RGB backlighting is one of the new hot must haves for today’s peripheral market . Razer already implemented its version, called Chroma, in a few of its peripherals such as the BlackWidow keyboard, the DeathAdder mouse and Kraken headset. It’s adding one more device to the Chroma family, and it’s not a product that you would expect to have the feature. It’s called the Razer Firefly, a Chroma-enabled mouse mat.
Now the mat itself doesn’t light up; it is the borders of the mat which sport Chroma lighting. Just like the BlackWidow keyboard, the Firefly also features wave, spectrum and reactive lighting patterns. Through Razer’s Synapse software, users can also sync the Firefly to match colors and patterns with other Chroma products.
The Firefly is powered by a seven-foot USB cable, and it offers 13.98 x 10.04 inches (LxW) of real estate for your mouse. Even with the lighting feature, it still manages to weigh less than a pound. The Chroma lighting means that the mat itself is a bit elevated from the surface, so Razer also added a rubber base beneath it so that it doesn’t slip and slide on a desk.
All this nice lighting does cost a petty penny. The Chroma lighting makes the Razer Firefly mouse pad cost $59.99. The Razer Firefly hits the streets in June.
Razer seems to be thinking ahead of the curve with the Firefly. Other companies only have RGB lighting on keyboards, but Razer is going ahead and figuring out how to put it on most of their products.
