The description up top it says "(almost 3 hours for stand-by status)" for battery life. What is the typical IN USE life of the battery?
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Actually this item can support 4-5 hours stand-by status and 3 hours for normal use. But if watching online videos or playing online games, it may about 2 hours. The battery life depends on how you use it.
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I can't say I've left it in standby from a full charge till it has died, but overnight drop in standby was pretty high. Probably between 15-20% drop. I think the worst I have seen it was close to 35% drop one night. I mostly just shut down if I know I am not going to be using it for extended periods because the boot up time is so fast. probably under 20 seconds max.
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Unless you're using the device full time and you have the display at max brightness the battery lasts for several days. On standby mine has gone 2 1/2 weeks before going to below 10% power. Hope this helps.
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I still average about 2-3 hours on mine. I've had in the neighborhood of 15 months. Been a great battery.
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Hello Rebecca, The Battery Life Is Dependent On The Amount Of Tracking (Logging The Unit) You Are Doing. The Trackers Have A Battery Standby Life Of Up To 60 Days But Most People Dont Leave These On Standby. Ive Had Consistent Logging For Up To 11 Days. That Was Hourly Logging For 11 Straight Days. The Less You Track The Longer It Will Stay Charged. Hope This Answers Your Question, Thanks!
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Hi!I've experienced up to 72 hours stand by and up 36 hours talking about 5 hours. I don't use the blue tooth neither the 3G.BR
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Battery life is about three hours on constantly . I know this because I used it this long while recently tracking a deer in the rain
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Hello Laura,I primarily use it at work and have it on all day (7-8 hours). The battery life seems to be good...generally lasts all week. Hope this info helps :)Marsha
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I guess it depends on what you classify as "extreme" use. If you have wifi on, GPS on, are concurrently downloading videos while surfing the web, I'd say 9 hours is probably about right. Try it with the OEM battery and see what your battery life is with the same conditions. My guess it is 4 or 5 hours.
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Sorry, I've never really timed it. I know it is at least 4 hours, and maybe it is more. But the last computer I used had had a bad battery for so many years, that I had almost forgotten I could ever use a computer that was not plugged in. Not that it matters, but I purposely ordered this computer with Windows 7 because I did not want to use Windows 8 on a computer that was not touch screen. I have had the computer for about a month and haven't had any problems so far, unlike the person who wrote the previous comment.
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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.
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Hey Derrick...I charged it when I received it on April 30. I use it on average 2-3 hours per evening. I use the back light function every 30 minutes or so and the unit is in standby during the 2-3 hours of use. I turn the unit off each evening. I have not yet had to charge the battery.
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What is regular use? With the original battery I could work about 8 hours, with this one about 20. Reducing screen brightness can give you another 30% more battery life.
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Overall the battery life is good. For a heavy user like me it lasts for 2.5 to 3.5hrs. its good. the only drawback is it has a inbuilt battery. which means its not user replaceable.
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I would say I get a good 10-15 hours of runtime on a single charge, and standby time is also pretty good, charges up pretty fast also!
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I owned one of these new from hp. my battery would last up to 4- 1/2 hours. But I followed the owners manual. And this is the best laptop that HP has made in a while. and If I had extra money I would buy myself another one.
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Hello. My new battery I purchased this year only took a couple of months to start its decline in battery life. Under normal load, unplugged.. I might get 30-45 min of use before it is at 7% power left. I'm past the timeframe for return so I am basically stuck with this bad battery. I will not be purchasing another battery from Anker.