mouse feet : Computer Hardware Buyers’ Glossary

mouse feet: The feet of a mouse are extremely important is how smoothly the mouse performs. Even the most expensive mice come with poor quality feet that soon wear out or fall off. Count on replacing them every 8 months or so. Check before you buy a mouse that replacement feet are available. If your mouse pad or mouse feet are dirty or worn, your mouse will not slide smoothly. This will destroy your ability to precisely control the mouse. Try cleaning both mouse and pad and replacing the feet with improved low-friction feet. Make sure you pry off the old feet and clean the mouse with isopropanol to get off any gunk or dirt before applying the new feet. When I replaced my feet, I was horrified to find how badly worn my old ones were. Some of the feet were worn totally off and even one of the hard plastic wells that holds the feet was worn flat. I can’t believe the difference. The feet should should stick out about 1.52 mm (60,000 microinches) from the bottom of the mouse. Feet are sometimes sold as mouse skates or mouse skatez. They often come free when you buy a mouse pad. They cost only $4.00 USD and there is no shipping since they can send as a letter. I can’t think of anything else that will improve the subjective experience of your machine for less than $50.00 USD .
Also consider buying a premium low friction mouse pad. Surprisingly, feet quite different sizes and shapes from the factory originals seem to work fine too. You have to rely 100% on the glue, rather than the wells to hold them in place.
Corepad: replacement mouse feet
Everglide Mouseglidez: low friction replacement mouse feet
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Hyperglide: low friction replacement mouse feet
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SlickSurf: low friction replacement mouse feet
SteelSeries: replacement mouse feet especially for use with hard mouse pads
Ulti-Mat: replacement Teflon feet
XTtracPads: Mad Dots, mouse feet covers

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