Battery drain/management

I went for a 40 min run Saturday, with battery showing 25%. After the run, the battery-level had dropped to 3%, where it stayed for 2 days (now charging).

Not sure if this is a bad case of battery draining or just the indicator not working correctly on "old" batteries (had my watch for a bit more than 2 years)

0 socorsu over 2 years ago

Did you use all sensor ?

- Bluetooth to your smartphone (audio prompts)

- headset with music

- ourse navigation with map always on screen

In this case this could explain the drain, BLE/Music is very high battery consuming, maps is not so high but very noticeable.

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No problem for me and most of us, but battery drain exists according to your testimony and many others.

https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/307879/fast-battery-drain-using-v23-00/1492126#1492126

Have you try this ? Personaly i never had to do more than the 2) step since the beginning (2019).

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https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/307879/fast-battery-drain-using-v23-00/1491686#1491686

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If there are any issues after a new software update, there are 3 things that should be tried: (Any step might resolve an issue.)

1) Restart your watch

2) Hard Reset: Hold your top left button until your watch shuts off then let go.

3) Reset Default Settings

If the issue continues after testing each step, please reach out to Outdoor Product Support in your region.

0 peterfriisostergaard over 2 years ago in reply to socorsu

I used bluetooth to a HR-monitor (Polar verity sense), and metronome set at 90 bpm (180 bpm, sound + vibration at every 2. step). No music, navigation, smartphone or other peripherals.

I have previously gone through all steps, 1-3, without much changing in that process, but will try it once again.
Garmin has offered to replace my watch at a cost of $200, but as battery still lasts for around 10 days (no bluetooth connection to phone though), I 'd rather save the money for a new model, a year or so from now (fenix 8-ish or so)

0 Scillonian over 2 years ago in reply to peterfriisostergaard

peterfriisostergaard said:
vibration at every 2. step

In relation to the rest of the watch vibration motor has a high power consumption rate. The more you use it the faster the battery will drain.

If i read your settings correctly the watch will be beeping and vibrating every 666 milliseconds (⅔ second). For your 40 minute run that would be in the region of 3,600 vibrations and beeps.

For a direct comparison do your 40 minute run again but with the vibration disabled and see if this noticeably reduces the battery drain. If you can maintain your pace by some other means try it with Metronome disabled completely.

0 Garmin - Chris over 2 years ago

Thank you for your report. Please note, I am moving your post to the Fenix 6 forums.

Now that the software is on version 23.00, all new bug reports will need to be in the Fenix 6 forums. Also, all bug reports for using either Alpha/Beta will go into the specific forums that engineering has created to report each bug under the current version being used.