mice

grotbag · 09-28-2008, 01:39 PM

Do you know if infa red mice have a life span?

Just curious as I bought two around the same time and they are increasingly 'not recognised' just lately. They are about 2 may be 3 years old and before you ask .. yes I have cleaned the lense / eye or whatever its called.

........... hate using the touch pad .. so slow

Mickie · 09-28-2008, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by grotbag

Do you know if infa red mice have a life span?

Just curious as I bought two around the same time and they are increasingly 'not recognised' just lately. They are about 2 may be 3 years old and before you ask .. yes I have cleaned the lense / eye or whatever its called.

........... hate using the touch pad .. so slow

I have one at work as I'm a cuddywifter and everyone else isn't.

I've found that when the batteries need replacing it instantly goes dead, no slowing etc. Fooled me the first time into buying a new mouse.

grotbag · 09-28-2008, 01:50 PM

Ah right!

the one's I have aren't remote they are USB ones ........... old fashioned I suppose

FirestormMike · 09-28-2008, 02:20 PM

I'm using my microsoft optical intellimouse that I've had for about 12 years and still going strong.

druidsam · 09-28-2008, 03:17 PM

my last one lasted about 2 years and then died. the replacement has a squeaky scroll wheel that drives mrs druid mental

....................Sam

grotbag · 09-30-2008, 01:22 AM

Seem's they have about a 2 (ish) year life span then!

Thanks for your help!

MegaWilhelm · 10-07-2008, 07:15 PM

Not for me, I've been using my Dell USB Optical mouse, for about 5 years now.
Been using it every day.

MegaWilhelm · 10-07-2008, 07:18 PM

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The sensor doesn't wear out, the LED that illuminates the surface under the mouse has a life expectancy of 100,000 hours, and there are no rollers that get scratched from multiple cleanings and end up unreliable

Source: Comparison: Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical, Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 and Logitech MouseMan Dual Optical

grotbag · 10-07-2008, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MegaWilhelm

Not for me, I've been using my Dell USB Optical mouse, for about 5 years now.
Been using it every day.

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Originally Posted by MegaWilhelm

Source: Comparison: Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical, Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 and Logitech MouseMan Dual Optical

Thanks for that Mega, found this part of the article interesting though

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And if the cable dies inside a year

AndyR · 10-07-2008, 11:24 PM

I use an optical mouse on a PSU port to the motherboard. It's a Genius Optical one and it works fine. I've had it about 10 years now.

09-28-2008, 01:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
grotbag Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Near Hornsea,on the East Yorkshire coast Posts: 8,346	mice Do you know if infa red mice have a life span? Just curious as I bought two around the same time and they are increasingly 'not recognised' just lately. They are about 2 may be 3 years old and before you ask .. yes I have cleaned the lense / eye or whatever its called. ........... hate using the touch pad .. so slow
	Some time's my mind doesn't only wander, it leaves completely ...........

09-28-2008, 01:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
grotbag Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Near Hornsea,on the East Yorkshire coast Posts: 8,346	Re: mice Ah right! the one's I have aren't remote they are USB ones ........... old fashioned I suppose
	Some time's my mind doesn't only wander, it leaves completely ...........

09-28-2008, 02:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
FirestormMike Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stockton on Tees Posts: 1,376	Re: mice I'm using my microsoft optical intellimouse that I've had for about 12 years and still going strong.
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09-28-2008, 03:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
druidsam Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: central scotland Posts: 5,135	Re: mice my last one lasted about 2 years and then died. the replacement has a squeaky scroll wheel that drives mrs druid mental ....................Sam
	trust me! im a druid

09-30-2008, 01:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
grotbag Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Near Hornsea,on the East Yorkshire coast Posts: 8,346	Re: mice Seem's they have about a 2 (ish) year life span then! Thanks for your help!
	Some time's my mind doesn't only wander, it leaves completely ...........

10-07-2008, 07:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
MegaWilhelm Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 72	Re: mice Not for me, I've been using my Dell USB Optical mouse, for about 5 years now. Been using it every day.

10-07-2008, 11:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
AndyR Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Out near Driffield Posts: 664	Re: mice I use an optical mouse on a PSU port to the motherboard. It's a Genius Optical one and it works fine. I've had it about 10 years now.

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