Both me and my husband face battery life issues after the crash. His Fenix Cronos said a few seconds after connecting with charger: 100% . My device Instinct draines out a lot quicker than usual with the same usage

Former Member over 4 years ago

Battery life after the outage

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trux over 4 years ago in reply to seilogramp +2

It is also described very clearly and comprehensibly directly on the Support site of Garmin, in the document What Is Smart Recording vs. Every Second Recording on a Garmin Fitness Device?
Adam over 4 years ago +1 verified

Yep reddit is full of users complaining about this..weird thing that it's not affecting everyone...I wonder if Garmin is aware.

Just tested with my Instinct..from full charge to shutting down only…
Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to 8887529 +1

Ultratrac mode = epic fail

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0 darnich over 4 years ago in reply to Adam

The default setting for data recording is Smart and not Every second. This may severely impact battery life. Check this under Menu-Settings-System-Data recording.

0 8887529 over 4 years ago in reply to darnich

How the two methods compare by the way? I assume smart uses less battery but would that also mean less accuracy?

0 seilogramp over 4 years ago in reply to 8887529

8887529 said:
How the two methods compare by the way?

Some discussion regarding this, for example: https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/223924/fenix-6-series---9-00-public-release-candidate/1057571#1057571

See post marked answer from Dr Phil

0 darnich over 4 years ago in reply to 8887529

I always use smart and never had any accuracy issues even when I trail run

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to seilogramp

It is also described very clearly and comprehensibly directly on the Support site of Garmin, in the document What Is Smart Recording vs. Every Second Recording on a Garmin Fitness Device?

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to trux

Well I did resetting, all the updates, moved and removed the watch from garmin express - all that bla-bla. End result: nothing changed. So went to the retailer, after 4 days got a new watch. When being curious they did not not mention the error reason, just gave a new watch. Obvisously theres's something more to it.

0 Adam over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

My retailer also replaced my Instinct after a week, not complaining..