I also am not really a fan of wireless mice because I hate when things die on me, as I am too lazy to plug them in. But I have not recharged this mouse in the two weeks I have been using it, and I just went down to one battery light today. The plus is that if I do run low, I can plug directly into the mouse and charge while using it, so no worries there anymore. If I had to pick one quarrel with this mouse, it would not be the mouse itself, but the fact I don't know what the battery lights are measured at. That is a documentation issue though and not the fault of the mouse. I tried switching back to other mice and it just does not feel the same, so I keep going back to the Chimera M2, which will now take the place of my primary mouse for my home office. If you are wanting to pick up a really good mouse for your money (I saw it for as low as $40 on Amazon), then I would recommend the Chimera M2 Dual Mode Mouse from IOGear be put on your consideration list.