isnt this the damndest thing

the batteries will be in there for about 2 weeks, then i'll here a slight sizzle, and when that happens, i flip the mouse over, battery case facing up, wait about 10 seconds, and then POP, the batteries fling themselves outta there, leaking battery fluid everywhere. I usually just wipe it off the plastic to make sure it doesnt do any permanent damage. Hasnt so far. Tonight was the second time it's happened (happened about 2 weeks ago as well)

do you think i bought a bad bunch of batteries, or is it the mouse? (the batteries are just regular duracells)

8/1/2005 1:29:05 AM

dangerous much?

8/1/2005 1:36:53 AM

yea, probably is. as long as i dont lose a hand or nothin i'll be alright though.

8/1/2005 1:38:00 AM

your mouse has an Al-Kalinea sleeper cell...time to send in the troops.

hard problem to diagnose...might try borrowing the TV remote's batteries and using them for a test. if they pop you'd know you have a bad mouse. though I'm inclined to believe that any mouse that would blow up batteries wouldn't work very well...if you've not seen problems with the mouse I'd guess it's the batteries. but there's really only one way to test it...another set of batteries from a different package.

8/1/2005 7:20:58 AM

stop flipping the mouse over.

[Edited on August 1, 2005 at 7:59 AM. Reason : d]

8/1/2005 7:59:35 AM

you need a mighty mouse http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/

not cordless, but I doubt it will sizzle at you. it might whistle so you'll question it's sexuality, but not sizzle.

8/2/2005 10:52:09 AM

just keep trying it, and use more powerful batteries

8/2/2005 10:58:08 AM

take video of that shit.

8/2/2005 11:19:33 AM

^haha yeah

8/2/2005 1:12:45 PM

I'd be getting a new mouse if I were you. Let this serve as another example as to why cordless mice aren't the best ideas. Replacing batteries is annoying enough, but exploding batteries!?! I'll gladly put up with a cord to avoid a potential exploding acid bomb.

8/2/2005 2:00:45 PM

I would like to know how to make batteries explode like that...

8/2/2005 2:04:07 PM

Yeah, that would be kind of cool to be able to do at will.

8/2/2005 2:15:36 PM

five bucks says they are in backwards

8/2/2005 2:54:53 PM

Doubt it.

8/2/2005 3:51:07 PM

Actually I think there one of the X-men had that power

I think his name was Batterion or something

8/2/2005 3:55:43 PM

aha

nah, the batteries were in the right way

i put in batteries from a different pack

it's been fine since then.

8/20/2005 1:41:09 AM

same type of batteries? (nicad, nimh, lipoly?)

8/20/2005 1:52:43 AM

NIMH POWAH!

8/20/2005 10:56:44 AM

rub the battery acid in your eyes

8/20/2005 11:07:14 AM