Razer Lachesis Gaming Mouse Phantom White

I own a Copperhead and a Death Adder and I love both mice. But I wanted something that was..."best of both worlds" per say. And the Lachesis turned out to be the perfect weapon for me. It's shape is what I hear a lot of people complain about, but for me it fits rather well. It's designed to be for palm grips and claw grips for some users and it's really quite comfortable and sleek, like some kind of well crafted sword. It does require a small learning curve, but once you get used to the shape it works really well for First Person Shooters. It's fully customizable, you can change your dpi settings in ANY way you like and you can change the buttons to perform macros and be extra mouse buttons so you can map your favorite weapon or melee on the mouse. It's very fast, and sensitive too thanks to it's 3g sensor. All and all, it's a very nice package and comes with a lot of cool features that make it perfect for pc gaming. There are some issues though, one being that the cursor jumps. On higher dpi settings, when you press click on your mouse, it'll actually move the cursor on your screen. A problem for some, but it didn't bother me really. Another is the double clicking, if it's too high you'll have trouble simply opening programs (clicking on desktop icons, etc). Again, not that big of a deal, just decrease double click sensitivity. And as far as the firmware and drivers go, I honestly didn't even have any problems with them, and I'm running on a 64 bit vista. Overall, the Lachesis rocks, plain and simple. Great features, comfortable to use, and looks amazing. Definitely worth every penny that you'll spend.

I would consider myself a hardware junkie and a heavy gamer. That said this is one of the better mouses I've used in years. Before I get into the positives if you do not prefer a flat mouse profile this mouse won't be for you. Look into the Microsoft Sidwinder or Logitech G5 or G9 as those offer a higher profile to fit your hand if that is your preference. The type of games I mainly play are shooters (COD4 lately), Word of Warcraft, and a few RTS'ers. In shooters the mouse is great. Tracking is spot on and quick. The sensor stops tracking at a lower height than most mice so if you are the type that picks up and moves the mouse around a lot, this is your mouse. The scroll wheel has a solid click while scrolling so it makes it easy to select weapons. There is no side clicking on the wheel just your old school wheel. I did find the click-down on the wheel sensitive and hit it accidently a few times. The left and right click buttons are a nice solid click. More to like a logitech MX5xx series or G5 series mouse rather than a super sensitive click like the MS mice can be. The side buttons are what make the mice for me. Using the Razer software you can program all 4 side buttons (2 on each side) easily. Button 5 and 6 plus macros can be assigned to those 4 in any order. This is a great thing for games like WoW if you need lots of hot keys since this adds two more possibilities on the right side of the mouse. However it takes a bit of dexterity to get used to using the right side buttons. The software is quite handy. I never have been a fan of software programs that are put out for mice, but this one is very clean and doesn't seem to bog the system down much. Lots of options to customize here and you can have several profiles set. To switch through them there's a button on the bottom of the mouse that cycles through them or you can switch through in the program. The pulsing logo can be turned on or off as well as the light on the wheel. This is great for bedroom gamers that want to get some sleep. Overall this is a great gamer's mouse with lots of options and buttons to go along with it.

Do not get this mouse, I had it about 2 weeks and it started drifting with no one touching a thing. Made it hard for playing WC3 which was what I was into a the time. Not worth the money.

It is a Great Mouse for gaming. Only couple minor thing I want to mention about it. 1. I personally prefer a wireless gaming mouse with the quality of Razr Lachesis. I have way too many wires around my computer. 2. I notice this mouse will probably work the best on a Razr mouse pad. Besides above 2 points, I am very happy about this mouse.

The mice likes to jump when it wants to. The best surface to use is something that is white. I used a black surface and blue surface mousepad, both pads would cause the mouse to jump randomly at times. I used a white sheet of paper and the mouse doesn't jump at all. It also jumps around on the Razer Exact Mat too. Razer Support couldn't really help me. If you plan on buying the Lachesis then make sure you buy a white mousepad. I would recommend the Diamondback or the Copperhead over the Lachesis though. The Deathadder is horrible, 3G laser precision is terrible. Don't get any 3G infra-red laser mouses, they just plain suck, make sure you get a true laser mouse instead. I found out the hard way why I couldn't aim precision anymore with the 3G infra-red, it's because my Diamondback used a 1G laser instead of 3G infra-red laser. Somehow the 1G laser is better than the 3G on the Deathadder.

I'm reviewing this years and years after the fact, but this mouse served me well. I always go to Razer for gaming mice, and my experience with this will only continue that trend.

Ein Fazit nach 5 Jahren: Nach wie vorTop! Seinerzeit als ersatz für meine Razer Diamonback (bei der nach einigen Jahren das LED den Geist aufgegeben hatte) angeschafft möchte ich meine Lachesis nichtmehr missen. Sie funktioniert nach wie vor präzise in vollem Umfang :Maustasten/-rad sowie die Seitentasten mit jeweils zwei Druckpunkten. Allgemeines: Die Maus ist leicht,gleitet gut auch auf no-name pads,des weiteren liegt sie angenehm in der Hand, wobei das eher suggestiv ist -daher möchte ich kurz anbringen dass ich eine flache Maus bevorzuge, welche nicht zu klobig ist. Die Mausgleiter sind problemlos wechselbar. Abtastung soweit ich das beurteilen kann ist ebenfalls gut. In sofern eine klare Kaufempfehlung!