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GPS Battery life: No way 13 hours!

I just did a 22 km outdoor run over 3.5 hours with breaks & pauses over the weekend. I noticed that the battery life dropped by 50% exactly. I don't have the side swipe enabled & my brightness is at 10% but do have gesture lighting on for activities alone.

There is no way this watch is going to last 13 hours with GPS. I think it will barely last a 6 hour marathon forget a longer ultra or a hike. Wondering if anybody has had a different experience & may it is just my watch?

I am on a VA3 with v2.60 bought about 3 weeks ago.

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Ken over 5 years ago in reply to Ken +3 suggested

TLDR:
* Each feature contributes to battery drain (see report at end)
* Battery drain is irrevocably linked to your usage patterns.
* A bad GPS signal expedites battery drain
* HR uses less battery when Activity…

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0 PRK91 over 5 years ago in reply to Redmoonstar

Yes, I agree with your point. The sunset/sunrise is NOT AT ALL recommended. my battery drained from 90% to 0% in 1.5 hours and then there was a vibration and the watch turned off. Maybe its a bug and not optimized for VA3. I was wondering my battery is dead but now after 2 weeks of that incident, it's still 5-6 days good...

0 TULPENLAND over 1 year ago

You dont need a GPS in ur watch every smartphone have a Gps build in and work also.