This is the weirdest mouse I've ever used
And who the hell is Xtrfy?
Have you ever heard of Xtrfy? No? Don’t worry, I hadn’t either until very recently.
Xtrfy is a Swedish brand that specializes in the pretty standard gaming peripherals like mice, keyboards, and headsets. In fact, before they offered to send these mice, the only time I had really heard of them is because TenZ uses their headset on stream.
But gaming mice is where I’m mostly interested, and Xtrfy was kind enough to send over their 4 different wireless gaming mouse models to test out. I’ve had them for about a month now, and my experience with them was surprising. So, here’s my breakdown of my favorite and least favorite Xtrfy wireless gaming mice
Here’s what we’ve got:
Let’s start off with my favorite.
Xtrfy MZ1 Wireless:
I am slightly familiar with Rocket Jump Ninja, but don’t follow him too often. Mostly just see some of his reviews if I’m looking up a specific mouse before buying it. I had not realized that he had created his own mouse with Xtrfy. I’m always happy to see YouTubers succeed and create things bigger than their channel, so I thought this was a really cool collab once I found out about it.
But when I got the MZ1 in, I held it in my hand and thought “what in the hell is this?”
It’s just got such a strange shape. It’s low, the buttons are long and have deep indents, and the entire mouse slopes forward from the back. I realized if RJN was making his own mouse he obviously was looking for something different, but man, I’ve just never seen something like this before.
Because of that I actually immediately started using the M42 Wireless as it’s much more similar to my Model O, but I kept the MZ1 next to my desk and kept picking it up and holding it in my hand. I was intrigued, I had to try it even if it was at the sacrifice of my pathetic Overwatch 2 rank.
Let me tell you, it was not what I was expecting. It took me a few minutes to totally readjust my grip. I usually play with a pretty standard palm grip, but I found myself doing some weird mix of a claw grip for the MZ1 and it just started clicking. Between the new grip and focusing on my hand made it feel like I was paying more attention to how I was aiming vs just coasting on auto pilot through games.
But my first night was a wild success using the MZ1. Just an example, I played a game as Roadhog and left the game with an 80% hook accuracy stat line. Not bad. I thoroughly enjoyed using it and for the last week and a half of only using the MZ1, I’ve been seriously enjoying my time with it.
It’s lightweight, great tactile response, very customizeable, and just overall a totally different experience. Dare I say I kinda love this mouse?
But would I recommend it?
I really want to say yes, but I don’t think it’s a simple yes or no.
Are you ok with spending 120$ to try something totally different? 100% recommend!
Are you saving up to buy a new mouse and want to be sure it’s for you? No.
Do you blame your mouse every time you derank and need an arsenal of different gaming mice because in your head you tell yourself a new mouse will fix all your shortcomings? Buy 2
If this mouse looks interesting to you, and you have the means to try it out, I highly recommend giving it a shot. I think RJN and Xtrfy honestly made something really cool here and I’m thoroughly enjoying using it as my daily driver right now.
Unfortunately next, we have my least favorite.
Xtrfy M8 Wireless:
Honestly, I thought this was the safest pick. Online it looks just like a Logitech G Pro, one of the most popular models out there currently, and one that I’ve used a lot in the past.
The first red flag was on the box it read “unique symmetrical shape”. Unique? The model that I so quickly compared to another mouse is labeled as unique? Is this Xtrfy just being funny? Unfortunately, no. While it looks so much like a G Pro, it somehow is completely different.
I’ll start off with saying this thing is LIGHT. Despite no honeycomb pattern like it’s brethren, the M8 on my scale is coming in at 56 grams. In fact, it somehow is lighter than all 3 honeycomb style mice that Xtrfy sent. But, it actually is exactly in line with the G Pro Superlight.
But that’s where the similarities end. Once I had both of these in my hand it’s actually crazy how much different they are. The size and overall shape of the mouse is smaller than the G Pro, and the left/right click are sloped down aggressively all the way to the bottom of the M8. Because of this, at least with my hand, I find myself stuck in 2 different weird hand positions.
I either am playing with a palm grip, and my fingers are too long that I’m basically clicking with my first knuckle rather than the point of my finger. This also positions buttons 4 and 5 really awkwardly as my thumb is so far forward I have to move it backwards to press mouse button 4.
But it really has 1 major flaw. The charging port. The USB C charging port on the M8 is actually on the side of the mouse instead of the front. So if you run out of battery and want to play games, you’re pretty much shit out of luck as you probably don’t want to play with a cable coming out of the side of your mouse. To be fair, I believe it has to do this since they made the mouse buttons so aggressively sloped down, but it seems like just overall a poor design.
I don’t think I could recommend the M8, which is a shame cause I was really hoping it’d be a cheaper G Pro Superlight competitor with a bunch of really awesome colors.
As far as the other 2 mice go, the M42 and the M4 Wireless, they’re great!
I’m using the M4 as my work mouse at the moment replacing a wired Model D and I enjoyed using the M42 as it was the most similar to my current mouse the Model O. Both of them feel a bit smaller, so if you have smaller hands these might be better than the Model O/D, although they obviously have the O- and D-. While I think these mice are great, I think the Glorious lineup at a slightly cheaper price point is the easier option to recommend. But if you grab either of these you won’t be disappointed.
One last thing to mention. A feature I really enjoy from Xtrfy is the no driver system they created. Rather than having to download annoying software to change RGB/DPI/etc, there’s switches on the bottom of the mouse and along with a series of button presses you can change everything you normally would in a mouse, but through the hardware instead. While you probably will have to reference the manual, I actually really like that I can just set my preferences and never have to worry about software.
Swedish excellence is all I'm gonna say. 🇸🇪