These generations of wireless mouses are fine. The advantage, as small as it is, is less drag from the wire and not having to juggle with wires when working with a laptop. Given the batteries these days I’m fine with wireless.

Now I do not have the same view on wireless keyboards as these are pretty much stationary by default.

[–] bisby@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The batteries are my main issue.

12 hour battery? I charge every night.

4 day battery life? I forget to charge until it dies, and then it dies in the middle of using it.

The mouse I have is only wireless for the "less drag while gaming" aspect but the cable is actually super nice, so I dont even mind the cable... I just leave it plugged in now.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

My laptop's wireless mouse has used the same AAA battery for months, and it gets used regularly. It's not daily, but it's at least a few times a week for an hour, and usually a lot more.

My wired mouse on my PC gets used about the same amount, but the cable occasionally catches under the corner of the keyboard. It's not helped by the fact that I move the keyboard around depending on what I'm doing. That's also the reason I'm considering a wireless keyboard as well though.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago

On the keyboard side it's nice if your setup has you moving the keyboard to store it when not using the computer, eating when watching media, etc.