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Calling it now. These "replaceable batteries" are going to be propitiatory and marked up like printer cartridges.
So this is not the first time Logitech will have had a mouse with a replaceable battery. The Logitech G7 had a swappable rechargeable battery and it was great.
But yes it was a proprietary battery, but you only needed 2. One in the mouse and one in the recharge station. Swapping them out was basically the push of one button. I would love it if they went back to that sort of design.
They've had lots with replaceable batteries. I really miss my G604. You could swap the 2 AA's in about 10 seconds without even picking the mouse up. And they lasted forever.
This is why I only buy wired mouse. Why should I deal with that crap just to get rid of a wire that never bothered me.
I wouldn't be surprised if they take something like a standard CR2 sized lithium rechargeable and stuff it into a proprietary plastic shell. Solely to screw over the customers who need replacements (at high cost direct from Logitech), but won't be bothered to design their own battery to optimize capacity for the available space.
at least we can 3dprint that sort of thing. until they design them specifically to make that difficult, anyways
nah, they will be off the shelf cells in a sonic-welded case.
And whatever will I, and my Dremel, soldering iron, and 3d printers, do? oh no!?
Let them screw around. they are just teaching consumers how to replace brands entirely.
nah, they will be off the shelf cells in a sonic-welded case.
Yeah, that's what I said. 99.5% of mouse customers are not going through that trouble.
Let them screw around. they are just teaching consumers how to replace brands entirely.
That's what ran HP and Cannon out of business isn't it?
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I wouldn't buy a cordless mouse that couldn't use rechargeable AA's or AAA's. Consumers really need to take control, these companies deliberately create ewaste.
I'm on my 2nd set of switches on my current mouse from ~2010 because I can't find a new one with that and a button layout that is as good. It's insane to me that no one has made a viable replacement since then.
I bought Keychron keyboard because it can be used wired or wirelessly. Why can't mice do the same? I don't see many options at all for that.
My logitech mouse can. It needs a bit of plastic around the usb port though, presumably because the port itself isn't strong enough.
Game controllers can generally be used that way too, so you pose a good question.
The only logical answer might be because they want to create waste, and consumers have not demanded that they offer corded/cordless mice.
Yeah I wanted a keyboard with wired + bt and the 2.4ghz option was a bonus. It can connect to 3 different devices easily. I bought the 8bit controller so i can use it on two separate devices with with the dongle and bt.
So where are my mices with the same setup?
No, following the law not Nintendo
Following Nintendo as in "removable only in EU, fuck the rest of the world".
Fuck the US for not harmonizing this law for the benefit of their consumers
Unfortunately we just don't do that. In Europe they call them consumer protections. Here we call them "regulations" and complain endlessly about how they hurt business
Mice don’t need sealed in batteries. What the hell…
I prefer mine with a cord. It looks like there are still plenty of wireless mice available that use AA batteries. Eneloop batteries work great for those.
I absolutely refuse to buy any small gadgets using rechargeable batteries. I buy either wired, or using standard AA/AAA batteries. I am seeing the similar trend in pocket and tabletop radios, which is an absolute nonsense.
And you can get rechargeable AA and AAA batteries
Exactly! Using proprietary battery shapes and sealing them inside the devices benefits only the manufacturer - everybody else loses. I also can’t believe the bullshit excuses they use to justify this: “open designs can’t be waterproof” (yes, they can), “sealed cases are thinner and lighter” (by a fraction of measurement nobody can even appreciate in daily use), etc.
I hate not living in Europe
Take note everybody, these are the companies that care more about profits than their consumers.
My mice have always had the grip fall off long before I experienced any battery issues.
Is this even a large number of mice in the USA? Every wireless mouse I’ve bought has a normal battery…
Good, it's a start.
Now if only they manage to prove they'll stop their spyware/bloatware bs I might consider buying something from them. But I'm not in a hurry.