I bought a Asus TUF mouse awhile ago specifically because I wanted a mouse that would last, it lasted a year which is a fair amount of time but for the money I was expecting a bit more life. It seems I'm so clicky and touch type that much I rip through peripherals like it's nothing. A fair warning though if you're thinking of investing in a peripheral, the brands that brag about build quality mean nothing if the mechanism that actually does the actions is held together by some flimsy piece of plastic. It seems a lot of the brands all do this which is why sometimes the mechanism will just break and you'll have a barely functional mouse.
I just thought I'd spare people the money potentially. If you're a heavy user it seems that buying peripherals in bulk is probably the better option. In case people are wondering how I did it, no I don't treat my peripherals like shit, if I'm not in a game engine constantly clicking and placing stuff I'm in Blender doing tons of clicks and that's on top of the gaming I like to do as a break as well as general browsing and computer usage.
All logitech mice I bought started failing after a year or two and would randomly double click afterwards. After that I bought a steelseries mouse and it works great.
Yep, that's the failure mode when the snap switches wear out.
Indeed. Not exactly my most ideal solution, but I just go for Logitech's "Pro Gaming Mouse", which works for me. Usually lasts 2-3 years at least and only costs me 50-60 bucks each time.
If you want more buttons or features though while having longevity you'll have to probably put a little more research and effort into narrowing your options down.
Yeah unfortunately Logitech were the only company that made the ergonomic (thumb-controlled) trackballs I've been using for 20 years, so until recently I had little choice but to mod them myself.
I was very happy when I discovered you could get cheap Chinese knock-offs. I ended up buying 3 for the price of one M570. I don't know how long they'll last, but I feel a lot better about replacing a $17 trackball every 3 years then a $50 one.
Aye. That's one tricky thing with these kinds of products. Quite often you might find something that just works for you. And then that product either gets discontinued or redone in such a way that it's totally unusable or insanely expensive.
Which is even more annoying given how often market trends slide towards insane and often flawed or inferior designs. Like gaming chairs and, at least imo, keyboards without a numpad.