Razer - DeathAdder V3 HyperSpeed Ultra-Lightweight Wireless Optical Gaming Mouse with 100 Hour Battery - Black

Great build quality, sensor, weight, coating and shape. I prefer this over the Deathadder v3 Pro

I recently built a new desktop PC and was in the market for a new gaming mouse. I’ve always been fond of Razer products because of their design, quality, and performance. The Deathadder V3 fits the bill. The first thing I noticed was that this mouse was devoid of RGB lights, which is what I’ve always thought of when it comes to Razer products. That’s likely to keep battery life really high. The next thing I noticed was how incredibly light it is. Seriously, I first wondered if it needed AA batteries as it reminded me of an older mouse that was empty. It’s seriously impressive as to how light it is. In the box you obviously get the mouse, a USB C to A cable and a wireless high speed dongle. You can use it either wired or wirelessly. The wireless high speed dongle actually has a USB port in it, where the dongle itself fits. So you could use it without the long cable wirelessly. Although in my experience, depending on your setup, you could have a spotty connection if you just use the base USB dongle that plugs into the USB port depending on how far away the mouse is for the computer. In short, I use the cable to put on my desk so it’s closer to the mouse but still use it wirelessly. From what I understand however, is that this wireless dongle doesn’t get you the 8000 hz polling that you can get when operating it wired. The design of the mouse is pretty understated, which is all a matter of personal preference. This one replaced my old Logitech G mouse which had RGB colors. But honestly, it didn’t add anything as you don’t look at the mouse when you’re using it and the lights turn off when it goes to sleep. But it does feel extremely cheap. I don’t mean that as a complaint, it just feels like a cheap piece of plastic. It’s not, and it’s more of a testament to the engineering behind it to make it so light. There’s only 5 buttons on the mouse, left right click, scroll click/wheel, and two buttons on the side. On the bottom is the power button and the button you can click to cycle through your DPI settings quickly. Honestly, this is perfect for me, it has all the buttons I need and nothing more. Setting it up was as easy as plugging it in. But you can update the firmware, which you wouldn’t know unless you did an internet search. On the Razer page you can find a firmware update utility which was a breeze to use (the mouse comes outdated out of the box, at least for me). I’ve heard some people complain about Razer Synapse, but I’m kind of ambivalent. I’m not one to really adjust the settings of my devices too often (I’m more of a casual gamer, I play frequently, but not competitively). But I am somewhat accustomed to Synapse as I use it for my Razer speakers. Once I updated the firmware, my mouse showed up immediately. I found the software - at least with respect to this mouse - easy to navigate and understand. You can customize profiles, adjust the performance (increasing DPI and polling rates), adjust mouse mat surface calibration (which to be honest, I don’t fully understand), and power settings. Basically when the mouse goes to sleep and when it goes into low power mode. I’ve only used the mouse a short while, never charging it after I took it out of the box, and it remained at 50% battery after going through a few lengthy gaming sessions. While a small sample set, I tend to trust Razer’s claim of the long 50+ hour battery life. In terms of performance, I played Cyberpunk for a while and was really impressed with teh accuracy and movements. I was better able to lift the mouse using the claw technique of holding a mouse and move it around with great success. The right and left buttons are really clickly, they don’t sound annoying at all, in fact, they give more of a satisfactory feeling of clicking the button - similar to using a mechanical keyboard, at least to me. Unlike my Logitech G mouse, I had zero accidental clicks from resting my fingers on the mouse, but at the same time, they were extremely responsive to clicking on them. While I can’t speak to professional gaming, as a casual gamer who is interested in having the best equipment on my computer, I’ve been extremely impressed with the Deathadder V3. It’s highly responsive when in use, it’s customizable with up to 5 profiles that you can switch on the fly (for those where that feature is a premium), and the battery life is terrific. I don’t know if I would shove this in my bag when traveling - for fear of it breaking - but it’s still seemingly durable with a nice smooth finish that’s easy to grip. It’s somewhat no frills, but brings serious performance. I highly recommend this mouse for even the casual gamer like myself.

The DeathAdder V3 HS seems to be in iterative update over the previously released DeadAdder V3 Pro. For the most part, that mouse was already a phenomenal option, but the V3 HyperSpeed improves on it in tangible ways that make it feel like a worthwhile upgrade. Those familiar with Razer mice will have no surprises here. Setup and usability is exactly what you'd expect here. Crucially, so is wireless performance, with the V3 HS providing phenomenal tracking abilities with a host of additional features that make this a true gamer's mouse. Weight and balance both feel perfect, as does surface glide and tracking. One thing of note is that they've tweaked the glide pads on this one, changing from 3 smaller pads to two large pads as you can see in one of my attached photos. This has helped with glide for me, but only modestly. For those that feel they need to absolute best in tracking, the DeathAdder V3 HS features Hyperpolling, giving you the ability to supercharge the polling rate of the mouse up to 8000hz, giving you virtually zero input lag. Additionally, it features Hypershift, which allows you to map a secondary set of functions to the mouse inputs at the press of a button. Of note, these both require you to install the Razer Synapse app on your PC. Overall, I've had zero issues with wireless connectivity on this mouse (or other Razer mice I've had for that matter). Razer knows how to make a wireless mouse that functions without connection issues. Ergonomics here are improved over the V3 Pro. The V3 HS has been reduced in size by what feels like 10%, giving it an even lighter feel in the hand, while also feeling less bulky. Those with overly large hands may still appreciate the added real estate of the V3 Pro, but to me, the smaller size makes it feel much more agile. One additional tweak is that the right side feels less sloped; for me, this was an issue with the V3 Pro where it was difficult at times to get a grip and lift the mouse. That's been resolved here for me, making it a better overall experience in every way ergonomically. Finally, as with the V3 Pro, battery life here is nothing short of amazing. On standard operation (ie: not using Hyperpolling, for instance), Razer rates it at upwards of 100 hours of battery life. This seems accurate in my usage. This is one of those devices that seems like it never needs to be charged. This is undoubtedly owed in part to the fact that there are no frills here from an LED perspective; this is a jet black device with a single connection indicator LED at the top. That's it; nothing else to needlessly drain power. Some may like a fancier looking mouse; I vastly prefer the no-frills tradeoffs of having insane battery life, personally. The only area of concern I have with this mouse stems from an issue I've developed with previous Razer mice; the scroll wheel. My first few hundred hours with the V3 Pro were mostly without issue, but as I've used it more over time, the integrity of the scroll wheel has gone downhill. Most notably, it tends to micro scroll on its own now, which is VERY noticeable in FPS games where scrolling changes your equipped weapon, for instance. More than a few times now, this issue has cost me a few lives while gaming. Prior to the DeathAdder V3 Pro, I used a Basilisk Pro for a couple of years, and the scroll wheel on that one also developed this same issue that eventually rendered that mouse completely unusable. The V3 HS feels a bit stiffer, the detents feel more defined, and the arc of the wheel also seems to be a bit flatter, but at this point, I'm not confident the issues with scroll registration have been resolved, so it's something I'll be watching closely for. On first glance, this seems like a very similar mouse to the V3 Pro, and in many ways it is. If you suffered a bit with the ergonomics of the V3 Pro because of it's bulky size, the V3 HS is just what the doctor ordered. To me, it's simultaneously a small and huge step forward, iterating on the things that needing improving while keeping the things that worked well. Of the various gaming mice I've used across any of the brands you can think of that make wireless mice, this Razer DeathAdder V3 HyperSpeed feels like the best of all of them. Whether my issue with previous scroll wheels on Razer mice is resolved remains to be seen, but overall, this is my favorite gaming mice of all time.