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Charging on 75 percent battery, is it OK ?

okky aurel
over 4 years ago

Sometimes have to work in a jungle for a week with low solar intensity and with gps on, is it OK to charge instinct solar on 75 percent battery ? just as a precaution because the stop point is not always certain where so that the charging time cannot be determined when. So when there is a stop point i use it to charge my instinct solar to fully 100 percent again. Thank you...

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Modern Liithium batteries (one you have in your phone and Instinct) love getting topped up and charged up as often as possible. Actually it's much better for them than a full deep discharge cycle. Long are gone times of nikel cadmium batteries with memory effect that had to be formatted, kept in the fridge and other techniques.

    Charge it up as often and as convenient as you like. Standard Lithium Ion battery is good for around 500 discharge/charge cycles before it starts loosing any significant performance. So even if you fully discharge/charge your watch every 5 days that gives you over 8 years of your battery staying at full performance.
    In other words don't worry about it. Charge it when it suits your needs.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to MattBigmonster

    thank you for the advice...i really appreciate it