Welcome to MobileRead, MikeS, great first post.
I think the longest I've gone (after the update) is 3 weeks, and that brought it down to 1 bar. I use mine for reading on a daily basis, probably more than an hour per day typically, with it spending a lot of time lying (powered on) next to me while I'm doing other things (like it is right now).
I hadn't noticed it before you mentioned it, but I haven't seen what your calling the self-recharge since the update either, and I did before (we've discussed it some around here, as you'll know from reading the other threads). I guess maybe we know now what they were trying to adjust on the battery meter in the update.
