The Scyrox V8 is an ultra-lightweight wireless gaming mouse with a symmetrical shape. It's pretty small and has a raised hump towards the back that's designed to support your palm. It uses PixArt's flagship PAW3950 sensor and supports a maximum wireless polling rate of 8000Hz.
Our Verdict
The Scyrox V8 is a decent mouse for work. It has excellent build quality with a comfortable symmetrical shape, and you can remap its buttons using the web-based companion software. It connects wirelessly using a USB receiver but doesn't support Bluetooth or multi-device pairing.
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Excellent build quality.
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Scroll wheel lacks free scrolling and L/R tilt inputs.
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No Bluetooth connectivity or multi-device pairing.
The Scyrox V8 is an exceptional FPS gaming mouse. It's incredibly lightweight, making it effortless to move and aim accurately and quickly. Despite its lightness, it has excellent build quality and a comfortable symmetrical shape that's well-suited for most grip types, but especially claw grip. On top of that, it delivers absolutely cutting-edge raw performance, so it's suitable for gaming at any competitive level.
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Incredible raw performance.
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Excellent build quality.
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Exceptionally lightweight.
The Scyrox V8 is good for MMO and MOBA gaming, despite not being specifically designed for it. It has excellent build quality, a comfortable symmetrical shape, easily reprogrammable buttons, and exceptional raw performance. That said, it doesn't have nearly as many additional buttons as dedicated MMO mice.
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Incredible raw performance.
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Excellent build quality.
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Fewer additional buttons than dedicated MMO mice.
The Scyrox V8 has state-of-the-art raw performance. It delivers incredibly low and consistent click latency and has outstanding overall sensor performance. It also supports a maximum polling rate of 8000Hz.
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Outstanding sensor latency and accuracy.
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Exceptional click latency.
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8000Hz maximum polling rate.
- Work
- Video Games (FPS)
- Video Games (MMO)
- Raw Performance
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Updated Nov 29, 2024:
We've added a link to the newly reviewed Pulsar X2H v3 in the Hand Size Recommendation section of the review.
- Updated Nov 22, 2024: Review published.
- Updated Nov 19, 2024: Early access published.
- Updated Nov 12, 2024: Our testers have started testing this product.
- Updated Oct 30, 2024: The product has arrived in our lab, and our testers will start evaluating it soon.
- Updated Oct 18, 2024: We've purchased the product and are waiting for it to arrive in our lab.
Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Scyrox V8 mouse is available in Black, White, or Yellow. We bought and tested the Yellow colorway. It doesn't have a visible label.
Compared To Other Mice
The Scyrox V8 is an incredibly lightweight wireless gaming mouse and is Scyrox's first release. Its a fairly small, symmetrical mouse with an aggressive rear hump that's reminiscent of the Ninjutso Sora V2 and the Pulsar X2H v3, making it a great shape for claw grippers who like a lot of palm support. Performance-wise, it sits at the very top and competes with the likes of Razer and Logitech. with their Razer Viper V3 Pro and Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT 2 mice, respectively. This makes it an excellent mid-range alternative to those much more expensive options if you don't mind going with an unproven brand with a slightly sketchy software experience.
For more recommendations, see our picks for the best FPS mouse, the best claw grip mouse, and the best lightweight mouse.
The Scyrox V8 and the Razer Viper V3 Pro are lightweight wireless gaming mice. The Razer has a larger shape that's more accommodating to a variety of grip types and hand sizes, whereas the Scyrox is smaller and better suited for claw grip. The Scyrox is also significantly lighter than the Razer.
The Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT 2 and the Scyrox V8 are both lightweight wireless gaming mice with symmetrical shapes. The Scyrox is smaller and designed primarily for claw grip, whereas the Logitech has a more accommodating shape overall. The two have similar performance, but the Scyrox is significantly lighter, making it easier to move quickly and accurately.
The Ninjutso Sora V2 and the Scyrox V8 are ultra-lightweight wireless gaming mice. They have similar shapes with aggressive rear humps that are ideal for claw grip, but the Ninjutso is slightly wider at the top and has more pronounced comfort grooves. These subtle changes make it slightly better for users with larger hands than the Scyrox. They deliver similar raw performance, but the Scyrox has an 8000Hz polling rate out of the box, whereas you have to buy a separate dongle for 8000Hz support on the Ninjutso.
The VGN Dragonfly F1 Pro Max and the Scyrox V8 are lightweight wireless gaming mice with symmetrical shapes. The Scyrox has a more aggressive rear hump that's ideal for claw grippers who prefer more palm support, whereas the VGN has a more traditional symmetrical shape that's more accommodating overall. The Scyrox is significantly lighter and has better overall raw performance than the VGN.
The Scyrox V8 and the Pulsar X2H v3 are lightweight wireless gaming mice. They have similar shapes optimized for claw grip with high rear humps and wide rear ends that narrow at the middle, but the Pulsar (in 'size 2' medium) is bigger and better suited for larger hands. Otherwise, the Scyrox is lighter and has better overall raw performance.
Test Results
The Scyrox V8 has a simple design and minimal aesthetic. It doesn't have any RGB lighting, but there's a status LED below the Scyrox logo on the front left side of the mouse. The baseplate, side buttons, and scroll wheel are black, regardless of whether you get the White, Yellow, or Black color option.
This mouse has excellent build quality. It's all plastic and has a soft-touch matte finish that feels good in your hand. Despite its remarkable lightness, it feels solid with no rattles or creaks and only has minimal flex. The buttons have decent tactility and operate quietly. The plastic scroll wheel is covered in textured rubber for grip.
The Scyrox V8 is a fairly small mouse with a symmetrical shape and an accentuated hump that's far towards the back. Its hump provides support for your palm, making it especially well-suited for claw grip, no matter your hand size. That said, the hump might get in the way if you're a palm or fingertip gripper and have smaller hands, but its short overall length makes it manageable for most. The front side button is further towards the front, so you might have difficulty reaching it if you have extra small hands.
If you're looking for a mouse with a similar shape better suited for larger hands, check out the Pulsar X2H v3.
This mouse has a 250 mAh battery. Scyrox doesn't advertise a battery life estimate, so if you have this mouse and want to share your experience with battery life, let us know in the comments.
This mouse comes with a paracord-like cable that's quite thick and heavy. Despite its weight, it's still quite flexible but adds some friction when gliding across mousepads.
This mouse comes with two sets of feet that aren't pre-installed. For our testing, we installed the smaller set with less surface area. They glide smoothly across desks and mousepads with only minor resistance.
- USB-A to USB-C cable
- USB receiver
- Set of large mouse feet
- Set of small mouse feet
- User documentation
You can reprogram the left and right click buttons, the scroll click, and both side buttons, but the left click must always be bound to a button.
This mouse has fantastic click latency and is suitable for the highest levels of competitive play.
We tested it at its maximum wireless polling rate of 8000Hz and maximum wired polling rate of 1000Hz with motion sync turned off and competitive mode enabled.
We also tested it wirelessly at 4000Hz and 1000Hz:
- 4000Hz: 1.6 ms
- 1000Hz: 2.0 ms
This mouse has superb CPI performance. It delivers extremely good tracking accuracy, interpreting the physical movements you make with your mouse closely to your cursor movements on-screen.
This mouse has superb sensor latency performance. It reacts quickly to your inputs, and you won't notice any delay.
We tested this mouse at its maximum wireless polling rate of 8000Hz with motion sync disabled and competitive mode turned on.
We also tested it at 1000Hz and 4000Hz:
4000Hz:
- Delay to start of movement: 11.9 ms
- Delay at half movement: 2.6 ms
- Delay to end of movement: 3.9 ms
1000Hz:
- Delay to start of movement: 13.5 ms
- Delay at half movement: 3.5 ms
- Delay to end of movement: 4.9 ms
The available polling rate options are 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, 1000Hz, 2000Hz, 4000Hz, and 8000Hz.
This mouse features motion-sync, 'Competitive,' and 'Long Distance' modes. We conducted all of our testing with motion-sync and ' Long Distance' modes turned off and 'Competitive Mode' turned on.
The mouse wheel feels precise, operates quietly, and has well-defined tactile steps. It's made of plastic and has a grippy textured rubber coating.
While the main buttons and scroll wheel are fairly quiet, the side buttons are noticeably louder.
Scyrox S-center is a web-based software that allows you to configure CPI and polling rates, set profiles, reprogram buttons, and more. It's well laid out and easy to use. Still, some of the tooltips don't offer particularly insightful explanations for what some settings like the 'Competitive' and 'Long Distance' modes actually do.
When we tried downloading the update tool from Scyrox's website, Chrome, Edge, and Firefox detected the file as a virus. Windows Defender also blocked the file after we downloaded it as it detected a 'Wacatac' trojan virus.
When we contacted Scyrox about the issue, they advised us to disable the anti-virus software and proceed. We didn't disable our anti-virus software since it's not worth the risk.
We don't recommend downloading the update tool until Scyrox has rectified the situation.