Question for Razer Mamba owners

I was looking a bit more deeply into the Razer Mamba and saw that it can be used in wired mode without the battery. I know you can do this with the Logitech G700 as well, but that mouse's battery indicator blinks red when used in that way. Does the Mamba do something similar? Does the battery gauge even light up at all?

 

I am not a Mamba owner now but I was two years ago. I returned it in 3 days because I just couldn't get used to the feel. That's not to say you won't like the feel but I also has some tracking issues with it. Since then, I went back to Logitech and haven't looked back. I can't remember if any battery indicator lit up on the Mamba or not. I do have the G700 and I can confirm that the LED's do light up when it is plugged in. May I ask why your worried about that?

 

OK...thanks for the non-answer.

Because flashing/pulsating lights annoy me. It's the first thing I disable on any Razer mouse I buy.

 

nope 3 green lights on the side and blue light on the scrolling wheel. Although it is noticeably lighter.

 

Are the side lights steady state green?


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yup and it will show red/green to indicate the sensitivity when you adjust the 2 buttons then get back to green

 

Exactly what I needed to know. +rep

 

Does it play well with a Razer Vespula? I know the 2012 edition does not.

 

Well then in that case, you would be happy to know that the G700 lights do not flash an pulsate when plugged in. They stay steady green. The only time I've ever seen any light pulsate on the G700 is when the battery is on it's last leg.

 

Now take the battery out and use the mouse with the cable plugged in and tell me what it does.


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It blinks red because the mouse wasn't designed to be used with the battery removed. Remove the battery from the Mamba and see what happens.

 

You totally missed the point here. But i did, and it is still green or blue on the wheel.

P.s: He doesnt ask which mouse is better.

 

Your right, I did. I guess i don't understand why one would want to remove the battery from a wireless mouse but I am curious. Maybe I've been missing out on something. If your going to remove the battery, why not just purchase a corded mouse?

 

Compared to the Razer Deathadder, which has a similar form factor, the Mamba has a couple extra buttons as well as onboard memory for storing profiles. For traveling, it is impractical to carry the Mamba and its dock (which serves as a charging station and wireless receiver). Finally, if the battery has a defect or loses its ability to hold a charge, you won't be left with a non-functional piece of plastic.


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Why not just carry a few rechargeable AA's for the G700. That is what I do. I don't even use the battery it came with anymore. I purchased higher capacity AA's and charge four of them at a time. When the battery dies, I just swap it out. When I get down to my last battery, I throw them on the charger. You could even use regular AA's but that would probably get expensive after a while.

 

You can disable the blue cosmetic lights via the driver software, and as has been mentioned, the battery indicator light stays steady green and quite dim. When you change DPI, it will change to red for about five seconds, then go back to green.

Also, for what it's worth, the dock/receiver is not very large at all; it's about half the size of the mouse itself. If you can carry the mouse in whatever bag you're taking, it shouldn't be any trouble to take the dock.

 

The USB cable takes up less space and would be at less risk of getting damaged should something bad happen on the road.

In my thread about the Razer Naga I already went over the reason why the G700 is not under consideration so please do not mention it any further.



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The reasons I could see for removing the batteries from the Razer Mamba:

1) Batteries are heavy, and just the weight, balance, and drag of the mouse. Some people prefer lighter, center-balanced mice versus a heavier rear-balanced mouse.

2) The Razer Mamba depends on a receiver dock for wireless operation. And that receiver dock isn't an ideal shape to carry around with you when travelling (unlike a Logitech G700 receiver). It would make sense to run the Mamba in wired mode when travelling, and only use wireless mode at home, if someone is dead-set on owning the Razer Mamba.


Don't get me wrong - personally, I agree with you that it would make sense to just buy a wired mouse, keep it in your travel laptop bag, and just use it when you are travelling. But there are some people (e.g. saturnotaku) that have justifiable reasons for bringing a wired Razer Mamba around with them.

 

Now I remember. Logitech doesn't provide OSX software for their gaming line. Sorry, I don't really look at thread names that much.