Garmin 130 Battery Life is Short. Any solutions?

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11-05-20, 09:00 AM

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11-05-20, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Iride01

Are you just going by the battery percentage shown on the device or running it till it actually dies? I never pay attention to the battery meters on any of these devices as they don't actually measure the capacity going in or out. They just simply rely on a voltage profile to make an assumption.

Run until it dies. Dies on rides at about 3 hours, which is frustrating especially if I am following a preloaded route that I don’t know well!

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