Evoluent makes the best vertical mice
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You can tell it's neat because of the way that it is
Looks neat. Are there any indications that this will last for life though?
i too was surprised to see this in "for life".
in my experience, no mouse can be bought for life
I just like that it has replaceable AAs, plus the fun colours. I don't think it will actually last "for life", but hopefully it will last for a long while!
jolly good then
This community also allows for things that just last significantly longer than usual :)
This community also allows for things that just last significantly longer than usual :)
for some of us that's already "life" 🙃
life is "significantly longer than usual" indeed
Using a soldering iron, a replacement 3D printed shell from Aliexpress, and onboard storage for the configuration, I’m dragging my mouse kicking and screaming into years it was never designed to reach.
Granted, it should have been designed to.
I don’t know about the Lemmy com as much, but the vibe I used to get from the Reddit BIFL community sometimes horsehoed back around to being something materialistic. I feel like avoiding planned obsolescence is important but so is maintaining stuff. I think maintaining stuff is flat out more important than finding the perfect stuff especially in the age of fast mass market everything.
I also repair my mice when the buttons start breaking.
So to call it BIFL it must check at least one but ideally both of these boxes for me:
- lasts very long right out of the box ✅
- is designed to be repairable with existing spare parts ✅
second that
I don’t know about the Lemmy com as much, but the vibe I used to get from the Reddit BIFL community sometimes horsehoed back around to being something materialistic. I feel like avoiding planned obsolescence is important but so is maintaining stuff.
BIFL threads help with which brands to avoid and which to prioritise when you need to buy. I'm also subscribed to repair communities like !diy@lemmy.ml where the focus is on "maintaining stuff". I think of BIFL as breadcrumbs for people who are sick of paying for things that won't last a year's use. We all value, i assume, what you wrote above.
I’m sure that’s the case but in retrospect when I look back on Reddit and how it turned into a genuinely trusted but super astroturfable place I can only remember the original sub as nothing but “hey guys check out this product I purchased for myself and then wife and child and friends”
I dunno, I've had a Razer Naga hex for like 10 years now. Before that I had a mini Logitech for 8 but it was stolen
Its a bootleg MX Vertical. Better off investing in a Logitech MX range tbh. Had mines for a decade.
Unsure why OP thinks they are ridiculously priced... Actually worth every penny.
You can swap the battery and the older ones had a flaw with the thumb button, but it's repairable. Software is well supported on everything and opensource drivers exist so it doesnt matter if Logitech kills support.
Vertical mice aren't a Logitech trademark. The shape is noticeable different from the MX Vertical, it has the cool wrist rest magnetic thing, and the angle it sits is different. The colours are a lot nicer than the graphite black of the MX Vertical. Also, the MX Vertical (at least the current revision) does not use replaceable batteries.
Logitech Options doesn't support Linux, so no, it's not "well supported on everything", though there are community made alternatives that seem really neat! I imagine the mouse itself does, but nearly all mice should work on Linux so Logitech is not unique in this
The MX Vertical is over $100, over five times the price of this cheap little guy, so I don't think the price is worth it, especially since this cheap one has fun colours + a more comfortable shape for me (YOUR HANDS MAY VARY)
Using replaceable AA batteries is a good start I think! And it doesn't feel cheap, the build quality is good
I had sooo many mice that seemed to have good build quality. But then one day one mouse button starts breaking: doing double clicks instead of single clicks or not registering that I keep the button pressed making drag and drop impossible. Or the scroll wheel sporadically scrolling in the wrong direction.
No mouse, cheap or expensive, that I bought was ever for life and I doubt that this one is.
Its a cool mouse though and I might consider buying it if I was currently in need of one.
But then one day one mouse button starts breaking: doing double clicks instead of single clicks or not registering that I keep the button pressed making drag and drop impossible.
I had that happen recently on a logitech G600 (apparently a lot of models of logitech mice use switches that are prone to early failure/hysteresis). I was able to purchase some replacement switches and fix it, though it did require a soldering iron and some rudimentary skills with it to do successfully (it'd actually make for a great first project to learn on).
I think most mice use the same generic switch design, so that should be viable to do with most of them once they start failing.
It's always a case of time for these kinds of things, yeah. I doubt it'll last of a lifetime, the switches will eventually wear out
Asus makes a mouse with swappable button switches and comes with spares....
In my experience, its always the switches that wear out, so we'll see if this mouse is worthy of BIFL
I wish Ploopy made a vertical mouse!
It’s not a “colorway” if it’s just one color
This explains it pretty well:
https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/1dormme/comment/laeen6f/?context=3
I have an MX Vertical from Logitech and I love it! I used to have a cheaper one but it died.
Always laughed at it, but once my wrist started hurting I gave it a try. Now I'm laughing because my wrist doesn't hurt.
Yeah, I've had the same one for years. I had absolutely destroyed my wrist and had to have surgery on it, and that bad boy saved my life. I even use it to play FPS games and I'm no worse than I was with a traditional mouse.
+1 for MX Vertical. No issues with FPS games whatsoever
I originally picked one up specifically for FPS games haha
Do they only sell through Amazon?
I bought one through some Chinese ecommerce site (I think Aliexpress?), not sure if it's on Amazon (in any case, you're feeding some weird billionaire)
edit: It is on Amazon, for $30!
Oh, if can't buy elsewhere than the two then unfortunately it isn't an option for me. Hoped it would be possible since it's supposedly Japanese. Are you sure the AliExpress one isn't a knockoff then? Couldn't find the other colors from the company itself.
Just checked Amazon, it is for sale with all four colours (though you do have the Amazon tax)
A bit unfortunate it's not sold in other stores though
I have one and I love it.
