I’ve had my G602 so long I have literally no memory of buying it. Definitely since before the 2017 discontinuing so it lasted 10 years atleast. A true hero, absolutely got my money’s worth from it.

I felt a bit sad just throwing it away after so much time so I thought I’d make a post about it. Maybe someone wants it for parts, but otherwise atleast I got to share my little sadness for a good quality product that’s served me very well.

It stopped staying turned on. Once batteries went in, it would turn on for a few seconds then stop working. Tried what fixes I could find online to no avail.

You can barely customize the buttons on these anymore so it was probably time.

A shame to learn there’s really no modern counterpart. Ended up replacing it with a razer basilisk V3 because it was the most similar in shape I could find.

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    11 hours ago

    I have fixed many “soft touch” plastics that have degraded to sticky with acetone. I believe it dissolves the soft touch with the underlying abs leaving behind a hard plastic after it evaporates.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 hours ago

      Can you say more about how you did that? I have some Logitech mice that are awful to use because of this. And they were extremely expensive. Had I known that after a year they’d turn into a sticky mess I’d have sent them back immediately (or never bought them)

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        It was as easy as pouring a lot on a paper towel, rub on, and let dry for a day. I tried isopropyl and the baking soda scrub but acetone worked best. I think it works best because isopropyl only cleans off the outer sticky layer and baking soda scrubs it off as an abrasive (works but very slow).

        I fixed a logic mouse, a bodum coffee grinder, and the handle of a fancy umbrella.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      5·
      6 hours ago

      I’ve used ispropyl alcohol on a few such devices. I don’t know if it’s as effective as acetone—it did take some rubbing—but I did manage to eventually get it off, so I know that it can be used as well.

      EDIT: While I’ve run into devices that have seen a range of this, the worst was a Grundig G6 radio. Searching, at least according to this page, it looks like the manufacturer recommends “Purple Power”:

      https://swling.com/blog/2021/01/getting-the-grundig-g6-out-of-a-sticky-situation/

      If you’ve been an SWLing Post reader for long, you’ve also no doubt read our numerous posts about cleaning off this mess. There are a number of solutions, but it seems the most positive long-term results by employing a de-greasing product called Purple Power (click here to read archived posts). Indeed, it’s the solution Eton Corporation recommends and the one I used to clean my Eton E1 XM.

      I have not myself used the stuff, so I can’t personally vouch for effectiveness.

      Based on this, it sounds like the solvent that uses is diethylene glycol butyl ether.

      EDIT2: Also on that site. Might be a good idea to look at what you’re buying if you do try some:

      https://swling.com/blog/2021/01/ron-notes-that-purple-power-is-not-the-same-product-or-formula-across-the-globe/

      Ron notes that “Purple Power” is not the same product or formula across the globe

      We’re shared a number of posts here about how well the product “Purple Power” cleans the sticky residue off of portable radios than once had a rubberized coating (the coating breaks down over time and becomes incredibly tacky).

      Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, RonF, who writes from Australia with this important note:

      Tip for non-USonians: what’s sold as “Purple Power” (and “Simple Green”, and several other frequently-recommended cleaners for this sort of thing) are not necessarily the same products around the world.

      For example, in the US “Purple Power” is an ethylene glycol based cleaner/degreaser; here in Aus, if you ask for “Purple Power” you’ll get a sodium hydroxide based degreaser.

      One will clean the gunk off your radio; the other will clean the gunk and most of the labelling off…