Header says it all. Bluetooth mice are problematic, I hate trackpads and I have very small hands (wear kid size gloves).
Got any recommendations?
The Magic Mouse (with replaceable batteries) that came with the 2009 iMacs started failing after a couple of years. So I started replacing them with B-100 Logitech wired mice. None of our employees, the majority of whom were women, ever complained. IMO, they are bullet proof and sell for $10 or less. However I suspect they are still USB-A.
Here’s a well used B-100 next to my Logitech 535 travel mouse (which has never given me any problems)
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My Magic Mouse, from 2009, is on its 17th year! Used daily.
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I suspect your mouse has had a much easier life than many of ours did. 
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If Bluetooth specifically is the problem, one option to maybe consider is the Logitech mice that use the Logitech RF wireless dongle.
That comms uses a frequency in the 300 to 400MHz, far removed from the 2.4 GHz Bluetooth frequency also shared by Wi-Fi and now Thread wireless hardware.
You do need to give up a USB port for the dongle, but the reliabily tradeoff of still having a cordless mouse might be worth considering.
Fun fact - in my field (smart home systems), Lutron’s Caseta lighting control system also uses a proprietary wireless comms in the 433 MHz frequency instead of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or Thread. That’s why Lutron is usually called “Damn overpriced, but rock-solid reliable unlike anything else” 
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That is what I have on my main mac mini and I love it but yes, all still USB-A. I do have the converters for A to C but that extends out and is prone to damaging the ports on the computer from pressure on the lever arm that creates.
Reliability has never been an issue with wired mice. The issue is that I lose track of which mouse is controlling which computer when I have 3 or 4 operating at once. I tried color coding them to match system background color but that didn’t really help much. Especially bad when I grabbed a computer and the usb dongle thingy in it was not the one for the mouse I grabbed.
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I use a Logi M650 L with a AA battery on an M4 Mac mini and have had no problems. The battery lasts forever and they come in more than one size. Not cheap. Here’s the drawback for you. I was able to go to a nearby Best Buy and put my hands on all the Logi mice before buying one. Your Best Buy is probably 200 miles away.
I’ve used a MacAlly mouse in the past (when it was USB-A only) and it worked fine. May order this USB-C one for myself:
I think I meant to say that the reliability of RF wireless versus Bluetooth wireless might be worth the tradeoff of staying wireless and giving up a USB port for the dongle versus going wired and dealing with the physical tangle and other limitations of wired.
But I think I should ask - Are you using multiple computers for reasonable or long periods of time or only using one primary computer but need to briefly work with other computers nearby? (Like having multiple desktop computers acting as makeshift servers that need a little TLC but not long interaction sessions?)
The reason I ask - when faced with that scenario, I simply tolerated using remote access from my primary workstation to all the other computers as needed - eliminating the need to even have multiple keyboards/mice connected in most situations.
Or, if I needed multiple keyboard/mice, I went with a hardware KVM (keyboard-video-mouse) switchbox (local or Ethernet based) to alternate my entire context between systems.
Both of these are not optimal and have additional costs, but just mentioning the compromise solutions I have used in the past.
I may have my desktop, up to 2 laptops, my iPad, and several Android tablets in active work simultaneously with my moving between them for hours/days at a time. Testing things, making changes trying something else going back to the solid older rev etc. I can have multiple other devices I need to interact with as well, dose gun, baa code reader, label printer and multiple EID readers. I’m already thinking how to reconfigure my desk so I can easily work on all the devices.