kony <spam@spam.com> wrote
> UCLAN <nomail@thanks.org> wrote
>> //// Owen \\\\ wrote

>>>> I have a logitech LX7 now. It lasts way longer than other
>>>> mice I have had. It doesnt have the recharger cradle, but
>>>> thats fine with me cause I always had problems with those.

>>> It seems everbody has problems with Logitech's recharger/cradle.
>>> I wonder when they will fix this problem.

>> What problem? Once it starts giving me trouble, I simply clean the
>> charging contacts of the cradle and the mouse (about once a year.)
>> End of trouble. The batteries acted up once. A charge cycle in my
>> Maha ended *that* quickly.

> The problem is that the vast majority of your consumer
> electronics work without these kinds of issues,

What matters is JUST those that need some way to conveniently
recharge them, most obviously with cordless and cell phones.

> else every single thing you touch would have extra burdens.

Nope, only the relatively power hungry devices that
arent practical to have to change the batterys.

> You're making an exception for one product

Nope, for a product that uses power significantly,
just like cordless and cellphones do.

> and it would not be reasonable to continually add additional
> "trivial" burdens (as Rod put it) onto every single thing you own

You only need that sort of convenience with the higher power use devices.

> because it all adds up.

Nope, most of them like remotes never need that easy recharge convenience,
because they dont use enough power for a battery change to be a nuisance.