Razer’s Pro Click wireless mouse puts ergonomics ahead of gaming features

Razer is best known for its all-black, LED-filled gaming accessories that are built to keep your gaming at your height. But the final setup, consisting of a wireless mouse, a wireless mechanical keyboard, and a matching mouse pad, is much simpler in function and design.

The $ 99.99 Pro Click is a large wireless mouse with a palm-filled design and a grippy, concave thumb rest. Razer teamed up with agency ergonomics company Humanscale to develop it. The mouse is built to place your wrist at a 30-degree angle, which Razer and Humanscale say can help prevent discomfort and injuries, such as tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome. It’s a fresh look for Razer; the company probably hopes you’ll confuse the mouse with something like Logitech’s MX Master 3.

The Pro Click has 5G optical sensor from Razer with a maximum of 16,000 DPI sensitivity. The mouse feels nice to use, especially the notched metal scroll wheel. I wish Razer had built a switch to free the wheel to spin endlessly, as Logitech does with many of its high-end mice. I also wish the Pro Click was charged via USB-C instead of a micro USB. Razer tries to compensate for any disappointment you may feel with a track near the port that makes plugging in and inserting the included cable easier, but it’s still not as easy as USB-C. Plus, because of this rail system, most of the micro-USB cables you have lying around may not fit small enough in the socket.

I asked Razer why it did not go with the more stand-alone USB-C port, and a spokesperson said that it simply chose not to follow it in the design phase (despite the fact that the Pro Type keyboard of the company charging via USB-C).

The mouse has two main mouse buttons, two pill-shaped thumb buttons, a DPI toggle button, and its scroll wheel can be tilted left or right. You can customize button commands and preferences with Razer’s Synapse 3 software, but unlike most of its other hardware, there are no LEDs to customize. The Pro Click can pair with your device via Bluetooth or with its included 2.4GHz wireless adapter, and Razer claims 400 hours of battery life per charge.

The Pro Type, Razer’s new wireless mechanical keyboard

Razer’s other new product in this line, the Pro Type mechanical keyboard, was not developed with Humanscale, and it shows. That is not to say that it is not a good keyboard. It’s just nothing ergonomic or office-friendly (although there’s a warning at the bottom that typing an “awkward” position for long periods of time causes injury) It’s a full-fledged model with Razer’s typical orange key switches, which the company says provide a “quieter, yet tactile experience”, but in practice they are loud enough that it pushed me out of the office through the office Ferry colleagues.

On the bright side, this is a nice keyboard to type in, and has white per-key backlighting that creates a glorious glow on the top of its anodized aluminum case. Like the Pro Click mouse, this keyboard can be connected to Bluetooth or the included 2.4 GHz wireless adapter. It is rechargeable via USB-C, and even if it is too loud to use in an office, it can be a good fit for your rig if you want an all-silver or all-white aesthetic. The Pro Type costs $ 139.99 and is released today.

The offer is round the Pro Glide, a large gray mousepad (14.18 x 10.84 x .12 inches) that is now available. There’s nothing special about it, other than the fact that it’s just as low as the other Pro brand accessories. There is no piece around the edge, but it does not feel like it may be that it will deceive. It’s $ 9.99, which is a good price for this.

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