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HydraHorizon
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Aug 6, 2014
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I recently bought this same mouse to replace a broken Razer Mamba so I thought I'd drop a little review for anyone interested.
At first glance it's hard to appreciate just how cool this thing is- the ability to let the mousewheel free-spin is unique among any mouse I've ever owned, it has 3 fully programmable profiles that you can swap to at the push of a button (I have 1 for LoL, one for Photoshop, and one for internet browsing), and the thing that made me buy it initially: It has 3 side buttons. The standard two was eventually not enough for my needs but I didn't want the 6-9 offered by the Razer Naga. This was the only economical option that had more than two and I've really enjoyed it.
Other things: The adjustable weight is cool in theory but in practice I just loaded it up to max weight and haven't thought about it since. Anything less feels very odd to me. You'll want to immediately download drivers and turn the glow off or make it time out after inactivity because it is BRIGHT and annoying when you're not using the mouse. The scroll wheel is metal with some grippy stuff and feels much nicer to use than any of the plastic or rubber ones on other mice I've owned; it also has side-to-side movement that allows for more keybindings per profile.
Overall I'm a big enough fan to actually sit down and write a recommendation for this. Mine is 3 months old so I can't speak to longevity but I have had no problems heretofore. The discount might not be the steepest but that's just par for the course with consumer electronics from big companies- they either can't or don't care to shave any truly significant amount off their margins to sell 100~ extra units. I would highly recommend this mouse if you use your computer for 2-3 applications at least one of which is gaming. I've owned 6 different 'gaming' mice across a few price points and this really is a surprisingly large improvement over other mice in its class.
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