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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by riceart on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:50PM (#35434367)
For what it’s worth mice like the Mxmaster have a usb-c charging port in the sensible location and can be used while being charged. They also give you pretty fair warning before they die.
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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by TylerE on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:56PM (#35434414)
Battery adds significant weight. The mxMaster weights almost 50% more (141g vs 97g) than the wired mouse I use (Zowie EC1, NOT a small mouse, it's like the glorious old MS Intellimouse)... and the 97g is counting the cable.

Also, from my experience USB-C likes to giggle itself loose under really energetic movement.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by jdietrich on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:42PM (#35434756)
The wireless version of the EC1 is a whole two grams heavier, excluding the cable.

https://zowie.benq.com/en-us/mouse/ec1.html https://zowie.benq.com/en-us/mouse/ec1-cw.html

The Logitech G Pro X Superlight is 63g and some of the newer wireless mice are coming in at under 50g.

It's now very unusual to see a professional FPS player using a wired mouse. The performance is indistinguishable and for most people, charging is less of a nuisance than cable management.

https://prosettings.net/lists/cs-go/

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by davidmurdoch on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:10PM (#35434489)
The USB-c cable connector in the mx-matter 3 is annoyingly tight. I could probably swing it around my head by the cable and it wouldn't come out.

It is heavy though.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by arvinsim on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:08PM (#35434482)
I just use a wireless mouse that accepts AA batteries.

Just buy 2 sets of rechargeable batteries then I won't have to worry about battery life ever again.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by TylerE on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:25PM (#35434623)
Yeah, on the work laptop I've got...some sort of logitech thing. 2 AA batteries last over a year.
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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by WirelessGigabit on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:57PM (#35434420)
Sensible. I love that we need to mention this after the Magic Mouse debacle.
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