Bluetooth mouse with an on/off switch?

June 1, 2007 4:29 AM

Can someone please recommend me a good bluetooth mouse that features some sort of on/off switch?

I presently use a Logitech MX900 with my iMac but find that it drains my Energizer 2500mAh rechargeable batteries in just a few days because it just powers down/goes to sleep rather than actually being turned off.

I also have an original Apple bluetooth mouse, which has the switch underneath to turn it on and off so as to save battery life. However, I can't live without at least a right button and scroll wheel/middle button.

I know the bluetooth Mighty Mouse is an option, but I don't really like it that much so I would prefer something else

TIA

posted by nicholasboyle42 to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

I use the Logitech MX Laser and its awesome. It has an on/off button on the underside and also has a rechargeable battery with base station. With heavy use, I still get just under a week per charge.
posted by wile e at 4:38 AM on June 1, 2007

After rereading the post, you probably didn't want one with a base. So scratch my above suggestion.
posted by wile e at 4:39 AM on June 1, 2007

I have a ThinkOutside bluetooth travel mouse. Despite being advertised for Pocket PC, I've used it with a PC laptop and my iBook. It's small but I like it, and it has an on/off switch.
posted by cabingirl at 5:42 AM on June 1, 2007

Best answer: I have the Logitech V270. It has Bluetooth, a switch, clickable wheel and right button, and it will run on either one or 2 AA batteries.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 7:33 AM on June 1, 2007 [1 favorite]

Seconding the Logitech V270. I had a Kensington Bluetooth mouse that lacked an on/off button, and I went through batteries way too quickly. The V270 is about the same size (smaller than some of the full-size, rechargeable mice, but not so small that it feels weird in my hand), and my batteries last three or four times as long.
posted by lewistate at 7:50 AM on June 1, 2007

I miss my old 1st gen Microsoft bluetooth mouse (it even had drivers for OSX so that I could map all the buttons properly!) It had a power switch.

I currently use a Logitech MX700. It's great, except for the lack of a power switch, so I rigged a switch of sorts (I shaved off a bit of the battery door and taped a piece of plastic positioned so that I can easily block one battery terminal with it using one hand..kind of switch like :) ) Plain old alkalines w/out switch: 4 days. With switch: about 3 weeks.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 8:08 AM on June 1, 2007

Kensington makes the PilotMouse Mini Bluetooth mouse with a switch on the bottom - I lost my first one and liked it so much I bought another - retail $50, but it shows up on the discount sites from time to time.
posted by DandyRandy at 9:14 AM on June 1, 2007