6-7 hours of battery on 13" i5 rMBP

[dizmonk]

So I was curious how much real-world usage I was getting. Using battery logger I'm generally getting 6-7 hours of usage going from 100% to 0% battery. Yes the brightness is up about 2/3rds but I'm not doing anything intensive...

Mainly Keynote, iTunes, Safari, etc....

Is this consistent with what you're getting??? Much lower than Apple's claim of 9 hours.

Another reason I'm returning it to get my refurbed MBA.

 

[Celedral]

Safari can eat up a hefty part of the battery life if you are running flash heavy sites.

 

[dizmonk]

I've got the click-to-flash extension on...

Safari can eat up a hefty part of the battery life if you are running flash heavy sites.

 

[Breedlove]

Do you use the DropBox app?

 

[dizmonk]

yes.. what's the problem with Dropbox?

Do you use the DropBox app?

 

[gorcman]

I'm getting about 8.5 hours on mine under normal web browsing use and light video playback. (brightness set to 10/16).

There have been reviews posted where people are getting 10-11 hours of web browsing. Not sure how they're managing that.

System Specs:
13 inch Retina (late october 2013)
2.6 ghz i5
512 SSD
16gb RAM

 

[DaRealElvis]

I get like 6 hours with just using word and chrome. Can I consider that normal? Brightness almost the highest setting (1-2 bars below).

 

[theromz]

I can get 10hours if it is just chrome, when I start to use a few more programs I can get around 7-8hours out of it. I would take apple's claim for 9hours to be the upper limit and only possible if you reduce brightness and so on.

 

[Breedlove]

yes.. what's the problem with Dropbox?

Dropbox sometimes gets stuck in a constant syncing loop which ends up being quite power and cpu intensive.

I had the same problem last night. Problem solved after closing the app.

 

[R3fr3sh]

my late 2012 13" got 6-7 hours, and my wife's new 2013 13" gets about 7-8 hours roughly. Not a big difference. I don't see a big jump in overall performance. Should have given mine to her and purchased the new 15"

 

[dizmonk]

Does Google Drive have the same effect as Dropbox?

I read that Dropbox fixed the problem. When I exited the app I gained maybe 15 minutes....

 

[vraxtus]

mine reports just about 7 hours but i haven't run down a full charge yet. chrome seems to eat a bunch of battery - i'm wondering if using safari instead will jump the battery life?

 

[dizmonk]

I've been using Safari for the most part and I don't think it makes a big difference.

mine reports just about 7 hours but i haven't run down a full charge yet. chrome seems to eat a bunch of battery - i'm wondering if using safari instead will jump the battery life?