said by BlitzenZeus :

Seriously Logitech can't tell me where to find this battery when some oem even put a Logitech sticker on it for them??

Talk about planned obsolesce, and e-waste from something so easily replaceable.

said by La Luna :

I know this topic is basically about mice, but someone else mentioned it and I have to agree.....it drives me nuts when the letters wear off the keyboards, UGH. I've had that happen to every keyboard I've had (Microsoft and Logitech). I think I'm working on my third or fourth right now. The keyboard itself works fine, but the damn letters are gone from the most used keys. I can type fine without them, but it looks crappy and other people who occasionally use my computer have issues with not being able to see the lettering.

Why can't they make the lettering so it doesn't come off? :huh:

said by HuKaShI :

So when this mouse fails again in about a year, i'll just call in again and get a new one!!!

said by HuKaShI :

My older logitech items have held up so much better. I'm contemplating digging them up and using it again.

said by Smatchimo :

well think about this:
if logitech came out with a new campaign for titanium alloy button actuators and diamond cut optical lenses on all mice, sure they might last you 100 years, but the company would be out of business within the lifetime of one of their older cheap plastic models.

said by Smatchimo :

which brings up another point.. all of these GREEN FREAKS are have created such a hubub about saving the planet in recent years, that everything needs to be recyclable (rightfully so, id like my kids to have long full lives, and their kids and so on and so forth) and obviously none of that green goodness comes without cost, at least to the products lifespan.

said by Smatchimo :

and these days they actually have the nerve to charge us MORE for items that are supposedly "green friendly" in some cases.

said by Smatchimo :

but none of that comes without cost. and the manufacturers know this. they are so marginally on the line of producing unusable crap for as cheap as possible that 50% of any group of people will complain about it.

said by Smatchimo :

my mx revolution mouse, as i mentioned in another thread, is now 3 years old, almost 4 since i bought it in late 05, served me well for 2 years, then had no use over a whole year, but it still turned right on after sitting for 12 months....

said by Smatchimo :


or maybe its a lot more simple and you arent treating these particular items with any respect

said by Smatchimo :

ROFL. welcome to america. oh and the rest of the world. were you born yesterday?

said by BlitzenZeus :

Thanks, it seems too many companies want to save a penny in materials, but still charge full rate when they know they are selling crap.

said by BlitzenZeus :

If it wasn't obvious the problem hasn't been the keyboards, it's the mice for me,

said by BlitzenZeus :

however the best mouse I bought from them was not optical. It was their old three button right handed ergonomic design wireless that worked great for seven years, but I did get tired of having to clean the rollers, however if that was still working today might might have considered that a viable trade off.

said by BlitzenZeus :

If you read the first comment yet again you will see it's been something cheap going bad all the other times.

said by BlitzenZeus :

I remember when devices were made to last, and not designed so badly that they only give a 90 day warranty since they decided to save a few pennies, but still charge the same prices. I still have some of those devices, but I don't use my old keyboard anymore for reasons like the loud clicking keyboards.

said by BlitzenZeus :

Thanks, it seems too many companies want to save a penny in materials, but still charge full rate when they know they are selling crap.

I actually press, and hold down my middle button while gaming, apparently the very tiny half hollow tube of plastic (upside down "u") holding up the scroll wheel wasn't meant to handle it being clicked and held enough for it's very short warranty, maybe it was a defect however I doubt it was due to the lack of other things. Every other mouse I've had has never had this problem.

It was only a 90 day warranty, but come on they made it so this device was going to fail by saving maybe a penny in materials... When that plastic half hollow tube failed it knocked over the light sensor which was being used for the scroll wheel, and it was only held onto the board by the soldering. They didn't even bother to put any glue around the light sensor on the board.

Logitech saves $.01 in manufacturing, and gives the device a 90 day warranty, hoping they don't have to honor that warranty.... $.01 in plastic could have prevented this problem in the first place.

said by CurtesyFlush :

I bought a cordless keyboard and mouse in Jan of 07... by the 6th month, the paint had worn off the heavily used keys. I hate that.

said by sapo :

What do you people do with your wheels. I constantly use mine for scrolling through websites and I use it actively in fast paced games. Must be some crap equipment.

said by BlitzenZeus :

I'm left with some oem usb mouse with very poor dpi, the wireless with internal battery issues, and a very old Microsoft Bluetooth intellimouse, their first bluetooth mouse, it's dpi is very poor also. However these devices are still working. Even with the speed setting at max gaming with the low dpi mouse requires quite a bit of movement to go all the way across the screen.