Epic Gear Meduza Gaming Mouse and Skorpios Bungee Review

1. Introduction2. Packaging and Bundle3. Design and Ergonomics4. The Epic Gear Skorpios Bungee5. The Epic Gear Compoxite Surface6. Software and Performance7. Performance8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

Meduza Mouse

Overall we are very impressed with what the Epic Gear Meduza has to offer.  Even though it's their first attempt at a gaming mouse, the Meduza is very impressive indeed and is sure to lure gamers away from the longer established brands such as Razer and Roccat.

The Meduza's unique selling point is the dual sensor configuration that Epic Gear have developed.  This lets users choose between both optical and laser modes of a hybrid mode which combines the benefits of both.  This is sure to made this mouse appeal to those users who are stuck between purchasing an optical or laser mouse.  In practice, we couldn't find a whole lot to choose between the different modes but the option is there should you want to make the most of it.

It is very difficult indeed to fault the Meduza as the mouse is well balanced and exhibits no real weaknesses.  The low weight and perfect weight balance make it very easy to move precisely with agility.  It also feels very well built and has all the features we expect from a high-end gaming mouse today.

There are only two ways in which we felt slightly underwhelmed by the Meduza.

Firstly, the software isn't quite up to the same level as the competition.  The macro editor isn't as feature full as others we've used and the whole interface is unnecessarily flashy. Secondly, we were a little disappointed when we discovered that the only lights that you can change the colour of are the ones illuminating the mouse wheel.  The other lights are restricted to red only.

At a price of £48 from Overclockers UK we think the Meduza offers great value for money.  Overclockers even include a free Epic Gear mouse pad, albeit not the Compoxite one we tested in this review.

Pros

• Dual sensors.
• ‘Epic' performance.
• Perfect weight balance.
• Great build quality.

Cons

• Software could be better.
• Not all the lights are colour-configurable.

KitGuru says: The Meduza is an excellent mouse which offers fantastic value for money, making it a must have.

Compoxite Surface and Skorpios Bungee

The Compoxite surface is also impressive.  We love the silicon-cloth hybrid surface as it is practical and performs well.  The Skorpios mouse bungee is quite a useful product that helps you keep the mouse cable tidy and free from snags.

The Compoxite gaming surface costs £43 from Lambdatek which has stunned us.  It may be innovative but it definitely isn't worth this price tag.  It needs to drop significantly in price before we could recommend the product.

We also think that the Skorpios mouse bungee is very overpriced, costing nearly £37 from Lambdatek.  The Roccat Apuri performs exactly the same function (as well as including a 4-port USB hub) and costs around £10 less.  We would like to see this falling to around £20 before we would consider a recommendation.

KitGuru says: The Compoxite mouse pad and Skorpios bungee are also good products but are both horrendously overpriced.

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