battery life

i use instinct solar APAC... is it normal in 4 days battery drop 9 percent from 100 to 91? no using GPS, off HR and pulse OX, no phone connection, and off activity tracker...thank you

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seilogramp over 4 years ago +1

Moved thread to Instinct Solar forum
trux over 4 years ago +1

okky aurel said:
is it normal in 4 days battery drop 9 percent from 100 to 91?

9% in 4 days would theoretically get you to more than 44 days, so I'd tell it is all right. See the Battery Specifications…
revcph over 4 years ago +1

Since 12.2 I get 2 1/2 days on a charge, it uses 1-2% per hour, default settings, master resets performed. Contacted Garmin Support but haven't heard back from them yet.

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0 seilogramp over 4 years ago

Moved thread to Instinct Solar forum

0 trux over 4 years ago

okky aurel said:
is it normal in 4 days battery drop 9 percent from 100 to 91?

9% in 4 days would theoretically get you to more than 44 days, so I'd tell it is all right. See the Battery Specifications in your User Manual

The actual battery life depends on the features enabled on your device, such as activity tracking, wrist-based heart rate, smartphone notifications, GPS, internal sensors, and connected sensors (Maximizing the Battery Life).


Battery Life	Battery Life With Solar	Mode
Up to 24 days	Up to 24 days plus 30 days¹	Smartwatch mode with activity tracking and 24/7 wrist-based heart rate monitoring
Up to 30 hours	Up to 30 hours plus 8 hours²	GPS mode with wrist-based heart rate
Up to 70 hours	Up to 70 hours plus 75 hours³	Max. battery GPS mode
Up to 28 days	Up to 28 days plus 40 days⁴	Expedition GPS mode
Up to 56 days	Up to 56 days plus unlimited⁵	Battery saver watch mode

Parent Topic:Specifications

¹ All-day wear with 3 hr./day outside in 50,000 lux conditions.

² With use in 50,000 lux conditions.

³ With use in 50,000 lux conditions.

⁴ All-day wear with 3 hr./day outside in 50,000 lux conditions.

⁵ All-day wear with 3 hr./day outside in 50,000 lux conditions.

0 revcph over 4 years ago

Since 12.2 I get 2 1/2 days on a charge, it uses 1-2% per hour, default settings, master resets performed. Contacted Garmin Support but haven't heard back from them yet.

0 9926555 over 4 years ago in reply to revcph

Same drain here

0 Adriredrado over 4 years ago

without the sun I get maximum around 14 days. I have not been able to test the solar feature yet as the weather is horrible but anyways I was expecting more than 14 days of battery.