Blaze battery draining fast

[Alex_the_blazeu]

Hi everybody! I don't usually uses blaze while I work. I put it on the table. After about four hours, the blaze turned to 60% batteries from 100%. Any power-down mode can I use in the blaze?

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[Bobbylillo]

I moved on and purchased a fruit brand watch 3. It is different than the blaze and requires charging every 2 days but I use it for a lot of things. You may need to have a fruit phone for it which I did. Do a little research and then decide if it is right for you. Good luck.

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[abthesp]

I had issues with my Blaze restarting multiple times and hour and managed to fix that by changing the watch face and resetting. Now there are some watch faces I just can't use or it happens again. Seems the software is buggy.

Now my watch won't hold a charge for more than six hours. Time to hang it up especially since I can't replace the battery.

I liked my Blaze while I had it but I don't think I'll be buying a Fitbit again. 

[Bobbylillo]

I also went in a different direction. Don’t have some of the features but I found I don’t really miss them. It does a number of other things that I like, so I am happy. Good luck to you.

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[Nayduncan]

So don't use any of the features offered? A lot of these things were off on mine and the battery is still draining. It started today. 

[Bobbylillo]

This seems to be the pattern once your watch starts becoming a problem. You buy the watch for what it can do, not to shut down those features. If you have to shut down things why bother using it? At that point it is of no value all you have is a wrist bracelet that isn’t really that nice looking. In my opinion it is an expensive, faulty product that the manufacturer does not support after a year. I moved on to a fruit watch. It does things a little differently, doesn’t do some of the things the Blaze does, but does other things that the Blaze doesn’t. Takes a little bit of getting used to but the learning curve isn’t terrible. Plus side is that it is supposedly very reliable and holds up a long time. People have had it for a number of years without battery problems. Ask around, check its specs, see if it fits your lifestyle and budget. You may need one of their phones however, but contact them before buying, they are very helpful. Good luck!

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[abthesp]

Ordered my "fruit" watch yesterday.

Blaze is currently not holding a charge for more than 5 hours.

[Kingjaymz]

For everyone out there switching to a fruit watch...my retirement account
thanks you very much!

I will probably do the same, at some point, although I will miss my Blaze.

James

[Bobbylillo]

Good luck with it. I have the 3. It was maybe $30 to $40 more than I paid for the Blaze. I am still learning what is it capable of doing. That being said I truly like my unit and I keep experimenting with what it can do and I keep getting surprised. I use it for weight training and treadmill for my daily workouts. And if I am not wrong you can swim with it.

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[atroythomas]

I've had my Blaze Fitbit for about three and a half years.  The last couple months I've had a problem with the battery draining very quickly.  It drains after a couple hours ---instead of five days---and then goes into a shutdown mode. I tried to clean the contacts on the back with a cloth.  Should I try to use alcohol to clean the contacts?  Thanks.

[soldermonkey]

You did remarkably well; with a 12 month warranty, most blazes fail at 15 months or so. They charge the battery so fast and hard, it kills the battery prematurely. You'll have to replace that battery, or get someone to do it for you (it's not hard nor expensive, but fitbit won't help you; you're on your own). Please see my previous posts in this thread on the topic.

[abthesp]

You could try. Clean the contacts and the charger with alcohol. 

But honestly, I was at that point a little over a month ago and decided to move on. Nothing worked for me.  Cleaning the contacts, changing chargers, resetting the watch, etc.. You can't easily replace the battery because it's soldered in and when the charge was disappearing in a about three hours it was pointless.

Give it a go, but if you can't resolve it in the next couple days, I would suggest shopping for a new watch. I'm thoroughly sold on my new one. Happy I made the change. Best of luck. 

[Bobbylillo]

I just changed my wife's fitbit to a fruit watch. Very pleased. I’m glad you are happy with your new choice. Best of luck to you!

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[Bobbylillo]

To me it just wasn’t worth it so I moved on to another brand and I’m extremely pleased with it.

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[Bobbylillo]

I don’t have the answer didn’t care enough to bother with it. Hopefully someone else will have an answer for you. Good luck.

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[soldermonkey]

Fruit watch is a popular option if you don't mind spending a fair amount of money, and already have a fruit phone. If you don't have a fruit phone, a fruit watch is stupidly expensive (add cost of phone to the tab).

Materials cost of repairing your fitbit is about $15, this problem is so endemic, many ppl sell kits of battery plus some cheap but adequate tools in fleabay. It's an easy job for anyone already set up for electronic soldering.

Were I angry enough and casual enough about spending a pile, I'd be looking at the gar min watches.

[Nayduncan]

I have know idea unfortunately. I was asking for help myself. When I called
Fitbit they told me, that my Charge 3 was broken and my warranty was up.
Good luck.

Nalonnie

[Bobbylillo]

That is fitbit. I personally have given up on them and moved on to another brand. I already had their phone so the switch over was easy. Hope you get some kind of satisfaction but I would doubt it.

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[Sglide]

This does not work, I’ve tried all of the items above plus resetting the phone and Fitbit tracker

[Bobbylillo]

I have moved on from fitbit. I now have a competitive brand that I truly enjoy. Wish I could be of more help.

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[Taleya]

i actually have some very serious questions.

Mine has dropped to 3 day usage between recharges - I've been logging and calculating this and it's trackable down to the minute when the battery will hit critical and shut the unit down with normal usage and connectivity. 

That day was today for the current run. however, as we had planned power works, I put my fitbit on to charge and had it charged to full battery capacity.  Despite this, it still hit critical lower power and shut off right on cue as if yesterday's charge to full never occurred.

This battery was fully charged.  It should have given me three more days of usage. However it faulted right along the lines of  previous 3 day usage before shutdown despite this - that tells me, as a technician that this countdown is software driven, not hardware.  It has absolutely nothing to do with the battery, and indicates a timer coded into the unit itself.

The unit was rebooted to see if this corrected the issue software-wise. It did not.    Please do not insult me by suggesting I turn functionality off to extend the battery span,  or adhere to certain charging practises - this has already been done.  This post is me, as a trained technical diagnostician telling you that something has occurred that should not have been physically possible unless the unit was explicitly instructed to do so.   And I would like an explanation.