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expired Posted by phoinix | Staff • Sep 1, 2024
Sep 1, 2024 6:52 AM
$76*: Logitech MX Vertical Advanced Ergonomic Mouse (Graphite) at Woot!
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That premature failure might be tolerable for you, but It kind of broke my brand preference to logitech and I have owned a lot of logitech products in my life including even the glass denovo keyboard that they made 15 years ago.
Premature failure is relative to usage and your definition of 'lasting'. one of the mice started having issues after about 2-3 years of use and the other one started having issues a little over a year into use and by 2 years that one was unusable.
I did some research online and discovered that they used the absolute cheapest clicker in the industry to save about 25 cents on the production of a $100 mouse. So, I ordered 10 clickers and attempted a desolder and replace job. It worked, but the problem is that my soldering skills suck. And I didnt properly clean the tiny board so the new clicker didnt sit 100% level leading to a very poor travel on the click when put back together.
If your soldering skills are at seasoned level, you can mitigate this singular issue with the mouse by disassembling it and replacing the clicker when it start to wear out because NOTHING else is wrong with this mouse. Its a shame that a company does this. Because that single choice leads to a mouse that is nearly unusable at a point when you still want to use it a couple more years.
That premature failure might be tolerable for you, but It kind of broke my brand preference to logitech and I have owned a lot of logitech products in my life including even the glass denovo keyboard that they made 15 years ago.
Premature failure is relative to usage and your definition of 'lasting'. one of the mice started having issues after about 2-3 years of use and the other one started having issues a little over a year into use and by 2 years that one was unusable.
I did some research online and discovered that they used the absolute cheapest clicker in the industry to save about 25 cents on the production of a $100 mouse. So, I ordered 10 clickers and attempted a desolder and replace job. It worked, but the problem is that my soldering skills suck. And I didnt properly clean the tiny board so the new clicker didnt sit 100% level leading to a very poor travel on the click when put back together.
If your soldering skills are at seasoned level, you can mitigate this singular issue with the mouse by disassembling it and replacing the clicker when it start to wear out because NOTHING else is wrong with this mouse. Its a shame that a company does this. Because that single choice leads to a mouse that is nearly unusable at a point when you still want to use it a couple more years.
This is the first I heard about the clicker. Gotta love late-stage capitalism.
This is the first I heard about the clicker. Gotta love post-capitalism.
The whole thing took about 25 mins to take apart all the screws, pry off the moulding, clean, fix, and reassemble. Thankfully, no soldering required for me.
I've never had any issue with clicker action or travel.
Even given all this, I picked up another. Most of my shoulder/RSI issues went away after switching to this mouse and it only took a couple of days to get used to the new arm orientation.
I had a doctor recommend this mouse after I started having the beginning symptoms of carpal tunnel.
Unfortunately, I personally found myself unable to use it longer than 20-30 minutes or so. It forces a sort of "whole arm" movement, which is in theory the way you want to be using a mouse (instead of smaller wrist movements), but I couldn't adjust and found it pretty fatiguing.
I ultimately settled on the MX Ergo trackball to cover my wrist issues. Extremely different vibe and definitely not for everyone, though. Either way, the vertical is worth a shot for sure.
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