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Here’s an actual lesser known accessory: a mouse bungee. It is a small weighted disc with a spring arm that holds the mouse cord up and away from the mousepad.

Here’s an actual lesser known accessory: a mouse bungee. It is a small weighted disc with a spring arm that holds the mouse cord up and away from the mousepad. I don’t like the lag, connectivity, and battery issues of wireless mice, this fixes all of that! It feels _better_ than a wireless mouse, because it has no wires in the way also with zero lag.

rldjbpin 4y ago
as a person who knew about this because of its gaming background, nowadays (as the others pointed out) a wireless gaming mouse is good enough to bypass the issue altogether. unless you like a lot of buttons or specific ergonomics for your mouse, give them a try!
aceazzameen 4y ago
I've used a black binder clip to do just that for a long time. I'd route the cord through the silver clips and pinch the main black clip on whatever was above my mouse pad.
kgwxd 4y ago
I don't use a mouse pad but I taped the wire to the top of my desk with a just enough slack to cover my typical range of motion so it doesn't slide behind the desk when I move up, causing drag when moving back down.
- kenhwang 4y ago
  I'm laughing because I did the same thing. Just a loop made with tape so the cord doesn't stick to the tape and then taped somewhere slightly higher. But mouse bungees are cute, so I might upgrade and retire my tape solution.
riceart 4y ago
There’s essentially no lag in a dedicated wireless receiver mouse - the additional latency is dwarfed by the baseline latency of the hardware and software. https://www.rtings.com/mouse/tests/control/latency https://www.rtings.com/mouse/tests/control/latency Yes connectivity issues can be a problem in certain environments but luckily this has usually not been a problem with receivers not in close proximity to interference, including USB3. Battery wise I have had cheapie mouses that last months on a pair of batteries and expensive mice like the Mx master that are pretty no fuss recharging. But you do you with the mouse bungee cord :).
- bufferoverflow 4y ago
  The problem I have with wireless mice is they always die when I'm in the middle of something important or an fps game. Switched back to wired because of that.
  - riceart 4y ago
    For what it’s worth mice like the Mxmaster have a usb-c charging port in the sensible location and can be used while being charged. They also give you pretty fair warning before they die.
    - WirelessGigabit 4y ago
      Sensible. I love that we need to mention this after the Magic Mouse debacle.
    - TylerE 4y ago
      Battery adds significant weight. The mxMaster weights almost 50% more (141g vs 97g) than the wired mouse I use (Zowie EC1, NOT a small mouse, it's like the glorious old MS Intellimouse)... and the 97g is counting the cable. Also, from my experience USB-C likes to giggle itself loose under really energetic movement.
      - arvinsim 4y ago
        I just use a wireless mouse that accepts AA batteries. Just buy 2 sets of rechargeable batteries then I won't have to worry about battery life ever again.
        TylerE 4y ago
        Yeah, on the work laptop I've got...some sort of logitech thing. 2 AA batteries last over a year.
      - davidmurdoch 4y ago
        The USB-c cable connector in the mx-matter 3 is annoyingly tight. I could probably swing it around my head by the cable and it wouldn't come out. It is heavy though.
CodeArtisan 4y ago
After six months of using a Logitech g pro x superlight, i haven't seen any degradation in my performance in video games and even have improved a few of my records on FPS Aim trainer (Ranked top 50 in a few popular scenarios). There are people who reached the #1 world rank using that mouse too. I have played at high level for many years with a Microsoft Intellimouse 1.1 which had more than 10 ms of input latency despite being wired. I have noticed that the amount of frames per second has a much higher influence (If you shoot on a target then move the mouse before the next frame, then you may actually miss the target because the game may handles the mouse moves before the shoot event).
- alexfringes 4y ago
  Was also about to reply with the Superlight recommendation. Cannot stand the lag of bluetooth mice and was working my way through various mice over the years, usually trying at least 5-10 alts per year. Have not bought another mouse since the Superlight. Other Logitech mice (gaming and otherwise) eventually failed in one way or another. Not only is the Superlight a superior experience — it performs just as well today as it did 1.5 years ago when I got it. Wish the dongle and charging port were USB-C and that the Logitech SW wasn't the hot garbage that it is (I eventually settled on using a spare machine to update its config bc I won't have that SW on my daily) but from the perspective of the actual mouse itself, it's amazing.
herbst 4y ago
Alone the possibility that I could suddenly have an empty battery while being productive make wireless devices a obvious bad choice for a home desktop. IMO
- eimrine 4y ago
  My Logitech mouse uses 1 AA battery per more than 1 year and I even never turn it off. Also it has a red lamp which signals a low battery, it can work a week with that red lamp.

rldjbpin 4y ago

as a person who knew about this because of its gaming background, nowadays (as the others pointed out) a wireless gaming mouse is good enough to bypass the issue altogether. unless you like a lot of buttons or specific ergonomics for your mouse, give them a try!

aceazzameen 4y ago

I've used a black binder clip to do just that for a long time. I'd route the cord through the silver clips and pinch the main black clip on whatever was above my mouse pad.

kgwxd 4y ago

I don't use a mouse pad but I taped the wire to the top of my desk with a just enough slack to cover my typical range of motion so it doesn't slide behind the desk when I move up, causing drag when moving back down.

kenhwang 4y ago
I'm laughing because I did the same thing. Just a loop made with tape so the cord doesn't stick to the tape and then taped somewhere slightly higher. But mouse bungees are cute, so I might upgrade and retire my tape solution.

riceart 4y ago

There’s essentially no lag in a dedicated wireless receiver mouse - the additional latency is dwarfed by the baseline latency of the hardware and software. https://www.rtings.com/mouse/tests/control/latency https://www.rtings.com/mouse/tests/control/latency Yes connectivity issues can be a problem in certain environments but luckily this has usually not been a problem with receivers not in close proximity to interference, including USB3. Battery wise I have had cheapie mouses that last months on a pair of batteries and expensive mice like the Mx master that are pretty no fuss recharging. But you do you with the mouse bungee cord :).

bufferoverflow 4y ago
The problem I have with wireless mice is they always die when I'm in the middle of something important or an fps game. Switched back to wired because of that.
- riceart 4y ago
  For what it’s worth mice like the Mxmaster have a usb-c charging port in the sensible location and can be used while being charged. They also give you pretty fair warning before they die.
  - WirelessGigabit 4y ago
    Sensible. I love that we need to mention this after the Magic Mouse debacle.
  - TylerE 4y ago
    Battery adds significant weight. The mxMaster weights almost 50% more (141g vs 97g) than the wired mouse I use (Zowie EC1, NOT a small mouse, it's like the glorious old MS Intellimouse)... and the 97g is counting the cable. Also, from my experience USB-C likes to giggle itself loose under really energetic movement.
    - arvinsim 4y ago
      I just use a wireless mouse that accepts AA batteries. Just buy 2 sets of rechargeable batteries then I won't have to worry about battery life ever again.
      - TylerE 4y ago
        Yeah, on the work laptop I've got...some sort of logitech thing. 2 AA batteries last over a year.
    - davidmurdoch 4y ago
      The USB-c cable connector in the mx-matter 3 is annoyingly tight. I could probably swing it around my head by the cable and it wouldn't come out. It is heavy though.

CodeArtisan 4y ago

After six months of using a Logitech g pro x superlight, i haven't seen any degradation in my performance in video games and even have improved a few of my records on FPS Aim trainer (Ranked top 50 in a few popular scenarios). There are people who reached the #1 world rank using that mouse too. I have played at high level for many years with a Microsoft Intellimouse 1.1 which had more than 10 ms of input latency despite being wired. I have noticed that the amount of frames per second has a much higher influence (If you shoot on a target then move the mouse before the next frame, then you may actually miss the target because the game may handles the mouse moves before the shoot event).

alexfringes 4y ago
Was also about to reply with the Superlight recommendation. Cannot stand the lag of bluetooth mice and was working my way through various mice over the years, usually trying at least 5-10 alts per year. Have not bought another mouse since the Superlight. Other Logitech mice (gaming and otherwise) eventually failed in one way or another. Not only is the Superlight a superior experience — it performs just as well today as it did 1.5 years ago when I got it. Wish the dongle and charging port were USB-C and that the Logitech SW wasn't the hot garbage that it is (I eventually settled on using a spare machine to update its config bc I won't have that SW on my daily) but from the perspective of the actual mouse itself, it's amazing.

herbst 4y ago

Alone the possibility that I could suddenly have an empty battery while being productive make wireless devices a obvious bad choice for a home desktop. IMO

eimrine 4y ago
My Logitech mouse uses 1 AA battery per more than 1 year and I even never turn it off. Also it has a red lamp which signals a low battery, it can work a week with that red lamp.