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Actual Battery Life

bigjac1
over 5 years ago

Anyone know the actual battery life. Garmin says 20 hr. with 2 sensors hooked up. So I would assume most have Bluetooth,HR monitor and GPS going while riding. So how many ACTUAL hours do you estimate? THX

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago

    I did a 3hrs 8min ride last Monday, with Power and HR over ANT+. Used a Course for navigation and had the Map screen in front of me for about 40% of the ride. Battery went from 96% to 79% during the ride.

    Would say that the actual battery life should come pretty close to the 20hrs that Garmin is reporting.  

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago

    It's realistic. Though that's only using GPS - Galileo or Glonas will eat into your battery life significantly. Mapping will have an effect too. Rendering of the map does take some processing power and rerouting can take a lot. 

    Plus, there are battery saving features which you can activate during a ride (most notably turning off the display while keeping all sensors active). With those, you can ride full 24 hours easily. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    The longest ride I've done with my 830 is 3hr. 42min. and the battery usage was 13% (from 100% to 87%).  I have a Quarq PM, Varia, and Di2 BT.

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    My longest ride so far was 3.5hrs, used 21% (100%-79%) with navigation and 3 sensors connected (ANT+ HR, Cadence, and Speed). Auto brightness turned on and GPS only. Hoping I can make a few tweaks to get 16-17hrs out of it for my next long ride.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago

    I did an 8h35 ride with navigation, connected to phone via bluetooth and HR + power sensors. Ended up with +50% after the ride. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to jrodss

    So I have to say the battery life is really impressive, I just finished a 15.5hr ride with 61% remaining. This was with 1s recording, back light only on for 15s after button press, GPS only, full route navigation, and 3 ANT+ sensors. At that rate I would have exceeded the quoted 20hrs by nearly double.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to jrodss

    Did you have GCM connected too?

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to deckys

    Unfortunately that has been an issue, only seems to connect if you open GCM after you power on the 530, and I didn't do that before I started the ride, so no GCM connected.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to jrodss

    Ah!  Nice one though.  I've got 10 hours with GCM on and connected, same set up as yours but on GPS and Galileo.  Ended with 60 %.  Awesome battery!!