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Does the Inspire HR really just have 5 days of battery life?

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‎10-14-2019 07:40 - edited ‎10-14-2019 07:41

‎10-14-2019 07:40 - edited ‎10-14-2019 07:41

The reason why I'm hesitant to upgrade my Alta HR to an Inspire HR is the decrease in battery life. Does the Inspire really just give you up to 5 days of battery life? I'm pretty active and I could sometimes get 8-9 days with my Alta HR. Has anyone been able to get 7 days of battery life with their Inspire HR?

 

Will FitBit produce a new Inspire HR with greater battery life?

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‎10-14-2019 07:41

‎10-14-2019 07:41

Oh, my gosh... I meant DAYS not HOURS! Sorry!

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‎10-14-2019 13:59 - edited ‎10-14-2019 14:00

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‎10-14-2019 13:59 - edited ‎10-14-2019 14:00

I tend to be very suspicious when I read about the battery life on promotions, reviews, etc.
When I was searching for a fitness tracker, I read that "up to 5 days" note and I was like thinking.... "Yeah right, I should expect 2-3 days the most".
A few days before I bought Inspire HR, I watched a youTube review by RizKnows. He mentioned that with Inspire HR, "...you'd hope to get 4 days of battery life. It's more like 3 and a half".

I was really surprised when I got and started using the Inspire HR.
I'm using it all day and night, I let it track my sleep, I'm manually tracking one fitness activity each day (sometimes with connected GPS and other times w/o), and some days I even have it automatically track some sort extra walks I do (around 20-30 min / day).
So you can't really say that I'm only using it for steps.
The battery seems to hold up to 6 days in my case. I have never let the battery run below 15% so I can't say if a whole 7th day would be possible. But so far I'm really satisfied with it's battery life.

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‎10-22-2019 07:51

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‎10-22-2019 07:51

Thank you for your answer! I just read it today. So it sounds like the Inspire and Alta probably have a very similar battery life, but fitbit was just trying to be conservative with their estimate. I have another theory, though. Maybe the Inspire uses a cheaper battery than the Alta, so battery life is measured as an average number of days per week over the expected life of the device. This would make more sense to me as manufacturers are always looking for cheaper components to save costs. Perhaps if I expect to use my device for about two years before I switch to a new one, I won't notice any decrease in the battery life's performance.

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