Cordless Mouse Battery Life

[0ptima]

I have a MS Wireless Mouse 700 and the batteries last less than a month. Can the type of mouse pad I use affect battery life?

[IDN]

Probably not, but my mouse batteries only last 8-12 hours.

[ManagerJosh]

Mine typically lasts for 4 days becuase of the high amount of use I have.

[Chroder]

My old Logitech MX1000 used to last about 4 days I think. This newer one, MX Revolution, lasts me about 2.

[Joe Gronlund]

My Microsoft Wireless Optical mouse lasts about 4 weeks

[Dilly]

Why do you all use wireless if it lasts that short an amount of time?

[Caiman]

I got a MS Wireless Optical 2 and indeed, 4 weeks of use is about what I get from it. Dilly, I don't really think a month is such a short time, and I use rechargable batteries, so it's no biggie.

[Joe Gronlund]

Why do you all use wireless if it lasts that short an amount of time?

Use rechargeables, buy a 15 min battery recharger "I user Rayovac myself", and keep an extra set of batteries always recharged on hand..
Do the same for wireless keyboard..

[Dilly]

Yeah that's fair enough, but is it just for the sake of having it wireless? Or does it actually serve some other purpose.

[IDN]

Yeah that's fair enough, but is it just for the sake of having it wireless? Or does it actually serve some other purpose.

I use rechargeable, but I have a desk that with no keyboard slot and I don't feel like having my mouse wire hanging over the front of it.

[Caiman]

wires are annoying, get in the way, indeed.

[0ptima]

wires are annoying, get in the way, indeed.

Thats why I got it. Im just going to have to get rechargeable batteries.

[Chroder]

My keyboard is wired, I don't care about that. But a wire on the mouse always annoys me, much more free with wireless

[Kathy]

My logitech optical wireless mouse is used at least 8+ hours per day and the last batteries lasted almost a year. I changed out the batteries over 6 months ago and they are still going strong. No magic batteries. Its the mouse that uses batteries differently.

[0ptima]

My logitech optical wireless mouse is used at least 8+ hours per day and the last batteries lasted almost a year. I changed out the batteries over 6 months ago and they are still going strong. No magic batteries. Its the mouse that uses batteries differently.

Wht kind of mouse pad do you use?