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Originally Posted by gargoyle67
My batteries not that great, I only get about 4 chapters or about 400 pages before I start showing a bar less than full, Or is that about right ?
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Dear Gargoyle:
If I only had a dime for every time I have written about battery charge gauges.
They do get better with use and will be a little more accurate... but they are meant only as a rough guide! They are not like a gas gauge on your car. They are not meant to be really a correct indicator. So... being down a bar after 200 pages may be just fine and likely is.
Be like me and listen to music while you read and you will really see the charge gauge go down. It is not that Astak builds a lousy gauge... none of them are really meant (I feel) to be more than a rough guide.
I charge mine every time it gets a little below 1/2 full on my gauge. I am anal retentive I guess but prefer to have it almost always fully charged. I live in California and a bad quake can knock out power for days.
We are going to be offering spare batteries on our website (
www.theEZreader.com). The Astak battery takes about 50 seconds to change if you sleepwalk thru it). That is the beauty of the Pocket PRO... you CAN always carry a fully-charged spare!
No, I do not think you have any problem with your battery. For the most part they charge or they do not charge. If it charges at all you are fine. I am not at all dismissing your concern... but please look at the gauge as a rough guide.