New 255 poor battery life is this normal?

5164992 19 days ago

So I got a new 255 music on Thursday night, changed it full, it updated etc, didn't workout yesterday, up this morning Saturday excited for first run, look at the watch 45%. Seems kinda crap is it not? I've only really had it over 1 day. I'm coming from an Instinct 2, I charge that every other week with runs every other day.

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trux 19 days ago +1

Some tips can be found here: Troubleshooting guide for high battery drain

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0 ovekvam 19 days ago

No, that is not normal. It should usually last a week or two on a charge. Give it some time to adapt. Sometimes it can be good to force an extra restart by holding the light button after an update.

0 trux 19 days ago

Some tips can be found here: Troubleshooting guide for high battery drain

0 RDW 19 days ago

Maybe abnormal or not. Make sure youre not using SpO2 during sleep, some custom watch faces and so on.

My battery life is down over 50% after various firmware updates with nothing else changing since i bought it.

0 Jacquers 19 days ago

If it's the Music version try switching off Wifi.

0 ovekvam 19 days ago in reply to Jacquers

I have the music version, and my experience is that WiFi has minimal impact on battery life. I do however have sync set to manual, so I only sync the watch after my workouts.

0 global_local 17 days ago

45% is enough to run for more than 2 hours with music on. Making some updates and playing around with a new watch can greatly lower the battery. Or not. It simply happens only ones. My fr255m lasts ca. 4 Days till <20%, 4 hours of bike w/o and 3 hours of runs with music per week.

0 blende8 16 days ago

It happens from time to time (once a month or so) that over night the battery drains.

Don't know why.