Where have all the good mice gone?
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:42 am
One of the buttons on my beloved Logitech G400s died last night. Thankfully I bought two a couple of years ago so I had a spare. The bad one went into storage for spare parts. I got online last night and managed to find two more on Newegg from a reseller in Hong Kong for $70 each (everyone else is selling refurbs for $100). They're not supposed to be refurbs, but we'll see.
I hate that Logitech hasn't replaced this mouse with something similar. This mouse replaced the MX518 (also a great mouse) with the same button arrangement, but the MX518 has a lower polling rate, and they finally discontinued the G400s a few years ago and never replaced it. It has three buttons on top in addition to the two on the side, and after many years I'm used to using those buttons in FPS games. I use the one above the wheel for the 'use' function, the one right below the wheel for alternate fire or secondary action, and the bottom most for a variety of things.
It's also the perfect shape for my big hands, and I think one of the reasons I've never developed Carpal Tunnel. I've some some other fancy gaming mice, and none of them feel right or have the buttons placed right for me.
Most modern mice have two buttons on top, and they're not always in a good ergonomic location either - both usually below the wheel. That one above the wheel is perfect as a use or alt fire. I don't use the wheel for alt fire because it's too easy to roll it and change weapons by accident, or do an unintended melee attack (I use wheel up for weapon switch, and down for melee).
I also have a couple of well used, but functional, MX518s, which I could go back to if I had to. It's just nice having that higher polling rate for games.
Hopefully with the two I've ordered, and the spare I just unboxed, I can keep gaming until Logitech comes to their senses and makes a refresh of that form factor, otherwise I may have to start using cannibalized parts to rebuild these things in the future.
I hate that Logitech hasn't replaced this mouse with something similar. This mouse replaced the MX518 (also a great mouse) with the same button arrangement, but the MX518 has a lower polling rate, and they finally discontinued the G400s a few years ago and never replaced it. It has three buttons on top in addition to the two on the side, and after many years I'm used to using those buttons in FPS games. I use the one above the wheel for the 'use' function, the one right below the wheel for alternate fire or secondary action, and the bottom most for a variety of things.
It's also the perfect shape for my big hands, and I think one of the reasons I've never developed Carpal Tunnel. I've some some other fancy gaming mice, and none of them feel right or have the buttons placed right for me.
Most modern mice have two buttons on top, and they're not always in a good ergonomic location either - both usually below the wheel. That one above the wheel is perfect as a use or alt fire. I don't use the wheel for alt fire because it's too easy to roll it and change weapons by accident, or do an unintended melee attack (I use wheel up for weapon switch, and down for melee).
I also have a couple of well used, but functional, MX518s, which I could go back to if I had to. It's just nice having that higher polling rate for games.
Hopefully with the two I've ordered, and the spare I just unboxed, I can keep gaming until Logitech comes to their senses and makes a refresh of that form factor, otherwise I may have to start using cannibalized parts to rebuild these things in the future.
