• Hexarei@programming.devOP
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    1 year ago

    It was 100% worth it for me, but I have several handhelds that I have disassembled numerous times and have proper tools, so I wasn’t expecting any big trouble. I decided beforehand that I wasn’t going to swap the touchpad covers or the buttons, because I think they look cheap and bad. So that simplified concerns about the touchpads being fragile and/or hard to modify.

    My process was to watch extremeRate’s howto before buying, and then weigh the risks as such:

    • Assuming no carelessness, what’s likely to break?
      • Screen
      • Trigger hinge(s)
    • How much do they cost?
      • $70
      • $20 (each)

    And since I can afford ~$110 it would cost if I broke both triggers and the screen, it would be sad if I broke it, but not a huge problem.

    And … I love it. I keep looking at it and just being floored that it’s mine.