Magic mouse battery at 10% after 16 days ?!?

[slo-climber]

16 days ago I bought rMBP with Magic mouse. Today, it's battery level is at 10%. Is this normal? Do I really have to change batteries in the mouse every 3 weeks?

PS: I was not turning the mouse off during the night or when I didn't use my mac.

 

[simonsi]

I use rechargeables, turn it off 5pm-9am and weekends and yes I charge the batts approx monthly....

 

[glenthompson]

I use alkaline AA and leave it on all the time. Current set have been in place for over a month and showing 100%.

 

[andeify]

+1 dont turn it off. I use duracel batteries. good quality ones last longer than cheapos, i bought a stack of cheap batterys and i went through them in no time

With light use and good heavy batteries i get 3-4 months

 

[eneisch]

Approximately how many hours per day are you using the magic mouse? My usage is very light (maybe an hour a day) and I never turn it off. The battery lasted about 3 months for me.

 

[Hieveryone]

16 days ago I bought rMBP with Magic mouse. Today, it's battery level is at 10%. Is this normal? Do I really have to change batteries in the mouse every 3 weeks?

PS: I was not turning the mouse off during the night or when I didn't use my mac.

If you use it a lot, that sounds reasonable. I'll second what someone else said, use Duracell. I use Duracell and it lasts forever.

 

[Weaselboy]

16 days ago I bought rMBP with Magic mouse. Today, it's battery level is at 10%. Is this normal? Do I really have to change batteries in the mouse every 3 weeks?

PS: I was not turning the mouse off during the night or when I didn't use my mac.

It sounds like you are a fairly heavy user like me... that's about what I get.

Get yourself some a pack of these Eneloop rechargeables with the charger for $18 and you will never buy any more batteries. These work great for me.

 

[joebingo]

Buy pro cells, they're the same as duracell ultra but a pack of 10 costs the same as a pack of 4 duracell ultra.

The Magic Mouse does tend to eat up batteries a little though. Turn it off when you're not using it, but you'll still go through the things.

 

[SaSaSushi]

Get yourself some a pack of these Eneloop rechargeables with the charger for $18 and you will never buy any more batteries. These work great for me.

+1 for the Eneloops. I've been rolling with them since my first Magic Mouse in 2009 and also get about 3 weeks to a month per fully charged set. Why throw away batteries? It seems to me to be economically, not to mention environmentally, wasteful.

 

[MCAsan]

I usually swap out the batteries in the both our mice once a month and rotate them through the charger. It takes maybe 5 minutes time. The charger takes a few hours to recharge a battery set. We never bother to turn the mice off.

 

[maflynn]

FWIW, my batteries tend to last a month or two - I really don't keep track.

I use the mouse 6 days a week as I work from home most days, and the mouse lasts a long time on a single set