For years I have used this mouse, 3,000 hours of Arma 3, 700 of DayZ and many many more from other games. When the cable eventually breaks, I will fit a new USB, when the switches turn to mush I will solder in new switches.
I’m far from a fan boy, especially when it comes to Corsair but the Scimitar, best mouse I have had.
OP didn’t expand on it, and his photos didn’t show it, but this mouse apparently has a bunch of thumb buttons, which is a legitimately-rare feature (though it’s not the only mouse out there to have a bunch).
EDIT: Amazon has 786 “gaming mice” with 10 or more — a bit arbitrarily-chosen on my part — buttons, so I guess that there’s a reasonable crop out there these days.
Razer is still making their Naga mouse with 12 side buttons. I believe they have a model that you can hot swap the side buttons to be the amount you want.
Of course Razer isn’t the most reliable brand…
Makes it great for games like Arma 3 😍 and 3D cad.
Sadly, every mouse I buy breaks on the inside and for some reason, it’s never something easily fixable.
I miss my old Logitec T-CH11 Trackball. It lasted me 14 years without Incident. I feel lucky if the new ones last a single year.
Old is gold :') most manufacturing now is done so cheaply, its a feature of capitalism, it keeps us spending.
A somewhat on-topic question: Is there an easily fixable mouse that wouldn’t cost me a kidney?
Depends on what you mean by easily.
I would look for a mouse where the screws aren’t covered by the stick on feet. Less can be more, less buttons, less things to break = more stable. Its also good to look at the faulty market: buy a working mouse, and when it eventually breaks source replacement parts from faulty mice from eBay, if the market is stupidly priced or non existent you many need to do some research for which switches are used, this can be difficult to ID.
So stick with mainstream brands like Logitech, Corsair, Razor (not my first choice but there will be no end of faulty mice 😅) but if your up for IDing PCB components then any mouse can be fixable.
Thanks for the reply! I was thinking more along the lines of “open hardware” — either a mouse manufactured by a larger company so that it can be easily repaired, with the manufacturer happy to sell you spare parts (something like Framework laptops), or a mouse designed by an internet enthusiast that you can assemble yourself from off-the-shelf components and 3D-printed parts.
I once saw a build-it-yourself kit for an ultra-light mouse somewhere. I naively assume that such a mouse would be easy to repair. Alas, that kit would cost me my kidney.
Pretty much no manufacturer is going to sell you parts besides maybe replacement feet. But the only things that fail on mice are all jellybean components.
Left mouse button fails? Buy another from mouser. Middle button fails? Digikey. Side button? Some other components selling company.
Outside of those super light mice there’s nothing special about any of them other than the exact layout, and the case. And the cheaper the mouse usually the simpler they are on the inside, and the easier it is to solder. Most PCBs will be single sided with through hole components.
I’m aware of Ploopy.
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If you can solder I’d say most mice are easily fixable. The most common defect for mice are the switches, which are usually quite simple to desolder, as there aren’t any components near them.
E.g. I don’t have much experience soldering and it took me under an hour replacing both switches on the G Pro Wireless as well as the battery. I’ve bought this mouse used about 5 years ago and I wouldn’t be surprised if it lasted another 5 years.
Edit: The annoying part is the screws being below the feet, so you have to replace them after opening the mouse. But it’s all screwed in.
In addition to that, for popular, “name brand” mice, there are often also tons of replacement parts available from China. You can basically re-build the complete mouse from parts.
Otherwise, as you’ve said, switches, wheel, the battery and maybe the cable, should always be replaceable (as long as you can solder).
Find a mouse you like the shape of and look at comparable mice that have replaceable switches. Then do a quick check on aliexpress at the prices of those switches/wheels. Things have gotten better with mice.
I’ve had a logitec g502 for years, the rubber (?) grips on the sides have dents shaped like my fingers…
Same. I still use the original Proteus Core labeled version. They have since re-released the mouse 3 times I think but my original is still going strong
Meanwhile my ergo mouse scroll wheel is already squeaking again and soon it’ll probably start acting funky and I’ll have to get a new one lol, wish they were more durable
I just about always prefer repair to replacement. Even if I’m not in love with the thing, less expense and pollution is worth a little effort.
Been using this mouse for years. The scroll wheel is already spazzing out whenever I use it. Still, haven’t had any complaints about it other than that (except for needing iCue).
I don’t need all the side buttons anymore though, so I may go for something simpler for my next mouse. Still, it was the best mouse I could find with that many inputs available to it.
for me its the dpi up button that some times sticks, scroll is fine though. ICue sucks, luckily Linux has ckb-next
also, what was it you originally needed the extra inputs for?
Originally needed them for modded Minecraft. I ran out of keys on my keyboard for all the keybindings that mods wanted.
Also tried using them in ffxiv, at least for the short period of time that I played it (fun game but I don’t have the time sadly).
ICue is the worst
I totally regret buying that elite LCD that slots over the cooler, and all those Corsair fans + the case. I mean the hardware is fine, everything has been trucking a long for a really long time, the AIO, the fans, I’ve never had a problem with any of it from a hardware perspective. But it also means I’m locked into having that friggin ICue running in the background. The amount of other programs that app interferes with and basically fucks up, is unbelievable. I’m not buying anymore Corsair stuff, and iCue is 110% to blame for that.
Me with my tiling compositor, modal editor and Tridactyl in my browser: I refuse to use a mouse.
Love tilling compositors, Swayfx then moved to Niri for a scrolling compositor.
Yes. Niri is my choice, too. Very convenient, especially when using a laptop with limited screen space as I do.
The mouse of Theseus. You could look into 3d printing replacement part. Those soft touch coating get sticky after they start to deteriorate.
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I recently switched to a G502 hero, myself, after I had a Steelseries Rival 500 for the longest time. I miss the unique side-button layout on the Rival, but c’est la vie. Maybe I’ll find a similar, more ergonomic MMO mouse one day.
There’s not many objects that you use with the same regularity and intimacy as a mouse other than footwear and furniture. If they’re a bit off you get used to them to the point their flaws become part of their charm. I got my Microsoft Sculpt Mouse when they were brand new. It’s still going strong and I’ll be heartbroken when it eventually dies but, at the risk of jinxing it, it’s showing no signs.
