Razer Mamba & Diamondback 2015 - Old friends with a new twist
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2016-05-06
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1,226 words · ~6 min read
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they're now rocking RGB LEDs a new 16,000 DPI sensor and a few new features
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was it worth bringing back a 10-year-old design is the Mamba a wireless gaming
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mouse worth
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considering fresh books is the super simple invoicing solution that lets you
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get organized save time and get paid faster click now to try it
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free normally I don't care about Mouse packaging because they're usually not
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worth caring about the Diamond Back was no different the Mamba on the other hand
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came in a black metal box with no hint of what was inside except for a small
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emboss razor logo first I tore open the
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Diamond Back box and plugged in the mouse as I gaed at the mouse wheel razor
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logo and strip around the edge of the mouse all moving around in a wave of
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rainbow I thought this was going to be my go-to mouse for CSO for the
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foreseeable future the final Mouse is my daily driver and with it I've risen
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through the ranks of legendary Eagle to Global Elite to check out my review
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click here however despite its pinpoint accuracy the feel and build quality pale
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in comparison to the Diamond Back the textured rubber grips on both sides the
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slightly textured plastic of the body left and right clicks and the bumpy
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rubberized Mouse wheel with solid steps but the honeymoon period didn't last
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long I find the narrow middle section where the grips are situated too narrow
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there's no place to comfortably put my thumb in pinky as a mouse that can stay
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planted on the desk it's fine in an RTS mooba or high sensitivity shooter a soft
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grip is not that bad but seeing as how I have to lift almost constantly in CS:GO
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and I have a tight grip on it I can't get comfortable or accurate and I
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decided to move on before my wrist and fingers hurt even more in the all black
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metal container the shaped foam cutouts held the Mamba its dock the detachable
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cable and click tension adjustment tool with bigger grip pads on the sides a
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hump that was further forward and big rounded thumb buttons it fit great in my
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hand even though it was well above my weight preference of about nothing grams
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it was comfortable out of the box the clicks feel far too light this is
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actually a common complaint against the Death Adder but this time around Razer
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provided a novel Solution on the underside of the Mamba you'll find two
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adjustment notches to increase or decrease the click force and it works
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perfectly just like the Diamond Back the Mamba felt and looked premium the
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ability to tilt the mouse wheel left and right is also a nice addition all the
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clicks were satisfactory and the lighting effects are just so pretty in
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game I thought the performance was more than fine I wasn't aiming as fast as I
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could with my lighter final Mouse but I wasn't doing too bad there were some
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moments that felt a little bit off though and my tests outside the game
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confirmed it for both the diamond back and Mamba which only makes sense as they
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use the same sensor so this is where it
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starts looking iffy the sensor initially seemed fine but the dreaded z-axis issue
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that's plagued the Phillips Twi eye sensor since like forever is still there
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when you lift the mouse the sensor translates it as movement down and to
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the right no matter what the actual physical movement was at high
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sensitivity you could move Mo your cursor to the corner of the screen just
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by tilting the mouse up and down for a game like DOTA that's not too big of a
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deal but for a high Precision game like csgo that's Game ending not as big of a
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game Ender but still a big deal the Mamba sensor readouts in Wireless mode
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seem to get spotty when you use Advanced custom lighting effects you can stick to
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basic ones but you shouldn't have to strangely enough though playing in csgo
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didn't seem to be affected by that issue as much as I thought at higher dpis I
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think it might just exaggerate it so your mileage may vary overall I feel
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like both the diamond back and Mamba suffered from the DPI race and change
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for the sake of change the original Diamond Back had a rubber ring around it
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and that's what you would hold on to this one just hurts your hand so while I
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love the chroma effects the build quality is great and the click Force
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adjustment on the Mamba is really neat I don't see why why they went with a
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flawed 16,000 DPI laser sensor instead of their tried and true S3 988 or 89 and
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I don't know who the Diamond Back is for
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everyone I've asked has found it really uncomfortable if the Mamba had the same
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sensor as the Death Adder I think it could outright replace it even for
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competitive games running in Wireless mode and I guess that's where we are
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they could have been perfect but they're not just a couple of bad decisions
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