Razer - Basilisk Essential

got my razer basilisk essential 4 years ago and now i refuse to use anything else

Hey all, my last mouse (a wired razer Basilisk Essential) is starting to finally kick the bucket so I'm looking into moving toward something new. My budget is around the 50 Euro price point but with some stores discounting mice from time to time, I'd be fine with stuff that's even a little higher. Some preferences: \-I'd like a similar shape to the Basilisk, or the G502/G502X. That little thumb rest is comfy as hell, I've got big hands so small mice will be a pain. \-I don't mind wired and heavier mice, in fact I think I'd rather something that's not ultralight. The G502's 120+ grams is a bit much, but something in the 80-95 gram range should be fine. Wired is also preferred. \-I don't mind not having rgb, so I wouldn't pay more for that. \-I'd also like it to sound okay? I'm not asking for clicking asmr but like the G502/G502X from what I've seen have LOUD scroll wheels (sorry that I mention these a lot, it's just they seem to get generally most recommended) and the g502x clicking sound does sound straight up bad. That's it pretty much, hope I'm not limiting the options very much. In the end if nothing really comes up I might consider just getting a new Basilisk, but I've not had the best experience with Razer Chroma. Thank you everyone in advance!!

I knooow it's just I've kind of gotten used to it by this point. I moved to the Basilisk essential from a Trust GXT 101 and man that felt much better-I think the ergo shapes are just better suited for me. Seems like the options for stuff like this in this range is mostly clones with newer chips, which don't seem all that bad so far. The Essential is no longer available sadly so my plans to just get a direct replacement end there, but what's the general consensus on the Basilisk V3 from the community? It seems to hang at a similar price.

I’ve been seeing adds for them lately. I’m looking to replace my basilisk as the scroll wheel skips constantly. How would you rate the keychron mouse?

I have a Razer Basilisk wired version and while it works and is very comfortable, the scroll wheel skips like a giddy school girl. It became such a problem that I had to disable scroll wheel weapon swapping entirely as it would randomly make me swap weapons when I don’t want to. I’m one more SD away due to unwanted rocket launcher from smashing this thing with a hammer. I’d look into Logitech as I only ever hear good things from that brand.

deathadder v2 is nice I use that one currently. I'm interested in the basilisk wired, I hate wireless for gaming. Too much lag. I had a mamba chroma b4 it was good but had to fix the wheel twice. Deathadder hasn't let me down yet and I like that I can reprogram the DPI keys

Razer basilisk wired is good too in that range

I just got the wired version of the Razer Basilsk and like it a lot. I’ve used the Razer Deathadder and Logitech equivalent. The Logitech mouse wheel started acting funky after a few months so went back to Razer. So far so good, I like the little thumb support it has.

Mine broke after about a year of using it. Admittedly I am rough with my mice. But it would do things like randomly make me look down/up, not register inputs, and not allow me to look around while holding m4/m5

I don't get the hype. It was too small, too light, to flimsy, and the hyper scroll wheel felt really cheap and not accurate. Returned it for the Razer Basilisk and I'm very happy. Not Mx Master scroll wheel happy, but pleased with a gaming mouse with a good smart hyper scroll.

this goes for 99% of video games you cant go wrong with a g502 (or if you prefer razer, one of deathadder viper or basilisk will suit you)

It is crazy to me the cult like following this mouse continues to have, and I maimed this mouse for like 3 years from 2017-2020. The extra buttons are cool, but man there are so many better mice out there, that are so much lighter. If you want a wired mouse try the op18k it’s the best fps mouse in existence, probably. Lots of ergo mice out there, from death adder to zywoo to superlight to vaxee If you’re stuck on this shape you might try the basilisk But really you’ll just probably be happiest with another 502.