GPS / battery issues

[pedris]

I did a 50km 5-hour run on Saturday. Battery was 98% when I started, 28% when I finished. 

The primary reason I went from the Surge to the Ionic was the advertised 10-hour battery life with GPS as I'm doing the Conrades in June (90km this year).

I'm basically using the out-the-box setup, so I'm dubious about the tracker's ability to last the distance.

Has anyone been using the Ionic for longer events? What is your experience?

[SunsetRunner]

It may be 10hrs tracking with gps but if you’re doing other things with the ionic, like looking at the screen a lot, that life will be shorter. Screen use is the biggest battery drain, streaming music and gps after that account for the main contributors to shortened battery duration.

[pedris]

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@SunsetRunnerwrote:

It may be 10hrs tracking with gps but if you’re doing other things with the ionic, like looking at the screen a lot, that life will be shorter. Screen use is the biggest battery drain, streaming music and gps after that account for the main contributors to shortened battery duration.

No music, no always-on screen. I do glance at the screen every now and then to maintain pace, check distance, etc. Nothing unusual.

I would expect the 10-hour GPS limit to be under "typical use" conditions. It seem this might not be the case. What is the point of publishing a limit that doesn't reflect real-world use? Makes me think of Volkswagen and its "defeat devices".

Does anyone here get 10 hours of GPS use with the Ionic?