g305 weight reduction / battery mod (57g) 

Hey so I know it's been a month so I'm just curious, how are those batteries working? Any issues? You mention that running 2 in parallel could break the mouse so I'm just curious for myself.

@@rygetlost6002 running batteries in parallel sums up their capacities for the same voltage while in series is the other way around, sums up their voltages for the same amount of capacity. The video shows him using LR44 cells which have around 150mah at 1.5v, some even at 1.55v which may or may not damage the mouse components due to high voltage. I use PR44 hearing aid cells instead, they usually have 650-750mah at 1.4v some at 1.45v and it basically has the same capacity of regular alkaline AAA batteries and are even lighter than lithium AAA ones.

@@ry178 Got it, thanks man! Just curious, how much less does that weigh? I'm asking bc rn I'm just using 1 AAA and even 70g is too much for me lol.

@@rygetlost6002 There's a difference of maybe at least 8g for 1 button cell. I'm sure it's less than half the weight of the AAA battery setup. Though the capacity is also halved against the energizer ultimate lithium AAA. A single AAA lithium battery with the plastic adapter usually weighs around 12g. PR44 with the same AA adapter weighs around 4-5g with slight modifications to the battery setup. imgur.com/a/mcT7z5t this link shows how it's done and you can cut off some more of the plastic adapter to shave of maybe 1g more of weight.

@@ry178 alright I'll probably end up using that but instead bend a paperclip and just hook it up that way lol

I prefer this type of battery.

They need to do a version for palm grips.

just an ordinary one for wood

i just got a lr44 battery holder off amazon, and i'm using a675 batteries

@@DevinDTV could you by any chance send a link to it? I dont know which to get and I just wanna get one I'll know works, thanks!

yes, you don't have to change the functionality of the mouse at all. i just preferred to not have those buttons

the center of mass is a tiny bit in front of the sensor

look for "precision screwdriver set" from anywhere

i just drilled anywhere that didn't look particularly structurally important. i'd also suggested not drilling through where the mouse feet are placed. it's not that precise of an operation. a mouse is massively over-engineered if you aren't throwing it against walls all day. i can squeeze my mouse pretty hard and don't notice any substantial flexing

@@DevinDTV alright! Thanks

a675 is the same size as the batteries in the video, so i just used the same holder

i use PTFE tape on my mouse feet and i have no idea about switches

I know I'm a little late lol, but if you're still interested I recommend Kailh GM 2.0 switches. They're lighter and more tactile. The difference in sound isn't much but it is slightly quieter than the stock switches as well.

@@rishisappidi7683 did you solder new switches

@@EraserNinja Yep, took apart my g305 and soldered them in. It was actually pretty easy compared to other soldering stuff i've done, its a good first project if you've never soldered before.

i tried it and it worked. i can't make any guarantees for your mouse

@@DevinDTV does it still work?

ah i figured it must be something like that but i don't really know how batteries work

What the best alternative? I also did this setup, I tried a silver oxide lr44 hoping it would fix the issue not knowing it was actually an amp issue. Is there another button battery I can use with rather than two in parallel? Otherwise I'm going to have to re-design my battery assembly because I completely ripped it out and soldered a little single button battery holder on.

@@ScumbagLemon i think 1 battery is gonna be tough because they don't provide much amp draw. I think your best bet is to use the a675 batteries

@@Iinustechtips Alright thanks for the heads up. Right now I have one a675 is it, going to see how long it lasts. I'm a electricity noob so correct me if I'm wrong, but running two of these in parallel rather than in a series like in this video would be better right? If I do this, could I use the same assembly he uses in this video? But make a positive connection in between the batteries and use the connections built off the assembly as negative connections? Or can the positive connections not be that close to each other? Trying to figure out the easiest way to make a parallel config.

@@ScumbagLemon I would reccomend running them in parallel, parallel increases the battery life but keeps the voltage the same, parallel is when you connect both the batteries + together and the - together. series keeps the battery life the same and doesn't change the battery life. Series is when you connect + with - for both of the terminals. Hope I made things clear :)

3v+ works. i don't know how high you can go

@@DevinDTV thx man.. im gonna around that 3v. and get CR2016 to put in i hope it works

@@DevinDTV i have question again.. can i use CR2032 to turn on this mouse? i cant find any LR44 Holder for this mouse :(

i play ow and the only thing i use them for is spamming voice lines anything relevant interferes with my aim in sc2 and of course WoW i used them