This is the reason you only have a mechanical key, not a “mechanical mouse”.

Having lived for decades in my life, I have never heard of “mouse (computer)” ever!

“mechanical keyboard” is the way we call keyboards that use mechanical switches for each key. These switches have springs for elasticity and copper foils inside for signal generation. Mechanical keys are clearly distinguished from rubber keys. The elastic force of the rubber key is in charge of the rubber knobs, and the two layers of the circuit below help receive the signal. This is the biggest difference between durable, high-quality and expensive mechanical keyboards compared to cheap rubber keys but boring and unreliable typing.

For mice, it is not so complicated, expensive or popular mice are only one type. Below the mouse button is the switch. The mouse switch has the same parts as the mechanical key switch such as stem, housing and copper foil, the signal receiving mechanism is similar. In terms of the signal receiving mechanism, every mouse is a “muscle” mouse. Because there is no “rubber mouse”, people do not call “muscle mouse” to distinguish what to do for fatigue.

Currently, high-end gear companies like Razer and popular like Fuhlen have also developed and launched many mouse lines using ultra-durable optical switches. However, because the experience is no different from a regular mouse switch, there is no need to differentiate.

Reading this far, many of you will wonder: “So the ball mice are not mechanical?”. Yes, that’s right, but people have long had the word “ball mouse” to call them, distinguishing them from optical mice that use optical reading eyes. As for what I said just now, I’m talking about what’s under the mouse’s key.