Ninjutso Origin One X Wireless Ultralight Gaming Mouse Review

A Closer Look & Performance

This isn’t the most complex-looking mouse ever, in fact, it’s pretty basic! This is no fault though, as eSports gamers, particular those who play things like CS:GO like a no-fuss design. Any button that isn’t needed all the time isn’t there, as than means there are fewer things in your way or to go wrong.

It’s a classic IntelliMouse inspired shape though, and even though I’ve never heard of this brand before, the mouse feels familiar and comfortable in my hand immediately. The ergonomics are very natural and it’s easy to grip the mouse. There are a pair of switches on the left side, which has some very clicky and audible switches, that actually feel like they match the main switches, which is very rare. They’re some of the nicest side switches I’ve used, but again, they’re rather noisy, but I like that too, it’s all very tactile.

Down the right side, just a nice little ergonomic swell, promoting a comfortable grip point on the mouse.

The LMB and RMB feel super responsive. The Kailh switches have a really prominent click that’s nice and audible and have a nice tactile feel to them. There’s no pre-travel in the switch and despite the prominent click, they’re fast and light. They’re both spring-mounted and have their own control surface, so there’s no feedback from one switch to the other. I can fire off super-fast click rates without skipping a beat on this mouse.

There’s a good size scroll wheel, which is fairly firm to turn. It has a very grooved and raspy feeling rotation. You can quickly and easily move it one notch and not risk overrunning, making weapon swaps a breeze. However, it may feel tiresome if all you’re doing is scrolling reddit all day… but this is a gaming mouse, and that’s where it works best. The mouse wheel has a nice click to it too, and the tighter wheel means I can middle button jump without cycling my weapon, another nice feature.

The slipmats are huge on this mouse, giving it fantastic levels of glide even on softer and thicker gaming mats. A big advantage to this is the weight, and at just 66 grams, it really doesn’t take much to move this thing around. If I blow on it, I can move it along my desk. I tried the same on my Corsair Scimitar and I was red in the face trying to get it to budge. Not that this constitutes any kind of industry-standard test. Ninjutso say the glide is “buttery smooth” but I think it’s closer to an air hockey table.

There are some basic controls here too, a master power switch should you want to conserve battery while storing the mouse. There’s also a DPI level switch here, allowing you to cycle through the four speeds; 400/800/1600/3200. You can also hold it to change the polling rate; 125/500/1000Hz. There’s zero software on this mouse, it’s all hardware and all settings are controlled on the mouse, no fuss, just play.

The mouse feels great to hold in virtually any grip style too, it’s such a light and fast mouse, that you barely have to touch it to take control. A full palm grip works well, and the side buttons are perfectly spaced too.

It’s easy to lift it up with a light grip on each side.

You can use a fingertip grip for light and fast twitchy gameplay, and it doesn’t skip a beat. That PixArt sensor is faultless too, pinpoint accurate at all DPI settings, and it’ll track up to 400 IPS at 40G, so even launching it the length of your desk should be fine.

It’s well balanced too, pinch it in the middle, and it stays flat. Many mice are tail heavy due to the battery, but not this one.

Speaking of the battery, you can recharge it via the included USB-C cable. You can actually use it in wired mode like this too, if you desire. However, you won’t charge very often, as it has 48 hours of battery life. That’s ten hours a day (ish) five days a week, or nearly seven hours a day seven days a week. Why does it have such long life while being so lightweight? No RGB, that’s how. This is a mouse for people who want to get on with their gaming and little else.

It does look good though, even with the cable attached.