Newest wireless mac keyboard - do they drain battery?

[scopedk]

I heard the wireless keyboards for mac drains battery quick - is it still the case - are have the become better?

 

[GGJstudios]

I heard the wireless keyboards for mac drains battery quick - is it still the case - are have the become better?

I get around 4-5 months on a set of batteries.

 

[iKnackwurst]

I bought a new iMac in December 2012 and had to change the batteries once so far.

 

[scopedk]

thanx. is that considered improved?

 

[GGJstudios]

thanx. is that considered improved?

I see no difference from earlier AWK models.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

I got one in December and just replaced the batteries a few days ago. It's under pretty heavy daily use. I use Energizer Lithium batteries in my keyboards & mice.

My old wireless A1016 model (the white keyboard that uses 4 batteries) goes through them a little faster I think. Tough to say because it uses 4 batteries instead of 2 and I don't use it as heavily besides, but I think the newer one would use fewer batteries over a year's time with equivalent usage.

 

[TyPod]

I get around four months with mine and it gets heavy use daily.

 

[mfram]

At one point they released a wireless keyboard firmware update to deal with battery life issues. So whatever the earlier issue was, I'd say it's fixed. My experience is that the battery life isn't as long as Logitech keyboards I've owned, but it's not egregiously bad.