MBP Coconut Battery-off

[Christopher]

Mine's still 101% after 67 cycles.

Most of the time it's on my desk running off mains though.

It's a late 2010 i5... but according to Coconut, it's 134 months old. 11 Years. LOL.

 

[Munson]

26 months

260 cycles

93%

 

[Fletcher]

31 months

381 cycles

93%

 

[Mr Pants]

Curious as to how people think it's best to use the battery. I tend to charge to 100%, unplug then use it for whatever and then plug back in when around 5-10% left. Will still be using while charging most of the time.

Can't be doing anything much wrong I guess, as this is mine:

 

[Gavin.]

Here's mine:

 

[Munson]

Don't constantly drain the battery. That will do it no good at all. Mine spends 95% of the time plugged in. I work it maybe twice a week by using it unplugged for a couple of hours. Once a month I drain it down 'til the MBP switches itself off, then fully charge it again.

 

[Mr Pants]

Don't constantly drain the battery. That will do it no good at all. Mine spends 95% of the time plugged in. I work it maybe twice a week by using it unplugged for a couple of hours. Once a month I drain it down 'til the MBP switches itself off, then fully charge it again.

I've always had the notion with most things just to charge fully, use down to low, rinse repeat.

So it's better for me to keep the MBP charger in even when it's 100%? How's that work? (Not questioning it's effectiveness, just curious).

 

[Munson]

The batteries these days are 'intelligent'. They have firmware and everything. Leaving them plugged in doesn't do them any harm. They're pretty amazing batteries anyway and seem quite hardy no matter how they're treated. Although I do know a mate of mine saw his capacity slowly increase after adopting my method.

 

[Mr Pants]

The batteries these days are 'intelligent'. They have firmware and everything. Leaving them plugged in doesn't do them any harm. They're pretty amazing batteries anyway and seem quite hardy no matter how they're treated. Although I do know a mate of mine saw his capacity slowly increase after adopting my method.

My method can't be too bad on 94% but I can try keeping it plugged in more often and see if it improves I guess!

 

[Cup_Phil]

80% after 24months

Utter b****cks though - used to get 7-8hrs on battery, get 2-3 if I'm lucky these days

 

[Lozza-p]

mine seems a bit crap for the age what can i do to improve it?

 

[Gavin.]

You may need to upload that pic to photobucket or something. Also, who is Jeffery and why has he got a mullet?

 

[Lozza-p]

 

[Pep]

Is coconut battery an app?

 

[Mr Pants]

Is coconut battery an app?

Yes mate.

http://www.coconut-flavour.com/

 

[Pep]

Legend, cheers!

 

[Dan1587]

23months

76%

Is that good or average?

 

[Munson]

30 months.
284 cycles.
Still 93%.

Looking after your battery properly FTW.

 

[Deeg]

17 weeks
22 cycles
99% (although it was 101% last week)

 

[Munson]

What's more impressive to me is that I've had my MBP for 30 months and it still looks utterly brand new besides shiny keys (they get bashed). It even gets used in industrial environments. Build quality FTW.

 

[jenic]

14 Months
243 cycles
96%

Not doing too bad, how many cycles should a battery last?

 

[Fletcher]

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Do I win something for the least charging cycles?

 

[jenic]

New battery?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Nope.

 

[Munson]

Not doing too bad, how many cycles should a battery last?

I think Apple quotes 80% after 300 cycles is within design spec.

 

[Gavin.]

 

[Munson]

Do I win something for the least charging cycles?

New battery?

Nope.

Lol

 

[jenic]

I am confused :S