My 3 year old surge needs to be charged every day

[GunnarM]

In the past couple of months I have had to charge my Surge more and morew often. I am now down to charging it daily. I plug the charge cable in and after about 10 minutes I get a message to my phone saying that the Surge is fully charged. I still charge it for another 2 hours.

Today for the first time in a very long time I went our for a power walk/run combo for approximately 20 minutes. When I came back the Surge had died. I had charged the device earlier today.

Is this normal age or do I have a faulty unit? Any tips how I can prolong the battery life. I have fiddled around a bit with the device but I do not think I have started anything that should drain the battery. 

Thanks in advance

Gunnar

[WendyB]

The devices dont last forever sad to say. Sounds like its on its last legs

Here are some best charging practices

If you are not charging it correctly you could be damaging the battery

[Dingledoodie]

Yeah, I've had mine four years and I have to charge it daily, sometimes twice dependant on what I've used it for. I used to run daily using the GPS but I stopped when an injury put me out for almost a year.  I imagine if I'd still been doing those daily GPS runs it would've died long ago.  My Surge has served me well for those four years but, I've just ordered a Charge 4. #RIPSurge

[Rich_Laue]

Lithium batteries have a limited amount of times they can be charged.

Letting the continually drop below 30% also may cause internal damage. Leaving the battery dead for long periods is also bad for the battery.