MadCatz Cyborg M.O.U.S. 9 Pro Reviews

The Mad Catz M.O.U.S. 9 looks and feels like a flexible, albeit pricey, wireless gaming mouse, even if Mad Catz tries to promote it as a mouse for non-gamers.

The original R.A.T.s are still the more serious gaming mice, but the R.A.T. M and the M.O.U.S. 9 bring interesting mobility features to diversify Mad Catz offerings.

The performance of the M.O.U.S.9 mouse was excellent when considered as a non-gaming mouse. The slower polling rate introduces a slight but noticeable lag in fast-paced action games. The one-year battery life (if achieved) is also excellent. Appearance is always a subjective issue: I liked the form of the M.O.U.S.9, but I'm not a fan of glossy plastics, so if I were buying this mouse for myself, I'd go for the flat black version. The construction of the mouse mirrors that of its R.A.T. siblings, with a heavy aluminum base and thick plastics. My R.A.T. 9 works as well today as it did when I got it for review in November of 2010, and I see no reason the M.O.U.S.9 won't have the same level of durability. There are mice with more buttons, but the 10 offered by this mouse seems to be a reasonable compromise between "number of actions you can actually remember" and "what does that button do again?" The software is much improved over the version shipped with the R.A.T. 9 I reviewed, and aside from a couple of issues on the Mac side, it works very well. The value consideration is always the hardest part for high-end products like this. For $127 (Amazon), you're paying anywhere from double to quadruple the price of wireless mice from other major vendors like Logitech. Granted, this mouse does a lot more than most of its competition, but the market segment used to paying this kind of price is gamers, who would be better served by the R.A.T. series of rodents.