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Re:Building the mouse Logitech won't make by stronglikedan on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:16PM (#45017788)
Are you sure the microswitch thing is as widespread as you imply? Or could you have just got a bad unit? I have one at work and one at home, and have used them both daily for many more than a couple of years.
Re:Building the mouse Logitech won't make by stavros on Monday August 25, 2025 @04:08PM (#45018394)
I had two mouses get that problem about a year in. One was the MX Master 3S, a 100 € mouse. For that price point, it's entirely unacceptable for the mouse to only last a year. Good thing it had a two year warranty, but it's such a hassle to be without a mouse for weeks.
Re:Building the mouse Logitech won't make by xp84 on Monday August 25, 2025 @05:22PM (#45019198)
My first MX Master 3S had a bad right or left click button on Day 1, which would miss clicks constantly. Thankfully it was pretty easy to get a warranty replacement for this, which came as a full retail-boxed unit, so I now have an extra receiver too (I understandably had to mail in the useless defective mouse itself).
Re:Building the mouse Logitech won't make by Night_Thastus on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:22PM (#45017840)
Nope, it's a known logitech problem. A couple of my Logitech mice started to get double-click issues later in their life. They cheap out with the switches, the Kailh ones don't have those issues.
Re:Building the mouse Logitech won't make by bityard on Monday August 25, 2025 @05:41PM (#45019384)
It's highly variable. Some last much longer than others. The microswitches they use are very common jellybean parts and Logitech probably changes manufacturers all the time.