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The wireless mouse has been the exception to this rule for me so far: the G Pro wireless (and some other mice) don’t have the latency issues, and have egregious
by strstr 6y ago
The wireless mouse has been the exception to this rule for me so far: the G Pro wireless (and some other mice) don’t have the latency issues, and have egregious battery life (and the charging cable fails over so it’s basically just a wired mouse).
The lack of a cable saves a bunch of space and avoids the floppy cable. Probably irrelevant if you don’t game, but definitely quite convenient for FPSes.
- nemosaltat 6y agoI don’t think I’ve ever heard egregious used with a positive connotation. It looked out of place at first, but makes perfect sense etymologically. Thanks! https://www.etymonline.com/word/egregious https://www.etymonline.com/word/egregious
- tgb 6y agoI actually can't decipher strstr's post. Is it in favor or against wireless mice? Is the battery life good or bad? Are they using the mouse plugged in to the charging cable constantly or not? I'm legitimately baffled and not trying to be a grammar police.
- Legogris 6y agoThey use egregious in the "extraordinary" sense, meaning the battery life's great. Once it does need charging, it can still be used via the cable during charging. I have to agree, specifically mice have been the least painful Bluetooth experience for me, with a Microsoft. Annoying part is that it changes MAC address when pairing, so regularly using it for more than one computer is a frustration but that's nothing compared to the constant interruptions I've had with keyboards and codec issues with headsets.
- vladvasiliu 6y agoI actually quite enjoy having a wireless mouse even though I don't game (nothing more than OpenTTD or Heroes of Might and Magic). Like you, I have a "gaming" mouse (G700s), in my case I bought it for the high resolution. I used to have g9x, but it developed an unbearable whine. Battery life is downright atrocious, I basically have to recharge it everyday. It's also comically heavy. I often have to move things around my desk, and having papers getting caught up in the wires is aggravating. Also, apart from gaming mice with very supple cables, I always found wired mice to be a pain because of the wire that's never quite in the right position and pulling and / or getting caught on things. The same happens with keyboards, but to a lesser degree. I often use a trackball, which is like a keyboard in that it doesn't move around and I still prefer having those wireless.
- cjsawyer 6y agoOne thing to remember is that the g pro wireless is a standout among many “okay” implementations
- jankotek 6y agoI just switched from wireless mouse. With high dpi and illumination, battery lasted single day. Wired mouse is much lighter.
- strstr 6y agoReally depends on the on the mouse implementation: g pro is only 80g. It’s hard to get a wired mouse much lighter without a honeycomb shell (mice in that style can push into the 50s).
- floatboth 6y agoI run my G603 on a single AAA battery with an AAA to AA adapter. So far I've been exclusively using "dead" batteries from other devices – each lasts a couple weeks! (In low Hz mode at least.. I don't feel any benefit from 1000Hz mode, even in Counter-Strike.)
- ezconnect 6y agoI've been using G602 for more than 5 years now and performs like a wired mouse and it doesn't eat battery. I will never use a bluetooth headset, the technology is not there yet. Latency and battery usage of bluetooth audio devices are inconvenient and I don't understand people can bear with it.
- dimensi0nal 6y agoThe GPW also has a wireless charging mousepad available.