What battery life should I expect?

Hi all

Ive had my Fenix 6 for a few weeks now.

On a full charge, a 2 hour run uses ~70% battery! I have GPS on so I can follow a map.

Is this about normal? Or is something wrong with the battery? What battery percentage would you expect a 2 hour run to use up?

Thanks

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KAOsports over 2 years ago +1

depends also which software version you are using curently ! Many people after updating to 25.10 had battery drain issues. In that case i would suggest you to return to 24.10 version.

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0 Tufty over 2 years ago in reply to Tufty

Ive just got back from a 1 hour run. I had the music player on the whole time, but barely used the map screen or data screens. 10% battery consumed. I can live with that.
Now I know about the Battery Saver mode, I will enable that everytime Im not using the watch. (which is basically whenever Im not exercising).

Cheers!

0 Data over 2 years ago

Tufty said:
On a full charge, a 2 hour run uses ~70% battery! I have GPS on so I can follow a map.

Is this about normal?

No, not normal. If you haven't tried it yet; connect the watch to a computer and update it with Garmin Express, restart the watch, if still no luck, try resetting it in one of the ways described here: https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=wxPmdnWsev1xGRUf58oDC8 . Start with the least impactful method.

If your watch is new, contact Garmin Support. If it is used and a couple of years old, the battery will have lost some of its original capacity. If it has gotten to the point that you have to use power saving options for a 2 hour run, it may be worth replacing the battery.