How does music during affect battery

Former Member over 5 years ago

Waiting on my 6x Sapphire to get here next week and I am getting excited to listen to some tunes during runs. Question, how much does music kill the battery? Can I expect to charge after every run or can I can I get away with a couple runs? My runs are usually an hour long.

Thanks in advance!

0 SCOTTAPERK over 5 years ago

You'll get somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 hours of GPS + music use time.

Edit: Disregard my note, battery life I suggested was for the 6 pro, not 6x.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

Thanks guys, much better than my fenix 3hr! Im happy

0 rugby49 over 5 years ago

So I have the F6 Sapphire and first week I was using music and GPS in morning for 2 hour sessions. In the afternoon/evening 2 hour sessions just GPS. I was getting 3 full days of workouts and the battery was down to about 12%. So I did a full charge and next morning I noted the battery percentage was 99% when I started. GPS and Music for a 2 hour session brought the battery down to 84% for a 15% use with GPS and music. That evening when I started another 2 hour session the battery was at 82%. Use GPS only. At the end the watch was at 76% for a 6% use with GPS only. Music = huge battery hit.

0 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to rugby49

At least on other watches, music has the same or larger battery drain than GPS, as your numbers indicate.

0 rugby49 over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

On the AW4 music and GPS for two hours would normally be 26 - 30 percent. Which is normally why if I was doing double sessions of 2 hours or more each I would have to put the AW 4on the charger for a half hour in between sessions. The LTE version was only rated for 5 hours GPS and music. Add in notifications and a few phone calls I was always showing red by 6 pm if I forgot that short charge during the day.