Are you guys getting close to the 3/3.5 hour battery life claims? If not, what are getting and what resolutions?
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Mine works for 3 hours at 720p, 30 fps with some photos thrown in while recording video. I can ride/record all morning, then switch battery with the Montana and the dead battery charges in the time it takes for me to use the second battery in the camera. A very useful system in my situation.
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In the 6 months I've hade my Virbe, I've never gotten more than 2:20 out of a battery ( I have 2).
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I have tried many different settings. FPS, GPS on/off, what is displayed on the dashboard, sensors on/off, etc. NOTHING has changed the time available! 2:20. I have two cameras each with a backup battery. Thats four total batteries. 2:20 is all I have ever gotten give or take 5-10 minutes.
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No. We returned ours since it only worked once. Did not meet the claim of going underwater up to 1 meter.
1814956
I get at least 3 when shooting in 720p, cold weather makes battery life shorter also.
1814957
I bought the extra battery. The original sent with the Birb Elite package lasts about 65% of the time the after market one on amazon does. I charge both and have the spare ready for when either dies. Its little cost compared to missing a video or great picture shorts that come once in a life time. When only taking 16 mp pictures the battery goes forever. When on Wide angle video I get about 3 plus hours on the packaged battery and almost 4.5 on the aftermarket.
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Battery is fine, depends on your activity (Mail, internet or... Final Cut Pro). For me (mail & internet) is about 4h.For the rest no problems at all.
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In short, be near an outlet or carry a Solar or external spare battery charger pack. 3 hours and pushing it at that. I don't run my conservatively, all out fast and bright display. As for adding more Ram, I added 128g of ram (largest card I could find to date) //Dale\\
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For me it's about an hour, maybe a little longer on gaming mode. About 2hr and 15 min on balanced mode, just depends on what you are running, brightness etc. It has never died on me when I needed it though.
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Hi. I have owned this laptop for a couple of months now and it is amazing. The average battery life I am getting while running wifi and having the brightness about 3/4 bright, I am getting 5 1/2 hours. With wifi off running regular programs like Word, Excel and Powerpoint, I am getting about 6-6/12 hours. Amazing battery life
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Maybe 2 hours on battery saving mode if your lucky. If battery life is a concern I'd look elsewhere. This computer is mostly a desktop replacement.
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I am even wondering: was this mess with the batteries intended to attract customers anxious to receive "unadvertised" bigger batteries just to boost initial sales? I am sorry for those who are now starting to receive the "standard" 4400 mAh battery. But I want to comfort you: even while I have the bigger 5800 mAh one, it seems almost impossible to me to drain even 60% of it in a real life student usage. I never carry an ac adapter with me anymore because I consistently get at least 5 min. per every 1% of battery power I have, with wifi turned on and on 60% of brightness. When wifi is occasionally off, it comes up to more than 6 min. per 1%. So, even if you will get 75% of this, it will still carry you through the whole day of classes and an evening in a starbucks. Anyways, I would not trade acer for asus even if I got smaller battery, because acer has unparalleled screen in terms of clarity and brightness.
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After 2GB install, my Battery only lasts 5 hrs with max power save settings (with wireless on and a few hours of low volume mp3 playback) it used to last 7 hours, FYI. But its worth it!I play UT, 007 night fire, Halo, GTA 3, NFS, SNES, Tony Hawk, Hoyle games, streets and trips, 3d home architect, and more, no problems (but halo has low frame rate)
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See the "release date for U50Vg-AM1" thread. A buyer got 3.5-4 hours. Very nice of him to provide this info as Asus is anything but forthcoming on the battery life of the backlit keyboard models.
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Well, unfortunately I'm not an avid gamer so I am not on it that often, but I have found that if you have it in sleep mode it does a very good job of retaining power. If I were to estimate, if you played it as much as the average owner, I would say you could get a guaranteed couple days out of it...I might even venture and say three days. Again thats just a guess.You might wanna poke around online and google some sites that will give you some good insight on the battery life. Hope I was able to help at least a little. Have fun and keep gaming! ;)
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I have mine set to power - saving mode and I can get three and half days of normal use. An average of 5hrs a daily.
534896
The battery life is close to 7 hours. I surpassed 4-5 hours multiple times with regular use. If you are only getting three hours, you have a defective battery.
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My $15 version is sealed also. Even with the display on continuously, the estimated battery life is 4 to 5 years. I plan to simply buy a new, improved version when that happens. There may be a more expensive version with a replaceable battery.
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I have been getting about 4 almost 5 hours out of a full battery charge on this laptop. Right now I am just using internet and reading documents off. I also have the Screen brightness turned down low to help save battery life.
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I've not let it get low yet I guess? I take it in once a week & fully charge it & have had no problems w battery life. It's awesome isn't it? &#128522;
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Well better the first week. but since I saw the question I decided to test again before answering. So I had the battery fully charged before going to work. A few hours later, I watched a 1:43min movie that was 1080 and it got to 14% batt. by the ending of the credits. My suggestion is to turn off wifi when not using due to apps updating info/status wasting battery power. Hope it helps. I would buy another thats how happy I'm with it. Just realize its not a samsung or samsung price
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Getting a range, depending on usage of 7-11 hours after the upgrades i did. Prior, stock, i was getting 6-8hrs.Running Windows 8 and nothing else in the background except for Bitdefender AV. 40% Brightness