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Is your Magic Mouse battery sub-par?

Are you getting the expected battery life on your Magic Mouse?

  • Yes

    Votes: 16 28.1%

  • No but I am okay with it.

    Votes: 19 33.3%

  • No and I am pissed off!

    Votes: 22 38.6%
  • Total voters
    57
52% left after 17 days of heavy use. Probably 5-7 hours a day mostly web browsing. I don't see how it can possibly make it to four months.
 
Wow mine went from 93 to 98% overnight.(Yes it actually went up) Though I did take my batteries out and put them back in last night.

Maybe if some of you with low batteries try that it might go back up a little. Let me know if this works for anyone else.
 
A) I think you can trust the "you have x% of power left" message about as much as you can trust the "Estimated time for transfer 15 minutes" messages! 😉

B) my Mighy Mouse would do between 25~30 days (I kept a log for a few months) on ONE rechargable AA cell.

C) at this point I can't seem to get Mr. Magic Mouse to run on ONE AA cell of any type.

D) there is no 4th point to this post

🙂
 
The default batteries are "bulk" rated usually, even if they're branded Energizer, for example. The real test is using a name brand battery in the mouse after the factory installed ones die.

My magic mouse started at 90%, then seems to plummet within a couple weeks in the 50% range -- where's it's been ever since (on the factory installed batts).
 
Now at 62% after 2 weeks and a day (Nov. 7th) on the original batteries. Daily use, approx. 3-4 hours on average, more on days off.
 
Battery at 68% after 4 and 1/2 weeks. IT has actually gone up since last week though. I think the indicator in mac OS X is bad and not the mouse.
 
I use rechargeable, high capacity (2650 mAh) Duracell batteries in both my (3 cell) Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse.

Of course, because the cells are only rated at 1.2v, I have never seen the charge percentages over %70 but they last about three weeks between charges. That doesn't bother me much as I have a full set of charged batteries and a coin in the drawer next to the keyboard tray. It takes a few seconds to change the batteries and I'm back in business.

I do, however, hate charging an odd number of batteries because I don't know if charging one by itself will harm it or change it's characteristics compared to those charged together. Whatever, I guess it's petty.
 
Battery at 17% after 14 days of heavy use. Average about 10-12 hours a day for work (mostly programming) and it is never turned off. Very disappointed if the meter is accurate. Running OS X 10.6.2 if that makes a difference.

I would have bought a wired Magic Mouse if available because I hate the idea of replacing batteries for a desktop machine.
 
Mine's now at 34% after 25 days of daily use (purchased on Nov 7). This is my first wireless mouse, so I've nothing to compare it to, but I'm still happy with the mouse overall. Just not having the scroll ball is satisfaction enough. I leave it on and just put the computer to sleep when it's not in use.
 
Anyone have any experience with rechargeable Eneloop batteries by Sanyo in the MM?

It seems like this thing practically demands rechargeables by the way it chews through batteries. Very disappointed.
 
kellte2 said:
Anyone have any experience with rechargeable Eneloop batteries by Sanyo in the MM?

It seems like this thing practically demands rechargeables by the way it chews through batteries. Very disappointed.
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I am about to use them. I bought a packaged deal for $30 on Amazon, then they credited my account another $5 for some reason (though the price increased and did not decrease). I am at 18% with heavy use as of 10.30 and frankly shocked as 4 days ago I was at 43%. It seems once it hits the 40 mark it is smooth sailing into a steamy pile of battery waste from there.
 
jessica. said:
I am about to use them. I bought a packaged deal for $30 on Amazon, then they credited my account another $5 for some reason (though the price increased and did not decrease). I am at 18% with heavy use as of 10.30 and frankly shocked as 4 days ago I was at 43%. It seems once it hits the 40 mark it is smooth sailing into a steamy pile of battery waste from there.
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Do the batteries stop recharging after a certain amount of cycles?
 
Well, mine is at 15% and I've had it since it came a month ago with my 27" iMac. So I would say that is not a 4 month battery, unfortunately.
 
It's all dependent on how much you use your mouse, but I'm finding that mine lasts about 3 months. I don't care though since I use a rechargeable battery. As soon as the alert shows up that the battery is low, I switch it out with another that's already charged.
 
I use my magic mouse everyday with new energizer ultimate lithium batteries and got 100% for a few days then when i checked it was on about 85% and after a few days it drained all the power and was dead.


What's going on??
 
69% after about 3 weeks. I didnt start turning it and my keyboard off when I turned the iMac off until about a week ago tho.
 
Dead in 4 Weeks

Got iMac at Chrsitmas, Heavy 6 hours per day for three of those weeks. Magic Mouse batteries died today.
 

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kellte2 said:
Anyone have any experience with rechargeable Eneloop batteries by Sanyo in the MM?

It seems like this thing practically demands rechargeables by the way it chews through batteries. Very disappointed.
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The original batteries that came with the mouse from Apple lasted a bit less than 3 weeks. I now have eneloops. First time the fully charged eneloops lasted 1 week. Second time (now) - I've had them for one day, and I'm down to 73%. I do word processing and some web surfing, about 12 hours a day, nothing exceptionally intense, and I don't switch off at night.

This is the worst battery drainer ever.
 
I thought the battery life was really good. I used it heavily for 3 days and it said it was still 100%. But then, I turned off the mouse and when I turned it back on, it said 97%. I did it again after 5 more hours of use and it said 93%. It seems like the battery meter doesn't refresh until the mouse is turned off and on again. I'm really worried about the battery life of the mouse now. I've never owned a wireless mouse before, but I know this is bad! Why do all Apple product batteries suck ass (beside their laptops sometimes)?

Do you guys think BetterTouchTool drains the battery since it has to listen to so many new gestures?
 
I ran down my original batteries in about 2 weeks. Since then I use rechargeables and so having a fresh set sitting in a charger alleviates me having to worry about battery life.
 
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