What mouse do you use?

[Colif]

Wonders if Brian will reply to this reply by Brian.

Maybe if you buy a new one it will last longer before it happens again. Clearly its a design flaw and if it had happened to me, I probably choose another mouse and avoid it.

 

[Brian Boru]

its a design flaw

No, it's a standard EoL event which all well-used mice eventually succumb to. All my previous mice have been new, so maybe refurb will entend my luck a bit

 

[Colif]

I only stopped using one mouse as it was causing windows to not load a desktop at startup. Its buttons were fine. It was just 8 years old and something was clearly messing with windows. It was becoming see through as I had worn the colours down so much from use... it was a good mouse, almost got same model again but decided not to test my luck.

I normally replace my mice before they die. I think I just wanted a new mouse last time. Old mouse is around somewhere, could use if I need to.

20 years or so ago I used to buy a new mouse every few months but they weren't gaming mice. It was only after getting my 1st gaming mouse and it lasting for about 5 years that I stopped buying them so much. At one stage I had a box full of mice... or perhaps that is just my memory playing tricks, but I do know I had a few of them... no idea if I still have them.

I know I should have got a black mouse last time. Its getting grotty

 

[Colif]

They are getting crazy light and small.

The heavier ones already felt too light to me.

 

[Slasken]

Logitech G502 X Plus wireless here also. Had the G502 Lightspeed before that. Was starting to get that Logitech double-click feature, so it was time to change it out. Was lucky to find it on sale this summer. I already had the wireless charging mouse pad which I used with the old mouse.

 

[JarlBSoD]

Logitech g502 Lightspeed with Logitech Powerplay mousemat, never have to worry about chargin the mouse is sweeeet! Time to replace the mouse though, the rubber on the side is starting to wear off.

Edit Clearly this senile old fart had already answered this but here you go again once more, it is on me

 

[Brian Boru]

Logitech Powerplay mousemat

the wireless charging mouse pad

I take it that works well?

I looked at 'em but didn't pull the trigger, seemed a bit too good to be true.

 

[Colif]

It seems 22g is too heavy now... so soon after posting last one

Need to affix a laser pointer to finger and have virtual buttons to get much lighter

I should get one of those charging mouse pads... since it works with my mouse. Maybe suggest it as a Bday present.. buy it, they can give it to me on day.

 

[Brian Boru]

affix a laser pointer to finger

Quick, patent that before Apple grab the idea.

Or DeBeers…

one of those charging mouse pads... since it works with my mouse

Ohhhh… doesn't work with all mice then. And is $100—no wonder I didn't pull the trigger.

Is there any universal charger mat out there that would work with all/most wireless mice with built-in battery?

 

[Colif]

its the working virtual buttons that are the hard things to do. The laser pointer is the easy bit.

and then you have to take into account finger shakes, as it might look still too you, but with a light attached to end of finger, its going to be noticeable.

Years of retraining to keep 1 finger still while others press "buttons".
Might be easier to cut hand off and attach mouse to stump... still, how do you press buttons?

the one button mouse by Apple is key. Just remove all buttons... maybe only use finger in games, windows might be too hard.

Other answer is use other hand to control the buttons... more keys on KB, here we come.

next we find eyes are faster, control cursor with mouse position and blink rate is how fast you click... no, please don't do this. (Razer currently working on how to make RGB in your eyes and not blind you)

 

[JarlBSoD]

I take it that works well?

I looked at 'em but didn't pull the trigger, seemed a bit too good to be true.

Works flawlessly for me. It keeps the mouse at around 80-85% since that is the optimal range for the battery longevity.

 

[DXCHASE]

I love this mouse, ive went through about 4 or 6 of em in the last 5-6 years. Less than 40 now. Ive used the wireless version as well. Idc if its basic it functions just like anything expensive imo.

 

[Colif]

That shape looks familiar... next one will be black or at least, not white.

That is after a short clean, I might use soapy water or something next time, you can tell where my fingers sit.
Probably help if my hands weren't so dirty.
You can't tell on black mice.

its missing one button as you can remove trigger and replace it with a blank.

you replace this piece of plastic on the mouse with a charging puck and it charges on the pad when needed

Might get one in a few months time. Need to reorganize room and see if it works.

 

[Slasken]

I take it that works well?

I looked at 'em but didn't pull the trigger, seemed a bit too good to be true.

It works flawlessly. It comes with two different tops too, one soft fabric, and one hard surface.

 

[JarlBSoD]

It works flawlessly. It comes with two different tops too, one soft fabric, and one hard surface.

You can buy them separatly to if you need to replace them. however, i have not tried this but i wonder if it still works with a pad from another manyfacturer, might be that they are to thick or something.

 

[red_5ive]

Logitech g502 Lightspeed with Logitech Powerplay mousemat, never have to worry about chargin the mouse is sweeeet! Time to replace the mouse though, the rubber on the side is starting to wear off.

Edit Clearly this senile old fart had already answered this but here you go again once more, it is on me

I have a PowerPlay mat as well. I was originally using it with the Logitech G903, but the battery died on me. I have a replacement that I haven't installed yet.

For now I'm using my Logitech G600 MMO for most of my gaming. This is actually my go-to mouse when I'm directly on my rig, even for non MMO games. I really love the shift button which basically gets you double the amount of side buttons for a total of 24 functions/keys. Very useful, not just for gaming. I have macros stored for coding.

I do also use a Logitech 604 Lightspeed. This is my everything mouse which is connected to my gaming rig, my gaming laptop, and 2 work laptops via a KVM switch. The BT connection + wireless is VERY useful. At the end of the work day I sometimes stick with the 604 when I fire up a game since it's already there. As a daily driver, I love this mouse so much that when I heard it was being discontinued, I bought 4 more for backup.

 

[SHR-51]

This will probably be considered strange, but I've never been a fan of scroll wheels and side buttons on my mice. They're never as precise or useful as I'd want them to be and the scroll wheel makes it so one of my fingers is in a constant 'floating' position above it.

Are there even scroll wheel-less mice these days?

 

[Brian Boru]

Are there even scroll wheel-less mice these days?

There sure are!

https://www.amazon.com/mouse-without-scroll-wheel/s

And if you want a

Spoiler: mouse without buttons

 

[Colif]

Walmart search fails on 1st line... what is a scroll wheel to them I wonder

Mouse Without Scroll Wheel

Shop for Mouse Without Scroll Wheel at Walmart.com. Save money. Live better

www.walmart.com

Only a few on that page don't have one...

This doesn't appear to have one

Evoluent VerticalMouse 4 Right - Evoluent

VM4R. The patented shape supports your hand in an upright neutral posture that generally avoids forearm twisting. The thumb rest has been reshaped.

evoluent.com

finding one with 3 buttons (where a button replaces the scroll wheel) is difficult these days.

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Pretty sure I have never used the side buttons on my mouse, although most have had them. Even if games had functions assigned to them, I would never use them.

Meant my thumb just relaxes most of the time. and its possible I have disabled those 2 buttons in software to stop them distracting me IF I accidentally press one.

The only extra keys I press accidentally now are the two to the left of the main button on mouse - these two

Mainly as they new. My previous mice didn't have those two - they only change the dpi settings anyway so easy enough to reverse.

You can see the two side buttons he is complaining about below them but they might as well not exist on my mouse.

Most gaming mice have software that lets you assign key functions, so could just disable them if they annoy you

 

[JarlBSoD]

I personally couldn't live with a mouse that dosn't have at least 2 side buttons and a wheel. I use the side buttons all the time both when surfing web and in work for going backwards and forwards and the mousewheel for scrolling.

 

[Colif]

Its just habit, for my learning years with mice they didn't have those buttons so I never adjusted to using them.
Like free scroll wheel on my mouse, I only use it if I accidentally enable free scroll. Last time that happened was when I was cleaning my mouse for screenshots. It just feels weird without notches

 

[JarlBSoD]

Its just habit, for my learning years with mice they didn't have those buttons so I never adjusted to using them.
Like free scroll wheel on my mouse, I only use it if I accidentally enable free scroll. Last time that happened was when I was cleaning my mouse for screenshots. It just feels weird without notches

I started using the side buttons more or less when they started appearing on mice, the scroll wheel i rarley use free scroll, unless it is a realy realy long code or something.

 

[Brian Boru]

I'm terrible at picking out individual small buttons beside each other, so both of my side ones are set to Paste—Copy, Cut and Paste are on KB. I had one of 'em set to Copy for a while, but couldn't get it right reliably.

Central scroll wheel is notched unless I spin it very quickly, when it goes free scroll—only use that for long spreadsheets mostly.

I really missed the side scroll wheel while using a cheap EVGA mouse recently, but all is well now back in MX Master land—I have it set for Back and Forward which I do a lot of in browsers and file manager.

 

[Colif]

Central scroll wheel is notched unless I spin it very quickly, when it goes free scroll—only use that for long spreadsheets mostly.

I have to click the button behind scroll wheel to get it into free scroll. Otherwise it will stay in notched mode. It feels really weird in free mode so I rarely use it.