+herbk Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Garmin claims something like a 28 hour battery life for the GPSMAP 60C. I don't seem to be getting anything like that. I wonder if the 28 hour figure is valid only for battere-saver mode. Quote Link to comment
Delaypat Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 are your settings correct? Go into the setup and see if the battery type is correct...That happend to me when I switched from rechargeables to regular AA.....Hope that helps! Delay Quote Link to comment
+bigdog999 Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 20 hours of battery life under typical-use conditions (uses two "AA" batteries) It doesn't say whether typical-use means using WAAS. Without WAAS, you get the best battery usage. Quote Link to comment
+scottjl Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 (edited) heh. show me any electronic device that lives up to manufacturer's battery life claims. battery life will vary according to a few things including: use of electronic compass (if present in your model) backlight usage (it might be coming on during the day and you don't even notice it) WAAS usage (if present in your model) signal strength from satellites (stronger signals means it doesn't have to spend as much energy trying to lock them in. frequent losing and re-establishing contact with sats can cause significant drain too) tempature (batteries perform worse in colder weather) battery type: alkaline vs. lion vs. nimh "battery saver mode" screen size (larger screen needs more power) black & white vs. greyscale vs. color transferring data to/from computer every little button press (yep, every time you press a button and the computer has to do something else vs. just letting it sit still and show a non-moving map) that list can go on and on.. take manufacturer's battery life claims with a grain of salt. always carry a spare set of batteries with you (can't be that much weight) especially if your meter already says less than 50%. avoid gpsr's with built in batteries or take something other than a few AA's. want the most battery life? turn you gps on, leave it on a table, turn off GPS mode, compass, backlight, and let it sit there. you'll be amazed at how many hours it lasts. of course it won't do you much good either. Edited August 27, 2005 by scottjl Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 are your settings correct? Go into the setup and see if the battery type is correct...That happend to me when I switched from rechargeables to regular AA.....Hope that helps! Actually, as far as I can tell, changing the battery type only makes your battery indicator read a bit more accurately. It has no effect on the operation of the GPSr or on battery life. Quote Link to comment
vr12 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 heh. show me any electronic device that lives up to manufacturer's battery life claims. I think I get 30 hours with my 60CS. Quote Link to comment
jonavin Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 heh. show me any electronic device that lives up to manufacturer's battery life claims. I think I get 30 hours with my 60CS. Me too. I get at least 30 hours. Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 I haven't timed it exactly, but I typically get more than 3 full days of caching on a single charge (I use rechargeables). At 8-10 hours per day I'd say it lives up to their claims. Quote Link to comment
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