Yttreia

New mouse? (Patreon)

Published:

2019-09-29 09:03:50

Edited:

2019-10-03 03:01:05

Imported:

2026-06

Poll

New mouse?

Run the mouse ragged, or wait until it gets worse 0
Buy as cheap as possible, some kind of Chinese knockoff from Amazon, as long as there's no angle snapping 0
Aim for something reasonable, probably something between $20-$30 2
Get one of those mice with the full numpad on the side like I've been wanting to try. Might be pricier? $50ish cap. 2

Content

Like I mentioned in the last post, my mouse is starting to have issues. Not BIG issues yet, but it's getting there.

The mouse I'm using, the Logitech G400s, I got it from the Radioshack clearance sales, however many years ago. It's a nice mouse, but I'll recap the issues:

1. Once, maybe twice a week, the cursor will drift upwards on its own, fixed by adjusting the sensitivity up or down. It's an easy fix and I don't really mind when it happens, I just kinda grunt and fix it, heh.

2. Once, maybe twice a day, (more if I'm doing something that involves a lot of constant clicking, gaming especially,) when I hold a click, click and drag, whatever, it'll register the click, but not the drag. Annoying in modeling, devastating in games.

3. I found out recently that my mouse has angle snapping (imagine drawing a circle in Paint, and instead of a smooth circle, there's a bunch of flat surfaces, like it's a fifty-sided polygon rather than being the circle you wanted.)

Other than those, there's some cosmetic wear and an odd cursor movement that happens completely randomly sometimes, maybe twice a month.
Regardless, I'm running this poll to ask you what I should do. Pick whatever options sound good.

Side note, if I DO buy a new mouse, I require at least two thumb buttons, I can't live without them!
Side, side note: none of the options involve me going out and buying some fancy-schmancy Razer mouse for $200, F that S in the A, TBH fam.

EDIT: Locked the poll and made public.