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Re:Ploopy open source thumb trackball by dralley on Friday June 17, 2022 @11:18AM (#31779483)
Does anyone know - is the Logitech MX Ergo more durable than the M570? I, too, have a pile of broken M570s and I'm not sure I want to spend more money on the upgrade if the result will be the same within a year or two.
Re:Ploopy open source thumb trackball by sirn on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:20PM (#31780479)
I have had MX Ergo failing due to switches wearing out after ~3 years of use and several hundred hours of Factorio. Both MX Ergo and M570 share the same D2FC-F-7N switches, so durability should be similar. I've replaced the stock D2FC-F-7N with D2F-01F for over a year and half and it has been working great since.
Re:Ploopy open source thumb trackball by css on Friday June 17, 2022 @11:34AM (#31779741)
I have had the same MX Ergo for a few years now; no issues. I went through several M570s before making the switch. In addition to durability I had constant signal issues with my M570s–lag, dropouts, etc–that I do not experience with my Ergo.
Re:Ploopy open source thumb trackball by dralley on Friday June 17, 2022 @11:49AM (#31779969)
Thank you
Re:Ploopy open source thumb trackball by ascagnel_ on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:02PM (#31780204)
I was in the same boat, and I also now swear by the MX Ergo over the M570/M575. I have two complaints with it that (neither of which seems to be addressed by the MX Ergo+): the thing still charges with micro-USB (not a deal-breaker, but it's annoying that I need to keep an adapter or cable around for that one device), and that it's stuck on BT 3.0 (I'd prefer 5.0, as running trackball+keyboard+audio over BT from my old work laptop was enough to cause drop-outs, and 5.0 helps mitigate that).
Re:Ploopy open source thumb trackball by __mharrison__ on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:31PM (#31780660)
I have a CST trackball (well two actually, one for "work" and one for "home") and this thing is built like a tank. Expensive but worth it IMO.

https://twitter.com/__mharrison__/status/1515078064866091009

Re:Ploopy open source thumb trackball by Jope9000 on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:18PM (#31780447)
I'm interested in broken M570s, dralley and matthiaswh, lmk if you would like to sell. :-)