![]() Out of the box they’re the web browser’s back and forward buttons, plus a sniper button that drops the mouse’s sensitivity to a low 400 counts per inch (CPI), or whatever you choose. The thumb area has 3 programmable buttons. Mostly though, I found the thumb paddle to be a general comfort improvement, rather than a blatant gaming advantage. In terms of smoother flicks, the thumb groove on the paddle and in the mouse’s left side provide a place for anchoring the thumb and applying force. Of course, my thumb can’t drag on my mouse pad with the paddle in the way and my pinky rarely did either, but I contribute the latter more to the mouse’s large hump. Razer says it’s supposed to fight finger drag and help create smoother flicks. After about 30 minutes of intense gaming the grips got warmer but not slippery, and after 2 hours the rest of the mouse wasn’t slippery or overly clammy either. Tiny indentations add more resistance to the rubber-like textures and feel nice too. Standing out from the left and right click buttons and palm area are the injection molded grips on the left and right sides. With its positioning and luminosity, this is the kind of RGB you can see when gaming. The RGB added a wonderful glow to my mouse pad, even when testing in a sunny room. And, of course, it’s hard not to look fancy when you have 9 RGB zones running along the bottom edge, plus one outlining the scroll wheel and another bringing the snake logo on the palm area to life. Smooth plastic dissects the texture for an armor-like look. The chassis is the same as that of the V2 - mostly a textured, matte black that feels more built to last and easier to grip than some lighter, slightly smoother mice, like the DeathAdder V2. Some Razer mice don’t look or feel as expensive as they are when you first try them, but the Basilisk V3 is a more immediate taste. The wheel can jiggle from side to side without activating an actuation, but this wasn’t really noticeable unless I was trying to move the scroll wheel like that purposely or moving the mouse rapidly from side to side. Programming is somewhat limited, but with keyboard functions and macros available, it’s leagues beyond what most competitors offer.īut all this functionality weighs heavy on the Basilisk V3’s scroll wheel - meaning the wheel is generally clunky, large and, occasionally, wobbly. Not only are its scroll up, down and click in programmable, but you can program actions for when you push the wheel to the left and right, too. The Basilisk V3’s wheel also has more mobility than most gaming mice wheels that we’ve tested. Scroll Acceleration seemed to make less of a difference when in Free-Spin mode only. Via Razer’s Synapse software, you can also turn on Scroll Acceleration, which the app says will “increase the scroll speed the faster you scroll.” In Tactile mode I’d only scroll a couple lines per flick unless I turned Scroll Acceleration on, but then it became hard to stop on a dime, and the scroll was very fast. However, the Logitech MX Master 3 changes wheel modes with a much quieter thud. It’s common for mice to make noise when switching scroll wheel modes (the HP Spectre Rechargeable Mouse 700 (opens in new tab) I’ve tested does this too). If you’re a pro-level gamer, however, who focuses heavily on sounds, you’ll either want something quieter or need to tap into your best gaming headset to block out noise. Overall, the wheel’s noisiness wasn’t enough to mess up my gameplay, despite being audible over game audio. Naturally, the wheel is even noisier if you activate Smart-Reel Mode. And when the wheel switches from Tactile to Free-Scroll mode, there’s a loud click you can also feel as internal mechanics work within. When I flicked the wheel in this mode, I also felt minor rattling. In Tactile mode, every scroll results in a soft clicking noise that’s exacerbated when scrolling a lot. This was only occasional but not something I deal with when spinning freely with the MX Master 3. For example, sometimes when I scrolled through a long document, instead of stopping on point, I’d stop a little higher up on the page. But while the buttery scroll feels premium, controlling it is hard. RGB adds to the vibe, with color flowing around the wheel. The Free-Spin scroll is so smooth that it’s like slipping through a water slide.
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