Razer Introduces the Firefly Gaming Mousepad with Customizable Lighting FX

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Razer, a leader in connected devices and software for gamers, today announced the release of the Razer Firefly, the first hard gaming mouse mat with Razer's Chroma lighting feature. The Chroma feature adds 16.8 million color options and numerous customizable lighting effects to the mouse mat, including reactive, wave and spectrum cycling.

Razer Firefly has lighting along its left, right and bottom borders and can sync up with other Chroma enabled Razer devices for virtually limitless color combinations.
Engineered with all the trusted Razer gaming-grade performance features, the Razer Firefly has a micro-textured finish for the balance between control and speed. The optimized reflective surface ensures mouse movements translate to precise cursor movements and rapid in-game responsiveness.



"The Razer Firefly opens up a new category for the Chroma family," says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO. "We've designed the Razer Firefly with the best components for a gaming mouse mat, along with the new, fully-customizable Chroma lighting. No one said you can't win with style."

The Razer Firefly joins other Chroma-enabled Razer devices, including the award-winning Razer DeathAdder Chroma and Razer Naga Epic Chroma gaming mice, the Razer BlackWidow Chroma gaming keyboard and Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma headset. All Chroma products feature the option of 16.8 million customizable colors and a range of effects enabled through Razer's Synapse software. Synapse allows the devices to sync lighting colors and patterns between Chroma devices with the click of a button.

Razer Firefly will also be included in the Chroma SDK, with which game developers can integrate advanced lighting effects into their games for a more immersive experience.

Product Features:

• Micro-textured finish for balanced gameplay
• Optimized surface coating for highly responsive tracking
• Chroma customizable lighting
• Non-slip rubber base
• Razer Synapse enabled (for Chroma customizable lighting)
• Gold-plated, USB connector (to power the Chroma customizable lighting)
• Seven-foot, lightweight, braided fiber cable
• Approximate size: 355 mm / 13.98-in. (Length) x 255 mm / 10.04-in. (Width) x 4 mm / 0.16-in. (Height)
• Approximate weight: 380 g / 0.84 lbs

System Requirements:

• PC or Mac with a free USB port
• Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP (32-bit) / Mac OS X (v10.8-10.10)
• Internet connection
• 100MB of hard disk space
• Razer Synapse registration (requiring a valid e-mail), software download, license acceptance, and internet connection needed to activate full features of product and for software updates. After activation, full features are available in optional offline mode.

Price: US: $59.99/EUR: 74.99€; Availability: June 2015

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[Tsukiyomi91]

The most expensive peripherals ever released. =w=

 

[Rowsol]

barf.

 

[awesomesauce]

look like the mouse cable will jam to that top black bar .

 

[GhostRyder]

Remember the days when you could get a mouse pad for free almost everywhere you look?

 

[manofthem]

I've used a couple of Razer mouse pads before, and I wasn't a big fan of them. Definitely wouldn't swing for this either, although I would like the red

look like the mouse cable will jam to that top black bar .

That is a good point. However, I'm thinking if you're buying a $60+ Razer mouse pad, you probably already have their $150 wireless mouse. But still, seems pretty inconvenient.

 

[ironwolf]

*hugs his ancient Everglide Giganta hard surface pad*

 

[GreiverBlade]

got a Razer Destructor in the past ... well the only thing it destructed, was itself ... literally falling in pieces on the edges ... i rather keep my Roccat Alumic over a total gimmick of a mousepad who use light to attract flies ... (enough lights on my Ryos and Tyon althought )

 

[newtekie1]

This isn't a mouse pad, it is a LAN party douchbag detector.

 

[Batou1986]

kek I think I will just stick with my 10$ goliathus
the cheapest razer product i have bought has been the best

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

God I hate that Chromatic Aberration look on the side.

 

[hero1]

They better revise this before they start selling it. I wouldn't want to deal with the hump where the cable attaches to the mat, that is if I was to buy it.

 

[broken pixel]

WTF! you only get a 7 foot cable?

 

[荷兰大母猪]

I can't use English to describe that. I only can say: 真是睾贵

 

[PLAfiller]

LED mouse pad....I did not see this one coming, but I should've known. Now, one can have a rainbow keyboard and a matching mouse pad.... Well played Razer, well played. I am eager to get the sales figures, to be fair. See if this product's gonna fly.

 

[Jack1n]

What were they thinking, some people at Razer need to get fired.

 

[Frick]

Remember the days when you could get a mouse pad for free almost everywhere you look?

You still can, but they tend to suck, and smell.

 

[Severus]

I actually like the idea, so pls stop hating xD

 

[Arjai]

This isn't a mouse pad, it is a LAN party douchbag detector.

LOL

 

[ZoneDymo]

Remember when Razer wasn't horrible?

 

[Arjai]

Remember when Razer wasn't horrible?

Um, No?

 

[MakeDeluxe]

I see three things wrong with this:

1. The plastic edge won't do any good for your wrist
2. If you're using a wired mouse the plastic bulky thing will get in the way of the wire, hindering mouse movement
3. Razer Synapse

 

[Severus]

It is true that wrist pad would've been perfect. I'm still using the Razer Vespula for that main reason.

 

[R-T-B]

Remember when Razer wasn't horrible?

I still like my 2013 Deathadder...

That said, this Chroma campaign is like a rainbow shitting unicorn. It has no place in real gaming and just screams "we have no idea what we are doing!"

 

[Severus]

Other major manufacturers also have custom light mods on their peripherals, so I don't understand why you are complaining so much about Razer who managed to do this very nice via Synapse.
They're all about customizable and ergonomic gear. What's so wrong with the Chroma campaing?