The charging port placement is cited as the dumbest decision made in the Apple mouse's design, but I don't think it is that bad. The battery life is measured in months. The charging time from 0 to 100 is about an hour. It's simply not an issue. When my laptop warns me that only 10% is left, I can comfortably go another week before it shuts off.

The main issue with the mouse is everything else. It is uncomfortable to hold, painful to move around, awkward to click and do the gestures. The sensor is worse than a generic $10 mouse you can get off Amazon. It misses the first couple of clicks every morning.

Horrible, horrible mouse. But not because of the charging port, that's ok.