Why I dont reccomend the best mouse in the world.

 Bought a Logitech MX master 3s mouse 2 and a half years ago. It was very expensive, but looked like a "mosue for life".

It was everything I wanted in a mouse, as well as being a very good basic mouse, it had a great inertial scroll wheel, and the extra buttons worked brilliantly via their great windows app.

But the best thing was, the multi device support works. For this first time in recorded history, I had a device that reliably roamed between 3 computers.

I liked it so much that I invested in another "for life" splurge, the MX mechanical keyboard, which also has the perfect conectivity of the mouse. I also bought 2 more bolt receivers as I loved the eco system.

Fast forward 2 and a half years, and the left button on the mouse stopped working. OK I thought, this is a young, premium mouse, logitech will sort me out.

No.

Their support bot eventually put me through to a human, and the first message I sent was

"

hi. i bought a mx master 3s in oct 2022 for 135 pounds. recently the left button has becoe unreliable. id expect a super premium mouse to last longer than 2.5 years,

"

and then they spent about an hour making me look up and report serial numbers etc to them, and then the conversation ended

"

Unfortunately your product Is out of warranty and I cannot proceed with replacement. And I don't want you to leave empty handed and I would offer 20% discount from my side.

"

So, even though these things are wonderful from a hardware perspective, their support is rubbish. It is, apparently, unreasonable for me to expect a high end device to last 3 years.

The kicker is that I could technically go after Amazon for this, but they have me in a b*ll*ck lock as a ton of my "owned" digital content, and my prime stuff is much more valuable to me than my mouse.

The happy ending is, that the switch they use in the left mouse button is available x6 from Amazon, and that I made a sucessful repair -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXT449W4?

and the skates that I destoyed during the surgery

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQ4V11VC

Logitech, you owe me £16 plus an hours labour :)

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