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List of Features That Cause Battery Drain

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Our advertised battery life is based on standard usage and confirmed by many users in real life, but we also feel it is important to let our community know what features typically cause the most battery drain. 

In order, here is a list of the features that have the largest impact on the battery life of COROS watches.

  1. Vibrations and tones
  2. Backlight
  3. Failed GPS connection when in outdoor workouts
  4. Established GPS connections in different GPS settings
  5. Accessory connections such as heart rate straps and COROS POD 1 or 2
  6. Built-in sensors like heart rate and barometer
  7. Navigation/Map Mode

In summary, frequent alerts with vibration and backlight, difficult conditions for the watch to connect with GPS, and Bluetooth/ANT+ sensor connection are the biggest factors causing unexpected battery consumption. If you are in a situation where battery performance becomes critical, try to turn them off or follow the tips listed below to improve the battery performance and focus on what matters the most, training. 

  1. Disable Gesture Backlight or Backlight.
    1. Go to System > More Settings > Gesture Backlight/Backlight > OFF.
  2. Disable workout activity alerts.
    1. Go to the intended workout mode on the watch > Settings > Activity Alert > OFF.
  3. Disable vibrations and tones.
    1. Go to System > More Settings > Vibrations/Tones > OFF.
  4. Remove all accessories in the Added List.
    1. Go to System > Accessories > Added List > delete all accessories.
  5. Reduce heart rate monitoring frequency in Standby mode.
    1. Go to System > Sensors > Optical Heart Rate > Daily Heart Rate > Every 10 min. 
  6. Disable heart rate monitoring in Workout mode.
    1. Go to System > Sensors > Optical Heart Rate > Workout Heart Rate > OFF. 
  7. Disable phone connection.
    1. Turn off Bluetooth on your phone to stop connecting with the watch.
  8. Reduce the time spent on the route navigation or map page for outdoor training.
    1. When not using the direction, please switch to regular data pages. 
  9. Use UltraMax mode for outdoor running workouts.
    1. Enter Toolbox menu during training, select UltraMax and enable this mode. 
  10. Choose the standard GPS mode.
    1. Go to System > More Settings > Satellite Systems > Mode > GPS Only.
  11. Select Night Mode if you train in the dark and constantly need to access the watch data.
    1. Enter Toolbox menu before or during training, select Night Mode > ON.
      or
    2. Enter Toolbox menu before or during training, select Night Mode > Auto > ON.
  12. Avoid accidental press or scroll of the dial/buttons.
    1. Go to System > More Settings > Digital Dial > Dial Location > select the side that the dial is facing away from your wrist.  

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