OT: Mouses

I bought a couple of cheapish ( £4 I think) Mouses (Mice?) off EBay which look almost identical to the Apple one that came with my Mac Mini. They do Bluetooth and the usual USB dongle via a switch. Quality isn’t as good as Apple but is as good as, say, a Logitech in terms of ‘hand feel’. Oh, they are rechargeable- you plug them into a USB. You can even use while charging.

Senior Management uses one with her Mac Air. I use the other with a HP laptop.

We’ve used them at the same time within a few feet of each other without problems. Nor have I noticed interaction with other wireless Mice - it isn’t unusual to have several machines running here.

Mouses is apparently the correct term when referring to computer equipment.

I have returned to a logitech Mi85 wireless mouse.

Beware, the ones that work say 'logi' on them

Logitech MX518 gaming mouse here, even though I'm not a gamer. It was bought in 2011, and it's still going strong. There's something to be said for buying quality items, if you use them a lot.

Logitech don't do quality mice. Usual failure mode is the left button starts multiple clicking. They keep using the same low quality microswitch. Even if you buy their most expensive mice.

I did get an M590 last time because it is sold as a silent mouse and I was hoping that meant that it has a different microswitch which fixes the problem, but I really dont like it, its too small and the scroll wheel clicks are too faint so I don't know if that has fixed the left mouse button problem.

Just had my M705 quite literally fail just an hour ago. This time the scroll wheel stops working but moving the mouse and the buttons still work fine.

I plan to try a Microsoft mouse now.

It gives me at least 12 months per battery.

Very reliable.

I've used MSFT Bluetooth mices for several years now. Left switch fails after 18 o 24 months, perhaps they use he same suppler as Logitech?

I use a wired mouse - just a habit after we got rid of our wireless mouse when our kids were younger and wireless mice could too easily be moved elsewhere.

I've just had the switches on the trackball that I use for my work laptop fail. They have lasted for many years and I have just had replacement switches delivered from RS. I'll put the new ones in over the weekend and then I'd expect the, to last for some years.

Bugger. Certainly all the Logitech mice that have failed and I must have more than a dozen of them now, do use the same very cheap microswitch.

I do have a wired microsoft mouse that has never failed but I never did use it much. Its wired and I gave up on wired mice more than a decade ago now. It was the last of the wired mice I used.

I haven't disassembled the Logitech M590 mouse which is billed as a silent mouse and which definitely doesnt click as noticeably as the other Logitech mice because I still use it as the backup when yet another Logitech mouse fails.

I do use mice much more than most, because I play FreeCell Pro when watching recorded broadcast TV and streamed stuff. I never just stare at the screen when watching stuff, too boring.

Probably laziness by some writer who couldn't be bothered to distinguish between computer mice & rodents.

Bought 2 wired mice from the £1 shop over 5 years ago. The first one gets 14 hours intermittent use a day & is still going strong (famous last words).

Then the problem is in your thinking. Wired mice are the most reliable for connectivity &, if my experience is anything to go by, also for reliability of parts. As I posted earlier, my £1 wired mouse is 5+ years old & still going strong. The spare resides in it's box, unopened.

I tried a wired mouse and it failed too quickly

We'll see...

Never had any connectivity problems with any of the Logitech mice.

Nope, they use the same microswitches that cordless mice use.

simple DIY job to replace the micro switches

A fair number of them don't use microswitches, but 'tactile' switches, surface mount and a few mm high. Easy to find, more difficult to get switches with exactly the right length of button.

I'm trying NOT to imagine what it is you do to wired mice ...

Just pressing the left hand button. Then the buttons go bad after a while