Razer - Basilisk (Gen 1)
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"I had mine staked down in packed sand during a rainstorm that dropped 1.5”-2” per hour for 3 hours according to a ranger station nearby and it took it like a champ."
"after heavy and extreme and I mean extreme use in a very dirty environment, after a year the range suddenly cut down... I felt like I'd gotten my measly 20ish buck worth from them and didn't fault jlab due to the extreme circumstances I used them in daily. ... I work in a hot asa filthy steel mill and the fact they lasted a year was impressive to me."
"My old Breville lasted 10-11 years ... I got the new one 3 years ago with the air fryer option … if it breaks tomorrow I would figure out how to get it again - I seriously love it."
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"I couldn't go back to the G502 now I use all 12 buttons!"
"With the Naga I map the center button on the bottom row to shift. ... And with that I can roll my thumb up, left, or right and get another three keybinds. ... And just having shift there also lets me press that for shift, instead of my left pinky. One less thing for my left hand to do. Makes Shift+4 while moving and jumping easier. ... This gives me ready, instant access to the entire hotbar. And with shift, an entire second hotbar (excepting shift+7 and shift+9)."
"Only the Naga let's me assign shift to one of the middle row buttons, then easily roll my thumb left and right to get shift4 or shift6 from just my thumb."
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"its form happens to fit my hand better than the others ... no feelings of fatigue in my hand after a long gaming session"
"can ’t seem to find another that fit as good"
"razer deathadder does it for me. others just feel small and hurt my hand."
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"I couldn't go back to the G502 now I use all 12 buttons!"
"The 18 side buttons are amazing for hotkeys."
"You get 12 additional buttons to the side. ... You can macro them with the Logitech tool or key mind. ... You can now play basically every game on your mouse"
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"it has a realy high DPI"
"has good tracking"
"it handles like a dream"
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"Yeah the battery life on Apple Watch is pathetic. ... Like I have the 4G Apple watch which I wear when I am out of town just in case my iphone dies or gets broken and I am in an emergency. That happened to me a few months back. I had my watch and only my watch. I had 4G turned on for emergency services and GPS turned on so I can find my way home. Convienent and life saving right? Except the stupid thing died after an hour and after that I was stuck with no communication abilities at all in the middle of the night wandering the streets. What good is having all of those capabilities if they are just going to die on you after 10 minutes? ... other than as an emergency backup for my phone (which I have now proven is a joke in a real life emergency)"
"If I record for more than 14 minutes it will freeze and battery is already almost dead. This is at night night by the way so temperature isn't high."
"the battery now wears out very quickly - after about 1 hour of usage."
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"the fit was terrible for me ... so I returned them"
"I had the same problem and returned them."
"But, notably heavier. ... And man, these being heavy, really makes it hard to keep in the ears. ... I'm finding these are heavy and have a hard time staying in the ear ... I noticed that too. These are the first iem that give me problem with staying in my ears. ... Yea, it's big enough of an issue, that I might resell these. It's frustrating to use them lol ... I never found a set that made them stay perfectly, except for liquid silicone tips, but didn't like the way they sounded ... These are heavy though. Easily double to 2.5x, maybe even 3x the weight of my s12 2024's. TBD on how I feel on that lol."
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"I use a g502 with all weights attached 💀💀 ... I switch between a g502 and a g pro super light and the difference is like running and waddling through water"
"Thing is a brick ... After using light weight mice it's hard to go back to that weight."
"the weight is way too much even for work."
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"The G502 and Basilisk thumb area is a bit cramped. ... I don't have thick fingers, but long ones and my thumbs are a bit wider at the tips than on most people."
"Personally not a fan of too many buttons on the mouse"
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"now a year and a half in, the rubber where your thumb lays on the left side has worn through to the plastic."
AggravatingDay8392 1.0Are you sure your hands are average size? 😂 V1 and V3, never had a problem
cebixd 1.0Using the basilisk since v1 from 2018, recently switched to basilisk v3, the best mouse for me. I like that shape, it sits so well in hand.
DisastrousFootJob 1.0I know I'll probably get hate but the Razer basilisk line has always shaped to my hand perfectly. I had the OG for 3-4 years and finally got the V3 Pro last week, still loving it.
Distinct_Tension_674 1.0This has literally started happening with my v1 basilisk 🥲
This has literally started happening with my v1 basilisk 🥲
This has literally started happening with my v1 basilisk 🥲
HighSkuid 1.0Hey, I got a Basilisk V1 and my ring finger is wether partially on the right button, wether laying on the mouse carpet.. And the pinky is bending so the tip can "hold" the mouse. I know this is not a good shape for my hand but I got used to this mouse. I realized with time that it's really a small mouse and we might need a bigger mouse. I feel you about the strange right side... (I tried adding a pic) https://preview.redd.it/oerpfprk3sjf1.png?width=1560&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf69165d7108c96bf5db3994324f3385330b1dba
jugglingelectrons 1.0Wired Basilisk 1 and 2 have held up for a long time. When I retired the 1 years ago from gaming, I brought it to work as my daily user and it is still fine.
Wired Basilisk 1 and 2 have held up for a long time. When I retired the 1 years ago from gaming, I brought it to work as my daily user and it is still fine.
Wired Basilisk 1 and 2 have held up for a long time. When I retired the 1 years ago from gaming, I brought it to work as my daily user and it is still fine.
PerfosWithoutAnime 1.0I had first iteration for years and it worked perfectly fine. Now i have V3 and it's working just fine. Of Course main problems are with rubber grips, but thats pretty normal for rubber to wear off.
2ndcarpenter 0.1deathadder v2 is nice I use that one currently. I'm interested in the basilisk wired, I hate wireless for gaming. Too much lag. I had a mamba chroma b4 it was good but had to fix the wheel twice. Deathadder hasn't let me down yet and I like that I can reprogram the DPI keys
WUTDARUT 0.1I just got the wired version of the Razer Basilsk and like it a lot. I’ve used the Razer Deathadder and Logitech equivalent. The Logitech mouse wheel started acting funky after a few months so went back to Razer. So far so good, I like the little thumb support it has.
5900Boot 0.0Mine broke after about a year of using it. Admittedly I am rough with my mice. But it would do things like randomly make me look down/up, not register inputs, and not allow me to look around while holding m4/m5
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