Battery Issues

[Fooj]

I got my Macbook Pro back in November, and love it, but the battery is causing me some concern.

The health is down to 95%, according to istat pro, already, I try my best to use it as apple recommends but its not always possible, the Health seems to go down everytime i cycle it.

According to system profiler, it says 5247mAh, how does this relate?

Has anyone got any tips?

I use my laptop on the train about once a month, and need the good battery life for then, my windows laptop last about half an hour, so i dont want to end up with a laptop like that!

Cheers

 

[WildCowboy]

5500 mAh is the nominal full capacity, but batteries do vary. Have you calibrated it every month or so as Apple recommends?

How many cycles does it have on it?

 

[Fooj]

Its got 12 cycles on it, and yes i calibrate it every month or so!

i follow what apple reccomends, it says in the system profiler that the battery health is good, but istat pro says 96%

 

[WildCowboy]

Sounds like you're treating it properly. It hasn't had a really significant drop in life yet, so I'd just keep an eye on it. If you notice it getting down to ~80% within the one-year warranty with not many cycles on it, that would be a good time to contact Apple to see if they'll replace it as defective. But for now it seems like you're doing okay.