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Thursday 27 April 2017

Big Promises From Razer’s Lancehead Wireless Mouse

Razer is making some big promises with its wireless Lancehead gaming mouse. We’re accustomed to companies blasting marketing spiels that claim their new product is the “World’s First/Best/Awesomest” widget, but Razer is taking that to a new level. The company’s claims around the Lancehead include:

-Most reliable wireless mouse in the world

-Most reliable PC peripheral in the world

-World’s Most Accurate laser mouse sensor

-Industry-best mouse switches

Whew! Although we wouldn’t deign to ascribe those superlatives without extensive testing across multiple products, Razer at least tried to explain the technology behind its claims.

Superlatives

The wireless versus wired mouse debate has been kicking around since the dawn of wireless mice. There are obvious issues inherent to wireless mice, including extra weight, battery life, lag, and wireless interference. Razer said that it’s solved at least the last two with its Adaptive Frequency Technology (AFT).

In its release materials, Razer said:

Adaptive Frequency Technology … automatically selects the strongest interference-free frequencies within the 2.4 GHz band. The technology actively switches when necessary. The result is lag-free data transmission between the Lancehead and PC and a signal that outperforms every other wireless gaming mouse.

The company hopes the wireless Lancehead can find footing in the otherwise completely wired-mouse esports community.

Regarding its claims around the laser sensor and switches, Razer has been touting that since it launched the Deathadder Elite mouse last year. The company has refused to disclose who it partnered with on the laser sensor, but it said that it co-developed its Razer Mechanical Mouse switches with Omron, which makes loads of the switches you’ll find on gaming mice. Whereas Omron mouse switches typically promise a 20-million-click lifetime, Razer’s version purports to last for 50 million clicks.

New Software

Mentioned only in passing in the release materials for the Lancehead is the fact that this device is the first to ship with a new edition of Razer’s Synapse software, Synapse Pro (Beta). Synapse lets you configure your device’s settings, create/edit macros, make key and button assignments, and more. It’s also the way you can configure the RGB lighting (Razer Chroma) on a bevy of Razer devices, including the Lancehead.

Razer didn’t offer much additional information on what will be in Synapse Pro that isn’t currently in Synapse beyond the following:

Rebind buttons, assign macros, and automatically save all your profile configurations to the cloud. And if you’re going to use a computer without internet or Razer Synapse Pro installed, save up to 4 profiles to have on hand via the devices’ on-board storage.