Gaming mouse review: Razer Abyssus
I’ve had the Razer Abyssus for a couple of months now, making the switch from my Logitech G3. I bought it along with a SteelSeries Kinzu just so I could test them both out, but mostly because the Kinzu didn’t work with my Icemat, I stuck to the Abyssus.
Some facts to start off – the Abyssus is a wired USB laser mouse that can run at 800, 1600 or 3200 DPI (I really like that they put in a switch for the different DPIs at the bottom of the mouse – I hate accidentally hitting a button beneath the scrolling wheel that will fuck up my aim). It’s ambidextrous, so it works for both left- and right-handed people. There are only three buttons – left, right and middle (mouse wheel), no thumb button or anything like that. It’s very light-weight – the lightest mouse I’ve tried yet.
The mouse is very responsive and very accurate. It can stop working somewhat randomly with my mousepad if I don’t clean it often enough, but that’s not a big minus for the mouse. The buttons feel good – I’d like the mouse wheel button to be a bit easier to press down, but it’s OK. The left and right buttons had a tendency to double-click when I didn’t want them to when the mouse was new, but that seems to have gone away with time. Maybe it’s something that got fixed with wear or my fingers adjusted to whatever they have to do to avoid that behaviour, I’m not sure.
The light weight and low profile makes it ideal for RTSes like StarCraft. The shape is also comfortable for a palm grip, so using it for FPSes has also been a success for me. The only thing I’d say is a direct drawback is that the feet are really small, which means it’s a tiny bit wobbly on hard surfaces. I’m also not sure how well most glidz fit onto them – I haven’t dared try. The feet are quite smooth, but I would still prefer to stick some teflone tape on without having to worry too much.
All in all, I’d definitely recommend this mouse for someone who wants a simple, robust mouse that works well for all genres. This obviously isn’t the mice you’ll want to get if you need 10 buttons to bind macros to, but that’s clearly not who Razer was aiming at with this one.
