Battery Life of Tamagotchi m!x

[yawnkun]

I've been paying with my Tamagotchi m!x Anniversary since January of this year and I have already consumed three pairs (le shock!) of alkaline batteries with it! I'm relatively surprised because I have an iD and an iDL, and they require new batteries only after 3-4 weeks.

To try to extend battery life, I turned off the sound and placed the brightness in the lowest setting, still, a pair of batteries only lasts a little over a week, tops. Since it's the only m!x unit I have as of the moment and I don't know anyone personally who has another compatible unit too, I have yet to use the IR connectivity feature, so needless to say "relentless use" of IR is out of the picture.

I am assuming this is due to the "Best Shot" game - since the game is really easy and I keep playing this to rack up on points and happiness. Perhaps it consumes so much battery because there's a lot going on the screen just to run the game.

Anyone have m!x Anniversaries too? Or Melody and Spacy m!xes? How is your battery life?

 

[psychotama]

Mine tend to last at least 2 weeks. A bit longer now because I don't play with it a ton. When I first got it I played constantly and even had the sound on and it lasted at least 2 weeks. I think I'm using alkaline batteries as well. You could always look into eneloop rechargeable batteries. Haven't tried them myself but I know a lot of people who love them for tamas.

 

[Kajah995]

I received this item from amazon after ordering it. I got it one month ago, fully charged them, and put them in my Tamagotchis.

And I haven't had to recharge them yet.

A M O N T H

To be fair I do keep my brightness at the lowest setting and turn sound off out of force of habit, BUT STILL!

I couldn't reccomend this item more.