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quite a few mouse brands, including some gaming mice, are using the Omron 50m micro-switches and they are JUNK!

usually it's easy to avoid them because manufactures are all to eager to advertise that their switches have a lifespan of 50 million clicks ... yes, that's equivalent to 8.333 holocausts if you were wondering ... in reality you're lucky if they last a few months

if you have one of these gems, is cheap and easy as long as you can solder

if you want to know about mouse switches, see...

and especially his

the mechanical switches used in mice are all junk to an extent - Razer has started using which look very promising and their products seem to be very good quality, albeit expensive - other manufactures will follow suit i expect

edit: i see is also using optical switches in some of their mice

quite a few mouse brands, including some gaming mice, are using the Omron 50m micro-switches and they are **JUNK**! usually it's easy to avoid them because manufactures are all to eager to advertise that their switches have a lifespan of 50 million clicks ... yes, that's equivalent to 8.333 holocausts if you were wondering ... in reality you're lucky if they last a few months if you have one of these gems, [replacing the switches](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChnJZa3bQR7VDv61LD6pPsg) is cheap and easy as long as you can solder if you want to know about mouse switches, see... [Ents' site](https://ents.win/) and especially his [spreadsheet](https://ents.win/switches) the mechanical switches used in mice are all junk to an extent - Razer has started using [optical switches](https://www.razer.com/eu-en/razer-optical-mouse-switch) which look very promising and their products seem to be very good quality, albeit expensive - other manufactures will follow suit i expect edit: i see [Cooler Master](https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/peripheral/?filter=28981/#!/Product=Mice) is also using optical switches in some of their mice

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look at the Razor's with the optical switches ... and i just now saw that is also using opticals in some of theirs - i had one of their models with mechanical switches and it lasted a very long time, like around 10 years as i recall

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I have an that only started acting up recently after about 17 years.

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Those Infernos are sold out everywhere I look.

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i just checked myself and couldn't find one - the Inferno was a pretty good mouse, but i wouldn't buy it a 2nd time, though i really miss the 2 'wing' buttons which essentially gave you 4 top buttons (+ wheel)

take a look at the - it's an 11 button job with their optical switches and a welcome adjustable scroll wheel - the only thing i don't like about it is the size - i like a small-ish mouse

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I had a Razer Deathadder that came down with switch bounce after a while, but for $50 it's worth trying that one at some point.

While we're at it, do you know of any good mechanical keyboards that don't make much noise? Running brown switches right now and I wouldn't wanna go any louder than that.