I just bought the Black Widow Ultimate. First impression, this keyboard is so freaking small compared to my Sidewinder X6. The keys are kinda weird too, lol. It makes clicking sound and is rather noisy in a quiet room.

Yes, I mean I didn't expect it to be so overly noisy I need to take time and get use to this now.

The key surface is matte black and rough compared with X6 but the noise is really like typewriter, lol. I've tried playing a little bit of Black Ops with it and not bad, enjoyed it but even with head phone I can still listen to the clicking sound most of the time

Thanks but I'm actually married without kids I know it will make some sound but I never expected it would be so loud, lol

The software is buggy and laggy, battery life is terrible The Microsoft X8 pwns the Mamba in these 2 areas but on the other hand, the Mamba has better precision.

That's the 2 main cons, other than that the mouse is fine. If you're a hardcore gamer planning to play on wireless all day long then I'm sorry, the battery will go flat within 2 hours or so

If you don't compare then obviously you think your Mamba works fine Now I've owned plenty of mouse and I hope I don't have to list all of them down and comparing Sidewinder X8 and Mamba, the battery life and software for Mamba sucks totally. If you think your Mamba's drivers/application is running without lag, wait till you try the Sidewinder X8's application. My friend and I have since sold this Mamba off and mind you, we bought it RM440 when it was launched about a month.

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Added on December 26, 2010, 3:44 pmI agree boss That's why I find it weird how come someone can say the Mamba software is NOT LAGGY. Maybe he has not used any other gaming mouse before ever in his life and Mamba is his first. I've had quite a number of Razer products and no doubt they have good design but quality is very very filmsy and bad. My advice is, DON'T buy the Mamba.

This post has been edited by clawhammer: Dec 26 2010, 03:44 PM

I don't assume things I input based on my real life experience and if I don't own it, I don't comment unlike most people that likes to mislead others when they don't even own that product. You must also understand every product is different even it's from the same company. The only reason people say Razer has good quality is because they never used other brands. If you compare build quality against Steelseries of the same range, you will get what I mean

It's alright to say your own opinion but it is WRONG when you label other people's opinion as baseless like what you've mentioned earlier. If you expect yourself to give opinions then please respect other's too The other problem is fan-boyism. It's very common among typical Malaysians especially lowyat.net members whereby if they own something expensive, they praise the product like some God made product.


I'm not saying the mouse breaks down but it's the build quality of it. Of course it's usable but if it's filmsy and fragile (if you get what I mean). The battery life of Mamba is indeed disappointing if you compare against other wireless gaming mouse.


It is indeed overpriced I agree with you on that but myself being a gadget freak, I just buying whatever to try things out. After that I can well conclude that Mamba isn't worth the money at all. My friend owns the Mamba and we bought together. If you ask him how's the Mamba, he will say throw it into the bin. I have another rich water cooling customer which owns the Mamba, he too insists that the mouse is crap. Sometimes when you boot up your PC, it doesn't detect the Mamba (when it's wireless). However if you ask a fanboy, he of course will praise the Mamba as some Godlike mouse.

I can conclude that Mamba isn't worth the money (RM400+). These are the few common problems by the Mamba but there are also good things like it can provide high dpi and it's precision is excellent. Razer makes good mouse except certain models are just crap, some are plain filmsy and fragile. I never had experiences with the Orochi but as for the weight, it is really subjective. The general idea of getting a good mouse is that as long as your hands fit in well and comfortable, that mouse is well suited for yourself. No point to buy an expensive mouse where it doesn't fit your hands well - you won't be able to enjoy good gaming due to that as well.

Actually if the mouse is really good and live up to expectations, I really don't mind spending even RM500 for it (being a gadget freak) Precision, dpi, performance is definitely there but if the software is laggy, mouse cannot be detected in wireless mode sometimes and low battery life is a total turn off. I wanted wireless because I thought it makes my desk neater but moving from Sidewinder X8 to Mamba is such a big difference because the X8's battery can last so much longer than the Mamba. Btw, I was on around 2000+ dpi, not even the max dpi. If I had it at the maximum, battery life might be worse?

Actually if you have a big monitor like 30" with 2560x1600, those extra dpi would help but again, 3200 dpi or more is just madness I really have no idea how to use it and the mouse is almost like out of control For me, it's always within the 2000+ dpi range so anything extra is just a plus which is not normally used.

Thanks yupio for the honest opinion I guess we are the same and have tried both mouse. Yes the Razer Mamba does a better job as it's smoother and fits our hands a lot better. However the battery life is just a turn off. I can remember having to use the cable every now and then in the middle of game

I think if Razer wants to manufacture the product as a gaming mouse, they would need to make sure the battery life is somewhat in an acceptable manner. If we compare other wireless mouse or even Sidewinder X8 (gaming mouse), this Mamba has the worst battery life span of all. I mean if it can only lasts for 2-3 hours, they should do something about it because by calling it "gaming mouse", it should be heavy duty because gamers can play games for hours Another thing is this mouse is RM400+ so being so expensive, obviously the user would expect it to be worth what he paid for.

Oh yes, I've got a Black Widow Ultimate for myself as Christmas present and so far so good except the keyboard sound is quite loud IMHO Typewriter

Yeah, Razer claims Mamba can go up to 14 hours of gaming. The keyword is "up to" but in actual fact, 4 hours also hard to get. Moreover my dock is so near to my mouse.

I believe so which is why they say "up to" and not specifically saying it will last 14 hours Seriously, I never expect the battery life to be so bad. I mean, 2-3 hours is totally unacceptable for what they call a heavy duty "gaming" mouse After that I ended up with Ikari Laser which is wired (again).

Did you flash the firmware and re-install the driver? How about using it with the wire; do you have the same problem? Mamba is a screwed up mouse, never ending problems and terrible battery life I got rid of mine just a month of ownership, totally gave up.

If you are having problems when it's wired then something is terribly wrong. I have a friend which he has to RMA within the first week of the same issue, the mouse cursor is not moving at all even in wired mode.

I've used many Razer products and I have the Black Widow Ultimate. So far the most problematic product is the Razer Mamba and really not worth the price! As for the keyboard, it's working fine but the ticking sound is quite loud though

Looks like most Mamba users have RMA-ed their mouse before, LOL! I have RMA-ed mine on the first week itself, the wireless mode doesn't work!!!