Razer Cobra: What Real Users Say After Months of Use

Jesus Christ just make a Pro version. No RGB, no Bluetooth, no top button, no charging puck bs. It's not that hard

They are trolling us at this point, they know damn well what to do and what we want. Stop giving this trash company money.

This should have been released years ago instead of the 77g abomination, and I would have bought it. Instead, I have several other lighter mice, and I'm not going to go backwards.

Dear Razer, Just stop making this shape if it's not a Viper Mini Pro version. Sincerely, 90% of your customers

So, so close. Ditch RGB all together. Ditch multi-plastic panels. Ya'll already did the Viper right. Just do the same thing here.

Too expensive, too heavy for such a late release. There are already better and cheaper options out there.

Imo cobra IS a good mouse but it's not what community ask for (which razer said they listen). That's why the community hate/doesn't like it

it's essentially a viper mini with a new name

You guys are seriously doubling down on this? Just to be clear, this Cobra still weighs 12% more than a Viper V3 Pro and is SMALLER. The Viper V3 Pro is a masterpiece and shows that Razer CAN make a minimalist, lightweight, top tier mouse but just refuses to give the community the wireless Viper Mini that we've been screaming about for YEARS.

based, i think it would be nice for the next revision to not have rgb for a little lighter weight

Typical razer mouse. Decent at first but longevity proves to be an issue particularly with the scroll wheel.

Serious misunderstanding of what consumers want. Could have easily made an affordable, wireless, RVM that wasn't made out of magnesium, but we got this instead.

It's simply a product they make to troll people. They've heard it loud and clear, people just want a RVM wireless, sub 50g, no frills no bullshit RGB, priced under $80. But nah let's make another Cobra with RGB.

Solid mouse for the price with apparently very good QC, then you find out the scroll wheel breaks like in the RVM and the QC is not that great anymore.

worse version of rvm

razer synapse sucks, better versions of the shape for cheaper and weigh much less, not beholden to frequent scroll wheel qc issues that are common with these models

I ended up returning mine due to the rear-end tilt / back heavy weight distribution. It's a shame because I absolutely adore the standard Cobra and Viper Mini. Was looking forward to this big time.

Razer will do LITERALLY ANYTHING but give us a Viper Mini Wireless.

Decent if you can get it very cheap, maybe 20usd

a non-pro model for a hundred bucks. holy fuck. the mouse market, and ESPECIALLY Razer's side of it, has gotten so out of hand. this should be 70 tops. we have alternatives from other high end brands that are cheaper, higher performance, and doesn't try to force the biggest piece of bullshit software in existence onto us. do better, Razer. you used to be good.

Absolutely great mouse for the price. I have like 10 different mice at home, some of which much more expensive, like the Logitech ultralight, but i still use my cheapest mouse - wired cobra for gaming and everyday PC usage. The Ultralight is just for work and all the rest are in the drawer. Razer really nailed it this time.

I would rather get Delux M600 which is Razer Mini clone and is wireless and costs about the same money as this abomination. Why Razer made this mouse instead of making what people were asking for, razer mini wireless ... is beyond me. How to alienate your customers, if having to use Synapse is not bad enough.

Don't encourage razer to put out shitty mice like this again by buying this sad excuse of a Viper Mini Wireless, I don't know how they managed to make a smaller mouse HEAVIER than the previous generation of Viper Ultimate.

I owned the Viper Mini and V2 pro and both started giving me problems after respectively 1 and 2 years, they are good mice but the quality does not justify their prices. It's insane that not even after 2 years a 150 euros mouse has scroll wheel problems and the sensor started to be laggy in certain moments, razer will not see my moneys ever again

Pretty similar to the Viper Mini. But with a very annoying click sound

Been maining this wired model for the better part of 2 years, tried plenty of other mice, i play best on this. I get why it pisses RVM lovers off but the shorter hump i find better to play with and as of yet my scroll wheel has held up

I've had nothing but problems with this mouse. The scroll wheel became unreliable shortly after purchase, and even after troubleshooting, it's still basically useless. Trying to uninstall Razer's software was another headache—it's nearly impossible to remove completely from my computer. Looking through other reviews, I can see I'm not alone—many users report the same issues with the wheel and the bloated software. For the price, this mouse is a huge disappointment.

Probably this will get defective very fast. I had 2 VM's, both of them developed Scroll Wheel issues. From my research, the Cobra uses the same wheel.

Got my Cobra yesterday and was disappointed as soon as i put my hand on it. it's way too small and the fact it's so light doesn't make it very stable for FPS/aim games. For its price i don't think it's a good pick.

for this price? Hell no, its heavy and you can get a viper mini clone ATK f1 extreme for 80 Dollars with 8k dongle and flagship sensor

I think the Cobra Hyperspeed is super slept on

I like my Cobra Pro. The Viper Mini body fits my grip well. Looks gorgeous with my Firefly v2 Pro with Fire Theme. The narrowness lets my hand relax in a natural state, so it's good long term. The weight never bothered me, and it has all the high-end tech that the same gen mice have.

This is viper mini replacement mouse, i have one, cheap and good. selling at this price point nothing much to complain.

SHITTY mouse never buy this, i have used this mouse for like 2 months and the scroll wheel became unpredictable and the build quality is bad... one of the side buttons fell inside the mouse

I am pretty much aligned with your review. The sensor was tracking noticeably worse than my mice with newer sensors (3395) so I don't think I would go over a 7/10 for that reason. Not a dealbreaker tho, mouse is still an excellent value for the money ($35) especially with how insane the market price became nowadays

are there different copies? my clicks are loud and i hate it... And also they are a bit harder to click compared to my Logitech G403. I am thinking about giving it back and go again with the 403 even if they have a double-click and Scroll Wheel Problem after a year of use, but the clicks are WAY quieter and smoother to click

I got the Razer cobra today and I gotta say its much better than my deathadder V2 it just feels good in Every aspect

Idk man, I bought this mouse. My first thought was that the mouse is small, the build quality isn't all that (worse than previous mouse), the same with the cable and the skates scratch my mouse pad, also the buttons feel and sound worse imo.

10 months in, the scroll wheel started to live its own life.

I got mine 3 months ago and now I'm having issues with the scroll wheel :(, I thought this was a quality mouse

Just bought one of those after I bought a Huntsman V2 Keyboard which is great btw. Both are well supported by Linux which was crucial for me. It is not that expensive, super light weight, the cable does not interfere at all, it is precise and RGB increases my skill by approx. 100%! And it has no rubber or soft-paint parts which look bad after having used the mouse for a couple of months.

I don't feel the front-back weight distribution is the problem, I feel like it's the top-mounted battery that makes this thing feel heavier than it is. It could just be my experience, I still love this mouse though, Pro Click Vertical for regular use and this for gaming

To sit on store shelves and not be named Viper Mini, Viper 8k, Viper V2 Pro, Viper V3 Hyperspeed, or Viper V3 Pro. It's companies like Target, Walmart, Bestbuy that want to stock a gaming mouse so that a parent will see the premium price tag, see the rgb and high list of features, and buy it for their children.

4 months late but man thank you, I thought I was going crazy. EVERYONE says the switches feel and sound amazing and all I can hear is them being 10x louder than my Haste 2 Wireless. It's awful. The mouse feels amazing in the hand, but the switches sound like they're on a cheap homemade DIY mouse