Razer Lancehead: Wired vs Wireless

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A little bit of backstory, my G502 HERO just broke (smh Logitech) and it could apparently took 2 months to replace it because they had changed their distributor in my country (like ffs around this time, really!?) so I'm looking for a replacement, at least for the time being since I really love G502's ergonomics. After a little bit of googling people points out that Razer is the way to go.

 

Currently there's a sale going on in my store where I usually get my peripherals. The Lancehead wired is on sale at 25 USD while the wireless is just under 50 USD, it comes with no warranty though. Right now, I just can't pick which way to go; wireless sounds nice since my setup is a bit of a rat's nest, but at least I don't need to charge the wired one. One last thing here is that I have a bit of an issue with my G502's wire where it gets a bit kinky, my friend says that it's not a problem with his Lancehead TE though, but I do get a bit rough with my mice sometimes when transporting it. ._.

[flashiling]

i have the wired one, it works like a charm. i haven't tested with the wireless one but that's because at my work we have wireless keyboards/mose and a little old hardware in intel NUC's which means that sometimes it randomly wont work for whatever reason.

the wireless should be fine since there shouldn't be a big amount of interference in your normal home.

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3 minutes ago, flashiling said:

i have the wired one, it works like a charm. i haven't tested with the wireless one but that's because at my work we have wireless keyboards/mose and a little old hardware in intel NUC's which means that sometimes it randomly wont work for whatever reason.

the wireless should be fine since there shouldn't be a big amount of interference in your normal home.

I see, did your cable ever got kinky? my G502 got kinky after a while because I just jammed it into one of those mice pouch in a laptop backpack and it gets in the way when I played FPS since the kink is actually closer to the mice itself.

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Just now, Cluff said:

I see, did your cable ever got kinky? my G502 got kinky after a while because I just jammed it into one of those mice pouch in a laptop backpack and it gets in the way when I played FPS since the kink is actually closer to the mice itself.

not so far, i've had it scratching against a sharp edge of my monitor (cable holder) and it doesn't whisper sexy words in my ears yet, though it has suggested that i should wear less when touching it so it might be getting kinky.

 

in all seriousness the cable still looks fine so far, i've used it for about 2 or 3 years so far, only problem i had was that sometimes it would just halt and then go again (most likely because of some dust in the laser or crumbs on my mouse mat).

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Just now, flashiling said:

not so far, i've had it scratching against a sharp edge of my monitor (cable holder) and it doesn't whisper sexy words in my ears yet, though it has suggested that i should wear less when touching it so it might be getting kinky.

 

in all seriousness the cable still looks fine so far, i've used it for about 2 or 3 years so far, only problem i had was that sometimes it would just halt and then go again (most likely because of some dust in the laser or crumbs on my mouse mat).

Thanks for confirming, I might just get the TE then. This is "just a stopgap" after all. I should probably just save my money instead to get Basilisk in the future since the shape is right up my alley. Thanks again!

[jiyeon]

I went from a wired G502 to a wireless G305 and the elimination of the cable is godly. I'm not too sure how the Lancehead's cable feels, but I found the G502's cable to be heavy and cumbersome.

 

I would personally choose the wireless version despite the charging caveat, wireless is like having a dog on a leash versus no leash.

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2 hours ago, sowon said:

I went from a wired G502 to a wireless G305 and the elimination of the cable is godly. I'm not too sure how the Lancehead's cable feels, but I found the G502's cable to be heavy and cumbersome.

 

I would personally choose the wireless version despite the charging caveat, wireless is like having a dog on a leash versus no leash.

I couldn't more agree on how cumbersome G502's cable is, but I think I'm just gonna save up the money to get the new Basilisk Ultimate, which I much prefer the shape of rather than Lancehead.