Razer Orochi V2 – Mobile Wireless Gaming Mouse with up to 950 Hours of Battery Life (Ultra Lightweight Design, HyperSpeed Wireless and Bluetooth, 2nd Gen Mechanical Mouse Switches) Mercury White

All-round, an excellent – and very subtle – wireless gaming mouse.
I recently purchased myself a shiny new gaming laptop so, as is customary when I get myself a new slab of hardware, I decided to get myself a whole load of new gear to go with it, including a new mouse. Having used a wired one for a while now, I wanted a wireless one this time around – so I narrowed it down to this, the Razer Orochi v2 after reading about its epic battery life and features. I’ve been using it for a few days now, so let’s get cracking with some blurb about how it’s resonating with me so far…>>>WHAT’S IN THE BOX?In the nice (and, yay, mostly cardboard) retail packaging, you’ll find the mouse itself, a single AA battery, some instructions and some stickers. Because we all need stickers.>>>FIRST IMPRESSIONS?When I popped it out of its box, the first thing that struck me about the Orochi v2 was how unbelievably light it was. Seriously, it’s probably about the same weight as a packet of salt’n’vinegar crisps. The second thing that struck me was that I wasn’t immediately enamoured with the material that the mouse is made from; although it feels well-constructed, the plastic isn’t very premium-feeling – and I’m assuming that this material was chosen for its featherlight weight rather than its aesthetic appeal. Rather thankfully however, the mouse is very comfortable to hold, and I find that my fingers and thumb reach all of the buttons nicely.Design-wise, it’s very subtle – there’s very little about this mouse that gives any clue that it’s a £70 gaming mouse, rather unlike many of it’s RGB-adorned brethren – and this is something that I find very appealing, so brownie points go to Razer for this.>>>CONNECTIVIY & SETUPAn interesting thing about this squeaker is that there are two ways to connect it to your computer; you can use the supplied USB receiver (found inside the mouse) or you can connect it via Bluetooth – and this duality in connection is something I’ve never seen on a mouse before.You’re best off connecting it via USB for the first time to get it set up, as once you pop the USB receiver into your computer, the Razer Cortex/Synapse installer runs automatically and is very straightforward to install and get things up and running. More on the software in a bit.>>>CLICKS AND MOVEMENTAll of the buttons on the mouse have very positive-feeling microswitches, with the exception of the scroll-wheel, which feels a little less positive – but it feels nice and clicky nonetheless. The left-click on my Orochi v2 is pretty loud and took a little while to get used to as my previous mouse was pretty quiet, but it’s by no means a deal breaker.I’ve done some testing to see if I can detect any difference between the mouse when it’s connected via USB and Bluetooth, and I have to say that there is indeed a bit of a difference. When connected via USB, the movement is precise and smooth, but when connected via Bluetooth, things move slightly less smoothly, but this might be down to the fact that I’ve got a 165Hz screen and it might look less obvious on screens with a lower refresh rate. In any case, you can easily switch between both of them, but it would definitely be advantageous to use the USB connection when playing games in which precision is required.Taking a look at the underside of the mouse, you’ll see that it has two large (somewhat oversized!) gliding pads at its front and rear, and an additional ring of the same gliding material around its optical sensor – which means that it moves incredibly smoothly; possibly more smoothly than any mouse I’ve ever used. I’m using it on my Steelseries QcK polycarbonate pad and the pointer moves in a silky-smooth manner even when moving the mouse incredibly slowly. When gaming, this translates to equally silky-smooth movement.It also feels very precise and there are options to fully customise the DPI settings in the software, which is up next…>>>SOFTWAREAs mentioned before, when you plug the Orochi v2’s USB receiver into your computer, it will automatically launch the Razer software installer. This installs two separate apps; ‘Razer Cortex’ and ‘Razer Synapse’. ‘Razer Cortex’ is a multi-function app which has a game boosting mode that does some cool things with optimisation, as it kills unimportant tasks to free up memory and system resources when you launch a game, can show your FPS count, has a system optimisation function, offers on games and a rewards system. I’ve not explored much of it yet, but it looks very good.‘Razer Synapse’ is the app that controls the Orochi v2’s functions however, as you can use it to edit the function of the mouse’s buttons and set them to individual keys, media launchers and all sorts of stuff, which is pretty cool. Importantly, it allows you to adjust the DPI settings from a lowly 100DPI (very slow) to 18000DPI (impossibly fast), and allows you to set up to five different DPI settings which can be changed quickly by pressing the button on the top of the mouse. You can also save separate profiles if you want to assign game-specific settings to your buttons, and there are other options in there that allow you to control various other gadgets from the software, such as Philips Hue lighting, and there’s Amazon Alexa options and all sorts of other things.All in all, the software is excellent and rather more fully-featured than I expected – so it’s definitely an excellent bonus on top of a great piece of hardware.>>>BATTERY LIFEI’m writing this bit a couple of months after buying this mouse, and so far I have to say that its battery life has been fantastic; but I was marred by a collection of out-of-date AA batteries (which have now been chucked!) that at least allowed me to see if there was any difference in battery life when connected via USB versus connecting via Bluetooth, and… Well, there’s a huge difference! It would seem that the battery life when connecting via USB is considerably shorter than it is when connecting via Bluetooth; I can’t quantify this with figures as I wasn’t timing it, but I would say that you get roughly a third extra period of battery life when connecting via Bluetooth. This is, of course, served with the caveat that the movement is more precise and smooth when connecting via USB, but if you’re all about preserving battery life, I’d recommend connecting via Bluetooth when you’re doing everything other than gaming.>>>CONCLUSIONThe Razer Orochi v2 is an excellent all-rounder of a mouse, which offers more connectivity and customisation options than most, is very comfortable and precise to use, and comes with an excellent bundle of software. It’s definitely a winner.

Quality feel, sleek design, great in hand
Now, let’s get the most important point out of the way:- This mouse is not great if you have large hands. If you have big hands, see if you can try it out somewhere or just don’t buy it.The points why you should buy it:- It feels nice in your hand, fits like a glove.- Beautiful sleek design.- High built quality, NO loose parts, crackling or bending anywhere (actually surprised, I have had mice from other big brands and this is the first that has no poor gaps, or moving plastic).- Option to use it with Bluetooth only (convenient not to have to use a dongle and works with many mobile devices) or with 2.4 GHZ dongle (can be stored inside mouse, better for latency).- Powered with AA or AAA battery (either/or, NOT both at once). Lithium batteries are more harmful to the environment and less recyclable. You can obviously also replace the battery. If a Lithium battery dies, the whole mouse can be thrown away.

Horrible connectivity
Very bad connectivity. Have been trying to use this mouse for the past month and bluetooth works horribly. Even when plugging in the dongle it still gets frozen and unresponsive several times a day. Would not recommend this to anyone, its completely useless. Should have gone for the Logitech option.

I’m using it for my work’s provided laptop. The side buttons and the onboard memory are the main reason I bought it, as I set some functions that help me work quicker and comfortably without the need for Razer Synapse on the work provided laptop.

Ho atteso di poter testare al meglio il suddetto mouse, prima di recensirlo.Devo dire che è il secondo mouse uguale che acquisto a distanza di un anno poiché il primo presentava un problema al tasto centrale, ma grazie alla perfetta assistenza di Amazon ho avuto un cambio rapido e senza problemi.Razer sempre una garanzia in ambito gaming, la scelta dell’acquisto è dipesa dalla volontà di avere un mouse leggero e estremamente preciso per il gaming ma che allo stesso tempo avesse la possibilità di un collegamento Bluetooth nel momento in cui lo avessi voluto collegare con altre periferiche.Già dalla scelta dei materiali e dalla cura del packaging il prodotto si configura come top.Il mouse è solamente wireless, che sia con il proprio ricevitore (latenza stimata 3.9 ms) che con il Bluetooth (possibilità di connettersi a più dispositivi senza utilizzare il ricevitore usb a costo di una latenza di 11.4 ms),quindi fan sfegatati della latenza 0 dovrete ancora cercare la versione con il filo.Ma per i gamer meno fissati, i 3.9 ms di latenza in wireless sono perfetti e non percepibili.Presenta 6 pulsanti, i due classici più la rotellina nella parte superiore, 2 laterali programmabili dall’app dedicata, e infine nella parte superiore un pulsante per switchare nelle varie sensibilità di dpi preimpostate (potete anche personalizzarle dall’applicazione).Andiamo al design e al comfort, è un mouse piccolo con schema a guscio, che avvolge perfettamente la mano, quindi si adatta perfettamente alla tipologia di gioco in Palm Grip o Claw Grip. e si consiglia l’utilizzo su un mousepad per un miglior controllo.Non presenta una batteria integrata interna, al suo posto due slot per stilo o mini stilo (si consiglia l’uso di batterie a litio e non alcalina, per diminuire il peso) nella confezione è inclusa una stilo alcalina della energizer, in base alle vostre preferenze potreste diminuire ulteriormente il peso con una mini stilo.nella parte interna è inoltre presente lo slot dove riporre la usb nel caso non fosse utilizzata, utile per non perderla.Il design mi fa impazzire, minimal e senza rgb (maggior risparmio di batteria) vi è la possibilità di cambiare il guscio scegliendo tra i molti design presenti sul sito o con dei loghi personalizzati, io personalmente ho mantenuto il nero standard. prodotto pienamente approvato.