Battery life for epix 2.

@UliHe42 - your table is pretty interesting without knowing the underlying settings - it really doesn't help to understand why you are getting 3/4 days per charge.

These watches aren't well optimized for music.  And, depending on how you load data with Spotify a sizeable chunk of the battery can be gone before you even start a workout.

They are better optimized for music than most other watches. The only one that is really well optimized is the Apple Watch - but then their estimated battery life for music doesn't include GPS tracking, whereas virtually everyone else specifies Music + GPS (so battery life will be lower).

Considering that most other watches give anywhere between 4-7hrs of continuous GPS + music - not sure why you feel the Epix doesn't do well on battery life when tracking and playing music.

Loading - yes it takes a chunk of battery but then so does every watch - especially if you try to do through bluetooth - it is also why all watches recommend doing something like that when you are charging (also why it only checks your subscription status when on charge).

I don’t use music from the watch. I still run with my phone in a hip band specifically because of the battery hit and lack of music selection. That’s not a feature I would ever use. Plus I like to have the phone in case of an emergency. 

I just finished my second major charge cycle since getting the watch. I lost 79% (down to 21%) over 8 and a half days. Battery monitor suggested 2 more days available. I guess that equates to 9 to 10 days of battery life.

I use Gesture (which I fine perfectly acceptable and all that I need);

Sleep mode from 10 pm to 7am with Ultra Low light (Setting more related to minimum use and battery economy and not really sleep time)

Health Snapshot everyday

I have a ton of phone notifications hitting my watch and I spend quite a bit of time monitoring my stats on the watch.

3 Runs for 2.25 hours with All Satellites GPS only for 30 minutes and the rest GPS Only, with Glance at Full Power. Running with Combo Power and HRM Pro

Charging: I put the watch to charge while I had a bath today and in 30 minutes it gained 46%. After my run tomorrow, I plan on doing another charge during my bath that should get me to 100% probably for another 8 or 9 days, not before death but before reaching around 20% again. 

That charging cadence is perfect for my use case and I expect as the battery suffers the expected decay over the next few years, I may need to recharge every 5 days and that will be fine.

All in all, it's a far more productive experience over my Fenix 5 which I had to charge every 5 days or so as he battery declined over time.