Iconic GPS Battery life

[oceanrunner]

Please advise how long the battery life of Iconic lasts for when running with the GPS on?

Run a marathon on Sunday and two hours later , watch dead . Frustrated .

Battery was fully charged 100% .

What's the purpose of spending money on a watch when it does not fulfill its function.

Second time it has happened at a race.  

Any suggestions ?

[WavyDavey]

Hi @oceanrunner ,

The time is variable, depending on things like screen on settings, use of other apps, etc.

Here is a thread where marathoners discuss their results. You might also want to search 'marathon' in the Get Moving forum.

[bmw54]

The problem's worse than battery charge-time.

The Ionic never fully tracked a marathon successfully for me. I was lucky to get near 10 miles before GPS lost connection; in last year's Boston Marathon Ionic crapped out before the 5 mile marker:

2018 Boston Marathon, as measured by FitBit Ionic

I assure you, that empty space between Ashland and Boston were, in fact, run by me in 3:34:59.

This year's marathon will be run with Garmin, which has performed flawlessly in the three months I've had it... full marathon distance runs have used about 10% of battery charge. GPS has not once disconnected or drawn course maps over waterways & through buildings.

I go a full week between chargings and use GPS about 8 hours per week.