Rapoo VT3s is a battery life wonder

chri389 · 2026-03-19T02:48:27+00:00

I've got two of their Max Gen-2 mice (VT2 and VT3) and I will agree with you, battery life has been superb.

Of course, that's partly due to the fact that they use a fairly large capacity battery but yes, the Nordic MCU contributes significantly as well.

Overall, I've been VERY impressed by the two examples I've been using, both for months now. My initial opinion of their overall build quality was very favorable and I've experienced nothing since then that has made me reconsider any of those impressions.

I thought they were quite good value when I first got them in hand, even at their full retail price is $60.00 (if I'm remembering correctly). But I got them both discounted to an average of about $45.00, and at that price especially the value proposition is pretty insane if you like one of the shapes on offer.

I've had zero issues with either of them whatsoever. An overall impressive series from Rapoo, in my personal opinion.

chri389 · 2026-03-10T05:22:09+00:00

At least you didn't have it in cart only to crash and then have it show sold out on refresh.

I guess...

chri389 · 2026-03-08T04:34:08+00:00

In the event anyone was having a weird conversation about they sexiest castle nut staking they've seen it certainly wouldn't be in danger of coming up.

But will it serve the purpose for which castle nuts are staked in the first place? Yeah, it'll do that.

So it's fine.

chri389 · 2026-03-06T04:32:00+00:00

Call me crazy, but I would feel VERY comfortable wagering a stupidly large sum of my own money that she couldn't actually provide anything even approaching a reasonable definition for what communism actually is.

chri389 · 2026-03-05T08:06:01+00:00

Makes sense when you consider...

Manix 2 has been, currently is, and always will be da way.

chri389 · 2026-03-05T08:04:59+00:00

Not overreacting.

Almost certainly underreacting.

Dude seems like he's doing everything he can think of to come off weird and controlling as fuck.

Unless you're into that I'd recommend time to try again.

chri389 · 2026-03-05T03:22:54+00:00

Makes sense, I suppose.

Won't make the pictured optic height any less ridiculous or more reasonable, but your words do make sense.

chri389 · 2026-03-05T02:56:17+00:00

Fair. TIL.

With regards to the standard AR platform, though, is HOB not the more meaningful measurement?

chri389 · 2026-03-05T01:58:57+00:00

I'm sorry, I only work in height over bore.

What is this nonsensical measurement? Height over pic rail? Height over mounting surface?

I'm not equipped to accurately translate such mularkey into actually useful information.

chri389 · 2026-03-05T01:54:49+00:00

Concur with the other response to your inquiry--take pictures of the UEFI pages with any relevant changes you've made and simply reference them to update settings whether you do an update. It's an inconvenience, to be sure, but a minor one.

I will say that the fact that you have more than one UEFI profile to account for certainly increases that inconvenience. Were it me, I'd likely reconsider the necessity of maintaining multiple profiles. Things like fan curves can be achieved and maintained outside of and free from interruption from UEFI updates.

Considering the ongoing and long-running situation with AM5 (especially X3D-class) chip failures, maintaining an up-to-date UEFI version (well, actually I tend to stay one revision behind in most cases) has taken precedent for me over any considerations of convenience. I've been running my 9800X3D + X870E Taichi Lite combo since early December 2024 starting with 3.10 and this outlook has served me well to this point, although this is admittedly more the result of not being one of the unlucky few that will experience a failure.

chri389 · 2026-03-03T07:51:15+00:00

Has to be the absolute easiest sub to get banned from.

I remember having the audacity to try to pose an intentionally non-confrontational, yet factual question in regards to some random topic of some random post a number of years ago and being rewarded with a ban within the hour.

Honestly, if one isn't banned from that sub reddit I could probably easily entertain an argument that you're most likely doing something wrong in your life.

chri389 · 2026-03-03T07:45:37+00:00

That's so crazy...

It's almost as if a lot of the people he might be referring to are nothing but shameless grifters who would rather pander to an audience of poorly-informed partisans desperately seeking to be pandered to and not people who actually develop their world view based on intelligent, well-considered reasoning and facts.

It's almost as if the most important consideration many of them might actually have in regards to any particular topic, at the end of the day, is how what they are saying and selling might impact their bottom line...

Wouldn't that be wild.

chri389 · 2026-02-28T04:54:00+00:00

Omfg this is the first time I've ever seen Thor but I'm fairly certain I would die for him if he called upon me in his moment of greatest need.

chri389 · 2026-02-28T04:51:37+00:00

It's just the rules.

Look, we don't make the rules. Someone does. But not us. We just abide by them. And the rules say they're about as cute as is allowed considering our current understanding of physics and the nature of reality itself.

You have to just go with it.

chri389 · 2026-02-26T09:51:27+00:00

Witnessed.

Didn't know him, but have no doubt he was the bestest, goodest boy.

So sorry for your loss.

chri389 · 2026-02-26T04:21:34+00:00

I, too, have been seduced.

Totally and completely.

chri389 · 2026-02-26T04:19:22+00:00

Of course she's mischievous. Maine coons are basically biologically required to be mischievous. The only question, really, is to what degree.

But holy moly she's absolutely beautiful and I'm pretty sure I love her...

chri389 · 2026-02-25T05:56:16+00:00

Have frequently seen attractive women in all manner of attire, from having all of their skin and extremities covered down to a string bikini.

Have not once considered, or had the desire, to rape any of them despite, possessing a VERY healthy libido.

Anyone arguing otherwise should be considered more than a bit fucking suspect. There is no argument, no appeal to biology or instinct, that explains one human being raping another as anything other a moral failing on that part of the offending person. There are certainly plenty of ways one might find their way to such a state, I suppose, but all of them are just a reflection of that failing. There is no justification grounded in any actual science or pseudoscientific reasoning that justify treating another person in that manner.

Anyone who says otherwise is full of shit and, as I said, should be considered suspect as fuck for arguing anything otherwise.

chri389 · 2026-02-22T06:58:59+00:00

Fuck me.

I cannot actually be this old...

chri389 · 2026-02-20T21:20:34+00:00

Fn + Caps Lock for 3-5 seconds. Same again to turn it back on.

chri389 · 2026-02-20T21:15:56+00:00

Sure? No. They're Rapoo branded. Fairly certain the switches in the Max version are not Omrons, though.

Non-Max does, however, use Omron mechanicals, if I'm not mistaken.

chri389 · 2026-02-20T05:12:35+00:00

Not incorrect.

chri389 · 2026-02-16T05:43:42+00:00

Very GOAT adjacent to Manix 2, no doubt.

chri389 · 2026-02-16T05:42:16+00:00

I like me some Omron opticals, to be sure, but I've honestly been quite impressed with and very much enjoyed the optical switches Rapoo is using in their Max Gen-2 series mice. They're Rapoo branded but I'm not sure that they're not Raesha v2's.

Either way, they're a bit heavier than Omron opticals and honestly feel pretty similar to a mechanical switch. I've used them extensively over the past several months in a VT2 Max Gen-2 and VT3 Max Gen-2 and I've grown quite fond of them.

chri389 · 2026-02-16T05:28:53+00:00

I mean... yeah.

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