On 1/31/2017 7:03 AM, Kerr Mudd-John wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:33:58 -0000, RS Wood wrote:

On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:06:15 -0000, Kerr Mudd-John
wrote:

Do you normally turn these mice off each night manually, or do you just
let
them go to sleep on their own?

Get rechargeable ones, then not so much to worry about.

I have rechargeable batteries.

The crappy Lithium ones that Costco sells.
Enviro brand I think they're called. Blue paper labels.

I'll see if they work since the voltage is lower and the internal
impedance
is lower, which means they "might" not work as well as Alkaline batteries
do.

They lithium batteries will put out more current (because of the lower
internal impedance) but for a mouse, more current isn't needed. They will
last long in storage, probably as long as the Alkaline ones last, so,
that
means they'll keep their charge over time if the mouse is unused.

The differentiator will likely be whether the lower voltage will work (it
generally does for most things, but not all things).

It does for my family's mice (I'm happier with a wired one, being stuck
in the past)

I to am using a wired mouse, as in my experience the wireless have to
have their batteries replaced about once every three or four weeks.