My mouse is consuming 2+ batteries a week, and it's starting to piss me off.
 

The genius who designed this mouse thought it would be a good idea to let the mouse light (it's optical) blink like a fucking rave party when it is idle, and leave out an off-switch.

It's a Creative Desktop Wireless 6000 mouse.

Avoid this demon-infested crap like the devil.

:mad:

Probably manufactured by Duracell ;)

feed it less?

I have the same fucking problem, they should let the thing snooze the time its not in use. Dumbasses

i needed to change mine every 8 hours, i work about 18 hours daily so that worked like shit

the MS mouse that I use rocks...

eats a pair of AA batteries about once every month and a half. I just use rechargeables and don't worry about it.

The reason it consumes so much power is that the mouse lights up half the fucking room even when it is idle.

And I have tried many different battery brands.

Answer to your problem :

Logitech MX700 Rechargeable cordless optical mouse :glugglug

http://www.bbs-informatique.fr/bouti...ical_grand.jpg

At home I've got a wireless keyboard and mouse from logitech. The keyboard rocks but the mouse doesn't work at all.:(

get a set of NI-MH rechargables. 1000mA ones should last a week easy on each charge as my 1200mA ones lasted 9 days a charge. I had a Logitech rave party mouse once too and that was my only solution. Better batteries.

someone needs to invent a mouse that recharges from moving it. Theres a word for this but it escapes me. Watches have it.

Have you followed the manual and let it idle on a blank sheet of WHITE paper? Battery life doubles man

Get a real mouse...
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...CONTENTID=8070

You will never look back :glugglug

Go back to old school :glugglug

just buy a battery charger and 4 rechargable batteries.. by the time the 2 have gone out, you have 2 ready to go

Manuals are not manly. ;)

Thanks for the tip.

Yes, this seems to be my solution.

I've had my MS wireless mouse since the end of December and I've only changed the battery three times.

I purchased a wireless keyboard in late January/early February and haven't changed the batteries yet.

Bingo, exaclty my setup too. I use the metal halides, so far they're lasting about 4-6 weeks per charge.


Charger and 2 sets of AAA batteries was about $60 total. Sweet deal, since an 8 pack of duracells here is like $12-to-$14 bucks a pop.

Either you got bad bunch of batteries or a fucked up mouse.
I guess you already knew that.

um...rechargeable batteries

i didn't even think people bought normal batteries anymore....considering the amount of shit we use batteries for this seems like a common sense option

It is a common sense option, yes. But you don't think much about it when batteries actually last. I am getting a recharger though. I hate wires and additional crap, but I guess I have to.

You forgot the "product designers are mental midgets with no foresight" option.