To me, the Ninox Venator delivers on the promise Ninox made with their first model, the Aurora. It's a no gimmicks, light weight, high-performance mouse made with arena shooter players in mind, and it works really well for me when I use it in those games.

The sensor performs perfectly; tracking is fine on all gaming surfaces I tested it on. The main buttons could use some improvements, but at the same time, it was never an issue in games. With the surface and the texture used, I can get a safe grip at all times, both with dry and more moist hands. My main point of criticism is the wheel because it feels absolutely unsatisfying to use in spite of the mechanical encoder Ninox used. I've seen the same encoder used to much better effect. It also causes some noise when making fast directional turns with the mouse. To me, this is a minor issue for a gaming mouse, but I also rarely use the wheel in games, so if the wheel is a vital part of the mouse for you, I'd recommend using another mouse.

What I really have to praise Ninox for is the nice option to configure the mouse without any software. Granted, optional software for settings is never bad, but a system like this that allows you to change settings on the fly without the need to install anything is very nice. After doing it once, it's also very intuitive, and I had no trouble setting the three profiles up to my liking.

So while there are minor points of criticism from my side, I still like the mouse. The mouse also sells at a competitive price point, the $50 putting it in the same price range as a Nixeus Revel.