Razer Viper V2 Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse

Not a huge gamer but I’m sort of picky with my mouse feel and size. I tried a few different mice and my previous main mouse was the Glorious Model D, both wired and wireless. It’s been a great mouse but I found the wireless version battery doesn’t last more than a day and it’s been “wired” almost full time. Started to be frustrated with all of the cables on my desk and tried to find another wireless that fit my hand but also wasn’t super heavy, low latency and had good battery life.

From the reviews, the top gaming mouse was the Logitech G Pro X, very expensive but I wanted the lowest latency possible. While the performance of the Pro X was great, the body feel was very cheap and almost like a plastic Easter Eggshell. The body also felt too slick and combined with the extreme lightweight just didn’t vibe with me.

For work I have a Razer v1 Viper wired, it’s good but the buttons feel slightly mushy, so I didn’t check Razer for a gaming replacement at first. Later I ended up buying a Razer v1 Viper wireless, and looks like they fixed the buttons, they were very snappy and the latency of the wireless was almost the same as the wired. After such a positive experience, I was going to buy another v1 but with the news of the v2 coming out I held out.

From the first out-of-the-box experience with the v2 Viper, I first noticed they removed the dock and there’s no longer any quick charge ability. Honesly, this isn’t a big deal, if you need to charge the mouse, just plug it in, and use it. With the dock, it’s sitting on the stand, taking up space. The mouse is now USB-C which is nice, comes with the same very flexible cable, and the wireless dongle has a nice extender where you can have sitting as close to the mouse as possible (reduces latency).

What’s the biggest change on the mouse? It’s very noticeable of the weight reduction, it’s about 12g of difference, but at 58g, it still feels very solid (much better over the Pro X). The body of the mouse is the same as the other Vipers, it’s slightly rough but doesn’t feel cheap, fitment is great in my medium hand. It is worth noting Razer had to remove a few features of the v1 Viper in order to reduce weight.

One thing is it’s a solid black mouse, I love the new look. The only indication of any LED’s is a very small dot right below the mouse wheel, this indicates the battery charge. There’s no other LED’s on the mouse so keep that in mind if you’re looking for matching the keyboard. Another change is the removable of the right side “thumb buttons”. The v1 Viper allows for right and left-handed use, but the v2 Viper only has the buttons on the left side (for the right handed user). A nice bonus is the included grips (four pieces, two side stickers, two for the buttons), these are very grippy type of rubber.

While I haven’t owned the v2 Viper wireless long, it has great latency on the wireless side and with the light weight doesn’t feel any more than my wired mice. The pricing is a bit steep but it’s on par with other high end gaming mice, I would choose this over the other brands based on the Razer fits my hand the best and has the best click feel.

Downsides? The biggest issue is the auto-installer for the Razer software. I’m sure the software is not too bad but having the prompt every time is frustrating. I often use a Razer mouse for my work laptop and given the security issues, prefer to not see this app auto-execute.

It’s light, good shape, good battery life, good polling rate. It’s everything you need for a top tier FPS mouse. I used the viper mini for a while, but couldn’t get over how bad having a wire was, but Everything else about it was very high quality. This is basically a Viper mini wireless, so It’s what I’m using from here on out.

Sad to see some people having issues with theirs. Razer has a bit of a spotty history when it comes to problems with their mice, but all Razer mice I’ve gotten have worked completely fine for me.

عندي مشكلة في ماوس ريزر (فايبرv2 pro) و ما اقدر استخدمه بدون سلك و شبكته في قطعته الخاصه ولا اشتغل وشبكت الدانقل في الpc وماشتغل

I’ve been using cheap office mice for years and have always cycled through them within 2-3 years due to switch problems. I bought the Viper V2 because I heard that its optical switches are more resistant to wear and was pleasantly surprised at how great this mouse is. I don’t play competitive FPS but the ultra light weight and responsiveness of the mouse makes doing office work and general computer use way more satisfying and less fatiguing. I heard reviewers say that the switches feel mushy but my switches feel perfectly fine, and every button has a low actuation force and satisfying click. I downloaded Synapse to see what customizations I could make but I feel like the default settings work just fine for me, though I appreciate the ability to rebind mappings and fine tune DPI if I ever need the option. I can’t comment on battery life yet but I think just charging up with my keyboard’s USB cable once a week overnight should take care of any battery concerns.

edit:
I’ve been using this mouse for a little over 2 weeks from a full charge (casual and office work) and Synapse says that the battery is at 22%. For my use cases, non-gaming, I can easily get away with only charging this once every 1-2 weeks and hardly having to worry about battery life. I’m really glad I caught a good deal on this mouse because it’s by far the best mouse I’ve used!