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How to save battery?

Since a few months, battery life has reduced on my 520. I ended yesterday's 5 hour ride with just 14 % left.

I have no Varia radar/light. I wonder whether this faster battery consumption is connected with the Garmin LiveTrack or even with the newish Incident Detection feature? Any ideas? Would turning Bluetooth off help? I use HR, speed and either power (with cadence) or cadence sensors.

0 TrippyZ over 8 years ago

What are you doing with backlight and how much of the time are you looking at the map?

0 Leopejo over 8 years ago

Backlight 70 % but almost never on.

Map not much at all, unless it's a Strava segment on the 520.