Do you clean your mouse?

[Joan]

It was acting up, tapped it on the desk, and sure enough, (if you know my addiction lol) out came some big kosher salt crystals and the dear mouse is working much better.

 

[Bob Bailey]

Yup. Particles do get in them. Switched to an optical mouse about a year ago and don't expect any problems with it.

 

[Joan]

I think that is what mine is also. Wireless, less than 2 years old?

 

[JayHeyl]

I've been using an optical mouse for years. Logitech makes one that will work on any surface, including clear glass. It's pretty amazing. I had to replace it after five or six years because one of the buttons stopped working. I tried fixing it but there was plastic in the mechanism and it had simply worn out. No way to fix it.

When I used a mouse with a ball, I'd regularly remove the ball and clean it and the rollers it made contact with.

 

[Bob Bailey]

I've been using an optical mouse for years. Logitech makes one that will work on any surface, including clear glass. It's pretty amazing. I had to replace it after five or six years because one of the buttons stopped working. I tried fixing it but there was plastic in the mechanism and it had simply worn out. No way to fix it.

When I used a mouse with a ball, I'd regularly remove the ball and clean it and the rollers it made contact with.

Probably the same one I have. I doesn't even have a visible light beam.

 

[MikeLucky]

I use a trackball mouse and about once a month I pop the ball out and clean the 3 little roller points.

 

[Arun L.]

When I use a non optical mouse, then I clean the mouse.

 

[Rich G]

Yes, when my cat kills a mouse, I am the one in charge of cleaning.