Comment by garyfirestorm 4 days ago
ummmm what? I have had an MX Master Mouse for over 8 years and as an automotive engineer i have dropped it numerous times while testing vehicles, inside the vehicle, while getting out of the vehicle, just walking from desk to the cars in parking lots... and it still survived 8 years! what are you doing to your mouse exactly?
Counterpoint/anecdata, I've had 3 MX Master mice and 2 died in under a year and the third lasted about 2 weeks past the 2 year warranty expiration. And this was babying them, no mistreatment.
I gave up and switched to a clone (Rapoo MT760) that I actually like more.
I've had many mice, and I've never had one fail. I've got mice that are over 20 years old and still work.
So unless you are the hulk and not aware of it, I have to wonder if something else in your environment is affecting them.
Do you buy them all from the same retailer? Do you live underwater? Or next to a high power transmission station?!
Logitechs high end mice are lovely to use but garbage build quality. That little spring under left button gives out far too easily.
Its possible I click hard and certainly they got above average use but 3 died in 5 or 6 years
I've never broken a mechanical keyboard, but I have gone through a few mice. None of my MX mice (MX Master, MX Anywhere) have failed, but only gaming mice. I have a feeling gaming mice just aren't built to last, especially in recent years as brands have chased lighter and lighter mice, likely sacrificing durability.
Kailh GM 8.0 (1) switches are supposed to be long-lasting. The switches in my Logitech mouse started to fail so I replaced them with the GM 8.0s - they are very clicky and still going strong.
If I was to order more, I'd go with softer switches - the GM 8.0 is a tad hard to click for games with repetitive clicking.
1: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256804334576149.html
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I destroyed my beloved Logitech trackball's PCB trying to desolder its switches, which had become unreliable, but for the mouse, saw someone on YouTube heat all three leads of the switch at once until they could lift it straight off the PCB - this was far easier than trying to clean the solder off each lead and made the process almost easy.
Do they make them the same as they did 8 years ago? It seems that whenever I want to replace a product I really enjoyed 10 years ago, the replacement is a cost-reduced piece of junk.