As a gamer who has primarily been playing first-person shooter games, I've recently made a change to my gaming setup by reducing the DPI on my mouse from 1200 to 600. However, after testing with a lower DPI of 500, I found it felt great. I'm a bit jaded and spoiled after testing numerous lightweight mice that didn't quite live up to my expectations. But, everything has been very positive since switching to this new mouse.

The Razer Viper is a nice fit for my fingertip grip style. The mouse falls on the medium side in terms of size, with dimensions measuring 126.7 millimeters in length, 66.2 millimeters in width at the butt, and 57 millimeters at its slimmiest point in the waist. It stands 37.8 millimeters tall. Depending on your hand size and grip, these dimensions should be taken into consideration.

After using the Model O since its release as my primary mouse, transitioning to the Razer Viper was relatively easy. Dimensions-wise, they aren't worlds apart from each other, but the Model O is lighter. I was initially wary of the ambidextrous design due to the placement of buttons on the right side, which I feared would lead to accidental presses with my right ring finger as a fingertip gripper myself. However, it didn't happen once, thanks in part to the well-positioned buttons that are out of the way.

Lastly, before diving into the features and performance of the Razer Viper, let's take a look at the Synapse software. The customize tab allows for button remapping and assignment of the hypershift feature as well as assigning the mouse for left or right-handed use. The Performance tab is for adjusting pulling rate, frequency, and sensitivity settings, with color coding to match the light on the bottom of the mouse's DPI range, which goes from 100 to 16,000 in steps of 50. The Lighting tab offers chroma effects, while the Calibration tab allows for adjusting lift-off distance and tuning the sensor to your mousepad or new surface.

The Razer Viper does have onboard storage for saving DPI and button remapping settings. However, it lacks RGB lighting, which some users may miss. Bringing all of this together, my time with the Razer Viper has been great. The redesign and entry into the lightweight mouse market have presented a challenge for companies like Razer. While still at a higher point compared to recent innovations in lightweight mice from other brands like Final Mouse, they're making significant strides without copying designs and maintaining their unique identity.

In terms of performance, I've had no issues with the Razer Viper. The only two complaints that come to mind are wishing for newer and redesigned hyper-glides or razor skates, which would complement its weight and cable design. These aren't major complaints by any means but rather something I wanted to bring up.

Lastly, regarding pricing, the Razer Viper comes in at $80 MSRP, a price point that might be considered too high for some users who are on the lookout for an affordable lightweight gaming mouse. With the Model O available for $50 and other recent innovations from Final Mouse coming at lower price points as well, this brings the Razer Viper to slightly above-average pricing. However, when considering where it sits in the market, $80 is still a relatively high price point.

In conclusion, despite some minor drawbacks regarding pricing and features, I'm happy to see Razer taking on the lightweight mouse market for esports and pro gamers. The Razer Viper has been a great addition to my gaming setup, and I hope you've enjoyed this review of the device. If you haven't already, feel free to follow me on Twitter @randomfrankp, hit that subscribe button if you haven't already, and have a great day.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys i'm random frank p got a good one for you guys today we're going to be checking out and reviewing the brand new razer viper a 69 gram mouse that features optical switches so in this video we'll talk about my experiences the pros and cons all that good stuff in case you're thinking of buying the brand new razer viper first off for a little back story the viper is a direct result of collaborations between their engineering team and the team razer esports gamers they would give direct feedback and contributions on what they want in a mouse for professional gaming use so yes this was directly designed for esports and taking a look at it with a very nice and simple looking ambidextrous 69 gram mouse with the new 16 000 dpi 5g optical sensor i really like how they were able to shed a bunch of weight here without following the latest trend of you know having holes in it we've seen that a lot lately and they went in a different direction which is something that i can applaud and for a closer look when you weigh this on a scale it comes in at 70 grams of the bit of the cable on the scale itself but technically still 69 grams without the cable shedding its top shell the interior support chassis weighs 46 grams with the bottom base accounting for 26 of those grams so you can really just get a better idea of the weight breakdown here they constructed a new combination of plastics for the viper and i'm really impressed that the interior skeleton is just 18 grams itself so this is essentially the interior support here being so lightweight yet durable which then means the actual top shell with the left and right clicks in the logo accounts for the other 25 grams they did also manage to fit rgb lighting inside with the logo being illuminated proving that you don't need to add a bunch of extra weight because as you can see on the pcb we have a single diode here which accounts for what milligrams now taking a closer look at the viper as for the buttons you have your left and right click a nice tactile scrolling wheel rubber textured side grips and two buttons on each side because again it's ambidextrous with a dpi changing button on the bottom of the mouse and unfortunately as you can see we just have standard teflon mouse feet here which i do think is a bit of a missed opportunity and taking a look out there in the market with these new lightweight mice usually you have some sort of hyper glides or g skates as they use on the model o but just regular feet here which i think would have been a good combination with the overall lightweight design to the mouse as well as the lightweight cable which they call speedflex so i just wish they would have had some sort of redesigned new feat to complement all this here but as for that speedflex cable or kind of like a paracord if you will this is great for preventing your cable from getting you know hung up on the desk or snagging with a lightweight mouse like this say you're playing at a lower dpi that means you're moving your arm across a wider surface area so having a speedflex cable is greatly gonna minimize any friction which again is just why they should have added some new feet however a welcome addition we do have to the viper are these new optical switches inside for the left and right clicks these are similar in theory to the opto mechanical switches in their huntsman keyboard lineup meaning this is using an infrared light beam to register your clicks the advantage something like this is eliminating any potential double clicks that sometimes happen as well as any debounce delay that happens on traditional mice with their metal contacts since there is no actual physical contact inside when sending a signal because again it's just using a light beam you are in return getting a mouse with more accurate clicks with no delay and this is something that you know the average consumer might not notice or pick up on but again for esports use and pro gamers they're gonna be getting a mouse that is more reliable and more durable in the end which is obviously very important so for my time with it as a gamer who is primarily an fps gamer who's been using lower dpis over the past year i was always using 1200 then i cut it to 600 i tested this at 500 dpi um it felt great you know i'm a bit jaded and probably spoiled recently from testing so many different of these lightweight mice out there that didn't really shatter my universe or anything when i first tested it out but everything using this has been very positive it's a nice fit for my fingertip grip the mouse does kind of fall on the medium side i'd say if we're talking size it is smaller than the death adder in the basilisk which are two of the other mice from razer that i've used probably the most technically speaking it comes in at 126.7 millimeters long 66.2 millimeters wide at the butt and around 57 millimeters at its slimmest point in the waist and it stands 37.8 millimeters tall so again depending on your hand size and your grip keep those dimensions in mind but after using the model o since release as my primary mouse the transition to the viper was very easy and dimensions wise they aren't worlds apart but the model o is lighter i will say i was a bit weary at first of the ambidextrous design because with the buttons on the right side and as a fingertip gripper myself i figured my right ring finger may accidentally press them in but it didn't happen once again they positioned it nicely kind of out of the way which is definitely good then lastly before we move on the synapse software the customize tab lets you remap the buttons and assign the hypershift feature as well as assigning this mouse for the left or right handed use the performance tab is for adjusting the pulling rate frequency and your sensitivity settings it's color coded as well to the light on the bottom of the mouse the dpi is adjustable from 100 to 16 000 and they're only adjustable in steps of 50 dpi then obviously the lighting tab for adding some chroma effects i'm more in the camp of leaving it just a static color but to each his own and then is the calibration tab for adjusting the lift off distance and tuning the sensor to your mouse pad or if you get a new mouse pad you can recalibrate it to that brand new surface the viper does have onboard storage for keeping your dpi as well as your button remapping saved that does not include rgb lighting so bringing it all together now for my time using this it's been great i think the whole redesign and getting into this new lightweight mouse market has been probably a challenge for most companies and razer while kind of still you know at that higher point of the lightweight mouse is out there you know look at the model o being what 67 and 68 and then all the recent final mouse stuff yeah it's a bit higher but they're making a lot of great progress they made a much more lightweight mouse without copying the whole design and making it look like every other lightweight mouse out there which i can definitely applaud i've had no issues with it my only two complaints that i mentioned before was i wish we would have had newer uh redesigned some sort of hyper glides or razor skates whatever they want to call it something that complement the the weight and the cable here and not really a con but more of like a thing i got to bring up is the price this comes in at 80 msrp and you gotta kind of take that with a grain of salt because you look at some of the other gaming mice out there and that's not like too expensive or anything it's not also model o fifty dollars cheap uh but in this newer lightweight market we are seeing the model o coming at a very affordable price and i think eighty dollars is just a bit too much if the average person out there looking for a new mouse is going to want something like this where it is lightweight they're going to say oh the model o is 50 this is 80. so this is more i think four people in that razor ecosystem i mean yes in the end it's still a great mouse but 80 bucks is just a little bit out of that desired price range i would say for where this fits in however it's not 120 dollars like final mouse is trying to pull but that's a different story for a different day in the end it's a great mouse 69 grams i'm happy to see razer take a stab at the new lightweight market for uh you know esports and pro gamers out there so hope you enjoyed my review of the razer viper if you did give this video a big thumbs up to show your support feel free to follow me on twitter randomfrankp at last if you haven't already hit that subscribe button hope you all enjoyed have a good daywhat's up guys i'm random frank p got a good one for you guys today we're going to be checking out and reviewing the brand new razer viper a 69 gram mouse that features optical switches so in this video we'll talk about my experiences the pros and cons all that good stuff in case you're thinking of buying the brand new razer viper first off for a little back story the viper is a direct result of collaborations between their engineering team and the team razer esports gamers they would give direct feedback and contributions on what they want in a mouse for professional gaming use so yes this was directly designed for esports and taking a look at it with a very nice and simple looking ambidextrous 69 gram mouse with the new 16 000 dpi 5g optical sensor i really like how they were able to shed a bunch of weight here without following the latest trend of you know having holes in it we've seen that a lot lately and they went in a different direction which is something that i can applaud and for a closer look when you weigh this on a scale it comes in at 70 grams of the bit of the cable on the scale itself but technically still 69 grams without the cable shedding its top shell the interior support chassis weighs 46 grams with the bottom base accounting for 26 of those grams so you can really just get a better idea of the weight breakdown here they constructed a new combination of plastics for the viper and i'm really impressed that the interior skeleton is just 18 grams itself so this is essentially the interior support here being so lightweight yet durable which then means the actual top shell with the left and right clicks in the logo accounts for the other 25 grams they did also manage to fit rgb lighting inside with the logo being illuminated proving that you don't need to add a bunch of extra weight because as you can see on the pcb we have a single diode here which accounts for what milligrams now taking a closer look at the viper as for the buttons you have your left and right click a nice tactile scrolling wheel rubber textured side grips and two buttons on each side because again it's ambidextrous with a dpi changing button on the bottom of the mouse and unfortunately as you can see we just have standard teflon mouse feet here which i do think is a bit of a missed opportunity and taking a look out there in the market with these new lightweight mice usually you have some sort of hyper glides or g skates as they use on the model o but just regular feet here which i think would have been a good combination with the overall lightweight design to the mouse as well as the lightweight cable which they call speedflex so i just wish they would have had some sort of redesigned new feat to complement all this here but as for that speedflex cable or kind of like a paracord if you will this is great for preventing your cable from getting you know hung up on the desk or snagging with a lightweight mouse like this say you're playing at a lower dpi that means you're moving your arm across a wider surface area so having a speedflex cable is greatly gonna minimize any friction which again is just why they should have added some new feet however a welcome addition we do have to the viper are these new optical switches inside for the left and right clicks these are similar in theory to the opto mechanical switches in their huntsman keyboard lineup meaning this is using an infrared light beam to register your clicks the advantage something like this is eliminating any potential double clicks that sometimes happen as well as any debounce delay that happens on traditional mice with their metal contacts since there is no actual physical contact inside when sending a signal because again it's just using a light beam you are in return getting a mouse with more accurate clicks with no delay and this is something that you know the average consumer might not notice or pick up on but again for esports use and pro gamers they're gonna be getting a mouse that is more reliable and more durable in the end which is obviously very important so for my time with it as a gamer who is primarily an fps gamer who's been using lower dpis over the past year i was always using 1200 then i cut it to 600 i tested this at 500 dpi um it felt great you know i'm a bit jaded and probably spoiled recently from testing so many different of these lightweight mice out there that didn't really shatter my universe or anything when i first tested it out but everything using this has been very positive it's a nice fit for my fingertip grip the mouse does kind of fall on the medium side i'd say if we're talking size it is smaller than the death adder in the basilisk which are two of the other mice from razer that i've used probably the most technically speaking it comes in at 126.7 millimeters long 66.2 millimeters wide at the butt and around 57 millimeters at its slimmest point in the waist and it stands 37.8 millimeters tall so again depending on your hand size and your grip keep those dimensions in mind but after using the model o since release as my primary mouse the transition to the viper was very easy and dimensions wise they aren't worlds apart but the model o is lighter i will say i was a bit weary at first of the ambidextrous design because with the buttons on the right side and as a fingertip gripper myself i figured my right ring finger may accidentally press them in but it didn't happen once again they positioned it nicely kind of out of the way which is definitely good then lastly before we move on the synapse software the customize tab lets you remap the buttons and assign the hypershift feature as well as assigning this mouse for the left or right handed use the performance tab is for adjusting the pulling rate frequency and your sensitivity settings it's color coded as well to the light on the bottom of the mouse the dpi is adjustable from 100 to 16 000 and they're only adjustable in steps of 50 dpi then obviously the lighting tab for adding some chroma effects i'm more in the camp of leaving it just a static color but to each his own and then is the calibration tab for adjusting the lift off distance and tuning the sensor to your mouse pad or if you get a new mouse pad you can recalibrate it to that brand new surface the viper does have onboard storage for keeping your dpi as well as your button remapping saved that does not include rgb lighting so bringing it all together now for my time using this it's been great i think the whole redesign and getting into this new lightweight mouse market has been probably a challenge for most companies and razer while kind of still you know at that higher point of the lightweight mouse is out there you know look at the model o being what 67 and 68 and then all the recent final mouse stuff yeah it's a bit higher but they're making a lot of great progress they made a much more lightweight mouse without copying the whole design and making it look like every other lightweight mouse out there which i can definitely applaud i've had no issues with it my only two complaints that i mentioned before was i wish we would have had newer uh redesigned some sort of hyper glides or razor skates whatever they want to call it something that complement the the weight and the cable here and not really a con but more of like a thing i got to bring up is the price this comes in at 80 msrp and you gotta kind of take that with a grain of salt because you look at some of the other gaming mice out there and that's not like too expensive or anything it's not also model o fifty dollars cheap uh but in this newer lightweight market we are seeing the model o coming at a very affordable price and i think eighty dollars is just a bit too much if the average person out there looking for a new mouse is going to want something like this where it is lightweight they're going to say oh the model o is 50 this is 80. so this is more i think four people in that razor ecosystem i mean yes in the end it's still a great mouse but 80 bucks is just a little bit out of that desired price range i would say for where this fits in however it's not 120 dollars like final mouse is trying to pull but that's a different story for a different day in the end it's a great mouse 69 grams i'm happy to see razer take a stab at the new lightweight market for uh you know esports and pro gamers out there so hope you enjoyed my review of the razer viper if you did give this video a big thumbs up to show your support feel free to follow me on twitter randomfrankp at last if you haven't already hit that subscribe button hope you all enjoyed have a good day\n"