KenjiSugahara
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- Oct 25, 2010
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I agree that that can be a bit disappointing. That being said, based upon my limited experience (twice) and what I've read, there is still quite a bit of life in the 800 even after you get the low battery warning.
...roughly 30 minutes the other day in my case (case-by-case of course depending on contrast and other settings). One would expect though that after flashing the warning, the device automatically saves the route which IT DOES NOT! Result: if one does not stop the timer and shut down the device before it goes blank, there will be no records of the ride at all...(I understand this was already an issue in previous editions in the Garmin Edge series)
TOM, I noticed on your blog you mentioned that Ludwig had given some battery-preserving tips. Though it seems they didn't seem to help you this time, would it be possible to let us know what they are?
How challenging was it to replace the battery, James?
erm..... you talking to the guy that stripped down smashed iPhones and Blackberry units, replaced the touch glass with polycarbon and other little upgrades so a battery swap on the Garmin was a peice of piss.
I would say if you aren't technically minded then its a 2 hour job to do it right. Technical savy then maybe 1 hour for the first time.
The only reason I did this to my Garmin 705 was because the battery died on me (lost its memory and wouldn't charge) and also becasue I race in countries like Africa I needed to make sure that the unit would record data over several days without a place to charge it.
talking of invasive surgery...sounds extremely challenging to me James! If I can not remedy the problem, I may have to call on your surgeon skills and do the bypass operation for me.
For what it's worth, I started a thread about this over on the Garmin forums.
https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?t=16694