Does the battery truly last 5 hours for normal use(writing documents - not gaming)?
946054
I have never tried to find out. I had 3 hour long classes at school and I would go fully charged, and be able to work all class period, leaving class, the meter would read somewhere between one quarter and one half. but as soon as I got home I plugged in to charge overnight. I wasn't low on battery power, I just didn't want to run out at work the next morning.
946055
yes I have left it on overnight and then used it for at least 3 hrs before a warning low battery
946056
I can not say for certain but I can say that I have sat with it on my lap for hours at a time and not had a problem. I absolutely love my HP 14" Butterflly laptop. I have more than one laptop and seem to always use this one. You can't go wrong with this laptop. Hope this helps.
1559450
Its no more than 4.5 hrs. I looked at the customers reviews before I buy it so I knew the battery life had not the best average. But Im still very happy with my purchase, its a great laptop.
1527449
I've had one for over 5 years now that's still going. The battery life isn't quite what it used to be, but still over a day of pretty heavy use.
2039127
I don't play games, but I have watched two full length movies from Amazon and Netflex, and still had an hour or two left. I bought a new Pavilion g7 and used this battery and it lasts twice as long as my older G72. I easily get 6 or 7 hours on my new laptop.
999707
No issues with the battery. I haven't checked how close I get to 18 hours but I know it is way, way more than 1.5 hours of non-stop use
256280
No backlit keyboard and battery lasts around 5 hours if you're not using much processing consuming programs, such as a game.
430447
Thanks for the reply! I also frequent notebookreview.com....I received my UL30A-A2 today, though, and will put it through the battery test hoops over the next couple of days. Even if it is not the advertised 16 hours 12 hours is still absolutely excellent imo!
116861
I just got the 16GB for Christmas. After reading all the battery posts, the first thing I did was charge it fully, then play it until the battery died. I got 20+ hours. I think a lot has to do with how often the screen is "lit". If you're constantly shuffling through, picking songs, adjusting volume etc. i think one would get less life than just playing it like I did (the screen was black most of the time since I wasn't adjusting anything). And of course, i would expect video or games to kill the battery even quicker. That would be a good test, play a video straight through and see the life. I don't have any videos loaded, so I can't really test that.
1817343
It lasts forever, if that's what you are asking! Plus, mine came with an extra battery that I keep charged just in case. But I do extensive emailing on it and I can wrote two LOOONG emails before it even drops below 20%...like 6 hours of constant use at the very least. And I use a Swype keyboard which seems to use more power than the simple android keyboard.
1655980
The battery life is about what you would expect from any other laptop. That is unless you purchase and extended life battery.
2233613
For casual use including surfing, youtube, and writing, the battery lasts for upwards of 6-7 hours For hardcore gaming...likely an hour or less videos are somewhere inbetween... around 5-6 hours
1559452
It´s no more than 4.5 hrs. I looked at the customers reviews before I buy it so I knew the battery life had not the best average. But I´m still very happy with my purchase, its a great laptop.
840583
Its a good 3.5 to 4 hrs but leave mine charging with AC power most of time. I would recommend upgrading the memory to max amount for performance.
864669
Battery is comparable to iPad, if a bit less, 7-8 hours. I am able to use an external portable USB hard drive plugged in for 2 hours a day for 3 days before I need to recharge. There are just over 33GB left after operating system, etc.
1160973
Hi,It's 5hrs continuous play. Worth noting, with this model there is a slight drain on the battery, even when switched off. Maybe 9-10 days to drain. This is because the microprocessor has to go into sleep mode rather than fully switch off. It simply means making sure the unit has been topped up with charge the night before. It's a genuine 5 hrs as well, not a "marketed" 5 hrs. Thanks.
2254437
I don't bother. Mine still holds a charge for several days even with that. But it would depend upon how long you spend on your computer every day.
1207805
I like to use the brightness at full and with the Wi-Fi on, if I browse, email, etc, I think it lasts me around 3-4 hours. The battery life isn't too impressive on this laptop..