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"Lux hours" doesn't mean anything

I bought a new Enduro 2.

So, im realizing, "lux hours" is meaningless. What is a "lux hour"? No one even knows what that means or translates to. So if my watches battery life can be extended by the solar charger, which is reported as "lux hours", what's a person suppose to even do with that?

Why isn't there a screen on the solar intensity screen that converts that into something meaningful like... "12 minutes of battery life added". Otherwise, "lux hours" is meaningless as it has no reference to numbers that any person would understand. "Lux hours" isn't proving to me any battery life was added. It just means the solar panel registered sunlight.

I have "90.1k lux hours" today on a run. Ok? So what? What does that even mean? Why not give us a useful conversion?

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0 bluefish 10 months ago in reply to Locked-N-Loaded

Locked-N-Loaded said:
Consider a "light year". That number means nothing to anybody it has no reference point. But if I tell you a light year is 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) per second. You now have a real world understanding of a "light year" in terms you can comprehend.

Exactly. And there is also an explanation for lux hours: the amount of light over a certain period of time.

Light level (lux) x Time (hours) = Exposure (lux hours)

https://ccaha.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2020-06/2020_Light%20Exposure%20for%20Artifacts%20on%20Exhibition_HH.pdf

0 Locked-N-Loaded 10 months ago in reply to bluefish

Dude you're killing me. I can't keep explaining the fundamental problem with the screen info displayed.

I've made my point I've given my logic I've shown examples I think it's a pretty clear and logical request. There's not much more that I can add to what I've said I think it's Crystal clear the point I'm making.

0 bluefish 10 months ago in reply to Locked-N-Loaded

Locked-N-Loaded said:
I've made my point

I understand it like this. You have a watch that is designed for extremely good battery life (a watch that is preferably used by ultra-runners, for example), and you want a REAL TIME calculation of the battery life diue to solar light level, which itself consumes power due to CPU utilization.
In my opinion, this contradicts the concept.
The Enduro is already throttled by the CPU clock anyway. Especially to achieve these runtimes.

0 Locked-N-Loaded 10 months ago in reply to bluefish

I understand it like this..

It's advertised and sold that the solar panel can benefit battery life. This is presently demonstrated by a number that has zero meaning to people. Give us a number that has meaning.

0 Locked-N-Loaded 10 months ago

I'm so stoked, I earned 127k lux hours today!! Woot woot!!

Oh wait, I have no idea what that even means. How much battery was saved/gained? IDK. Nobody knows.

0 schmjoe 10 months ago in reply to Locked-N-Loaded

www.reddit.com/.../

0 Locked-N-Loaded 10 months ago in reply to schmjoe

Please read the thread to understand what's being talked about.

0 bluefish 10 months ago in reply to Locked-N-Loaded

Locked-N-Loaded said:
How much battery was saved/gained?

Why don't you just check your battery % display?

0 schmjoe 10 months ago in reply to Locked-N-Loaded

Dude, no time to read all of your lengthy complaining. You were asking: "What is a "lux hour"? No one even knows what that means or translates to"

In my link you can find your answer. And even more details here: www.reddit.com/.../

0 Locked-N-Loaded 10 months ago in reply to schmjoe

I guess in your rush & haste to give me a link you failed to read this clear sentence ...

"How much battery was saved/gained?"

As well, your same answer was already given 24hrs ago.