How long does your wireless mouse batteries last

[strizlow800]

As the title says, share your experience how often do you change/recharge batteries on your wireless mice?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Depends on the quality of the batteries.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Far too many variables for posted results to mean much, so a bit pointless all in all.

 

[jaguarskx]

It also depends on the mouse as well. I use two wireless mice at home. One is a basic HP bluetooth mouse that I cannot remember what the model is, but it was rather inexpensive at about $30. The other is a Logitech Performance MX mouse I bought back in 2009 for around $75 on sale..

The HP mouse uses two AA batteries and it lasts a pretty long time. Assuming I play games 4 hours a day everyday, it can last roughly 3 weeks or 84 hours I think. Probably more than that at the moment I can't remember when was the last time I charged the batteries. The Logitech Performance MX mouse uses a single AA battery and under the same circumstances it probably lasts 5 or 6 days or 20 - 24 hours. I'll need to break out my other Performance MX mouse to test using the same battery to determine if the short battery is due to "wear and tear" because I remember battery life being long than that when it was new. The battery itself is relatively new with less than 1 year of usage.

The Performance MX mouse use a technology called "Dark Field" which even allows you to use the mouse on a pillow, but it probably draws a lot of power.

I use Eneloop batteries which are manufactured by Panasonic. The Performance MX mouse came with an Eneloop battery so that was nice.


https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-BK-3MCCA4BA-Pre-Charged-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B00JHKSN76?th=1


I use the La Crosse BC-700 Alpha battery charger. It is a full featured charger, though a bit expensive at $32. It has 3 charge modes; 200mA (~10 hours to recharge), 500mA (~ 5 hours to recharge) and 700mA (~ 2 hours to recharge). Using the lower amperage prolongs the life (# of recharges) of AA / AAA rechargeable batteries. It defaults to 200mA.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RSOV50/ref=pd_sim_23_4?ie=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000RSOV50&pd_rd_r=2TZ1MAZQ8SNSSXJ12A0K&pd_rd_w=IreTo&pd_rd_wg=lC9JZ&psc=1&refRID=2TZ1MAZQ8SNSSXJ12A0K


I recently discovered that it can recharge alkaline batteries. I put in a dead Duracell battery and the charger was able to recharge the battery. Since I do not have the appropriate testing equipment I do not know how much of the original charge capacity has been restored. Since Alkaline batteries are not meant to be recharged, I assume the charge capacity is less than half of the original capacity when the Duracell battery was new. I assume subsequent recharging will restore less and less of the capacity until the battery is truly dead.

 

[ssddx]

depends on the mouse, how often you use it, quality of the batteries and how many batteries it takes.

my experience with ones that take double a has always been 1-3 months. performance mice less than half that.

 

[strizlow800]

Thanks for the answers. I was hoping for some concrete numbers but still good enough. For example mine is cheap china mouse from eBay which works with one set of batteries one month for now, and still good.