Razer Imperator High Performance Ergonomic Laser Gaming Mouse Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2010-05-08
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1,104 words · ~5 min read
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So, today I'll be doing a quick unboxing of one of Razer's newest mice. This is
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the Razer Imperator. And unlike their other new mouse, this is an
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ergonomically designed, that is, if you're right-handed, mouse for gaming.
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Okay, so let's start with the important key specs. First of all, it is powered
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by their 3.5G laser sensor, and it is a 5600 DPI mouse. So, let's get this open
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right away. It has a contoured thumb grip.
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Excellent. Okay. So, how they are pitching this mouse is it is control,
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comfort, and customized. It is not a mere mouse. It is an extension of your
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hands. It delivers comfort and better fit for gaming. Take on foes and fatigue
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alike. Blah blah blah blah. Basically, I personally never really liked Razer's
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ambidextrous mice for their ergonomics. I mean, they performed great. And a lot
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of people do like the ergonomics, but I prefer more of a palm grip mouse, and
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that seems to be what they're going for here with the Imperator. So, let's start to get this box open here. And I do have
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a knife on me, so I can just cut the seal. There we go. Just like that. So,
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that seems to be what they're going for is to target that audience that wants
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more of a more of a contoured ergonomic mouse. So, actually, let's have a quick
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look and see if I'm missing anything here. So, we've got adjustable side
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buttons. That's Oh, that's cool. Actually, that's one of the things that
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they've customized about this mouse. I'll show you more about that in a minute. Ultra large non-slip buttons, 7
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foot lightweight braided fiber cable, and a gold-plated USB connector. and on
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the-fly sensitivity adjustment, teflon feed, and okay, that's for that. All
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right, let's have a look at the accessory package that Razor's included. I mean, they're great at packaging
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product. Look at that. That looks terrific. Let's take off their
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um Okay, a little package at the back here. Get this opened up and find out
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what they've included. Normally, Razer includes a few key things like a product
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catalog, a user manual. All right, so
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let's see how many of their usual things they have included today. So you've got
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your certificate of authenticity. This is a real Razer product, also in French.
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Very cool. All right, you've got a quick start guide. This basically shows you
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how to plug your mouse into a PC. Thank
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you, Razer. It also shows you how to adjust the side buttons, which we will
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show you in a minute. I'm going to leave that open in case I need to cheat while I'm showing you guys how to do it. Then
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we have a master guide. And this is in about 300 different languages as far as
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I can Oh, no. It's not even. How many? Oh, no. It's got like five different
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languages in it, including Greek. All right. Then we've got a sticker. Okay.
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Razer stickers. We have a little card telling you how great this mouse is.
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Thank you for buying it. Then we have a product catalog which shows you a bunch
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of the other Razer gaming peripherals that you can buy. And then we have I
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haven't seen this one before. Okay. One punch out. Oh, sweet. Okay. Two. Ah,
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there we go. Punch out. Okay, we're following the instructions. Two, rest
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your drink. So, if I had a drink, I would put it here. And then three, go
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forth and kick ass. So, this is a coaster. Thank you, Razer, for including
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this Razer coaster with my new Razer product. Awesome. Okay, so let's get to
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the mouse itself. So, we take off the Oh, this is sealed. Just a moment.
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pulling out the old knife to stab someone in COD Modern Warfare 2, which I
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don't actually play. I'm just kind of faking it because I have nothing else to
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talk about while I open this package. Okay, here we go. So, this is the
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Imperator. So, let's start with a quick sidelong look at it while I rest my hand
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on it and kind of show you how the ergonomics of the mouse work. This is
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actually very nice feeling and it's definitely a comfortable palm grip
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overall on the mouse. It contacts my hand at every possible place. And this
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is really cool. So, I'm going to Oh, neat. Okay, so here is how the
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adjustable side buttons work. That seems to be one of the killer features of this
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mouse. There's a little slider on the bottom of the mouse where you can rock
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these side back and forth buttons or actually I use these for voice
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communication. You can rock them back and forth so that they fit in the place
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that is most comfortable for your fingers. So, I would obviously not keep
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them here because I can hardly reach this one. I actually prefer them more towards the back. That's really neat.
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Okay, so here you can change your profile. So, you can save different
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profiles on the mouse for your DPI as well as your button mappings. So, you
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can cycle between them here. That's really neat as well. Up here, these are
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probably going to toggle DPI settings, but I'm just sort of guessing right now.
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I'm terribly sorry about that. Up here are your oversized buttons. So, they're
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actually advertising this as very, very large rubberized buttons. Actually, the
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whole mouse has like a rubberized grippy thing going on that I really like. And
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then this part is more slippery, but that's okay. And then over on the other
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side, you will find not a great
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deal. Yeah, there we go. So, here's a quick sort of overview look at the
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mouse. There it is. And then, oh yeah, last thing, last but not least, you've
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got your braided cable. So, we just did an unboxing of the uh Abyssus, which I
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was not impressed to find just a normal plastic sheaved cable, but this one has
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a very nice non-tangle braided cable as well as a gold connector. So, thank you
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for checking out my unboxing and quick product overview of the Razer Imperator
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mouse.