Battery loss from 100% to 95%

There is another topic regarding this...here is what i posted there.
??????my experience with battery life after first week, i wanna say it seem that the actually battery % readings are off itself. Battery lasted 4.5 days with 3 GPS activity(about 6h worth) and couple of gym 1h stints. Brightness at 30% and i keep autolock on and no sideswype. However i fully recharged the battery to 100%..took it off and 2h later it was 88% ( i though really?) went to sleep wake up 87% whole day passed(bout 10000 steps) and 12h later at 82% gone to gym when i connected HRM strap did 5k run, 20min on row machine and some free weights. When i get home the battery is at 79%! so it took 9% on busy day but now 24 later its at 67% so 12% on rest day when i virtually did nothing! this is too much inconsistency regarding the battery readings, i think its just not showing the real charge at all...so i ignore it

Yes. Mine does the same. Drops to 95-96% within an hour or two and settles. The battery widget I have installed will show .5-.6% per hr average after the first 24hrs, so all is well.

When I charge my watch, it jumps from 95% to 100% after having incremented1% at a time. If I unplug it at that point, it will say 95% or so shortly after. However, if I let it charge an extra 10-15 min after it says 100%, it discharges steadily as expected. So try charging it slightly longer.

thanks for the answers, actually if i did what andy275 said its ok but its kind of annoying

I've always given my VA3 that "extra charge" after it reaches 100% and I still get the quick drain to 95-96%. It settles down after that and I'm getting good battery life overall.

yes but if you plug it again after the quick drain till 100% then its ok, there is no quick drain. try it and let me know

it's been this way with other Garmin watches as well... you have to leave it on the charger for a few minutes after it hits 100%

if you're still having issues even after doing that, then perform the soft reset while still connected to the charger (hold down the power button until the screen goes black; power back on)

it's been this way with other Garmin watches as well... you have to leave it on the charger for a few minutes after it hits 100%

if you're still having issues even after doing that, then perform the soft reset while still connected to the charger (hold down the power button until the screen goes black; power back on)

i disagree,i had the Fenix 3HR and when u unplugged the device it would say 100% and then just go slowly down as it should. With V3 its goes down 10-12% in few hours before it settles,thats why i think it doesnt really shows the real charge.

i tried again today, i left it for about 40 minutes longer after showed 100%


it just lost 1% fast and then it was ok

i disagree,i had the Fenix 3HR and when u unplugged the device it would say 100% and then just go slowly down as it should. With V3 its goes down 10-12% in few hours before it settles,thats why i think it doesnt really shows the real charge.

I'd advise not jumping to conclusions; I didn't say all devices behave this way. Also, what do you think a battery gauge is? It's a software algorithm that displays a best estimation of battery level. It's generally pretty accurate, but it's not perfect.

my VA3 doesnt drop more than a percent once off the charger and it solely depends on letting it charge properly.