This is my 2nd post regarding the battery life update.
First post link: https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/healthandwellness/f/venu-3-series/352556/detailed-battery-life-on-the-venu-3
Garmin's battery life estimation: https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=wRMnVRKL5i3YvvL05lqMi6&productID=873008&tab=topics
Everyone should read the above link to understand what Garmin means by 14 days of battery life on Venu 3 and 10 days on Venu 3s
I did a 2nd test to check the battery this time and the results are following. This can be lengthy.
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Charged watch on Thursday(11/23) at 215 PM. All the runs are made with All Systems GNSS mode and Running Dynamics enabled (Account for Wind turned off).
Day 1 (Thursday): 1 hour of Badminton, 34 mins of running. When the battery was at 95%, I turned off gesture mode (tap to wake only).
Day 2 (Friday): 90% battery left at 215 PM. 28 mins of run and Health snapshot taken.
Day 3 (Saturday): 78% battery left at 215 PM. No activities on Saturday (just a lot of walking).
Day 4 (Sunday): I was busy and didn't note the charge level. No activities on Sunday, played with Connect IQ for 20 minutes, changed watch faces, and reverted back to the stock watch face (one of the in-built watch faces)
Day 5 (Monday): 56% battery left at 10:50 AM. 35 mins of run. Health snapshot taken.
Day 6 (Tuesday): 43% battery left at 10:30 AM. 10 mins of run
Day 7 (Wednesday): 33% battery left at 230 PM. 1 hour of Badminton and 20 mins of run
Day 8 (Thursday, today): 15% battery left at 530 PM. 1 hour of Badminton.
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My speculation is it will last until tomorrow night. I have a 25-minute run tomorrow (Garmin coach running) and it would definitely last the run. So, that's 9 days of usage, with gesture mood turned off, ~130 mins of running, 2 hours of badminton, few notifications (maybe 100), playing with Connect IQ, 4 Pulse Ox readings, AOD off, Move IQ off, Auto brightness disabled and brightness set to 20%.
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Let the discussion begin. Interested to know what others feel and how their battery is holding up.