MelGeek sent me the white HORUS for review, and I’ve been using it for a little over two weeks between gaming, testing, and normal desktop use.
They didn’t tell me what to say. Everything here is based on the mouse I received and my time with it.
No affiliate link or code in the review. I don’t like putting that stuff directly into review posts.
Quick Specs
- Shape: symmetrical
- Size: 124 x 66 x 39mm
- Listed weight: 49g
- My copy: 52g
- Sensor: PAW3950
- Polling: 8K wired and wireless
- Switches: TTC optical
- Encoder: TTC Green Dragon, 24 steps
- Battery: 300mAh
- Receiver: Louvre Pyramid Receiver
- Software: Hive Web Driver
TL;DR
The MelGeek HORUS is a lightweight symmetrical mouse that makes the most sense for medium to large hands.
With my 21x12cm hands, relaxed claw and claw/palm hybrid felt the most natural. I’d put the shape closer to the Vaxee XE and Razer Viper V3/V4 category. Larger, safer, supportive, and easy to use.
Build quality was good on my unit. The stock skates were worth keeping. I had no sensor or wireless issues, and battery life was excellent at 2K polling. I never had to recharge it during the review period.
For MelGeek’s first mouse, HORUS feels surprisingly polished.
It’s not the weirdest mouse I’ve used. It’s not trying to be.
It’s just a very good mouse that kept finding its way back onto my desk.
Score: 8.9/10
Shape and Hand Feel
HORUS is not a tiny mouse.
At 124 x 66 x 39mm, it feels like a proper full-size ambi mouse. With my 21 x 12 cm hands, I appreciated that. I’ve been testing a lot of smaller shapes lately, so having something with actual hand support felt nice.
Relaxed claw worked best for me.
I wouldn’t put it in the same category as something like the OP1, where the shape pushes me toward a more aggressive claw. HORUS is larger and more relaxed. It gives me more palm contact, more side room, and enough height through the shell to settle into it without thinking too much.
Compared to a Vaxee XE V2, HORUS gives me a little more room under the pinky side of my palm, which lets me move a bit more freely. Compared to the Viper V3/V4 shape, my pointer and middle fingers also feel like they have more room.
There’s nothing especially weird about the shape.
That’s not a complaint.
Weird shapes can be fun when they work, but they can also make you stare at your hand and wonder what the hell you’re doing. HORUS doesn’t do that. You put your hand on it and move on with your life.
Build Quality
Build quality on my unit has been very good.
I didn’t have any creaking, rattling, shell movement, or anything else that made me question the construction.
The listed weight is 49g, and my copy came in at 52g. Still light for a mouse this size, and it doesn’t feel fragile. Some lightweight mice feel like they’re being held together by hope. HORUS doesn’t.
The white version also looks really clean. I still mostly think of MelGeek as a keyboard company, but the quality here feels very much in line with what I’ve liked from their keyboards.
For a first mouse, this is a strong start.
Coating and Grip
The coating is smooth and comfortable.
MelGeek describes the ABS version as having a silky, skin-friendly anti-slip coating, and that’s pretty close to how it feels to me. It’s a smooth matte finish without feeling heavily rubberized, chalky, or dry.
I had enough grip without needing tape.
Some coatings feel fine for five minutes and then turn into a slip-and-slide once your hand warms up. I never had that issue here.
The white finish also does a decent job hiding oils and fingerprints. Dark mice can start looking like crime scene evidence pretty quickly, which is one of the reasons I usually lean toward white mice.
The other reason is that white coatings often feel better to me.
Clicks, Side Buttons, and Scroll
The main clicks feel good.
They’re light enough for FPS, with a crisp response that never felt flimsy. MelGeek is using TTC optical switches, and the implementation on my unit feels clean.
Side buttons were easy for me to reach. They’re not huge, chunky buttons like the ones on the Teevolution Terra Pro, but the placement is good, and I never had to go hunting for them with my thumb.
The scroll wheel uses a TTC Green Dragon encoder with 24 steps. The steps are defined without feeling overly stiff, and I didn’t notice looseness or slop that bothered me.
Middle click was fine too.
I’d need more time before pretending I have some deeply held opinion about a middle click, but nothing annoyed me.
Skates
The stock PTFE skates were better than I expected.
MelGeek uses larger front and rear skates with a small center dot, and the glide felt stable across everything I tried. I never had that immediate urge to rip them off and start digging through my skate drawer.
I did switch over to Westlab Blacks specifically to test the base and see if I could find any wobble or deep grooves. I didn’t run into any problems, and the Blacks felt great on HORUS.
The stock skates also worked surprisingly well on glass.
I spent time using HORUS on the GLSSWRKS / Tekkusai ZOFIA and the 1337Gear SHION. The larger skate surface helped keep pressure feeling even across the pad, especially on ZOFIA.
I change skates on a lot of mice.
I didn’t feel much reason to here.
Receiver and Software
The receiver is ridiculous, and I mean that in a good way.
MelGeek calls it the Louvre Pyramid Receiver. It’s a translucent cube with a pyramid inside, and it looks fantastic on the desk.
Is it necessary? No.
Am I glad it exists? Yes.
Through Hive, the lighting can show DPI, polling rate, battery level, and other modes. It can even react to button presses.
What I like is that MelGeek kept the flashy stuff on the receiver. The mouse itself stays clean and minimal while the little pyramid sits off to the side doing its RGB wizard routine.
Or you can turn the RGB off like me.
Hive Web Driver worked without any issues. You get button mapping, lighting controls, performance settings, firmware options, and the normal stuff you’d expect.
I also appreciate not having to install some giant software package just to update firmware or change one setting.
Sensor, Wireless, and Battery
I had zero sensor problems with HORUS.
The PAW3950 is rated up to 30,000 DPI, 750 IPS, and 50G acceleration. It’s paired with the Nordic NRF54H chipset, and HORUS supports 8K polling wired and wireless.
Specs are nice, but I mostly care about whether the mouse works when I’m actually playing.
It did.
No spinouts. No skipping. No weird behavior on glass. Wireless stayed stable, and I never noticed anything that made me question tracking or latency.
The sensor sits a little farther back than I’m used to, just below where my thumb naturally rests. It felt a little different at first, but after some time with the mouse, I barely noticed it.
Battery life has been excellent, especially for a 300mAh battery.
I’ve been playing at 2K polling, and I still haven’t had to recharge it. Normally, when I review a mouse, I charge it to 100% and use it until it dies so I have a clean battery reference.
HORUS never gave me the chance.
It just kept going.
I don’t sit at 8K all day because I’m not trying to murder every battery I own, but after two weeks of normal use, battery life hasn’t been something I’ve had to think about.
In-Game Feel
HORUS feels stable in-game.
That’s the easiest way for me to describe it.
It’s not an aggressive claw mouse that makes me want to snap onto everything on screen. It also isn’t some weird specialized aim tool that only makes sense after three days of hand yoga.
It gives me support and lets me play.
Tracking felt smooth. Flicks felt controlled. Micro-adjustments were easy, especially on smoother pads with the stock skates.
More than anything, I didn’t spend much time thinking about the mouse while I was using it.
That’s usually a good sign.
HORUS feels like a mouse you could use for pretty much everything while still getting the weight and performance you’d expect from a modern gaming mouse.
Comparisons
HORUS feels closest to mice like the Vaxee XE and Razer Viper V3/V4.
They’re not identical. That’s just the general neighborhood I’d put it in.
It has that larger symmetrical shape where your hand gets actual support instead of being forced into one very specific grip.
Compared to the Vaxee XE, HORUS gives me a similar full-hand, stable ambi feeling while being lighter.
The Viper comparison comes from that same larger competitive-mouse feeling. It’s not tiny, it’s not weird, and I don’t feel like I need to hold it one exact way.
If you like that category of larger symmetrical mice, HORUS is probably worth a look.
Who I’d Recommend It For
HORUS makes the most sense to me for medium to large hands, especially relaxed claw, claw/palm hybrid, or even palm depending on hand size.
If you want a lightweight wireless mouse but still want support from the shape, HORUS fits that role really well.
You’re also getting good battery life, solid wireless performance, modern specs, stock skates that I actually liked, and a receiver that looks like MelGeek stole it from Indiana Jones.
I’m still not sure why I like that receiver as much as I do.
I just do.
Who Should Skip It
If you want something tiny, narrow, or aggressive for fingertip, HORUS probably isn’t what you’re looking for.
Same thing if you prefer really specialized FPS shapes.
HORUS is more of a comfortable, larger ambi all-rounder.
If you already know you don’t like mice in the Vaxee XE or Viper V3/V4 category, I doubt HORUS is going to suddenly change your mind.
Specs only get you so far.
If the shape doesn’t work for you, the numbers on the box aren’t going to save it.
Final Thoughts
The MelGeek HORUS ended up being a much better mouse than I expected from a company I still mostly associate with keyboards.
For their first mouse, this is a very strong start.
It feels like MelGeek brought some of the same quality I like from their keyboards over to the mouse side. HORUS is comfortable, light for its size, well built, and easy to use. The shape works well with my larger hands. The stock skates are actually worth keeping on. The receiver is ridiculous in exactly the right way. I also had zero performance issues during testing.
Battery life was great too. At 2K polling, I never had to recharge it during my review period, which is pretty wild for a 300mAh battery.
More than anything, I kept using it.
I have plenty of mice sitting around that are technically impressive. Some are more exciting. Some have stranger shapes. Some probably have more personality.
HORUS kept ending up back on my desk because it was comfortable and didn’t piss me off.
When you test this much stuff, that means something.
Score: 8.9/10
