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Silent mouse, anyone have one?

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I never believe it haha, until i bought one a days ago from ebay and the mouse i bought only cost me around 7 dollars and its the most conformable mouse i ever bought and there's barely any clicking noise. If you guys are curious its on ebay called: "Gaming Mouse LED Breathing Fire 4 Button Silent USB Wired 1600 DPI Laptop PC USA".
 

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Is that sold as new or used? Does it have optical switches?
 
DeathtoGnomes said:
Is that sold as new or used? Does it have optical switches?
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Brand new, not sure about the other thing you mention. The Piano Black version only has the silent mode.
www.ebay.com

Gaming Mouse LED Breathing Fire 4 Button Silent USB Wired 1600 DPI Laptop PC USA | eBay

Adjustable 800 / 1200 / 1600 DPI. Light effect: Chroma 8 Color LED Breathing Light. DPI: 800/1200/1600DPI. Buttons: left, right, scroll wheel, DPI. Connection: Wired. Suitable for high-end players, gaming professional players.
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cant do it gota have my trackball! once u go trackball u never go back!
 
I had those mice - they're great but they die :/ I used to have a bunch of these so I could play league in the living room without having my family want to murder me... they would stop registering clicks after 6 months
 
Comes all down to the used switches. The most silent are usually the "Blue" Switches.
Tradeoff is that their lifespawn is 1/3 of the "Black" ones. So you probably have to replace them more often.


Optical switches are even more silent & durable, but it's said they feel very "mushy" compared to mechanical.
There is just no "perfect" switch out there yet. :rolleyes:
 
phanbuey said:
I had those mice - they're great but they die :/ I used to have a bunch of these so I could play league in the living room without having my family want to murder me... they would stop registering clicks after 6 months
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hahaha. Yea i got sick of hearing the clicking, glad i found something for the meantime.
 
Yeah I've been using JSCO JNL-101K wired silent mice for probably five years at this point. They used to be great value for the money (US$18 each) and last a year or two before the switches started to break, HOWEVER they've easily doubled in price over time and so I don't recommend them anymore. Once I've used up my stash of replacements I'll look for an alternative. But certainly I wish silent click mice were more commonly available because the lack of a "click" sound while maintaining all the tactile feel (which is what really matters) is just so much better.
 
Most silent mouses use panasonic micro switches.
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Trackballs are indeed quieter than mice in general. There is nothing new about this.

Mice need to be moved around so the manufacturers strive to keep them lightweight. Some of them go as far as to perforate the shell which of course lets more sound escape. But even the mice with closed shells are still pretty noisy because the clicking noises from the switch resonate.

Trackballs on the other hand don't need to be light. In fact, there's real benefit to adding some weight to reduce any tendencies to move around on the desk. Thus the plastic shell of a trackball is thicker and there are fewer air cavities inside. My current Sanwa trackball is quieter than the old Logitech Trackman that it replaced.

For sure, not all mice are the same. I have a few. The Glorious D Minus is a hair noisier than the Mountain Makalu 67. I have a cheap Logitech that's about as loud as the Glorious. None of these are super clicky. My noisiest mouse is an ancient and long-discontinued Kensington PocketMouse Pro. I still keep this in my travel kit since it requires no batteries and features a USB cord that fully retracts into the body. I have a pretty quiet Apple Magic Mouse 2 but I rarely use it and then only with my Mac; it lacks a right mouse button and is less convenient to use with Windows. I used it more when I still had a MacBook.

The quietest input device I've used is the Apple Magic Trackpad 2. There's only the slightest sound when clicking on this trackpad. It's not a good device for playing games but for many mundane tasks it's awesome. Like trackballs, these are engineered to stay put.
 
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cvaldes said:
Trackballs are indeed quieter than mice in general. There is nothing new about this.

Mice need to be moved around so the manufacturers strive to keep them lightweight. Some of them go as far as to perforate the shell which of course lets more sound escape. But even the mice with closed shells are still pretty noisy because the clicking noises from the switch resonate.

Trackballs on the other hand don't need to be light. In fact, there's real benefit to adding some weight to reduce any tendencies to move around on the desk. Thus the plastic shell of a trackball is thicker and there are fewer air cavities inside.

The quietest input device I've used is the Apple Magic Trackpad 2. There's only the slightest sound when clicking on this trackpad. It's not a good device for playing games but for many mundane tasks it's awesome. Like trackballs, these are engineered to stay put.
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the reason they try to make them light is so that moving it FEELS better not sound better.
 
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maxx2575 said:
the reason they try to make them light is so that moving it FEELS better not sound better.
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Well, yeah. I said they were designed to be lightweight.

And that's why I own some gaming mice. I certainly don't own gaming mice for acoustics. That would be crazy.
 
Once I bought some Logi M110's for girls at the office - those are pretty much noiseless. And cheap as hell too. I believe they have wireless variants of that as well.
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Comes all down to the used switches.
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Not necessarily correct. It's mostly up to the chassis design, which can be easily f#$%ed up by any manufacturer.
 
A silent and comfortable mouse is a great thing.

The one I'm currently using is the Microsoft NGX-00012 Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow from Amazon:


I was getting RSI from intensive mouse use at work, but the sideways angled design for right handers of this mouse has almost eliminated it, fantastic.

Note: get the Pro, don't save money with the Classic, because while it looks the same, the buttons are just that little bit squishy which caused my hand to cramp up, so I had to give up on it before the day was up. The buttons on this mouse have a light touch and a very positive click that's a little bit on the loud side, but that makes it quite satisfying to click with.

It's also billed as a gaming mouse, so the DPI on it is quite high making the pointer zoom across the screen a bit. This can be adjusted within the Windows Control Panel or the mouse control software, however. The light at the back is also adjustable for brightness and colour.
 
Logitech M220 silent. Good little mouse, but too little for my bear hands. Now got Logitech M510 and its got a slight click but not an annoying one and fits my hand a lot better.
 
MarsM4N said:
Optical switches are even more silent & durable, but it's said they feel very "mushy" compared to mechanical.
There is just no "perfect" switch out there yet. :rolleyes:
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I suppose they could make a clicky optical switch which continues working when the click wears out. Better than nothing, I guess. But then, it would reduce sales of new mice, wouldn't it? ;)
 
silentbogo said:
Once I bought some Logi M110's for girls at the office
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Please buy them the most expensive mice. Their beautiful hands deserve the best. Ukrainian womans are the greatest:)
 
I thought the click was important feedback for the brain.
 
Shrek said:
I thought the click was important feedback for the brain.
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A lot of people turn off keyboard clicks on their phones.

Are you implying that those who do are brainless?

Amusingly the Japanese use an English language phrase "manner mode" to refer to silent mode. They are pretty diligent users of silent mode in public places (like on the subway) whereas many noisy Americans seem to love blaring their crappy music and videos at maximum volume over their smartphones' tinny speakers. Who do you think has more brains?

;)

Hell, my iPad mini is permanently in silent mode.

Go ahead and touch an icon on your smartphone's screen. What do you hear? And then a hyperlink. Anything? Then send someone a message. Do you really need audio feedback from the virtual keyboard to send a text? Let's say you decide to delete an app from your phone. Is there a satisfying noise like on your PC? No? Is your brain confused because there's no garbage/dumpster sound?
 
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When other brains are involved, feedback could be undesirable. In the group call, Is bad enough they can hear me typing on the KB. And why would I need feedback anyways like if I need confirm the click.
 
cvaldes said:
Go ahead and touch an icon on your smartphone's screen. What do you hear? And then a hyperlink. Anything?
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Touch an icon, it launches... feedback

Then there is haptic feedback and if one is watching the screen as one types, that is feedback.
 
Shrek said:
Touch an icon, it launches... feedback

Then there is haptic feedback and if one is watching the screen as one types, that is feedback.
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If you touch a blank area of your smartphone home screen, nothing happens.

Same if you had a silent mouse and click on a blank area of your desktop.

The topic of this thread is silence in terms of physical auditory feedback from a mechanical device. Not about visual feedback.

Let's try to stay on topic. There's too much tangential noise in this Q&A forum and threads are getting shut down with increasing frequency these days. There was a thread about a review of an Intel graphics card that quickly devolved into a political nonsense.
 
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