Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse?

From	aer <noemail@noemail.xxx>
Newsgroups	alt.windows7.general, alt.comp.os.windows-8, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse?
Date	2021-10-19 08:09 -0400
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On 10/19/21 7:32 AM, knuttle wrote:
> On 10/19/2021 7:15 AM, R.Wieser wrote:
>> Frank,
>>
>>>   The package says "36-month battery life" for the keyboard and
>>> "18-month battery life" for the mouse. It also says "Battery life may
>>> vary based on user [sic], environmental and computing conditions". But
>>> it does not say whether that assumes that the devices are switched off
>>> when not in use and if so, during which periods.
>>
>> That "battery life" is specified for when the devices are in use.  
>> Although
>> batteries do leak some charge when they are not in use it is pretty-much
>> negligable for modern ones (think 10-20 years).
>>
>>>   So what do you do? Do you switch them off when not using the computer
>>> for a long time, for example during the night?
>>
>> I personally never switch them off when they are on the table.  And 
>> yes, I
>> get at least the battery life outof them you mentioned.   Than again, I'm
>> not using them over prolonged periods (an hour or two each day).
>>
>> IOW, I don't think that the stand-by current is something you need to 
>> worry
>> about (both the keyboard and mouse go to sleep after a while of not being
>> used, only to be woken up by a keypress)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rudy Wieser
>>
>>
> I am a  use of a mouse,  I have tried the wireless ones and find that I 
> get a couple of weeks use from the mouse, be for its response become 
> very slow.  Yes I could get a little longer use on the batteries, but 
> the response becomes painful.
> 
> I have gave up on them and gone back to a wired mouse.

I used to use a wireless mouse and keyboard at work for a few years. I 
always turned them off before I went home for the day. I didn't have to 
replace the batteries that often, I'd say about once a year if I 
remember correctly. But I switches back to wired keyboards and mice so I 
don't have to remember to turn them off and it's one less thing I have 
to do.

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[OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-10-19 09:40 +0000
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-10-19 13:15 +0200
    Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? knuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-10-19 07:32 -0400
      Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? aer <noemail@noemail.xxx> - 2021-10-19 08:09 -0400
      Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2021-10-19 10:24 -0500
        Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-10-19 16:30 +0100
          Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2021-10-19 15:25 -0500
            Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-10-19 23:38 +0100
      Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? FACE <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> - 2021-12-24 07:48 -0500
        Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-12-24 08:08 -0500
          Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? FACE <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> - 2021-12-24 09:22 -0500
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-10-19 08:36 -0400
    Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2021-10-19 10:21 -0500
    Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? FACE <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> - 2021-12-24 08:20 -0500
      Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2021-12-24 10:31 -0600
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2021-10-19 08:55 -0400
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Fokke Nauta <usenet@solfon.nl> - 2021-10-19 16:41 +0200
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2021-10-19 16:59 +0000
    Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Edward Hernandez <dtgamer99@gmail.com> - 2021-10-19 17:17 +0000
      Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2021-10-19 18:39 +0000
        Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Edward Hernandez <dtgamer99@gmail.com> - 2021-10-19 18:53 +0000
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2021-10-19 18:07 +0000
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-10-20 15:12 +0000
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2021-10-26 14:07 +0100
    Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2021-10-28 16:37 +0100

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