The world of gaming mice is flooded with mice that claim to tick the boxes of everything a gamer needs but very few of these actually deliver on their promises.
So when it comes to a brand like Razer and their newest addition to their line of gaming mice, you know you need to sit up and pay attention.
The Razer Cobra Pro emerges as a formidable contender in the realm of gaming peripherals, specifically tailored to cater to the nuanced demands of competitive gamers.
Tech Talk
When it comes to gaming mice and what sets one apart from the crowd, it’s all about customisation to fit the need. Especially with gamers. But mostly right-handed gamers as the design is set up as right-handed symmetrical. As a lefty myself, I have zero issues with this.
Side note: Are there any gamers out there who don’t use their right hand as their mouse hand? Please contact me – I have questions. So many questions…
And the Cobra Pro from Razer offers just that with 8 customisable buttons and 10 customisable controls. It allows for basic customisation all the way up to complex macros to deliver exactly what you want it to deliver in any situation.
The Cobra Pro also allows you to store up to 5 onboard profiles so you can just plug and play anywhere and anytime.
Razer has ensured function is included and on par with form with the Cobra Pro having the option of up to 30 000 DPI. Yes, you read that right.
Meaning this mouse can pick up even the slightest of movements.
Alongside the Focus Pro 30K Optical Sensor, Razer has included their 90 million click (certified) Gen-3 Optical mouse switches so you can flick and click like a pro.
The Cobra Pro has limitless Chroma options with 11 light zones to tweak and play with. These include the scroll wheel, Razer logo and multi-zone underglow. With 16.8 million colours included in Razer Chroma, you can mix and match to your heart’s content as you look for that perfect hue to bring out the best in your set up. An obvious, but necessary word of caution – making full use of the RGB lighting and full brightness will deplete the battery much quicker.
The Razer Cobra Pro has three options of connectivity to best suit your needs.
– HyperSpeed Wireless through a 2.4GHz dongle (included).
– Wired through a Speedflex USB-A to USB-C cable.
– Bluetooth.
Each connection option will use the battery at varying rates, with wired not using the battery at all and charging the internal battery (obviously).
Since we’re on the topic of the battery – the Razer Cobra Pro boasts an impressive battery life of up to 100 hours while connected via the HyperSpeed dongle (tested with constant motion at a polling rate of 1000Hz). and up to 170 hours while connected via Bluetooth.
With all these features packed into one mouse, you’d expect something that resembles a tank but Razer has ensured its typical sleek and stylish design fits into the palm of your hand and weighs in at a whopping 77g. The mouse is light and moves with ease and precision in even the most unskilled of hands.
Experience
Moving from a Viper V2 Pro to the Cobra Pro came with some interesting adaptations. While the shape and feel in hand were quite similar, the weight of the Cobra Pro is almost 20g heavier than its Viper counterpart. Which might not sound like much but it was noticeable, if only for a little while.
While I was very impressed with the function and performance of the Cobra Pro, its performance was much the same as the Viper V2 Pro and DeathAdder V3 Pro with all three Pro tier versions using the Gen-3 Optical switches and the Focus Pro 30K Optical sensor. The heaviest of these being the Cobra Pro, but the Cobra Pro also being the cheapest and the only of the three named mice to offer Bluetooth connectivity as well. Very handy for while you’re on the move.
I suppose being spoilt for choice with some of the other Razer mice I’ve reviewed, it’s hard not to compare the Cobra Pro to them. Overall, the Cobra Pro performs exceptionally well, is comfortable in hand, and comes with many customisable options and RGB. Some more things that are lacking from the latest Viper and DeathAdder Pro versions.
I did find that using the Cobra Pro with RGB on made the battery drain quite quickly and I found myself having to charge the mouse more often than I would’ve liked. That being said though – I could not bring myself to turn the RGB off because what is the point of having RGB and not using it? And we all know that every bit of RGB a gamer has is +10 to all skills. So by that gamer math – the Razer Cobra Pro offers a huge +130 to all skills if using all the RGB. I’d say that’s worth the extra charge here and there.
And also – RGB is much nice, such pretty. Wow.
I know this second part of the review may have painted the Razer Cobtra Pro in a bit of a harsher light than I’d hoped but the Cobra Pro really is a solid mouse and competes toe to toe, and even reaches above its weight class (price point) with function, features and performance against everything in its class. Both within the Razer mouse range and other big brands.
It is a mouse that you cannot go wrong with and will bring hours of joy to all who have the privilege of calling it their own.
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