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Users of this mouse, how much of an actual inconvenience is the charge port being on the bottom? From the docs it says a month or more of usage from a single ch

Users of this mouse, how much of an actual inconvenience is the charge port being on the bottom? From the docs it says a month or more of usage from a single charge.

klysm 2y ago
Incredibly mind numbingly annoying if you are even in a scenario where you want to use and charge at the same time. Sure it’s rare, but it’s so stupid
lunatuna 2y ago
I’m getting over a month of charge time. Worse case is - take my laptop off the dock and use the keyboard and mouse on it. The pain of everyday life on The Verge is legendary.
distalx 2y ago
I've been using it for more than 3 years now. The charge usually lasts for a week. I normally put it for a charge during the night, so it's not that inconvenient for me. I think it has become a meme now that Apple can't even design practical things, but people will still buy it. And this just adds to it.
magnetowasright 2y ago
Personally, I find it really irritating. I will admit that I rarely use my mouse as it's in my (non home) office. Every single time I go to the office (whether it's been days, weeks, or months since last using it) I have to plug it in and wait. Does it take long? Not really, for now. I still hate it, though. It's just irritating. When the stupid thing's battery totally degrades it will be totally unusable because of the design. I hate that, personally. I have a 2011 MacBook Air whose battery died I don't know how many years ago but I can still use it because the charging port works and provides enough power to run the thing anyway. Sure, it's a mouse and not a whole computer so a significantly smaller investment or whatever but I do wish they'd just put the stupid bloody port on the front so I could use it like I (and everyone else seems to) expect to. Yes, I should simply not have gotten the mouse in the first place if I hate it that much. I still hate it and the whole vendor ecosystem walled garden shenanigans apple do that led me to just get the apple mouse, but here I am complaining about it anyway lol
flappyeagle 2y ago
It lasts over a month easily for me. But charging is annoying enough that I have 2 of them and switch the other one to charger so I don’t need to stop work or use a different pointing device
kubectl_h 2y ago
I was annoyed when I first started using them, but at this point I usually put it on the charger once a month and I haven't had it die on me in years. Typically I'll plug it in when I am putting my headphones on to charge for the next day and I get a feeling that it's been a while since I've charged it. It's really no big deal to me. I've come to prefer the ergonomics of the mouse to a traditional Logitech type mouse. I also love my Mac full keyboard with numbers. Will never go back to a traditional keycap keyboard.
frabcus 2y ago
It means I have to remember to put it on charge before I leave the office, and I never do remember. It stresses me out even trying to remember. My current strategy is to set a calendar alarm at 6pm once a month to remind me to plug it in as I leave work that day. I'm hoping that works! That I'm having to do that shows how bad a design it is.

Users of this mouse, how much of an actual inconvenience is the charge port being on the bottom? From the docs it says a month or more of usage from a single charge.

klysm 2y ago

Incredibly mind numbingly annoying if you are even in a scenario where you want to use and charge at the same time. Sure it’s rare, but it’s so stupid

lunatuna 2y ago

I’m getting over a month of charge time. Worse case is - take my laptop off the dock and use the keyboard and mouse on it. The pain of everyday life on The Verge is legendary.

distalx 2y ago

I've been using it for more than 3 years now. The charge usually lasts for a week. I normally put it for a charge during the night, so it's not that inconvenient for me. I think it has become a meme now that Apple can't even design practical things, but people will still buy it. And this just adds to it.

magnetowasright 2y ago

Personally, I find it really irritating. I will admit that I rarely use my mouse as it's in my (non home) office. Every single time I go to the office (whether it's been days, weeks, or months since last using it) I have to plug it in and wait. Does it take long? Not really, for now. I still hate it, though. It's just irritating. When the stupid thing's battery totally degrades it will be totally unusable because of the design. I hate that, personally. I have a 2011 MacBook Air whose battery died I don't know how many years ago but I can still use it because the charging port works and provides enough power to run the thing anyway. Sure, it's a mouse and not a whole computer so a significantly smaller investment or whatever but I do wish they'd just put the stupid bloody port on the front so I could use it like I (and everyone else seems to) expect to. Yes, I should simply not have gotten the mouse in the first place if I hate it that much. I still hate it and the whole vendor ecosystem walled garden shenanigans apple do that led me to just get the apple mouse, but here I am complaining about it anyway lol

flappyeagle 2y ago

It lasts over a month easily for me. But charging is annoying enough that I have 2 of them and switch the other one to charger so I don’t need to stop work or use a different pointing device

kubectl_h 2y ago

I was annoyed when I first started using them, but at this point I usually put it on the charger once a month and I haven't had it die on me in years. Typically I'll plug it in when I am putting my headphones on to charge for the next day and I get a feeling that it's been a while since I've charged it. It's really no big deal to me. I've come to prefer the ergonomics of the mouse to a traditional Logitech type mouse. I also love my Mac full keyboard with numbers. Will never go back to a traditional keycap keyboard.

frabcus 2y ago

It means I have to remember to put it on charge before I leave the office, and I never do remember. It stresses me out even trying to remember. My current strategy is to set a calendar alarm at 6pm once a month to remind me to plug it in as I leave work that day. I'm hoping that works! That I'm having to do that shows how bad a design it is.