Well, so far the RAT is working properly... which is good to know. So it was 100% the old mouse being the culprit. If it would be any different the cost would be near endless, because in worst case if it would be a board-issue, from a high end EATX board, the price is nowadays 1000 coins, no joke... i wish it would be a joke. Although very unlikely, as those boards are made to last... but a board is a very complicated device and manufacturing failures are very common. Anyway, new RAT is fine and issue solved, i am happy.
As a reminder: It is not so much use if a switch is able to last 60 or even more million clicks if in the end a processor or even the cable is becoming defective (which is in my experience both more common as an issue). So, what they need to improve is the endurance of the processor (any electronics inside) and watch out for the cable attachment at the entry point, which is prone to bend itself and over time... even the best cable can slowly break without some special sturdy material (perhaps kevlar powered cable or whatelse... i am not the engineer but i know the weak points).
Sure, i already had a mouse with a destroyed switch at the very old days but those switches are nowadays engineered more sturdy than some other stuff which still was without improvement.
Oh and for the KBs... i am not able to find a single one with sufficiently sturdy buttons who are not totally wearing out in not much more than 1 year of use... however... the CherryMX switches are surely not the culprit, they may last a lot of years, according to my experience. The engineers have to take care more at the surface of the buttons itself... it is very weak on any KB i know of.
I got the feeling, the companies are always "cutting some corners" which is never brought up by any reviewer because they do not do long-term tests, and the finest truth will only become revealed after years of use... just how it works.
Post edited June 15, 2025 by Xeshra
