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All early adapters: What is your battery cycle count?

J

juro

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Just trying to get a gauge of my usage from all of you who've had your MBAs since about the time of the introduction last year. My cycle count is currently at 175.

How are you guys holding up?

And how many cycles can I really expect from the built-in battery?
 
Battery Cycles

My machine was purchased the week it came out, I charge it every night, and it is at 92% right now as I am working.
Here's what I have:

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4098
Fully charged: No
Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4546
Health Information:
Cycle count: 246
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 502
Voltage (mV): 8071

I have Apple Care and I am hoping that I can get TekServe or Apple to replace the battery before the three - year mark..
 
Had mine for almost 7 months (September). I charge it almost every night, but sometimes will have it just closed and asleep for days at a time in my bag. Having an iMac at home helps reduce battery reliance on the MBA. Still no problem holding charges though.

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 3141
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4734
Health Information:
Cycle count: 147
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1540
Voltage (mV): 7583
 
I bought my MBA in the week of release. It is used pretty much daily and has run up 74 cycles. Showing 96% health in iStat.

Tif
 
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4609
Fully charged: No
Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4656
Health Information:
Cycle count: 263
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 346
Voltage (mV): 8187


I ordered mine day 1, Batt has 263 cycles @ 91% health
 
Heres my charge info, ordered my Air on day one:

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 1476
Fully charged: No
Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4798
Health Information:
Cycle count: 158
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 1314
Voltage (mV): 7684

Is this any good?
 
I ordered mine pretty soon after it was announced. These are my battery details after a year and one month of daily use:

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4529
Fully charged: No
Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4736
Health Information:
Cycle count: 351
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 544
Voltage (mV): 8136

Health is at 92% according to iStat pro. In answer to your question, I would say you should expect at least 400-450 cycles before you notice a significant impact on the capacity of your battery. At that point you may want to consider replacing it depending on how much time you require between charges. For me, two hours is a minimum - when it hits two and a half hours with the screen dimmed as low as it will go, I will have to have the battery replaced.
 
Current battery charge: 2783 mAh
Maximum Battery charge: 4562 mAh
Original Battery Capacity: 5090 mAh

Load Cycle: 236
Age: 15 Months

Purchased first day.
 
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 2143
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4598
Health Information:
Cycle count: 163
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1576
Voltage (mV): 7328

Purchased in Early Feb. 2008
 
It's a year old and here it is:

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4289
Fully charged: No
Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4841
Health Information:
Cycle count: 228
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 555
Voltage (mV): 8085
 
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 2793
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4712
Health Information:
Cycle count: 201
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -2280
Voltage (mV): 7481
 
One of the first to get in Europe, a few days after the US

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4645
Fully charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4645
Health Information:
Cycle count: 352
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 256
Voltage (mV): 8198
 
I've had mine since November. I try and keep it plugged in whenever possible...

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4812
Fully charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4841
Health Information:
Cycle count: 44
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 8160
 
I picked mine up the second week it was out in the US:

Full charge capacity (mAh): 4585
Cycle count: 317
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 558
Voltage (mV): 7962

I haven-t recycled it for a while though.

KB
 
Pre-order, 1st week delivery MBA used daily as my primary computer. This machine spends about 75% of it's time connected to AC.

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 4104
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4710
Health Information:
Cycle count: 172
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1602
Voltage (mV): 7855
 
aicul said:
I'd like to provide my stats, but where do I get them ?
Click to expand...

system profiler

You can get to it from the about this mac under the apple menu (or directly in Utilities or use system_profiler if you are command line person in a terminal window)

apple > about this mac > more info > hardware > power
 
NOTE - I am not an early adaptor , I only bough my Rev A in February 09 , BUT , the warranty indicated that it had been sitting in stock since launch ! my understanding of these batteries is that they "age" rather than wear , so I feel these details may still be relevant , & have posted my details on that basis
(If I am wrong on this , please feel free to ignore them ! 🙂 )

Full charge capacity (mAh): 4946
Health Information:
Cycle count: 79
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -14
Voltage (mV): 8150
 
Holy crap! I have way more cycles than most of you guys. Got my Rev. A in February of last year. I'm rarely without it, take it virtually everywhere in my backpack.

Full charge capacity (mAh): 4715
Health Information:
Cycle count: 428
Condition: Good
 
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