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Building the mouse Logitech won't make

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450 points sammycdubs | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 15:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.294s | source
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LordDragonfang ◴[25 Aug 25 17:20 UTC] No.45016266[source]▶
My main workflow mouse has been the Logitech g600 for years. I love having 24 different macro keys accessible with my thumb (stuff like copy/paste, ctrl+w, ctrl+shift+t, enter, etc), but it's terribly un-ergonomic and the software is terrible (and doesn't let you configure settings except through its eye-watering UI). And afaict, Logitech actually stopped making them, so I have to snap them up whenever resellers put one on Amazon, since the main mouse button switch has a nasty habit of starting to double click after too long.

It's to the point where I'm considering just commissioning a hardware hacker to make me a custom mouse.

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1. execution ◴[26 Aug 25 07:06 UTC] No.45023225[source]▶
I love my G600 as well.

I think I nearly know how to replace most of the mouse.

I can resolder new switches, mouse-wheel button and those buttons below the mouse wheel.

And replacement pads for the mouse feet are easy to buy, if not, you can buy a pad uncut and custom-cut it.

I just now need to learn how to replace the side dome buttons individually instead of replacing the whole PCB, since I cannot keep buying replacement mouses for just those side mouse buttons as the price seems to be creeping up with the increasing scarcity.