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Where's the best place to buy the Razer Basilisk Essential?
Available right now from Razer
It's available right now to ship on both sides of the Atlantic for $50 and will ship the next business day. In a matter of days, you can have one under your palm for some top level fragging.
Same great design, more attractive price
As the name might imply, this is still a Basilisk mouse at its core, and that's important for a number of reasons. The first of which is the design, with the Basilisk's incredible ergonomic form factor.
Article continues belowIt's sadly not designed for left-handed gamers, but the sculpted thumb area is home to a pair of additional buttons and the single multi-function paddle, which can be mapped to a specific feature in a game, or for push-to-talk to chat with your squad mates.
With the regular Basilisk you just get more: more paddles, more programmable buttons, more features. But the core aspects are all present in this $50 version, which makes it an extremely attractive mouse. It brings advanced features and innovation to those on a tighter budget. And that's something that everyone can get behind.
The core features at a lower price
The Basilisk Essential keeps the innovation and the great design, but brings down the asking price. And that makes it a brilliant mouse.
