Re:Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown
by type0 on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @04:31PM
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Are there any good mice with replaceable cable? I no longer buy keyboards without replaceable cable (usually mechanical), surely the same could be applied for mice, how would one combat obsolescence otherwise.
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Re:Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown
by StavrosK on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @04:38PM
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Aren't all cables replaceable if you have a soldering iron?
I meant swappable, i.e easily replaceable. A regular user would not solder a new cable, you go and buy a new mouse. For better keyboards it's slowly changing, why don't we see the same for mice then? SteelSeries was doing that, but it should be more common with standard usb connection cable.
Most decent mice already use a connector between the cable and the board, its just not designed to be hot swappable.
The cable finally wore out on my old Logitech G5 and I was able to order a replacement for a few dollars. I also had to replace the skids since they covered the screw holes. All it took was a screwdriver and five minutes.