Customer Reviews and Ratings

I had the same problem mentioned in several of the other reviews: Despite charging the mouse overnight (first with the rechargeable battery in the mouse and then just the rechargeable battery), my iMac was never able to detect the mouse and the mouse's power light never came on. I emailed Mobee support and they did try to help (asking me to email them photos of the battery contacts) but I have already invested too much time in this. I hope they get the manufacturing kinks worked out one day.

3 of 3 people found this useful

I have had my Mobee Magic Charger for 2 weeks now, it seemed to work pretty good, but it was disconnecting from my MacBook Pro every so often.
I found the problem to be, when the mouse was bumped or taped to hard, it would disconnect every time.
I tried cleaning the contacts but that made no difference.
Worse than that, if you take the Mobee battery pack out more than 3 times the little tiny plastic lock breaks.
Also I found that the charge was good but not as long as a decent set of batteries.
DON'T BUY ONE!!!!

I use my magic mouse constantly and this product has worked perfectly for me. My Magic Mouse is several years old, I purchased it when they first came out. The charger has worked perfectly for me. I haven't had the problems other reviewers have reported. The battery and lid were no harder to insert than the original battery compartment cover. I leave the mouse sitting on the pad and it is always fully charged whenever I begin to use it.

BTW, there is a nice widget (Mighty Monitor) that you can use on Dashboard to show your wireless battery levels. It is nice to always have the mouse charged. For me this has been an easy and elegant solution. I don't understand the problems others have had, but if it doesn't work for your mouse, return it to Apple for a full refund (within 14 days).

7 of 8 people found this useful

The cover for the battery compartment for the Magic mouse is made of a fairly sturdy piece of what I would guess is aluminum. You remove this piece and the batteries and insert the rechargeable battery from the Mobee. The part of the Mobee that essentially replaces the battery compartment cover is cheap and flimsy plastic. The portion of this that is up against the rechargeable batter is fine. The other part however, the part that locks into the mouse is subject to damage that the regular cover would be unlikely to sustain. I inserted the battery and close the case and the Mobee did not "turn on" the mouse. So I put it back on the charger to see if it was charged and it was. I popped the battery back out to make sure I seated it properly and upon my reinstall, the tab on the cover that goes over the black latch essentially snapped making it impossible to firmly seat the batteries in the device. Great idea, cheap execution.

4 of 7 people found this useful

I brought it in Nov 28th, 2011, then today I found it can not work anyway.

0 of 5 people found this useful

I have a number of Macs and Magic Mice. The Mobee Magic Charger will not charge an older MM but works flawlessly with a newer one I have. When I could not get the Mobee charger to work I went through all the problem solving steps listed by other. Finally I charged the battery pack outside the MM. But when inserted and fully charged it still would not connect. Next inserted the battery pack in a newer MM and it connected to my Mac and charged on the base. It has operated flawlessly for several weeks. It keeps this MM charged to 100%.

I suspect those with difficulties (after verifying that the pack is inserted properly) may have an older Magic Mouse. That would make charging problems a function of the mouse not Mobee.

5 of 6 people found this useful

Mouse weight is much less with this battery pack! Easy to use.

2 of 5 people found this useful

The concept and the look of the Magic Charger is great but only if it works. I charged the a battery overnight, installed it but the mouse didn't work. What made the situation more frustrating was removing the battery from the mouse. The battery fits too "perfectly" inside the mouse which it makes it very difficult to remove it afterward. I took it to an Apple store and they too couldn't take it off. Because it's a third party accessory, Apple will not take responsibility for the product even though I bought it off their website. I emailed Mobee and they gave me a tip on removing it but that didn't work either. In the end, I was able to pry it open (with extreme care!) with a small pocket knife and thank god, I didn't damage the mouse. To say I'm disappointed with the whole experience is an understatement.

Not to be so negative, I am extremely satisfied and having fun with my first iMac purchase ever.

9 of 10 people found this useful

sweet

2 of 8 people found this useful

I love it! I always wanted something like this but Apple never did it. Now, I no longer have to switch batteries for my mouse!

6 of 8 people found this useful