The Razer DeathAdder V2 is an excellent FPS gaming mouse. It looks almost identical to the Razer DeathAdder Elite, but has a much improved cable, better feet, and an additional profile switching button. The mouse also has on-board memory that allows you to save customized settings to the mouse, which is very useful when using it on a Mac since the Synapse 3 software is not compatible with macOS. This mouse has a very wide customizable CPI range and very low click latency. This mouse is suitable for palm grips and is comfortable for all hand sizes, although those with smaller hands may not find the claw and fingertip grips as comfortable.
The left and right buttons on the mouse are also more durable than those on the Elite. Being optical rather than mechanical, they have fewer missed clicks, lower latency, and longer life, and Razer believes they will last 70 million clicks instead of the Deathadder Elite’s 50 million. I don’t know how accurate this number is, but it was as responsive as I needed it to be, with not a single missed click; in games of “Fortnite” and “Escape from Tarkov,” shooting was instantaneous and I never had to worry about misfires.
[content-egg-block template=offers_logo hide=price]The latency of the click is very short, and the CPI can be set freely over a very wide range. All of its buttons can be reprogrammed, and it is comfortable enough to use for long game marathons. It’s great for palm grips of any hand size, but those with smaller hands may struggle with the claws and fingertip grip.
Then there’s Razer’s “party trick”: the sensor (Deathadder Elite stats are in parentheses for comparison). It has a resolution accuracy of up to 20,000 DPI/CPI (16,000), up to 650 inches per second (450), and 99.6 percent (99.4 percent) resolution accuracy. Increases in these numbers may not mean much to you, as they make little difference in your day-to-day performance. how often do you need to exceed 16,000 DPI/CPI? Not often.
If you are new to Razer products, you should be prepared to be bothered by a pop-up to install Razer’s Synapse suite as soon as you plug in your mouse. Razer has no shame in pushing all its software on its customers as soon as they start using its hardware. Alternatively, they may ask anyone who uses their software to create a Razer ID.
While it was unpleasant to plug in the DeathAdder V2 and be prompted to install a bunch of Razer software and subtly prompt to create a Razer ID, Synapse otherwise comes off as a no-brainer. But Synapse is otherwise a non-offensive product. That sounds fair to me.