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Battery life still sucks - 21.19

Cuba1hr
14 days ago

Hi guys. Some of you wrote that in beta battery life improved. Well, installed firmware 21.19 (finally) with big hopes...and remained disappointed..AGAIN by Garmin.

FIX the damn battery life finally!

I drained it completely (955 Solar), charged to 100% yesterday at 17:30.

Now it is 26 hours later - lost 11%, at 89% with everything turned off on the watch, no phone syncing, checked jet lag, Garmin share, wifi off, phone sync off, sensors scanning off, etc.

After the update turned it off by long press. Twice and then when it depleted. Turned it off today for the third time but it doesn't help a bit.

About year ago the watch drained 6 or max 7% per day...and when they rolled out some firmware version about 5% more per day, don't remember which one. Waiting for more than a year to fix that.

There is no way to come close to advertised battery life since then. I am looking at Enduro 3, but I don't want to pay twice the price and get another set of bugs. I guess that is the tactic.

So are there any users that experience better battery life on final v21.19?

  • 0 3 days ago in reply to linsguilherme

    I'm glad you figured it out and Garmin gave you a replacement. FW19.18 was very good for me, so tag definitely speaks to some hardware issue. 

    my 935 had super battery life with a full featured watch face (JBlack) for the time (1hz HR and seconds) and would last 16 days when I was injured even 4 years after purchase.

    I feel my 955 (and your replacement) do live up to Garmin specs of 15 days of smart watch use under realistic conditions.

    congrats and enjoy your replacement. most of us buy Garmin's to reduce battery anxiety, so a device that is missing the mark by so much is beyond frustrating.

  • 0 1 hour ago

    Final report on charge cycle #1 for 21.20:

    down to 20% after 6.9 days

    6+ hours of running: 22% All Satellites GPS

    4 hours strength training: 5% (guesstimate ... lots of backlight since this is done in the evening)

    net 53% smartwatch usage: 7.7%/day

    pretty much in line with what I would have expected from 19.18 and before, so I'm glad things have stabilized. as before, battery drain has been faster the past 15% or so. I will charge it soon and have never let it get below 8% in the past, but it does seem to slow below 20% from my more limited experience as well.

    but I'm back to a 7 day charge cycle (over 6 hours of running is a higher than norma week for me) even with zero solar exposure (2.2k/day average)

  • 0 59 minutes ago in reply to derek87

    I am still waiting for the delivery of mine. Should have had it on Friday, then today...now tomorrow. It arrived to my country...then left the country to previous warehouse again (according to tracking), came back today...I somehow doubt it will be delivered tomorrow on Christmas Eve. BTW, Merry Christmas to all and I'll get back in a few days with news and impressions I hope.

    Saw a post on E3 thread - "Battery life is so bad…Garmin really needs to improve this, their claim is totally wrong" and thought oh no, not again, but I guess with the same settings (as on FR955) it will be OK.