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Re:Wireless Is a Trap (2020) by therein on Thursday October 19, 2023 @02:14PM (#37946445)
> The battery also lasts a week or two, with some clever software tuning so it runs at a lower polling rate when not playing games. It charges in an hour or two.

That is surprising. I could have sworn we were way above that threshold now. I remember using some wireless Logitech mice that I never powered off manually and they lasted over 6-7 months of all day usage on one or two AA-batteries.

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Re:Wireless Is a Trap (2020) by Night_Thastus on Thursday October 19, 2023 @02:24PM (#37946583)
Mine might be a bit less because I crank it to 1000 poll/s and play a lot of games.

If you don't do any gaming and are fine with 125/s, you'll get a lot longer life.

My last mouse that used one AAA lasts ~3 months on a battery.

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