USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness - Dennis Schubert
USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness - Dennis Schubert
A short story of me trying out different USB-C hubs, taking them apart, and slowly descending into madness.
I was looking for a new USB-c hub and came across this article. It's an interesting write-up of what is on the inside of some popular options
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I miss the days where you could just buy something from Logitec or Hayes or Gravis or CH Products and know it was not garbage just because the brand could be trusted. Finding a trustable brand these days seems super hit or miss. You'll get a great item and then the next one will be some cheap china garbage that dies in 4 months.
just because the brand could be trusted
You'll take your $200+ gaming mouse that has a 90% chance to have a double click issue because we can save $0.02 per mouse by using cheaper switches, that'll force you to get multiple replacements through warranty (if it hasn't expired yet), and you'll like it!
- Logitech
Meanwhile, my OG G502 mouse from 2013~ is still working perfectly almost 10 years later.
Went through three of those damn mice and every single one did that click doubling thing eventually. One didn’t even last a year.
I too gave up and plugged in my ancient 502 and have been using it for two years now on top of its original run of like seven years with no issues.
Logitech sucks.
I had the same experience with Razer mice about a decade ago. Two of them lasted a little over a year and one only lasted a couple months.
I think mice have always been shit. The G502 is just an exception. I bought one of them after giving up on Razer and I haven't had a problem since.
It's still working? The engineer must've fucked up on the built in 5000000 click failure trigger
FYI to those with double-click issues: you can often fix it with one of these, soldering supplies, and some elbow grease.
Holy shit, I am experiencing this issue right now and didn't know it was a common problem.
@realitista @otter Yeah. I feel like a few decades ago businesses recognised there was a niche in the market for people willing to pay a bit more for a good quality product.
That new seems to be vanishingly rare now.
I don't think Logitech has been a contender for years now. At least for their desktop peripherals. I used to be a fanboy, but had three mice all fail the same way within a year (middle click failed), then my new, expensive keyboard I bought for the office started dropping many keys under my left hand. And I work from home, so the keyboard only had a few dozen hours of actual use on it.
It feels like there are so few options for peripherals that have the features I want, but don't have gaudy LED light effects or an otherwise silly "gamer" aesthetic.
I meant '90s Logitech 😉
I've had three different G603's replaced for free because the scroll wheel starts behaving erratically after a while. No hassle though, and the latest one has lasted long enough that they seem to have (hopefully) fixed the issue. I've also had good luck with their mechanical keyboards.
I don't have anything nice to say about the state of their webcams though, especially in price/performance.
It's so terrible. The brands that used to be reputable are now doing the same thing as the El Cheapo brands to save a buck. Of course they also just mark it up riding on their name-recognition and trust they had built previously. Now it seems to make little difference, unless you look closely at what they offer and how they offer it.