One Month Battery Life MS Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000

Anonymous
2010-07-26T19:06:20+00:00

I purchased this mouse a few months ago, and use it daily.  I'm very happy with the performance, but not with the battery life.

I am forced to replace the battery every month, almost to the day.

The mouse is used primarily with my desktop system, both in my web development work, and general usage.  I estimate my active use at 8 hours daily, but my systems are powered on all the time.

I have used new name brand alkaline batteries (Energizer, Duracell) and the last 2 months, Energizer Lithium batteries, with no difference.

It's impractical for me to turn the mouse on and off throughout the day.

The packaging claims up to 10 months of battery life - obviously I'm not getting anywhere near that.

I have the latest intellipoint drivers and otherwise my Win 7/64 system is up to date.

Do you have any ideas why I'm having this issue, and what I might be able to do about it?

Thanks in advance - as I said, I love the mouse, but the battery costs are eating me alive!

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Anonymous
2010-07-26T19:38:15+00:00

Have you tried contacting MS support about getting it exchanged/replaced? How about the place you bought it? I've had a few wireless mice, and their batteries have all lasted longer than a month, but only one has lasted as long as 10 months. I have a MS Natural Wireless Laser 6000 that they last 6 months, almost to the day. But the batteries in my Logitech V470 Bluetooth Notebook mouse last about 4 months, and it's turned off more than on.

I think you have a defective mouse, but I'm sure neither your merchant nor Microsoft would take my word for it :-)

SC Tom

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-07-14T08:04:10+00:00

    Hello, i also bought this mouse and yesterday my batteries died (2 months, turning it off during night) so i bought new rechargable batteries and today it is dead again, tomorrow i am going to the return it to the store.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-06-28T04:59:35+00:00

    I also bought this "MS Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000" and my battery lasts for about 20 days only because my mouse is turned on for about 15 hrs daily. 

    I'm just planning to buy a rechargeable battery so I won't waste a lot of money.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-04-02T19:47:40+00:00

    I was searching the anwsers for something else relating to this mouse model but I too purchased this mouse only a month ago and the battery has now expired. I did forgot to turn it off overnight on a couple of occasions but this short lift seems to me that to get it to work for 10 months, as claimed, on the same battery you should only use it for about 5mins per day.

    Looks like I'm going to need a bulk pack of batteries as only getting a tenth of the proclaimed life out of them!

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-09-20T15:31:57+00:00

    I've had to replace the battery twice in less than 3 months. I don't turn off my mouse.

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