x10 battery life

[hardy lee]

While using the GPS function, can someone tell me how long the battery life is on the x10?

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[ejunge]

I took a sixhour canoe trip yesterday with the GPS updating every minute and I barely put a dent in the battery...

it is much better than the X9i though

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[Rigel]

I used my new x10 in a trip to Milan for three days, used it to locate specific visit sites I spotted on google earth, consuming at least 2 hours of use. I used it 1/sec mode during trip back to Turkey in the plane continuously for about 4 hours. I still have only one dent missing after 1 week of regular use at home. On my X9i, I must have run out of batteries while using it Milan wandering around...

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[tomd]

Does someone know what is the battery capacity, in mAh?

The reason I ask is because I would like to buy an external battery to recharge the X10 when I do 10 days of trekking.
For example, an external battery 4,000 mAh at 3.7V, how long will it maintain my X10 alive if I use the polling interval of 1 minute and I run the activity 8 hours a day?

Thanks,
Tom

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[dingo_L]

I am looking at purchasing an X10, but first I have promised myself to make a take anywhere charger for it. I believe I now have the bits and pieces for a combined solar and/or wind-up charger, but need to know what voltage and charge current the X10 requires. tomd mentions an external battery (4,000 mAh) at 3.7V. Is the X10 using a 3.7V battery?

Could someone please have a look at the charger for the X10 and let me know the output (??VDC and ??mA)

Many thanks if someone can assist.
L

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[Joakim Ågren]

Originally Posted by dingo_L

I am looking at purchasing an X10, but first I have promised myself to make a take anywhere charger for it. I believe I now have the bits and pieces for a combined solar and/or wind-up charger, but need to know what voltage and charge current the X10 requires. tomd mentions an external battery (4,000 mAh) at 3.7V. Is the X10 using a 3.7V battery?

Could someone please have a look at the charger for the X10 and let me know the output (??VDC and ??mA)

Many thanks if someone can assist.
L

The X10 requires a USB charger capable at outputing atleast +5V and 0.5A.

As for the capacity of the internal battery I am not sure, but I think the X9i had a 310mAh battery, since the capacity on the X10 was improved by 33% I don't know if that means it has a bigger cell since the new GPS system uses less energy. So it might actually have the very same battery. But I am unsure about that.

a 4000 mAh charger should be able to recharge an X10 multiple times before it is empty.

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	Solio - Click for more info The Solio Solar Hybrid Charger is the most versatile and durable handheld solar charger to date. Powerful enough to charge any handheld electronic device from an iPod to a digital camera with just the rays of the sun, the Solio Universal Hybrid Charger is exactly what the adventurous Suunto X9i or X9Mi GPS watch user needs to stay in the field longer.

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[dingo_L]

Thanks for the reply Jaokim Agren.

I now have my X10 and have made my wind-up charger MkI. The charger works but I'm not entirely happy with it, so MkII is on the way. I still have not gone anywhere near discharging the X10 battery as I haven't done any heavy GPS use, so charging through the USB while connected to the trek manager has been enough.

Cheers!

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[Rigel]

The computer/charger cable has an USB end. I just carry the cable around, so I can charge my X10 using any USB ports available.

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[ElGordo]

Originally Posted by dingo_L

I now have my X10 and have made my wind-up charger MkI. The charger works but I'm not entirely happy with it, so MkII is on the way.
Cheers!

I do long-distance hiking in the mountains where electric mains are non-existent, so I need something similar.
A plain 9V-battery converted down to 5V with an IC is a possible solution, but the winder seems like an even better idea.
Would you be able to tell where this wind-up charger can be purchased?

Cheers
Carsten

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[bosberaad]

Originally Posted by hardy lee

While using the GPS function, can someone tell me how long the battery life is on the x10?

I only get about six hours of life from the X10 battery while running the GPS continuously at 1second intervals. I am now looking at how I can recharge it with a solar charger, if I am going on a multi day hike in the mountains. It is problematic when it cuts out on the middle of a long hike

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	Solio - Click for more info The Solio Solar Hybrid Charger is the most versatile and durable handheld solar charger to date. Powerful enough to charge any handheld electronic device from an iPod to a digital camera with just the rays of the sun, the Solio Universal Hybrid Charger is exactly what the adventurous Suunto X9i or X9Mi GPS watch user needs to stay in the field longer.

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[ejunge]

You might move to 1 min intervals. I find that you really do not lose anything on position accuracy, and you really improve battery life..

Second Check the X9i compendium (sticky at the top of the forum) when you are using a solar charger. I am in the very small minority when I tell people that the pin arrangement on the ac Wall charger is not a standard arrangement (yes it looks like it is, but the pins have non standard voltages) and so the charge cable does not work so well with a standard Solio Charger. I have made a dongle as instructed, and I think that I get better results...

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	Solio - Click for more info The Solio Solar Hybrid Charger is the most versatile and durable handheld solar charger to date. Powerful enough to charge any handheld electronic device from an iPod to a digital camera with just the rays of the sun, the Solio Universal Hybrid Charger is exactly what the adventurous Suunto X9i or X9Mi GPS watch user needs to stay in the field longer.