Battery Life

NoTrix · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:28 am Post subject: Battery Life

All,

I have had my Go 700 for a few weeks now and I notice that my battery life SUCKS! I get less than 2 hours on a full charge! I've notified Tom Tom about this, and they are asking me to send the unit back to them. Just wondering what type of battery life you all are getting before I send the unit back. I am concerned about how strong the battery will be in 2 years when the warranty is over...

JAWS1975 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2005 Posts: 28

my 500 last about the same length of time

Cats · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 11, 2005 Posts: 4

My 300 gives 5-6 hours on a full charge.

Darren · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:40 am Post subject:

I know 2 hrs ain't great but given what the battery has to power it's pretty good, you've gotr a large screen, a big speaker, a bluetooth radio stack and (in the 700) a hard disk.

Given all that, I get a little over 3 hrs from mine which is pretty good. At the end of the day it was never intended to power it off battery in normal usage, this facility is there to allow you to use it occasionally away from the vehicle.
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sparkey · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:39 am Post subject:

Hey Cats you must have a good battery then, I got a TTG 300 it last abt 4 hours had a look at side of box which it came in and tomtom says it last up to four hours Laughing

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:59 am Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:21 pm Post subject:

jimbokb · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:23 pm Post subject:

Andy, you do make me laugh, but as you say if you are going cycling for the day you may not get home if you go to far as the battery will run out.

I have a feeling that Tomtom chose the internal battery as opposed to a removable one so that only they can get the money if you need a replacement where as if the battery was removable loads of other company's would supply replacements and judging by the mobile phone market Tomtom would most definitely would be undercut.

My TTG 300 lasts a little over three hours.
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Darren · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:31 pm Post subject:

There's a lot more to a design decision such as this than you suggest! Garmin's C330, no replacable battery, Navman's iCN's ditto.
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NoTrix · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject:

Well,

Tom Tom customer service was nice enough to ask me to return the unit for replacement. I think I may take them up on the offer. Obviously, they feel that the battery in a brand new unit should last a little longer than 2 hours....

dill · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 05, 2005 Posts: 74

As most people use the Go in a car battery life should not be an issue, thats why they give you a car charger with it.

NoTrix · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:36 pm Post subject:

Cats · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 11, 2005 Posts: 4

Re-checked my 300 again in case my memory was playing tricks, but after a full charge it gave 5hr 40min. The unit is about a month old and has had around 6 full cycle charges on the battery.[/img]

michaelh85 · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:59 pm Post subject:

stevebag · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 14, 2005 Posts: 5

Strange one, a full charge overnight at home on my classic gives me .... 10 minutes (the battery low icons flashes as soon as it's turned o)

(Any news on replacement batteries TomTom Classic, I've had mine since they appeared in the UK, 1 1/2 years ago?)

Steve

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