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Fenix 8 47mm solar battery issue

Manny
4 months ago

I charged my watch to 100% around mid day yesterday and today at mid day before my 50 minutes run it was already at 93%. After my run it was at 91% and now it's at 89%. So it looks like indeed about 10% per day when it should be 5%. I am ok with the 2% usage during the run but not with the watch using 9% while barely using it.

I am on 12.35 using stock watchface I have auto back light off, gesture mode off, brightness 10% with 4 seconds back light. On demand pulse OX, GPS auto and Bluetooth and Wifi on.

  • 0 4 months ago

    Similar issue here, it's been persistent will all software versions and settings I have tried. Looking at past posts on this subject....if garmin responds they say "they are aware....engineers are working on it"" link another thread and mark as done. Other users say to fiddle with settings, do resets and restarts, say its not gamins fault...It's been months and it doesn't seem like everyone has this issue but it's big enough to warrant a large effort to fix it. Possible it's a hardware issue and they don't want to admit it idk but it's getting quite frustrating. How can you advertise one thing and not get anywhere close to it, especially when previous gens had no such issue! Between this and the other bugs it's not only sad but unethical business practice. 

  • 0 4 months ago

    Similar issue here, it's been persistent will all software versions and settings I have tried. Looking at past posts on this subject....if garmin responds they say "they are aware....engineers are working on it"" link another thread and mark as done. Other users say to fiddle with settings, do resets and restarts, say its not gamins fault...It's been months and it doesn't seem like everyone has this issue but it's big enough to warrant a large effort to fix it. Possible it's a hardware issue and they don't want to admit it idk but it's getting quite frustrating. How can you advertise one thing and not get anywhere close to it, especially when previous gens had no such issue! Between this and the other bugs it's not only sad but unethical business practice. 

  • 0 3 months ago

    Same here. I am losing 10 to 15% a day. Have tried all.the garmin BS advice and nothing helps. Charged to 100% yesterday at 8am. Watch is at 80% now. I have been outside all day. Terrible watch.