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kgn · 06-27-2010, 09:02 PM

I have a new PB302. I have been out camping with it for the last week, and I have been VERY impressed with it! Very nice - I even like using it more than a treebook. The touch screen is very good. No glare at all - very readable.

Anyway, since I was miles from nowhere, I was concerned about the battery charge lasting long enough. I noticed on the box the 302 came in that it says - in very large print "16,000 pages on one battery charge". The page count depends on the font size you use of course - I notice with my font that most books are around 800-1000 'pages'. Ok - that gives me at most around 16 books.

So - went camping - and while I did not get down to a flat battery (almost), I estimate I read 5 books on the battery - ie about 5,000 pages. I might have got one more book - ie around 6,000 pages.

This is not even close to the claim that PocketBook makes for the PB302. It is not even close to the normal '8,000 pages' that is claimed for most ereaders. Is this experience common - or is this unusual? If I have a problem with my battery, I would like to know.

I have the clock only updating when I turn a page - and I update on every page. I do not see any other way of minimizing battery usage. I never turn the unit off though - would that make a difference??

06-27-2010, 09:02 PM	#1
kgn Groupie Posts: 171 Karma: 94 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: Pocketbook 302	16,000 pages on one charge? I have a new PB302. I have been out camping with it for the last week, and I have been VERY impressed with it! Very nice - I even like using it more than a treebook. The touch screen is very good. No glare at all - very readable. Anyway, since I was miles from nowhere, I was concerned about the battery charge lasting long enough. I noticed on the box the 302 came in that it says - in very large print "16,000 pages on one battery charge". The page count depends on the font size you use of course - I notice with my font that most books are around 800-1000 'pages'. Ok - that gives me at most around 16 books. So - went camping - and while I did not get down to a flat battery (almost), I estimate I read 5 books on the battery - ie about 5,000 pages. I might have got one more book - ie around 6,000 pages. This is not even close to the claim that PocketBook makes for the PB302. It is not even close to the normal '8,000 pages' that is claimed for most ereaders. Is this experience common - or is this unusual? If I have a problem with my battery, I would like to know. I have the clock only updating when I turn a page - and I update on every page. I do not see any other way of minimizing battery usage. I never turn the unit off though - would that make a difference??