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Edge 830 actual battery life and ability to follow a route for up to 7 hours

Former Member
Former Member over 5 years ago

I am doing Ride London (100 miles) in a week's time.

Background is that I have had a few Edges from 305 to 1000. All have eventually crashed when following a route on a big ride. Last one was only 40 miles long and it crashed at 16 miles.

I have ordered an 830 Sensor Bundle and as well as the sensor bundle I will use a Varia Vision and Radar Light (I have impaired hearing and the heads up radar view is amazing). I am very excited about getting the new kit.

Does anyone have experience of the newer generation units being more robust in this respect.

Next up, I won't be especially quick and will take all stops for fuel. Any reason why I can't navigate the route with all of the above kit for up to 7 hours?

Many thanks

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago

    I should have mentioned that I have Di2 as well.

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    It'll be fine and you'll have at least 50% battery left, Not sure I'd bother with the Varia Radar on RL100 as it's designed to detect cars not bikes.

    I've done 10 hour + days with Di2 and Radar and navigation on the 830 and still only used half the battery. I'd probably put the latest firmware on, even the beta.

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    Hi. 

    I recently cycled a navigated 70miles then a further 15 or so. Battery went down to 83% from full. 

    I have customised my settings though. I progressed from 25, 520, 820 and this by far is the best device for overall satisfaction. 

    I haven’t experienced any crashes yet with the software. 

    I’m riding the PRL also, however not sure if I will be bothered to ‘navigate’ it. Probably will though at the cycle to the start and back to the hotel again. 

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to jgforrest

    Many thanks. That sounds perfect. Good point about cars on RL100. Is it all closed off?

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Yes all closed roads. Enjoy, it’s a great event. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    Quirky as I'm finding the 830, I'll chime in and say the battery life is pretty impressive.  

    My club often does rides of about 30mi, taking about 1 hour, 45 minutes or thereabouts.  Put on full brightness, no battery saver (on all the time), the battery came down to about 75%.  That means I could get close to 8 hours in a 'worst case' max usage scenario.

    Using auto-brightness always on, I'm sitting at 75% after 2 rides totaling 67 miles and about 4 hours of usage time.  That should mean about 16 hours if I leave it on all the time w/ auto brightness.  I could still read the screen with sunglasses, though wish it would be a touch brighter in auto-brightness.

    Allowing the screen to turn off, the battery drain is much less, but I'll likely keep it on all the time.

    This is all assuming the battery drain is linear, but you shouldn't have any problems.

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    I did ride yesterday yesterday.  DI2, speed and cadence sensors, and connected to my iphone getting a few text messages. Had the screen at 60% and left backlight on the entire time as a test. After just short of 4 hours, I had 73% battery left. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    Raced yesterday for 6.5 hours, unit was connected to my HRM run strap and backlight set to auto. GPS recording every second (set to GPS + GLONASS) and used the map for a good portion of the ride. Battery was at 61% when I finished

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    I have done 15.5hrs with the 530, navigation, 3 ANT+ sensors, 1s recording and still had >60% remaining. The only changes I made was turning off the blacklight after 30s instead of "auto". The 830 should be very similar as the hardware is near identical.