Comment on Wireless mouse with silent switches recommendation
kaedon@beehaw.org 5 weeks agoI can highly recommend this! The switches are very cheap and I love my silent G305. The hardest part was probably the middle click button but you can skip that one if you don’t care about it as much. While you’re inside, you could clean the scroll wheel which might fix your swelling problem.
Here’s the switches: www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803887113310.html And the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKPUPIjv1kI
I am not very skilled with solder and found it very easy. You don’t need anything fancy like a desoldering gun. Just a regular soldering iron with some solder and flux worked for me.
kurcatovium@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Soldering should be fine, this will probably end up as long winter evening project at some point. Was it possible to re-use gliders after dismembering the mouse?
Swelling problem won’t be fixed as easy. The material of the wheel just expanded, the rubber is twice as big as new one to the point it can’t fit in its hole in the mouse. Internet is full of the same problems, it was either defective batch or it reacts with some specific agent in some people’s sweat. Never the less, the only way is to replace the whole wheel. Need to find out which of my friends have a 3D printer…
kaedon@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
It depends on how worn they are. You could probably reused the gliders if you are careful when removing them. I did end up replacing mine though. Here’s some replacements: www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805149791432.html
Wow that swelling problem is mysterious!
If 3d printing doesn’t work out: www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807056619542.html?