Razer Taipan Ambidextrous Gaming Mouse Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2012-11-21

The new Taipan ambidextrous mouse from Razer weights no more than 132 grams, comes with a high performance 4G Dual Sensor System with 8200DPI and makes use of the Razer Synapse 2.0 software for easy customization of the 9 programmable Hyperesponse buttons.

 

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Product Features, Specifications

Product Features:

 

8200 dpi 4G Dual Sensor System

 

Introducing the all-new 8200dpi 4G Dual Sensor System – outfitted with a laser and an optical sensor to accurately calibrate the mouse to any surface for exceptional pinpoint tracking. This lets you execute headshots with ease while moving with instant in-game responsiveness – a sensor that is a perfect match for your lightning fast reflexes.

 

Improved ambidextrous ergonomics

 

Designed with extensive feedback from professional gamers, the Razer Taipan’s ambidextrous form suits a wide variety of grip styles and hand sizes. Whether you’re right-handed or a south-paw; use claw, palm or fingertip-grip, this mouse stays firmly in hand and comfortably so for extended periods of gaming.

 

 

Razer Synapse 2.0 enabled

 

Razer Synapse 2.0 is cutting-edge, intuitive, proprietary software that functions as the Razer Taipan’s brain, automatically syncing the gaming mouse to a cloud server to download driver and firmware updates, as well as to save your individual settings without you needing to lift a finger. You’ll never have to set up a new mouse at tournaments again when Razer Synapse 2.0 downloads the personal settings from your own Razer Taipan, and ports them to the new mouse, making it an exact replica of your own. Learn more

 

Technical Specifications:

 

4G Dual Sensor System - 8200dpi

Ambidextrous form factor

Razer Synapse 2.0 enabled

9 programmable Hyperesponse buttons

1000Hz Ultrapolling / 1ms response time

Up to 200 inches per second / 50g acceleration

Approximate size: 124 mm / 4.88” (Length) x 63 mm / 2.48” (Width) x 36 mm / 1.42” (Height)

Approximate Weight: 132 g / 0.29 lbs

 

System Requirements:

 

PC / Mac with USB port

Windows® 8/ Windows® 7 / Windows Vista® / Windows® XP (32-bit)/ Mac OS X (v10.6-10.7 and above)

Internet connection

100MB of free hard disk space

Razer Synapse 2.0 account registration (requiring a valid e-mail address), software download,license agreement acceptance, and internet connection is required to use full feature set of product and to receive updates.

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Comment from Skidmarks @ 2012/11/21
Nice review although in my experience the hard plastic surface of a mouse tends to show wear & tear a lot sooner than a good quality rubber coating. I guess grained plastic surface is used to restrain costs
Comment from Stefan Mileschin @ 2012/11/22
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Originally Posted by Skidmarks View Post
Nice review although in my experience the hard plastic surface of a mouse tends to show wear & tear a lot sooner than a good quality rubber coating. I guess grained plastic surface is used to restrain costs
Thanks for the comment; you may be right, but the thing is I did not have a lot of good experiences till now with rubber coated mice, most of them accumulating oil and lint in about a week, which is really hard to remove.
Comment from jmke @ 2012/11/22
I'm testing another Razer mouse, that one has different software? each mouse has different software to be configured? that's not very efficient
Comment from Omega5 @ 2012/11/23
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Originally Posted by jmke
I'm testing another Razer mouse, that one has different software? each mouse has different software to be configured? that's not very efficient
That'd be because you're using one of the slightly older generations of hardware... only the very newly released versions use Synapse2. Feedback on Synapse2 doesn't seem too overly positive from some corners especially considering to use anything above basic functionality of the device you have to be online and sign up with Razer initially before it'll function fully.
Comment from Stefan Mileschin @ 2012/11/23
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Originally Posted by jmke View Post
I'm testing another Razer mouse, that one has different software? each mouse has different software to be configured? that's not very efficient
Hey John, Synapse 2.0 is a very close concept to the SteelSeries Engine, but this one has the Internet connection mandatory since we need to create an username with password for logging in and only after that the type of mouse will be detected and specific software download will start. Also, the profiles you save will be uploaded in the cloud.
Comment from jmke @ 2012/11/23
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I remember reading something about their servers being offline and new users not able to configure the mouse extra features/buttons

 

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