Battery health at 97% after only 14 cycles?

[flexbrah]

Its a new'11 MBP. Is it normal for the battery health to be going down that fast? Or should i take it into the apple store to get it checked out?

 

[miles01110]

Normal.

 

[xDC]

The health jumps around all the time, my 2010 with 400 cycles goes from 88-97% health. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[JacaByte]

It's normal; my MBP went from 98% health to 93% health in about 40-50 cycles, starting from when it was brand new.

 

[bangable]

my laptop shipped with 98% health, 4 cycles now.

should be fine.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Normal, mine jumped from 99% to 87% and then to 94% and is now 99%. All in two years.

And since the following is a good learning resource, but often gets overlooked or not even read completely, I just post it again (and will do so the next twenty two thousand times a similar question gets asked):

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This should answer most, if not all, of your battery questions:
Apple Notebook Battery FAQ by GGJstudios
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