Left button breaks on Logitech optical mouse

[Wishdiak]

Someone else must have had this happen to them, and it's frustrating because it keeps happening to me.

I've owned probably five or six Logitech optical scroll mice over the past few years. This is the basic $6-$10 mouse, depending on where you buy it.

I usually get about a year out of it, and then the left mouse button starts acting strange. Not clicking, double-clicking on a single click, etc. Very annoying.

Before I go and replace this mouse yet again, is there any way to clean/repair it? It's not that it bothers me to be out $6-$10 for a new mouse, it bothers me that I have to keep replacing them. It's not like I really beat on the mouse.

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[felixc]

This the kind of feedback that Logitech would like to receive, I'm sure. Bad quality of their switches. I'd have stopped using them before five mice.

The switches themselves are probably the same for the left and right button. You can can rebuild a mouse using the right button from one other (if you kept the bad ones), if the internals were the same.

I use an MX-510. (under $25 when on sale) It is lovely, the feeling of the buttons is great. I hope that they're not the same switches under the cover.

 

[BaudKarma]

At that price, you're basically looking at a disposable mouse. It's probably got much cheaper switches and rollers then their more expensive mice. It's just not made to stand up to everyday use.

If you're not happy with the way it performs, you've got two options. You can lay out $25-30 for a more expensive mouse that'll probably last a few years. Or you can lowball - Newegg has mice starting at $2.79, and optical mice starting at $4.06(!). Buy a dozen of those, and when one starts going bad just toss it and plug in a new one.



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[Wishdiak]

felixc and BaudKarma,

Thanks for your suggestions. I didn't intend to imply that I have a 100% failure rate with these, I don't, but it seems that I'm replacing them too often. It's time to start either buying them in bulk or buying better ones.

Thanks for your time,

Wishdiak
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[garebo]

I would suggest you buy better ones. Even better, forget the mouse and get a trackball. I dont know why anyone would even use a mouse today, they are so hard to work with, you have to move them all over the place. Whereas with a trackball, everything is so easy and effortless, so much less work and so much faster too.
I happen to have a logitech trackman wheel cordless but just about any trackball would do. They are just so much better and easier to work with than a mouse.


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[felixc]

A trackball also has switches that can fail over time.

 

[garebo]

Well, i cant say that as I have been using the same one for many many years now, and i am on the net a lot, on my pc a lot. Duralibility is another strong point in favor of trackballs!


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