Thoughts on the Naga Epic Chroma

Hi!

I love my Naga mice. I have two classics, a 2012 and I just bought a Epic Chroma. The 2012 is good but it had an issue where, if plugged into my Mac at boot, it makes the Mac think the control key is pressed, so I cannot enter passwords into the EFi FileVault login.

So I bought a Epic Chroma. I like the speed and fluidity, but I am having two major issues:

1) The 12 pad is not laid out in an arc like earlier Naga nice. The key layout is square. This means I am constantly pressing 9 instead of 6. I really preferred the more natural arc button design as a thumb moves in an arc as you move it up and down. I am not sure why this design decision was made.

2) The buttons on the 12 pad are so easy to click that when I go to move the mouse to the right, or tilt the scroll wheel to the left, I am pressing a 4 or a 7.

Is anyone else running into these issues? Do they go away with practice?

 

I don't have the Naga Chroma edition, but I do have a Naga 2014, and if I understand correctly I think they are the same form factor, just different lighting.

As for the keys, my hand is much smaller, so I don't even use the 10, 11, 12 keys. I can't reach them without twisting my wrist a bit and letting go of my right click button. However, I have accidentally clicked 1, 2, 3 while trying to move the mouse around if I need to pick it up and adjust, for whatever reason. (for me it's 1, 2, 3 because that's where my thumb rests in order for me to efficiently reach the L/R click buttons. lol

Once I started playing WoW with the mouse, it helped. I was able to learn a few adjustments in how I hold the mouse and use it so that I don't hardly do that anymore, but there was certainly a learning curve. Not that it helps you at all, but hopefully you're able to find a way to minimize your issues as well.

 

Yeah, a good example for this issue for me is the 4 button. If i rest my hand on the mouse and put my thumb over 4, as if I were to press it, and then move my thumb "upwards" it arcs and is now between 6/9. so I press both sometimes, or usually 9.

If I do this on a classic naga, my finger ends up perfectly over 6. Then it is just fwd/back adjustments per row.

Also, the new mouse is missing the little nub on the 4/5/6 keys for orientation without looking.

I'm kinda bummed. Like the rest of the mouse.

 

Here is a photo of the two layouts. You can see the classic has an arc to the keys and layout.

 

I'm just sad they did away with the three interchangeable side panels, making the pre-chroma Epics functionally superior.

The only thing that makes the chroma edition stand out is that it uses chroma technology.

So... they traded function for a aesthetic gimmick... not a good trade, IMO.

Fortunately pre-chroma Epics are still available from other retailers - those take the cake for Razer's best mouse IMO.

 

I agree, I am going to keep this, but I won't be buying any more of this new design