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Battery endurance

Bernhard
over 5 years ago

Hi, 

I have got a Fenix 5 for cycling. After a 10h ride (incl stopps) with all my sensors (chest strap, cadence, radar rtl511, gps+galileo, phone connected, no route navigation), there are remaining 40 % of power remaining which is more than enough for me. But when I turn on course, navigation, battery consumption per hour gets double, so I would not be able to navigate through a 10h ride. 

How about the edge 830? Is the battery as good as with edge 1030? (Garmin writes up to 20 hours battery endurance fpr both of them, but friends of me have the 1030 and say that it lasts 20 hours with navigation on) Or is it more like fenix 5? (Garmin writed up to 24 hours in gps mode, but turning navigation in lasts less than 10 hours)

Thank you. BR,

Bernhard

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    Wife owns a 1030, I have a 830. 830 is at least equal for battery run time, in same settings and usage. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to SWE8

    Sounds good, thank you

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Bernhard

    and of course if necessary, you can buy additional battery pack for Edge devices:

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    I've had ~13.5 hours of riding with HR, SPD, PM, Varia sensors connected, light at 10% mostly constant on (I ride in dusk/dawn, so mostly dark conditions), and more often than not a workout running, me switching between two screens during intervals.,

    Add some time to take the bike out of the basement, sync with connect, and back to the basement (5-10 minutes per ride, so one more hour on top of these 13.5).

    All of this got the battery from 100% to 26%, which would support the 20h battery life with a crapload of sensors connected.

    Another case was a 200km audax/breveto, 26% battery spent, all the same sensors + following a course. Elapsed time about 7 hours, riding time 6:20.