WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.560 I might have been wrong about Razer's gaming mice. And I'm really excited to 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:12.960 find out just how wrong I was because today we're unboxing the Razer Viper V4 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:16.240 Pro, the latest in high-end competition 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:19.039 from Razer for the Gro X Super Light. It 00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:22.640 is an ambidextrous mouse uh in the light category with all of the bells and 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:28.480 whistles you could ever want from a mouse and maybe some more as well as 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:30.160 some major changes from Razer that make 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:34.960 me actually want to consider their products for the first time in a long 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:38.320 time. In the box, we have our mouse. We 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:41.120 have our dongle that looks more like a 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:44.960 chocolate than a technological device. I don't often get the urge to like lick 00:00:42.800 --> 00:00:49.360 things, but I really want to lick this. Luckily, what I can explain is that it 00:00:46.559 --> 00:00:53.360 is good for 8,000 Hz polling rate. It has LED indicators for a multiple of 00:00:51.360 --> 00:01:00.399 purposes, which we'll get into. And it's powered via USBC. Although, this could 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:02.559 be the most recessed type-C port ever 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:07.119 made. Like you on the camera, you can't even see the freaking USB in there. You 00:01:05.360 --> 00:01:11.760 just see hole and then like a little whisper of metal reflection. They really 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:17.040 don't want you to use a non-razor cable. Thankfully, it comes with one. And these 00:01:14.880 --> 00:01:22.159 Razor cables are generally really high quality. This is another braided cable. 00:01:19.759 --> 00:01:27.600 Uh just over six feet. Lastly, we have our instructions. Oh, great. This is 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:32.960 actually useful. Not this. We got uh grip tape if you're so inclined. Uh I 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:37.360 think that Razer has greatly improved the feel of their plastic on their 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:41.920 high-end mice over the last 5 years. So, I would probably prefer not to use a 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:46.880 grip tape, but that's an actual value ad which you might enjoy. Getting to the 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:52.479 mouse itself, like all good gaming mice, it's a pretty no frills affair. We got 00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:55.680 our six total buttons, including the 00:01:52.479 --> 00:01:57.280 main two top ones. With Razer's new 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:03.119 switches that are rated for a million clicks, uh they're supposed to be 12% 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:05.040 more responsive. Uh they are loud. These 00:02:03.119 --> 00:02:08.560 are loud clicks. This is not an office mouse, and if you share an office with 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:12.560 me and use this mouse, we will not be friends. However, I will like to feel 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:17.599 your mouse because these are nice clicks. all the way up, all the way 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:20.000 down. Very consistent, very satisfying 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:25.760 tactility. That's a good start. How's the scroll wheel? It's an optical scroll 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:27.920 wheel and it feels quite solid. It's a 00:02:25.760 --> 00:02:34.879 wide shape, good rubbery feel, good tactility, and the click feels pretty 00:02:31.920 --> 00:02:39.680 much just right. I feel like the wheel wants to go a little too easy where when 00:02:37.519 --> 00:02:44.800 I click it almost wants to rotate every time. Not a huge deal. I generally don't 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:49.440 use middle mouse click. I usually assign that to something else, including the 00:02:47.040 --> 00:02:53.680 side buttons like this front and back button. They're quite small. Uh, 00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:58.959 however, it's proportion to this mouse. I don't hate the way they feel. The click is quite good. Good tactility all 00:02:57.040 --> 00:03:02.560 across of the button. But there's something about this plastic that feels 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:06.480 different or cheaper. Or maybe it's just the way that it's raised and it's kind 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:10.720 of straight edges. It doesn't feel as premium as the rest of the mouse. It's a 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:15.519 little sharp on a comfortably rounded mouse. We also have our power and DPI 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:20.640 button which is underneath which is a less useful spot than on top. It also 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:24.239 allows the top to be nicer looking. We have our type-C port and we have our LED 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:28.560 indicator on the front. Right now it's looking for a pairing so it's going to 00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:34.000 keep flashing uh until I give it its daddy. On the bottom we have our quite 00:03:30.720 --> 00:03:36.000 large glide skates. These are 100% PTFE 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:41.280 which is the silver standard of glide skates. Glass would be nice but it's 00:03:38.480 --> 00:03:46.480 fine. What is kind of gold standard right now is uh some new sensor 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:53.360 technology. Razer has the Focus Pro 50K optical sensor Gen 3. Rolls off the 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:56.159 tongue. It's good for 50,000 DPI, 930 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:59.360 IPS, and 90gs, which is way more than you're ever going to need. But when 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:04.080 you're pairing with 8,000 hertz, as well as some in-class leading latency, every 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:07.519 little bit can help and it all adds up. And when you're buying, you know, your 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:11.920 Ferrari, uh you don't want Lincoln specs. You want You want speed. You know 00:04:10.239 --> 00:04:17.840 what else is really important? Weight. Let's see what we're working with. Baby 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:19.759 50 g. That is not the lightest mouse in 00:04:17.840 --> 00:04:23.919 the whole world, but it is so far beyond the point of diminishing returns. 50 g. 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:27.600 Plenty light. And that's pretty good considering that Razer claims that this 00:04:25.440 --> 00:04:33.600 is good for up to 180 hours of battery life at 1,000 Hz or 45 at 8,000 Hz. So 00:04:32.479 --> 00:04:40.160 if you want extra battery life, you know, you can sacrifice a little performance. Or, you know, you want 00:04:36.880 --> 00:04:42.639 Ferrari, you go speed. You want Segways, 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:46.000 you go now. 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Download the SY app or go to s.com/shortcircuit 00:05:20.320 --> 00:05:25.440 today. We're back and I'm so excited to show 00:05:23.840 --> 00:05:30.400 you the greatest upgrade that has ever happened to Razer products. No longer do 00:05:27.919 --> 00:05:34.720 you need to download Razer Synapse. There's a freaking web app. Oh yeah, 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:42.320 come on. It's just in beta right now, but even beta is going to be better than whatever the were doing before. Let's 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:44.240 see if it works. Add device. Viper VRO. 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:47.919 Thank you so much, Razer. This is this is the way forward. Web apps. Don't make 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:53.039 me download freaking garbage bloatware spyware crap. This is the future. First 00:05:51.280 --> 00:05:57.039 things first, uh we can change all the button assignments other than the left 00:05:54.560 --> 00:06:00.479 click uh which can be problematic. We can use hypershift so that we can 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:05.039 basically assign an alternate key. We got our indicator LED options. One is 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:08.400 the first one is going to show us our connection quality, then our battery 00:06:06.400 --> 00:06:12.639 level, then our polling rate. You can turn them off, which is nice. Um but I 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:16.960 actually think that having the polling rate is a pretty nice one. Otherwise, 00:06:14.880 --> 00:06:21.199 you can have your DPI stage on this. That makes a lot more sense than having 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:25.759 it on the mouse because this actually I could have uh within eyeshot of my 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:29.840 monitor so I can look at the dongle and see. I actually think that's a smart 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:33.039 upgrade. Instead of adding more weight to your mouse, put it on the dongle. 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:39.360 Next, we can change our DPI settings. We can separate the X and Y axis. We can 00:06:35.840 --> 00:06:41.199 enable up to five different settings and 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:44.639 move them around. I know that I just want 800. So, I'm going to disable 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:49.600 everything except that it looks like you have to have two on, which is 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:53.759 interesting. I would like that to be a thing that uh mice manufacturers don't 00:06:51.440 --> 00:06:57.600 force me to do is have two profiles. I know exactly what I want and I don't 00:06:55.759 --> 00:07:01.280 need my button to accidentally switch it partway through. That being said, I 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:05.120 would know because my freaking light on my uh dongle would tell me I have the 00:07:02.960 --> 00:07:09.440 wrong settings. Next, we have our power settings. So, we can uh turn up the 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:12.800 speed at which it goes to sleep. Um or low power mode. I don't ever want you to 00:07:11.520 --> 00:07:16.720 go to sleep. Uh and then we can calibrate. We can enable asymmetric 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:20.240 cutff, which will divorce our liftoff distance and our landing distance. We 00:07:18.479 --> 00:07:25.039 want it as low as possible unless we have weird tracking issues. Then we have 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:30.479 our advanced, which enables us to have a dynamic sensitivity, which definitely 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:34.400 could be your thing. The other thing that I like that I've seen more and more 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:39.599 is actually a rotation setting. So depending on which angle you have your 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:41.840 mouse, um it makes adjustments based on 00:07:39.599 --> 00:07:47.280 that. I think I usually keep it around like the seven that's a bit more like 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:49.120 let's say call it nine 9 9°. 00:07:47.280 --> 00:07:54.400 So now the software knows that I'm holding it at an angle uh and is making 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:57.440 some kind of adjustments for that. Um so that's that's uh that's pretty cool. 00:07:56.400 --> 00:08:02.479 Again, something you're going to want to get used to, not just switch over and 00:07:59.520 --> 00:08:07.440 forget that you did uh let's game. First impressions, uh, this feels like a very, 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:12.479 very good mouse. Makes sense. Our Labs testing showed that this is about as 00:08:09.919 --> 00:08:18.080 good as it gets. Just above 6 milliseconds, both over wired and dongle 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:22.080 at 8,000 Hz. That's pretty fantastic. And what we found out recently in our 00:08:19.919 --> 00:08:27.599 video where we test if input latency matters is that every millisecond of 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:30.639 input latency does faking matter. Go watch that video if you haven't watched 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:34.479 it. It's hard to comment too much on top and gaming mice because they're all 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:39.120 pretty darn good. But like this, I feel so connected to what's 00:08:36.640 --> 00:08:42.080 happening on screen. Kind of more impressed than I thought it would be 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:46.080 about a Razer product. What I will say is it feels like the balance of the 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:49.680 mouse is a little further forward than I'd expect. Like the back feels very, 00:08:47.680 --> 00:08:54.800 very light. Not necessarily a bad thing, just something to note. We also tested 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:56.640 the sensor accuracy, and while it's not 00:08:54.800 --> 00:09:00.880 the best that we've tested, it's totally within the realm of pretty good. uh and 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:05.360 you would get used to it pretty darn quick. I'd say overall 00:09:03.680 --> 00:09:10.560 Razer's on a pretty good trajectory. It sounds like they're listening to their users. They're making a pretty solid 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:13.680 product. Uh and it seems like on paper at least it should be more reliable than 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:19.120 some of the products I've tested in the in the past. You're going to be paying 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:21.519 for all this performance. It's $160. 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:27.040 Not the most expensive gaming there is, but it's above what I usually consider 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:31.839 to be necessary for pretty top- end performance. However, that's not 00:09:29.920 --> 00:09:35.519 mindblowing or collector priced like we've seen in other Razer products. Uh, 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:39.120 and it's a very good package. So, let us know in the comments. Would you would 00:09:36.959 --> 00:09:42.240 you consider a Razer product? Uh, are you like me that you were like 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:45.120 absolutely not for quite a long time? Uh, and let us know. If you want to 00:09:43.839 --> 00:09:50.880 watch more ShortCircuit videos, you can check out the time we unbox the Keyron M5. It's a vertical mouse, but those 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:54.800 inards are inside of all of the Keyron M series lineup, and those are really good 00:09:52.959 --> 00:09:58.560 value. Uh, and if you want a little more education on input latency, you should 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:02.240 check out that LT that we produced a few months ago. It's got some pretty cool 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:05.279 people in it. Like Baby No Money. Yeah, he's a gamer.