how low do you go?

elemenoP · 04-07-2011, 08:43 AM

Do you charge your reader as soon as you get to 1 bar? Read on 1 bar for a few days? Let it go to zero bars? Keep on reading until it shuts itself down?

I have never been down to zero bars but I'm wondering what other people do. Is there any danger in letting the battery drain until it can't run anymore?

eP

Poppaea · 04-07-2011, 08:58 AM

Pheewww... this is no question of my morals. Thank God!!

I thought it is dangerous to drain the battery until it shuts off. I just reload it when it shows one bar which usually is after two weeks. As those batteries are to have a reloading life of 400 times, it will have no impact on the readers lifespan. 400 times/2weeks= 8 years. I doubt there won't be a new "must-have" in the meantime

Asawi · 04-07-2011, 08:59 AM

I usually charge the Sony way before it gets to 1 bar. I like to keep it fairly well charged most of the time, so I can just just grap it on the run at all times and not have to worry about running out of power.
Having said that, I find it's holding the charge exceptionally well so far (just a few months), and often just keeping it plugged in to the computer for some book organizing (I keep relatively few books on the reader, add and delete quite a lot. Prefer things that way...) adds another bar if it has "lost" one.

DixieGal · 04-07-2011, 08:59 AM

I seem to remember that with the 505's, it was hard to reboot them when they were completely drained. Maybe the newer ones are different.

Asawi · 04-07-2011, 09:15 AM

I found this when trying to get some facts:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a...ased_batteries

I haven't read all the text, but the first table seem to indicate that running the battery down to 50% gives you the best battery life.

I'm with Poppaea though: It will last long enough for me to have found another must-have item by the time the battery turns really bad!

Brian M · 04-07-2011, 09:45 AM

I'm of the old-school battery maintenance creed. Back in the day, if you recharged a battery that was NOT fully discharged, it made that same battery capable of less. They developed a "memory", and the batteries were then only capable of that limited use after a few cycles. So I do my best to make that memory as big as possible, which means allowing a battery to completely discharge.

I know the current generation of batteries aren't supposed to do this, but old habits die hard.

SeaBookGuy · 04-07-2011, 10:40 AM

I start to think about charging when it drops from three bars down to two. Agreed on holding onto the "memory effect" mindset with anything rechargable.

Pomtroll · 04-07-2011, 11:16 AM

I do mine when it gets down to one bar.

petercreasey · 04-07-2011, 11:43 AM

I virtually always recharged my 505 whenever 1 bar dropped off. I do the same with my 950 now.

I have never let more than 2 bars drop off before recharging.

Janette55 · 04-07-2011, 12:05 PM

I never seem to think to charge it until is starts flashing low battery. I have a couple of times rechaged it, not checking to see where the battery level is at if I am going to take it with me when I have to take my son to the doctor, dentist or will be sitting and waiting fr a long time somewhere.
I'm not even sure how long it will go before it needs to be charged. I read it in spells, I can read it for a few days or set it aside and not pick it up for a couple of weeks.

I wonder, how does that affect the battery, does that let it run down faster, does closing the cover instead of turning it off affect the battery? I am good to just cover it as I leave doctor's office's, and then forget to turn it off later.

I'm also of the old school that if you charge it at a certain point all the time it gets a memory lock and you have problems using it past that point.

J..M · 04-07-2011, 12:29 PM

If, whatever you do has a catastrophic effect on your battery & you kill it
They are all of £13'ish for a new one, so its not really a biggie either way........

Me I part charge my gizmo's as & when, then occasionally (Like once a year) run em' right out, then charge em' fully......... It was something I read somewhere once.... Batteries it would appear die of boredom mainly & certainly do have a useful shelf life, quite what it is, is a secret that if Sony told you they would have to kill you.

http://www.ultimate-mobiles.co.uk/er...-mah___489.htm

ardeegee · 04-07-2011, 01:44 PM

I recharge as soon as it drops to 3 bars. But it doesn't do that often, because it is plugged up almost every day anyway, shuffling files around.

Poppaea · 04-07-2011, 02:01 PM

The title of this thread does not cease to irritate me

AlbertaCowboy · 04-07-2011, 02:39 PM

I usually charge it at half capacity, althoiugh I have been known to let it go to one bar. I shudder at the thought of the battery draining though when out in public. I tend to get the annoying paper-people saying "MY book never runs out of power"...grrrrrrrrrr.

J..M · 04-07-2011, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy

I tend to get the annoying paper-people saying "MY book never runs out of power"...grrrrrrrrrr.

At this point they would leave the train/bus/shopping trolley before it stopped

04-07-2011, 08:43 AM	#1
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	how low do you go? Do you charge your reader as soon as you get to 1 bar? Read on 1 bar for a few days? Let it go to zero bars? Keep on reading until it shuts itself down? I have never been down to zero bars but I'm wondering what other people do. Is there any danger in letting the battery drain until it can't run anymore? eP

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04-07-2011, 08:58 AM	#2
Poppaea Lucifer's Bat Posts: 2,577 Karma: 20638583 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Earth/Berlin Device: Kobo Libra Colour	Pheewww... this is no question of my morals. Thank God!! I thought it is dangerous to drain the battery until it shuts off. I just reload it when it shows one bar which usually is after two weeks. As those batteries are to have a reloading life of 400 times, it will have no impact on the readers lifespan. 400 times/2weeks= 8 years. I doubt there won't be a new "must-have" in the meantime

04-07-2011, 08:59 AM	#3
Asawi Gadgetoholic Posts: 1,467 Karma: 3865860 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Libra2, Tolino Vision 6	I usually charge the Sony way before it gets to 1 bar. I like to keep it fairly well charged most of the time, so I can just just grap it on the run at all times and not have to worry about running out of power. Having said that, I find it's holding the charge exceptionally well so far (just a few months), and often just keeping it plugged in to the computer for some book organizing (I keep relatively few books on the reader, add and delete quite a lot. Prefer things that way...) adds another bar if it has "lost" one.

04-07-2011, 08:59 AM	#4
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I seem to remember that with the 505's, it was hard to reboot them when they were completely drained. Maybe the newer ones are different.

04-07-2011, 09:15 AM	#5
Asawi Gadgetoholic Posts: 1,467 Karma: 3865860 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Libra2, Tolino Vision 6	I found this when trying to get some facts: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a...ased_batteries I haven't read all the text, but the first table seem to indicate that running the battery down to 50% gives you the best battery life. I'm with Poppaea though: It will last long enough for me to have found another must-have item by the time the battery turns really bad!

04-07-2011, 09:45 AM	#6
Brian M Member Posts: 23 Karma: 46336 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SE Subtropics Device: PRS-950	I'm of the old-school battery maintenance creed. Back in the day, if you recharged a battery that was NOT fully discharged, it made that same battery capable of less. They developed a "memory", and the batteries were then only capable of that limited use after a few cycles. So I do my best to make that memory as big as possible, which means allowing a battery to completely discharge. I know the current generation of batteries aren't supposed to do this, but old habits die hard.

04-07-2011, 10:40 AM	#7
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	I start to think about charging when it drops from three bars down to two. Agreed on holding onto the "memory effect" mindset with anything rechargable.

04-07-2011, 11:16 AM	#8
Pomtroll Guru Posts: 822 Karma: 1341819 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minnesota USA Device: Sony 350, Sony T1, Kindle Touch, Kindle PW1	I do mine when it gets down to one bar.

04-07-2011, 11:43 AM	#9
petercreasey Wizard Posts: 1,187 Karma: 1119516 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony: PRS 950 & T1, Kobo: Aura One & Forma	I virtually always recharged my 505 whenever 1 bar dropped off. I do the same with my 950 now. I have never let more than 2 bars drop off before recharging.

04-07-2011, 12:05 PM	#10
Janette55 Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 2056 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ohio Device: Sony 900	I never seem to think to charge it until is starts flashing low battery. I have a couple of times rechaged it, not checking to see where the battery level is at if I am going to take it with me when I have to take my son to the doctor, dentist or will be sitting and waiting fr a long time somewhere. I'm not even sure how long it will go before it needs to be charged. I read it in spells, I can read it for a few days or set it aside and not pick it up for a couple of weeks. I wonder, how does that affect the battery, does that let it run down faster, does closing the cover instead of turning it off affect the battery? I am good to just cover it as I leave doctor's office's, and then forget to turn it off later. I'm also of the old school that if you charge it at a certain point all the time it gets a memory lock and you have problems using it past that point.

04-07-2011, 12:29 PM	#11
J..M Member Posts: 19 Karma: 338 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Sony PRS-600	If, whatever you do has a catastrophic effect on your battery & you kill it They are all of £13'ish for a new one, so its not really a biggie either way........ Me I part charge my gizmo's as & when, then occasionally (Like once a year) run em' right out, then charge em' fully......... It was something I read somewhere once.... Batteries it would appear die of boredom mainly & certainly do have a useful shelf life, quite what it is, is a secret that if Sony told you they would have to kill you. http://www.ultimate-mobiles.co.uk/er...-mah___489.htm

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04-07-2011, 01:44 PM	#12
ardeegee Maratus speciosus butt Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	I recharge as soon as it drops to 3 bars. But it doesn't do that often, because it is plugged up almost every day anyway, shuffling files around.

04-07-2011, 02:01 PM	#13
Poppaea Lucifer's Bat Posts: 2,577 Karma: 20638583 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Earth/Berlin Device: Kobo Libra Colour	The title of this thread does not cease to irritate me

04-07-2011, 02:39 PM	#14
AlbertaCowboy Guru Posts: 819 Karma: 171672846 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: PRS-350, PRS-650, iPhone 6, NVIDIA Shield K1	I usually charge it at half capacity, althoiugh I have been known to let it go to one bar. I shudder at the thought of the battery draining though when out in public. I tend to get the annoying paper-people saying "MY book never runs out of power"...grrrrrrrrrr.