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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Packaging, A Closer Look

Razer is shipping the Taipan gaming mouse inside a small cardboard box, with a theme we are already used to from the previous peripherals; the front side comes with a photo of the main product, along with the main features list:

 

 

 

The features in more detail along with a short description are to be found on the box laterals:

 

 

 

 

On the back side, we'll get some explanations regarding the mouse main components, along with the list of technical specifications, in multiple languages:

 

 

 

The box can be also opened like a book so we are able how the mouse does really look without the need of unsealing the enclosure:

 

 

 

As a bundle, with the mouse we will receive the set of two Razer stickers, along with the documentation, which is kept together with a transparent plastic belt:

 

 

 

The supplied documentation is divided into multiple leaflets, each of the same size:

 

 

 

The first leaflet will instruct us to register the product on the Razer website, for receiving additional support:

 

 

 

A short introduction to the Synapse 2.0 unified software configuration can be also found on the second documentation leaflet:

 

 

 

Next, we have one Quick Guide, which will show how the connectivity to the computer must be made, along with a description of the main components:

 

 

 

A Master Guide is also supplied, which will explain in detail the mouse functions, along with the Synapse 2.0 GUI functionality for this mouse:

 

 

 

Let's take now a closer look on the Taipan mouse:

 

 

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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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