Lift-off distance is entirely sensor-dependant. Opticals are known to have significantly higher life-off distances. If that's important to you, go laser. It's one of the main reasons I really don't care for optical.

 

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Originally Posted by Kaldari

Lift-off distance is entirely sensor-dependant. Opticals are known to have significantly higher life-off distances. If that's important to you, go laser. It's one of the main reasons I really don't care for optical.

Well my old Sensei RAW had a really high LOD, and it was laser. My WMO has a lower LOD but not as low as I want it. Is there a trick to lowering the LOD?

 

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Originally Posted by Agoniizing

Well my old Sensei RAW had a really high LOD, and it was laser. My WMO has a lower LOD but not as low as I want it. Is there a trick to lowering the LOD?

I guess there are exceptions to every rule, but laser generally have lower LOD and opticals generally have higher.

I'm not aware of any tricks with modifying mice to change LOD.

 

Google search "mouse tape trick".

 

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Originally Posted by deepor

Google search "mouse tape trick".

Ahh yeah, I ran past that a many moons ago. I've never had a need for it, so it didn't stick.

 

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Originally Posted by Kaldari

I'm not aware of any tricks with modifying mice to change LOD.

The tape trick works because it's like this:

(1) The sensor is looking straight down onto the surface.
(2) There is a light illuminating that spot. That light is shining from the side, not straight down like the sensor.
(3) When you lift the mouse from the surface, the sensor still looks straight down. Because the light shines from the side, the illuminated spot moves away.
(4) The sensor stops tracking if the distance to the surface is getting so large that the illuminated spot moved away completely.

The tape trick cuts off a part of the light, making the illuminated spot smaller. Because of this, it will stop illuminating the area under the sensor earlier than normal, creating a lower lift-off-distance.

 

surface colour can aswell change the lod, red and white are for example colours that can lower LOD

 

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Originally Posted by CtrlAltel1te

surface colour can aswell change the LOD, red and white are for example colors that can lower LOD

This is why I have a black, grey, and white Supermat for my storm Xornet.

The Xornet also has some odd ability to have different LOD's with different firmwares. ( I forget which one I decided to keep but it works well for me. )

 

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Originally Posted by Xinoxide

This is why I have a black, grey, and white Supermat for my storm Xornet.

The Xornet also has some odd ability to have different LOD's with different firmwares. ( I forget which one I decided to keep but it works well for me. )

I used the cm storm spawn with fw61 on a white surface, the artisan shiden it lowered the lod significantly.

 

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Originally Posted by Xinoxide

This is why I have a black, grey, and white Supermat for my storm Xornet.

The Xornet also has some odd ability to have different LOD's with different firmwares. ( I forget which one I decided to keep but it works well for me. )

I used the cm storm spawn with fw61 on a white surface, the artisan shiden it lowered the lod significantly.

Do I have to Use a Specific type of Tape?

 

i tried my xornet on my red artisan hien and l/o is low but not as low as my fk or da2013
i forgot what firmware is on it, its been sitting in a box for almost a year now only took it out to test it just now lol

 

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Originally Posted by deepor

Google search "mouse tape trick".

+1

 

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Originally Posted by deepor

Google search "mouse tape trick".

Just wanted to post this,
Had the same problem, now I am used to it with the software settings from the mouse.

 

Put some mouse feet on top of the stock mouse feet to lift it a couple mm.