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    Braaaaaains Battery Hogs

    I have an "electronic butterfly in a jar" thing, which is pretty cool, but it chews through batteries like nobody's business. I have to put new batteries in there every two or three weeks. I think something's wrong with it.

    What is the biggest battery hog you have ever had the displeasure of using? HARD MODE: Something besides Sega Game Gear.

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    This god damn clear Wii controller uses batteries like Americans consume McDonalds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pike View Post
    I have an "electronic butterfly in a jar" thing, which is pretty cool, but it chews through batteries like nobody's business. I have to put new batteries in there every two or three weeks. I think something's wrong with it.

    What is the biggest battery hog you have ever had the displeasure of using? HARD MODE: Something besides Sega Game Gear.
    I used to briefly own a Sega Nomad. The Game Gear had nothing on that thing.

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    Smartphones.

    Playstation Portable.
    everything is wrapped in gray
    i'm focusing on your image
    can you hear me in the void?

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    An old wireless mouse. It took a new pair of batteries every other day if I forgot to turn the thing off...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
    Smartphones.

    Playstation Portable.
    Lots of people complain about the PSP. I must either be the luckiest person on the planet or you all consider 5/5 hours to be very short.
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    omg the WiiMote. Especially if you use the internet browser a lot.

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    Yeah those goddamn wiimotes. They chew through batteries.

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    My Xbox controller, ugh
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    The only things I own that use replacable batteries are my Wiimotes, my PS3 Bluray remote, and my camera. The bluray remote seems to drain batteries pretty quickly if I actually use it with my PS3 through bluetooth, but I don't do that anyway. I only use the remote for my PS 3D Display, so IR only.

    I just realized how boring this post is.

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    TV Remotes. I want my batteries to last a life time, not a measly decade!

    But for real, Wii Remotes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freya View Post
    Yeah those goddamn wiimotes. They chew through batteries.
    I had a hungover day dedicated to playing Skyward sword, when the batteries 'depleted' and I searched high and low, pestered all my housemates, anything to not go outside. In the end I sacrificed my alarm clock which I'd had since I was about 12, with the same batteries no word of a lie, and that got me another hour. I ended up going to Tesco.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeldy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Freya View Post
    Yeah those goddamn wiimotes. They chew through batteries.
    I had a hungover day dedicated to playing Skyward sword, when the batteries 'depleted' and I searched high and low, pestered all my housemates, anything to not go outside. In the end I sacrificed my alarm clock which I'd had since I was about 12, with the same batteries no word of a lie, and that got me another hour. I ended up going to Tesco.
    Poor alarm clock. I wonder how much longer it would've gone with the same batteries before it depleted?

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    Wow, I don't know how old you are, but I'm guessing long enough to make this interesting.
    I have a tamogatchi that still works somewhere.

    you know what really ate batteries?
    those boxes with screens on them that allowed you to make a playstation portable.
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