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I refuse to by a new mouse (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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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.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

All my mouse end up like this after a year or two. Thing is they never used to back in the day but all new mice have a coating that wears off so easily now.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    could be my tinfoil hat receiving thoughts via radio waves: maybe it's by design? the coating will get grimy eventually, so the user is more likely to buy a new device.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It’s not really a tinfoil hat, it’s just the material.

    Older mice were hard plastic, modern mice use soft touch plastic which is a coating. It wears off.

    It’s kind of like cheap pleather after a couple years

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You still had the rubberized grips on a lot of mice back in the day, that would just get sticky over time or get rubbed off. Not really much better.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Remember taking the balls out and scrapping all the dust and crap off the rollers? It was a guilty pleasure of mine, but some of the mice from that era got pretty dank. I had one in college that was basically a science experiment at graduation.

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