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Razer Orochi 2013 the perfect Bluetooth Mac mouse?

APlotdevice said:
There are good ones with proprietary wireless adapters.

I think there are two reasons more mice don't use bluetooth:
1. BT still isn't standard on most PCs, so an adapter must be supplied anyway (though more are slowly adopting it)
2. BT is traditionally not as energy efficient as many of the propriety wireless systems. (BTsmart could change this)
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If you don't want a dongle hanging off your MacBook or using up a USB port then your options are pretty much limited to Bluetooth.
 
blueroom said:
If you don't want a dongle hanging off your MacBook
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The dongles that come with most modern wireless mouses only stick out about a couple millimeters:

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blueroom said:
or using up a USB port then your options are pretty much limited to Bluetooth.
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If you should need all your USB ports for other things, then yes that is a problem.
 
I have the 2013 Razer Orochi since 3 weeks now, I am very happy with it.

However, as I already saw in this thread:
- Razer synapse 2.0 is *****, just don't use it.
- Battery life is very short, about 7-10 days with everyday use. You NEED a pair of NiMH batteries with this mouse.
 
I bought my Razer Orochi over a year ago. Still using the same batteries. This was before the Synapse software existed.

I do turn it off when I am done using it. The little dial on the bottom makes it easy to turn on and off. After turning it on, it connects in a couple of seconds. I use my Magic Trackpad for most everything, except gaming.

It molds to my hand perfectly. My husband uses a Razer Mamba and it is huge.
 
Scrapula said:
I bought my Razer Orochi over a year ago. Still using the same batteries. This was before the Synapse software existed.
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So you have the 2012 model, the one with the blue LED ?

Even without the Synapse software, the battery life is really short on the 2013 model.

It's strange you are using the same batteries since over a year, I mean, it's strange the battery life is so different between the old and the new model.
 
I agree that it is pretty weird. I've replaced my trackpad twice in the same time, though I leave it on all the time. I only turn the razer on for gaming.
 
I joined because I saw this discussion.

I'm looking for a good mouse for my Mac and the Orochi 2013 seems like a good choice.

But let me get this straight: the current version of this mouse still has the bluetooth sleep/wake issues the old one had?
I used to own the previous Orochi but sold it because the fact that it'd go to sleep so quickly, forcing me to deal with jumping cursors whenever it lay dormant for 15 seconds.

This is still the case for the 2013 version? Is there no fix for this?
 
oMc said:
It usually takes ~2-3 min of inactivity before the 2013 Orochi enter in sleep mode.
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I have de 2012 model that IMO it is unusable in bluetooth mode, as it goes to sleep every three seconds, and it lags when it wakes up just the time to be annoying.

So my question is if this bug is fixed in 2013 version. Do you feel some lag when it wakes up? Like a second to respond?
 
After using the 2013 Orochi I'm in the habit of swapping out the NiMH batteries once a week. It takes about two minutes to sleep and is fairly quick at waking up.

Still my favorite Bluetooth based traditional mouse, plus the laser tracking is superb.
 
I wish I had of known about this before I bought my Logitech. This thing looks awesome.
 
Dobt buy any razor mouse ever - just google "razer double click" - premium price for shi..ty quality
 
I've had no problems with either my original Orochi or 2013 version. As for the "razor double click" it seems to be only the Naga mouse.
 
My 1st Razer Orochi's braided cord failed after 6 months and Razer does not sell spare parts. I really hoped they sell spare parts in resellers.
 
It's been a month since my last post. Still on the same battery, playing WoW for a few hours every day. I'm not sure why people say battery life sucks.
 
Scrapula said:
It's been a month since my last post. Still on the same battery, playing WoW for a few hours every day. I'm not sure why people say battery life sucks.
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I finally replaced my battery! It got me through Diabolo III and partway through Nightmare mode, also playing WoW and Witcher. Pretty good for AA batteries.
 
I'm looking at buying a bluetooth mouse for my 2013 Macbook Air 13", that won't occupy a USB socket. For casual gaming and design work, where I need precision clicks and scrolling. The Orochi keeps coming out top, but I have a couple questions.

Can I use the mouse in OS X without installing ANY drivers (or the Synapse software). Do all buttons function (including the fwd/back buttons for web browsing?)

There used to be some issue with the Razer software preference pane messing up the DPI sensitivity - is this still true?? (Quote from here):

05 - STAY AWAY FROM "RAZER OROCHI" PREFERENCE PANE
I've unearthed an uncanny behavior when accessing LEOPARD's "Razer Orochi" preference pane. The mere act of opening it caused the tracking speed to decrease dramatically! In fact, even escalating all the way up to 4000 DPI, the mouse still moved like it was at 1500 DPI! Thankfully, as long as you have access to a WINXP machine, there's a pretty straightforward way to tackle this: simply make sure to always use WINXP driver to configure Orochi. Since the "Synapse On-Board memory" allows one to port settings across OSs, there's really no reason to access LEOPARD's driver at all!
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If you want Bluetooth AND gaming, there are very little choices available besides this mouse.
 
I've had my Orochi 2013 for a while and I noticed a couple of things with battery life ...

  1. I got a few weeks of use out of a set of batteries by turning off the mouse after I was done using it (the little switch on the bottom)
  2. When I didn't turn off my mouse after every use, I got about a week's worth of battery life
  3. Battery life will drain MUCH faster if you use it at a higher DPI setting. I recently changed my DPI setting to be much higher and my batteries died very quickly
 
Vctr said:
I've had my Orochi 2013 for a while and I noticed a couple of things with battery life ...

  1. I got a few weeks of use out of a set of batteries by turning off the mouse after I was done using it (the little switch on the bottom)
  2. When I didn't turn off my mouse after every use, I got about a week's worth of battery life
  3. Battery life will drain MUCH faster if you use it at a higher DPI setting. I recently changed my DPI setting to be much higher and my batteries died very quickly
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Thanks for the tips! :)
 
For anyone using this mouse with BetterTouchTool, have you found a way to disable the On-the-Fly Sensitivity? When I press the right two buttons, the sensitivity changes even though I have the buttons mapped to something else.

I emailed Razer and they said the On-The-Fly sensitivity tool should only work when the synapse driver is installed, but I don't have it installed.
 
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