The Taipan looks sightly different when compared to the other Razer mice we have reviewed in the past, and not in a bad way; we think that the overall design Taipan proposes is more professional, clean and the ambidextrous design also makes it a preferred mouse for the lefties. The top side of the mouse is made from hard plastic, a better choice in our opinion since we have seen that on the mice fully covered with rubber, the back and buttons area begin to show signs of wear and catch dirt, oil in a short period of time:

The back side comes with a rather discrete Razer logo:

When looking to the left side of the mouse, we can see two programmable buttons, along with a rubber portion for gaining a better grip with our thumb finger:

Since this mouse is ambidextrous, the right side looks identical:

When looking at the front, we can discover the left, right buttons and the scroll wheel with plastic on the sides:

Two more programmable buttons are also located near the scroll wheel, which are initially mapped for switching between different DPI steps:

On the back side of the mouse, we will find the 8200DPI 4G dual-sensor, along with the power ratings and product serial numbers:

As we have seen with other high quality gaming mice, the cable is braided for enhanced durability:

The USB connector is also branded with the Razer logo and gold plated for achieving a better contact:

When we plug in the mouse for the first time in a spare USB port, we will see that the scroll wheel lights up, along with the Razer logo in the back, which has a pulsating effect: