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A surprising amount of cat hair, I think I need to brush her more. I just kept pulling balls of felt that had once been cat hair out of the workings of the scroll wheel.

It feels sooo much exactly the same now.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The mouse I defurred is in fact an M570 trackball, and yeah I usually have the ball out of them quite frequently to clean the three little points. My old Microsoft branded trackball had a much larger hole to push out the ball, this one is barely big enough for a finger, and the one on the MX Ergo is so small you can't even use most pens.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I used to have an MX Ergo. That was even worse.

I've been thinking about switching to a Kensington Slimblade Pro. But that would mean giving up on the two extra buttons. And that one mouses completely differently.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I honestly didn't find it to be that much better of a mouse, the angle of the ball meant I couldn't move it as far in the vertical axis, and the rubberized coating on mine perished so it's got petroleprosy now.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

Eww that's disappointing. In that case, I'll stick with my Logitech for now.