Mionix NAOS PRO Wired Gaming Mouse, 19K DPI Optical Sensor with 400 IPS, Kailh 80M Click Durability Micro-switches, 1K HZ Polling Rate, 7 Programmable Buttons, On-Board Memory for PC and MAC

Update in 2026 (8 years later) I'm still using this mouse and only recently starting to think of replacing it. The build quality on this mouse is utterly exceptional. I game from an easy chair with a lap desk, monitor mounted to a large side table next to me--and when I get up I invariably drop the mouse and it dangles from the cord. Never came loose. I kept expecting it too--I knew I was abusing it. Never so much as stuttered. When I purchased this mouse (NAOS 7000) in 2018 it was around $100. I see the successor has come down in price despite the current issues with excessive import fees and taxation. In all this time I've never again gotten hand/forearm pain from this mouse (though I did get it for other reasons like using a trigger spray bottle to clean carpet stains--which shows how easily I get overuse injuries). It remains the most comfortable mouse I've ever used. I have gradually moved to more of a palm grip (from claw grip) over the course of these 8 years which I also think is better for my hand. This mouse still feels amazing. If I do replace it, I'll replace it with whatever mionix is offering currently. I just wish the mouse came in white because my entire setup is white now. But that's a minor quibble. I'll be honest, I did briefly try a cheap knockoff brand that had the same shape simply because it came in a light color (Pink. Stupid reason--I see it now.). It was nowhere near as good of a mouse. It may have felt kind of the same in my hand, but that's where the similarities ended. The cheap optical sensor (visible red light) seared into my eyes every time I lifted that pink mouse to reposition. The clicks were mushy. Just…no. That insanely bright red light alone made it a no. I went back to the mionix mouse. To he!! with color matching my setup. Comfort and accuracy are far more important than matching. If you've never heard of Mionix, I'm not surprised. It's a Swedish brand, mostly sold in Europe, that focuses on ergonomics and quality control. That shows. Some of their highest end stuff is made in Sweden, I think. But like all other electronics most is made in Asia. They do seem to have extremely high standards for quality control if my NAOS 7000 is any indication. All this company makes are mice and mousepads. Very different from most electronics companies. Original review from 2018: I tend to get hand/arm pain from using standard mice. I used a vertical mouse for years, but they aren't made for gaming and aren't terribly responsive. I did a ton of research into grip/hand size and decided to try this one to see if I could go back to a standard gaming mouse. This one feels great in the hand for a claw grip. I'm a female gamer, but very tall (6') so my hands are relatively large. This mouse is very responsive and I've been using it for months, with extended gaming sessions (sometimes as long as 6 hours without many breaks) and have zero pain. Great value for the money.

Folks, If you're using user ratings to judge which mouse to buy, for god's sake pay attention to which model is actually being rated. I can't fathom why Amazon would combine reviews for the 3200, 8200, and 7000. It simply isn't fair to the product, as there are things wrong with the older products that have been fixed in the 7000. The 7000 is being hurt because the avg review score is being dragged down by the older models' flaws. Positive points for all three models: *The (identical) shape of all three models is absolutely amazing/wonderful. It feels molded to my hand. *Clicking on all three is solid and satisfying, neither too sensitive nor too difficult. *Excellent quasi-rubberized surface that strikes the perfect balance between grippy-ness and smoothness. Regarding the sensors in the 3200 & 8200: *Poor. Prone to random acceleration / pixel-skipping, making for imprecise pointing. *My 8200 also tended to just wig out and go crazy every once in awhile, with the DPI dipping down to almost nothing for no apparent reason. Regarding the sensor in the 7000: *AWESOME. No pixel-skipping EVER (okay, well, maybe if you go up into the REALLY high DPI ranges like 5000, but I know no one who actually uses those settings). You're getting totally raw responsiveness. What your hand does is exactly what the pointer is going to do. More great stuff about the 7000 specifically: *Adjustable lift-off distance. *Adjustable angle-snapping. The only negative thing about the 7000 that I can think of: *They removed the DPI indicator lights they had on the 8200. These are the only lights I used on the 8200, and I miss them a little, but not a big loss at all. Overall: get the 7000. It's basically the perfect mouse in my book. The sensor is so much better than the 3200/5000/8200, it's just not a contest at all. Stay away from those, get the 7000.

I've been a competitive gamer for about 10 years now, starting in Halo 2, and then eventually joining the glorious PC master race with League of Legends and Counter Strike. I've had several different mice, including the Razer Lachesis and a couple from Logitech, but I can never remember what those are called. After developing some wrist issues from the gym, I thought I'd try out a new mouse that gave a bit more support. The Naos 7000 looked good, with it's little pinky rest, and so I bought it. When I first got the mouse, it was glorious. Of all the mice (mouses?) I've owned, it was instantly my favorite. It ran smooth, it was comfortable, and it had this nifty thing where it would shift the color of the LED light. Furthermore, the device drivers didn't cause any problems with my computer. I know razer's drivers would randomly, as far as I could tell, cause a computer to move slugglishly and beep until the mouse was unplugged and replugged back into the computer. But after three months of use, the right click on the mouse would stick when pressed, especially if you press firmly. It sucks when you're in the heat of a moment, trying to dodge some spells, and then you can't actually move because your mouse is stuck. I contacted Mionix about it, and the disappointment began. The string of messages went like this: Message 1: Reset the mouse driver Message 2: send a video of the problem Message 3: Take a picture of the mouse serial ID Message 4: Send a copy of the invoice Message 5: Send use your name, address, and phone number (which was all on the invoice) so we can proceed with the RMA request. This back and forth took two weeks. I'm not sure why the guy didn't just ask me for all that information in the first message, but hey, s*** happens. The problem is that the last message, the one where the RMA could actually begin, was on Dec 14th, and they've ignored me since. And, since the company is Swedish, they aren't accessible by phone, only through email. Don't buy from Mionix. Go get something from Razer or Logitech. Edit: Follow up 3 months later, mionix got back in touch with me and sent me the mouse. I don't know what exactly caused the delay, but I respect their persistence. The new mouse works great so far.

I have spent the entirety of my life with your run-of-the-mill cheap computer mouse, but none have left me feeling satisfied like this mouse has. For one, it just feels right! I think that your extra fingers that technically have no involvement should have some place to go and this mouse addresses that. Initially, the tip of my pinky finger dragged across my mouse pad and this caused some slight irritation, but your fingers will adjust (plus, it is more that your pinky finger is being dragged in a new way, weren't the extra fingers being dragged on the surface anyways with a standard mouse?). In my research for this mouse, I had read some reviews that the mouse is hard to pick up and keep grip of when you adjusting the position, but I haven't found this to be the case. While it might have been slightly difficult to pick up in those cases that you aren't holding onto it securely, it is never an impossibility to achieve. I also have read reviews noting that some buttons are hard to reach, but the clickable surface of the two primary buttons covers a very large area so this shouldn't be an issue. I have not had much trouble with clicks registering with this mouse. There have been some Windows dialog buttons that have needed two clicks, but I think this might be an issue with Windows and the polling rate. The two additional buttons on the side are of great assistance to efficiency. I have set only one profile, but having one button for closing tabs and another functioning as your back button greatly improves the web browsing experience. I still sometimes forget that I have that extra functionality, but I'm remembering that I have it more and more. The other two buttons for increasing or decreasing your DPI settings are a good addition especially for gaming, but I find it somewhat difficult to control on the standard higher settings. Thankfully, there is software available to tweak these settings as well as many others, including color, which is a huge plus. Each LED light is separate from the rest, so you could have a whole range of colors if you wanted. If you get this mouse, it is highly recommended that you download the software for customization. I haven't personally messed with the software that much yet still, but there are a lot of functions that you can modify. As for other general use, the mouse has a very glide-y feel regardless of surface and movement feels very accurate. I have very sweaty hands, and I'm happy to say that it doesn't feel like this is an issue with this mouse. Grip doesn't suffer that much when my hands do sweat. When my hands aren't sweating, the surface feels very smooth. The braided cabling to the computer should last and the length of the cable doesn't feel like it is an issue either. I recommend this mouse, it was a very satisfying for what I thought might be a waste of cash. So, chunk that cheap mouse and upgrade if you are thinking about it.

I will say, my first impression taking the Mionix Naos Pro out of the box was how light and cheap it felt. I personally love heavy set mice and this did not fit the cake. I also saw the finger holders which was the main reason I got it and they looked way to small. I plugged it up, and began to use it and immediately understood why it was so light. That instantly changed my opinion on it, and I figured this may not be a bad decision after all. I began to enjoy how it felt in my hand... until. The sensitivity was all messed up so I downloaded the driver/program for it. This immediately made me hate the mouse. When you change the DPI it doesn't tell you what DPI you're using on your screen anywhere, so you really do not know what settings you're using. I play Valorant which requires insanely low DPI, my daily DPI I need it fairly fast, and each game I have a set DPI I use. You cannot tell what you're using based off of just clicking the buttons. No pop up, no notification, nothing. The DPI/Sensitivity doesn't feel right either. I have the max set at 19000 which is the max the mouse goes and it feels like it's my normal 6,000 on my old mouse which doesn't make any sense to me what so ever. It also feels off when I use it, sometimes flicking my mouse from the center to the edge will bring me to where I need, and other times it brings me half way. It feels very inconstant. I chose this mouse SPECIFICALLY because it had a pinky rest, which falls short. Literally. My pinky still grazes the mat when I play, making this absolutely useless to have. The entire point was so I can rest my hand on the mouse comfortably without my pinky dragging, I have to arch my pink up in almost a 90 degree angle in order to not have it dragging. The holder only goes to half of the mouse length which just doesn't make sense to me at all, why would you not design it to hold your fingers the entire area. Keep in mind, I'm 136 lbs, I'm 5 ft 10 so I don't have fat or giant hands. I have what I think is fairly normal hands for a male my size, maybe a little larger but they're lanky and skinny, link me. I had a split moment when I had hope for this, and it was crushed after I played a few games on it. I do not think it's worth the money, or the hassle with this. I would honestly recommend going with a normal name brand outside of Mionix, at the very least until they fix their absolute dogwater of a mouse program/driver. I could get over the pinky holder as I literally haven't found a mouse that can comfortably hold my hand how I'd like it, but the program and inconsistency with the mouse itself makes it not worth it for anyone trying to play games on it.

Bottom line: It's an okay mouse, but the "killer features" need work. From what I can tell, a lot of work. Enough work that you should wait before spending as much money as Mionix is asking. As a mouse, it's actually not half bad. A little lighter than it looks (and than what I'm used to, coming from a fully weighted M65), but solid build quality, tactile buttons, and a good, rounded feel in your hand. It's clearly been designed for people who are right handed, however, so keep that in mind. The RGB lighting on the logo and scroll-wheel are a nice touch as well. As far as the basics are concerned for most users, it's a well designed mouse that works on most surfaces and can have it's DPI cranked far past what any human would find comfortable using. If this mouse lacked the features that drew me in initially (and was priced around the naos 7000), I'd be happy giving it 4 - 5 stars depending on how the build quality holds up. I'm not doing that though, because this mouse isn't selling itself based on how it feels in your hand. If you want a mouse that is exactly this without the HR and GSR sensors, buy the Naos 7000. This mouse is getting stars based on it's advertised features. Overall, here's what I think: Maybe not as much of a problem for someone who is a "palm" mouse user, but the placement of the HR and GSR sensors seemed fairly awkward when trying to use the mouse normally. As someone who is very much a "claw" kind of guy, keeping my hand in the spot that was necessary to get even a half decent (and consistent) readout in the software (which IS still in beta) made it feel slightly uncomfortable. "So alright", I thought, "I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and try to play a few games of CS palming the mouse, as to get a proper readout from the sensors". Needless to say, the readout was anything but proper. As far as I can tell, your "heart rate" is updated in some interval anywhere from 5 to 15 seconds, and doesn't update nearly fast enough to give you a legitimately useful readout in game. There were times when the readout continued to show a fluctuating heart rate of around 60 - 70bpm, even though I knew that I had just raised it to well over resting in a few intense moments. Only after removing my hand and firmly palming the sensor again did it update to reflect the change. Those of you who want one of these to see some cool stats after a few games (and match up your high energy moments to a heart rate graph) will be pretty disappointed to see that the graph generated is fairly unreadable and chaotic (from all of the either false or stuck readouts being recorded onto it as well). I can't even talk about how well the software worked from a stat tracking perspective, because I was first and foremost never confident that the heart rate sensor was being consistently accurate enough.The one killer feature advertised with this mouse works, but not nearly well enough from what I can tell. I didn't go as far as to actually check my heart rate with another device against what the mouse was claiming, but it was obviously far enough off at times that you could tell something was amiss. Honestly, I don't know whether or not this has to do with reading someone's heart rate from their palm, under-preforming hardware, or beta software (or maybe a combination of all three), but for the time being, I can't recommend this mouse to anyone just based on the features alone. I don't want to outright say that they're only "a gimmick", because there is legitimate use in having features like this for some individuals. With the current execution however, that use seems very limited.

And now, a tale of two products: the mouse, and the software. The mouse is great - very well built, amazing shape. Perfect grip to include the pinky finger. Nice finish. Very light, but quality build. Good finish, no rattles, switches are quick and positive. I was super excited to use it. And then ... the software entered the chat. It's a dumpster fire. For starters, good luck finding it. The mfg site driver page for this mouse says, first, it's plug and play, so you don't need to install software. C'mon. It's a gaming mouse. We all have preferred settings beyond the basics. Next, you'll see there's universal Mionix Hub software that seems promising, so you install, and then it says "no Mionix product found" as you move the cursor over it using your new Mionix mouse. So that's out. But wait! The driver page goes on to say that you can, if you like, install mouse-specific driver software. Sweet. Except ... there's no link to the software on the page. It does exist, but you have to go down some of the darker side streets of the internet to find it. Ok, fine. Found what seems to be a clean copy. Installed. Now, let's see what we have oh god no. Why is there a "pointer speed" slider in my high-end mouse driver software? Why can't I adjust the colors for my DPI presets? Why does the mouse feel glitchy and weird now? Check my sanity with Logitech, Razer, and Roccat mice and software. Yep. All of these offer the same range of settings and options everyone knows and should expect in 2020 on a gaming mouse. So thanks, Mionix, for the worst mouse blue balls I've ever had. Your beautiful, hand-loving mouse has been banished to the island of misfit toys, and I'm back to the G502 Hero. Where I can set stuff up the way I want.

Great mouse. My hand seems to mold perfectly to the Naos 7000. I have a strong feeling that, once this one breaks, I'm going to order another one to replace it. The Naos is lightweight, sensor is great, build quality seems good so far, and the software is pretty straightforward and intuitive. I DID have to disable my Panda antivirus in order for the software to install, but after that everything was great. The shape of the Naos is the real winner here: as a person with larger hands and long fingers, I have never held a gaming mouse that was so comfortable! There are some ergonomic solutions (e.g., Evoluent, Logitech M570) that are just as comfortable, but can be awkward or slightly less precise for gaming. My only grip is the lack of buttons. The Naos has only two thumb buttons, and I wish they had thrown in 1-2 more. However, this is something I can easily live without. I completely recommend the Naos 7000; it is tailor made for palm grippers with medium/large hands. In comparison to the following: 1) Rival (owned) - also has a nice fit for larger hand, but slightly heavier. Naos feel more comfortable due to presence of ring finger and pinky rest. Good for palm and claw grip. 2) Corsair M65 (tried and returned) - smaller mouse. Also fairly lightweight once you remove all weights and screws (110-115 grams). Very good build quality. Excellent thumb button placement. Scroll wheel is a bit too stiff for my tastes - Naos scroll wheel is much easier to click, but YMMV. Ended up returning it because it was too small for me to palm grip; my fingers would hang off the edge of the buttons. I felt I could only really maintain a claw or fingertip grip on the mouse for comfortable extended play.