Build Quality

Overall build quality is very solid. There is no rattle when shaking the mouse. When applying lateral pressure, no creaking or flexing of the shell can be observed. Activating the side buttons by squeezing the sides is impossible. Lastly, accidental clicks do not occur when slamming down the mouse.

Buttons

Main buttons on the Maya are very good. The right button in particular has moderate to high pre-travel, but post-travel is low on either button, and button response rather firm and snappy. Despite being visually separated from the shell, button movement is low even when provoked. Button stiffness is medium. A pair of Huano switches (blue transparent shell, pink plunger) are used for these.


Side buttons are very good to good. There is some pre-travel, and post-travel is high (forward button) to moderate (back button), though button response is satisfying nonetheless. The pressure point is even across the entirety of these. Button size and placement are good, as actuation is possible rather easily by rolling one's thumb across. A set of Huano switches (white plunger) are used here.

At the bottom of the mouse is a single button for cycling through the set CPI steps, which works fine. A seemingly unbranded tactile switch is used for this one. In addition, a slider switches between on and off-state, which too works fine.

Scroll Wheel

The scroll wheel is very good. Noise levels are fairly high, but tactility is very good, providing well-separated steps and controlled scrolling. The encoder comes from TTC (white or "Silver") and has a height of 11 mm. The middle (scroll wheel) click requires medium to high force for actuation. Another switch from Huano (white plunger) is used for this one.

Surface

The Maya has a matte surface all over. Grip is fine, and it doesn't attract fingerprints or dirt too much. It is easy to clean, and there are no signs of wear left after doing so. All in all, excellent materials.

Button Sound Test

Disassembly

Disassembling the Maya is moderately difficult. The screws are located beneath the front and rear skates. After removing those, five clips placed at the sides and rear also need to be removed, which can be surprisingly tricky. Wedging a credit card or something similar in is likely the best approach. Caution needs to be applied when separating the top and bottom shell to avoid ripping the cable connecting the two.

The design is efficient. The side buttons sit on their own PCB screwed into the top shell connected through a ribbon cable to the main PCB. The battery is stuck to an extension of the PCB at the rear. Everything else sits on the main PCB, which is very thin and has multiple holes to save weight, and which has been affixed to the bottom with four screws. Much like on the Atlantis, the PCB has been extended to the sides such that it aids with structural integrity. The MCU is a Nordic nRF52840, whose datasheet is found here. The Bluetooth capability of the chip remains unused. Production date for the side-button PCB is the 48th week of 2023.


As for the soldering and general quality of the PCB, I'm unable to find any noteworthy flaws.