Scrabble Flash Battery Life: Anybody had Scrabble Flash long enough to need to replace the batteries?
1088014
Haven't had it long, but it has been used daily (probably an hour cumulative a day) and have noticed that the logging of words has been getting fuzzy over the two weeks we've been using it. Also we have found that the game works poorly on our heavily varnished wooden desk and best on a felt card table. When we finally kill the batteries I will let you know, but I am interested in knowing as well.
918296
This game uses batteries. We have played it for one year now and have not had to replace the batteries.Our whole family enjoys the game.
1151777
My battery went dead, a couple of times. Until i started taking it out after playing, it last alot longer with this method.
656777
I found the battery lasted all day - taking around 200-250 shots, with perhaps a dozen or so also with flash. I would assume it would last a bit less with more flash use, but I was fine with how long it lasted. I plan on getting another battery just for backup, but for most folks, one battery should be fine.
968762
Hi, from what i know the battery is non replaceable nor can you replace it. But gives up to 8-10 hours of play time. I leave mine off charge at home to maintain battery life. All said this is one great device. The build quality is excellent and the sound is great.
1879485
The battery lasted multiple times of me using this keyboard for several hours. You have to be careful to turn it off when it is done. I haven't had to replace the batteries yet, though, and I have used it maybe 5 times for 2-4 hours each.
1912101
Thanks for posting that! We did get our replacement a few days ago and it worked fine for the whole weekend. If you're trying to buy, I guess just keep trying -I bought from LeapFrog directly and they seem to go in & out of stock quite rapidly.They never did send me a confirmation email that the replacement was being shipped though. I had to ask customer support and they finally replied with a tracking number about 3 days after it shipped out.
430822
I would suggest contacting scrabble directly. They may be kind enough to simply replace them for you at no or little cost.
1348653
Yes, thankfully because my gal never remembers to! The batteries last much longer than learning handheld games. We are still on the first set. :)
332108
Four "C" batteries and we have used ours almost daily for two months and they are still rated as good when I put my battery tester on the batteries. The unit is fantastic for games like hand and foot where you have five or six decks of cards. We "wash" the cards a bit before gathering them up to shuffle. Then we shuffle twice mixing up the cards a bit in between the first and second shuffle. We have recommend this for others and they love theirs too. P.S. Keeping a slight pressure with your finger on the plastic guard greatly reduces the chance for a jam.
2100004
I haven't used mine with flash but it has been erratic w/o a flash. I had to go back through the start up procedures and reset the frequency twice. Seems to be ok now. Oh and I replaced all of the batteries just to be sure.
61389
For as long as the battery will last. I took a video of a play that lasted over an hour.
2127597
Haven't had mine that long but it's played hours each day with no problem other than changing batteries. So far, I'm very pleased.
1719506
I've been surprised at how long the batteries have lasted. I'd guess a good 10 games which last and hour or two each. Maybe more!
1722554
Our battery lasted longer than that. Like you said, maybe if you were shooting it non-stop in full auto mode it would last only 20 minutes, but in normal play it was just fine.
1194429
We're using the regular batteries required for this bouncer, not rechargeable. We have used it for 2 months now, 20-40 min a day and haven't changed batteries yet..
1879486
I have been using the same batteries for nearly 4 months! This device is very good on batteries! I love my iKross Keyboard! Cecelia