What mouse do you use?

[Rataplan]

I use the wired version. I´d prefer the wireless version but atm i´m in the Middle of a renovation project and have to watch my budget. Onse i´m trought all that i´ll get a wireless one but they are way more expensive.

 

[Colif]

He posted just before I answered lol

His appears to be the wired version so no need for charging pad.

I don't have the pad myself and battery lasted a year so far.

 

[red_5ive]

He posted just before I answered lol

His appears to be the wired version so no need for charging pad.

I don't have the pad myself and battery lasted a year so far.

Thanks. I suspect it was the pad since it was always charging when my machine was on, which is at least 8 or so hours a day being that I work from home. Or maybe it was me unplugging the pad from time to time to let the battery drain was a bad idea after all.

 

[Colif]

i think lowest I let my battery drain to is about 12%.
An rgb light on the mouse is meant to start flashing at 20% charge but I have to look for the light as its on front of mouse. The Logitech app can also show the percentage but as you can see, its not telling me at 20% now... I know it used to, I suspect thats a change in the software and not the mouse itself

The light wasn't flashing yet. Glad I decided to look.

 

[LOLBronze]

Razer naga V2 P

 

[Colif]

That was new, started PC up and it didn't find my mouse

1. not even just a cursor in middle of screen. no sign of a pointer anywhere.
2. plug in - since its wireless - didn't change anything
3. make sure mouse is on - it was showing rgb - turning mouse on is first thing I do each day... hmm, I wonder if that is cause.
4. Unplug USB cable from PC and plug back in... it worked but it was really slow and erratic in its actions. Would just stop tracking completely.
5. Look at power levels, was at 41% so not even close to empty.

I rotated my mouse pad and suddenly it seemed to work? I don't understand that one. No longer erratic or slow to track... might be pattern on mouse pad, can't say I ever had problems with using it sideways before.

Sure, its a Steelseries mouse pad and a Logitech Mouse but they have gotten on fine until today.

For some reason it appears the USB wireless connection wasn't talking to mouse at startup. I let mouse charge to 100 and see if it works again once I attach it to the charging cable mouse is currently connected to - I use an adapter that came with mouse to plug it into cable when mouse isn't charging -short test shows it appears to be fine... Guess next startup might show more.

 

[ZedClampet]

I use this logitech 502 hero because it has a lot of programmable buttons wich are well placed.

You talked me into it. I just ordered one. Unfortunately for my order, Christmas is 3 days away, and they have no idea when my order will be here. Not really an emergency anyway.

How has the battery been in the 502?

The battery will never run down. You can use it 24 hours a day for as long as you like without ever having to recharge.

Yeah, I prefer wired.

 

[Rolfil]

I had a Steelseries Rival 300 but switched to the Logitech 502 hero due to me being able to play Last Epoch with it one handed when I fractured my elbow. I like the reprogrammable features and have used this feature in a few games since.

 

[Colif]

The right click button on my G502 X was playing up earlier, clicking it did nothing.
Its still not as good as it should be. Left click is fine, right is a little harder to press.

I discovered it was full of dirt and other crap that was blocking the sensor and stopping the key itself. Think I got most of it out.
Guess I should clean it more often. I hadn't thought of stuff getting under the keys... not sure how that happens? the only way anything can seemingly get in that side is a hole on front of mouse (to let button move down). Just not sure how it got dirty to start with.

It still is a little delayed in reacting. Better than it was. Button works but its a slow reaction
makes it hard to right click icons, its more likely to grab them and move them than click them.

potentially not good enough for gaming so I have gone back to Steelseries again

SteelSeries Aerox 5 Wireless

A great lightweight all-rounder.

www.pcgamer.com

Should get it sometime next week. Happened to be on special today so good timing.

I only bought it a year ago. Can't say I had this problem on any other mice before. Its got Optical mechanical switches so something not right with one of them.

I give the logitech to mum to use, its still better than what she has. Doesn't feel like as much a waste of money if its still being used.

 

[Colif]

I wasn't expecting it to arrive two days later, especially when I ordered it on Saturday

One of these is white going black, the other is so black its lucky the rgb was on

Peripheral makers hit a gold mine, charge people for less materials and explain it as making mouse faster to respond due to being lighter... honeycomb sures saves materials. Shame it only works for mice.

It will take me a while to adjust to it, pattern on back feels odd on my hands
Changed one DPI setting to 1900 which is about normal for me.
Feeling the mousepad surface more on my palm. Since the mouse is way lower in height. Size of mouse sure does make it easier to control.

Flashed its firmware and after previously failed one of those on a previous mouse, I was careful not to repeat it. Now my hit rate with their firmware updates is in the positive.

RGB on mouse turns off while its moving, reasoning being you can't see it if your hand is in the way. And goes to sleep after 2 minutes.

Most of it is in a completely illogical place too

underglow on mouse only works if it somehow hovers about surface of the table... guess that would be a smooth surface.

Its scroll wheel seems quieter than the Logitechs. Mouse seems quieter in general... less pronounced click

 

[Colif]

Its meant to have 150 hours battery... it must only achieve that with no rgb on at all. As I have found it gets to below 50 pretty quickly.
I might try its high efficiency mode and see how long it lasts in that. It turns all the rgb off in that mode, I can barely see mouse on the pad in the dark now.

I have charged it 3 times since getting it. Though it has yet to run out, I just charged once it hit 30.

So I may not use it in wireless mode very much. Which looked to be a problem until I bought a 7 port USB 3.0 splitter with a 1.2m long cable on it so that the usb cables for charging my mouse and keyboard don't have to stretch as far to the PC.

The mouse has 3 modes on bottom,

1. Bluetooth
2. Off
3. Wireless

Off doesn't actually turn mouse off, it just sets it into wired mode if its plugged in. So I probably just use it like that most of time. Once I get the splitter next week, anyway. Then I will alter its RGB since it won't need to turn off to save charge.

Edit: 1 day later its usage for the last 12 hours is 10%... so I will be using it rgb free unless I want to use RGB. This rate it last another week before I need to charge it.

 

[Colif]

2 days down, still on 90% battery, only downside to no rgb is its hard to see mouse in the dark now
camera can see it better than I can

It is almost like wireless mice need solar cells to keep rgb alive. That or the G502 X bulk was used for a larger battery.

I didn't really get it for RGB so if it can last much longer without it, thats fine.

 

[SHR-51]

2 days down, still on 90% battery, only downside to no rgb is its hard to see mouse in the dark now
camera can see it better than I can

It is almost like wireless mice need solar cells to keep rgb alive. That or the G502 X bulk was used for a larger battery.

I didn't really get it for RGB so if it can last much longer without it, thats fine.

Stupid question... Doesn't the inside of it get lots of dust?

 

[Colif]

they did think of that. All of the important areas are sealed tight as well as It has an IP54 rating which means it has dust protection and is splash proof.
1st number only goes to 5 whereas 2nd goes to 9, but I wasn't planning on taking it scuba diving so that should be enough.

https://www.iec.ch/ip-ratings#:~:text=The%20IP%20code%20is%20composed,low%2Dvoltage%20switchgear%20and%20controlgear.