes are nice. I set mine to all red and breathing pulse. The buttons just arent the same, though. These work, and I use them a LOT. All of my keybinds are set to the pad on it. Gives 3 x 12 possible buttons when you include shift and ctrl combos. That being said, I hit the wrong button on occasion because the rows feel the same. BUT Ive kept using it for most of a year and it hasnt bothered me enough to get another. There is a lot of customization you can do with their software. Colors, key bindings, speed tweaks, turbo button.. the turbo button can be changed to do quite a few cool macro-related things. The weights make it feel better. It is way too light (to me) without them. The finish on it feels strange after the smooth Naga, but I dont notice it anymore, or I wore it off. It was very grippy. It is a great mouse for the price. It looks great, too. The button curvature and layout could be improved, but its functional and Im comparing it to what I was used to.

I had a Death Adder and loved it but felt I needed more buttons as I wanted to get away from the reach of my G key macros from my keyboard. I felt I could be more efficient with the extra mouse buttons. I checked Amazon and ran across the Redragon lines. Unknown to me but they looked pretty good. I decided though I had some christmas gift cards from BB and I decided I loved my Adder so much why not go Naga. I tested it on the setup at BB and it felt alright albeit a bit smaller than the Adder but I went with it. I got home and within 20 minutes I seen my error. The shape of the naga is not the same as the Adder. What I mean the curvature of an Adder curves all the way to the mouse pad. The naga at the end of its curve has about a 1 drop to the mousepad. Very uncomfortable for my play style and worried long term use might cause issues in my wrist. I immediately took it back and got a new mechanical keyboard that I was planning on adding eventually so I could get the use out of my gift cards. This left me with still wanting a mouse so as soon as I got home I looked at Redragon again. I looked at the picture gallery of the mouse to see how its curvature worked. The pictures showed me it was similar to my Adder so I gave it a go. I got it a few days later as a Prime member so 5 stars on the shipping Amazon! The feel was close to my Adder. Not 100% which I never expected would be. It is slightly smaller in size but bigger than the Naga. What was important was the feel with the wrist. It feels great. Now that I got the feel lets get to the mouse dynamics: It has a ring finger rest. Not horrible just never have had one in the past. I feel I will get used to it. Dont get attached to the sound of 16400 DPI. If you can manage that kind of sensitivity you are beyond belief. That is just too much but thankfully it is highly adjustable. Mouse scroll feel good. Different than the adder but in a good way for me. Smoother without being too smooth. The mouse material is different for me as well. It is not distracting but I think if you get a sweaty palm or something else that causes your hand to want to slide it wont on this mouse. It is pretty subtle feel but you can sense it. The software that it comes with did not take long to figure out how to adjust. This is my first MMO mouse so it is a learning experience for me on side button configuration but I feel I got it on lock down now. The red button on the left of your left click button if your a first person shooter is an amazing burst fire. Instead of mash and hold and having a bad spray pattern this will have you in tight shape. The chord is that expensive mouse style of braided quality. If your into that then you will be happy. Every bit as good as my Adder. If your not well that is just how the more expensive ones seem to be now. Now the final part which is why I took the star off is the 12 button side buttons. If you were to sit the mouse on its side and looked at the angles of the buttons they form a contour in the shape of a w 1-6 no prob to get to but 7-12 take effort to be accurate. Luckily I dont think I will need to get that deep into them. I have them bound right now to the least needed abilities but it is clunky to do regardless. The buttons are not difficult to press but they are just your typical buttons. The Naga has mechanical these are not. To me that is no big issues. I only deducted the star for the difficulty of the back 6. I hated doing so but want to give an accurate depiction of the mouse. Finally the biggest thing that almost gave it back that 5th star is the price. Naga 65-70 and Logitech is up there as well for their MMO mouse you cannot beat the price tag of the Redragon. So in conclusion if you are debating whether to take a chance on it over the bigger names of Razer or Logitech to name a few then do so. It is a great mouse thus far after a week of use. If it changes I will readjust but thus far I am very satisfied.

Looked for a MMO mouse and this came up the highest. The mouse is a cheaper alternitive to the Razer Naga and is a pretty good one! Ive been using it now to play competitive World of warcraft and play FFXIV almost every day. While this mouse is great it has 2 major draw backs. Ill make a short list of the pros and cons. Pros. Price Texture (a bumpy kinda plastic, I actually love it) Software is actually good once you take a few seconds to figure it out braided USB line (what you come to expect is almost all USB products tailored towards gamers) Cons 1) Heat!!! - After about 1 hour gaming sessions the LED light in the palm starts to get noticeably warm. This doesnt bother me terribly but its extremely noticeable. I couldnt imagion if I was one of those people who get sweaty palms to be able to tolerate this at all. This was the big thing to prompt me to leave a review. I dont know if its just my mouse because I dont see other people having this problem but its there. 2) Side buttons - After coming from back to back nagas the side 1-12 buttons are extremely crisp and give you great feedback on when they are pressed... This mouse not so much. Much more on the mushy side my wife says. While they do their job just fine and I dont think ive had a issue when the press didnt translate to a cast... Its just one thing to mention. They seem to have a slightly more resistance then the naga so a bit more force is needed. Not a single button of the 12 gives a satisfying feel really. Worth entioning 1) People who have started that the 10-12 buttons are awkward to press probably havent used other gaming mice of this variant. They are no more awkward to press then any other MMO styled mouse. 2) If it seems I have a somewhat defective product (which is possible) If the company wants to send me a better product with these issues fixed Ill be glad to redo my review. Until then These really are the only downfalls to the mouse. I was going to give it 3 stars but If you dont have sweaty hands the heat issue isnt as bad of a problem.

Was looking to get a MMO mouse after getting more into GW2, but wasnt really interested in the Naga. Owned a Razer several years ago and its the only mouse that Ive owned to date that actually had its left click fail. The Logitech G600 was also in the running, but this was cheaper and seemed to receive generally positive reviews so I decided to give it a chance. What I like: - Size, my hands arent big and this mouse is probably on the smaller side for MMO mice, which suits my hand well. - Its cheaper than most direct competitors (Naga, G600) - Side panel placement feels good (for me). Again, I dont have particularly large hands, so my thumb sits right on the first row of the panel which is great. - Looks nice, has a texturized surface What I dont like: - The surface while texturized (a plus), is just plastic, but for the price I cant knock on this too much - Scroll wheel, 2 issues: 1. Like a previous reviewer, my scroll wheel rubbed against the plastic and created friction and scratchy noise. I ended up taking a thin piece of sandpaper between the wheel and plastic to sand down the plastic a bit to relieve the friction. 2. The glow of the wheel is set based on your DPI setting, which I would prefer to customize myself. Neutral: - Software is OK, the CD worked and installed easily. Not the snazziest looking software or easiest to use ever, but it gets the job done. Overall I like the mouse, it serves my purposes well and for the price its definitely worth thinking about if youre in the market for a MMO mouse. Again, docked a star for the scroll wheel issue, but its by and large been fixed with a small piece of sandpaper and 5 minutes so no biggie, it doesnt hinder the function of the mouse at all and Im sure over time it wouldve smoothed itself out.