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Building the mouse Logitech won't make

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450 points sammycdubs | 6 comments | 25 Aug 25 15:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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ruph123 ◴[25 Aug 25 17:13 UTC] No.45016176[source]▶
I don’t understand why Logitech did not add the free spinnig scroll wheel to the Ergo? It is hard to go back from that but the Ergo is overall an excellent mouse. I just wish it was wired…
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1. system2 ◴[25 Aug 25 17:30 UTC] No.45016380[source]▶
Battery lasts like 2 months, why would you want that?
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2. calfuris ◴[25 Aug 25 18:35 UTC] No.45017294[source]▶
Why would I want to worry about a battery even every other month when I could just not worry about it ever?
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3. system2 ◴[25 Aug 25 19:50 UTC] No.45018183[source]▶
It takes 20 minutes to charge fully. Technically, you will use the mouse in "wired" mode for 20 minutes every two months. Instead of using it in 20 minutes wired mode and 2 months free of wires, you prefer to go fully wired. That doesn't make sense.
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4. calfuris ◴[25 Aug 25 20:36 UTC] No.45018675{3}[source]▶
I don't see wires as a problem. Wireless accessories are slightly more convenient when you're moving the computer around, which is why my work laptop has a wired keyboard plugged into the dock and a wireless mouse with the receiver plugged into the laptop directly, but that's not a concern with my desktop so I go wired there.
5. layer8 ◴[25 Aug 25 21:58 UTC] No.45019582[source]▶
Wired is about removing wake-up latency and wireless interference.
6. spauldo ◴[26 Aug 25 01:40 UTC] No.45021313[source]▶
Not OP, but for me the biggest advantage of wired is that it's easier to find my mouse in my laptop bag or when my desk gets messy. I dunno how many times I've had to trace the wire to find my mouse buried in a stack of engineering drawings.