Magic Mouse battery draining faster by the mins, and it's Lithium Battery

I recently installed a lithium battery on my Magic Mouse, since I heard from others that Lithium battery lasts lot longer.... (about six months, I heard...)
This was almost three weeks ago....
Fast forward, and now my batter is draining at 20%, and this started to happen within last 24 hours....
I have no other bluetooth peripherals attached...
Help! I feel like I just wasted $7 on more expensive battery that last the same as Alkaline.....

Same problem here. Batteries last about 10 days. Checked each with a digital multimeter. One battery was drained, the other was perfect.
I replaced the dead battery and marked the other one I left in. One week later, the new battery was dead. The marked battery was fine. The mouse is defective, it is only using the power on one side. Time for a return to the Apple Store. I hope it will be a quick swap.

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