Is there any way for the pencil not to discharge?

[nalbagli]

Hi I've had the iPad pro for a few days now, I love it specially ofr the pencil which is one of the key factors because of why I bought it.

My only problem is the following, yesterday morning I fully charged my pencil, but now when I haven't used it since the full charge a day and a half later the battery is on 87% I think this is pretty bad because that means pencil will probbably be dicharged after 5-6 days even with no use at all.

So I wanted to know is this normal? Is there anyway for stopping the pencil from discharging when not in use? How long should battery last, in standby and use aprox?

 

[Night Spring]

According to this post (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/turning-off-the-apple-pencil.1938954/#post-22269529), Pencil should go to sleep when not in use. Might want to contact Apple if it is draining battery like that while not in use.

 

[JonSarge3108]

If the pencil is close to the iPad, like I keep mine in a loop attached to the iPad, then moving the iPad activates the pencil Bluetooth link. Where are you storing the pencil ?

 

[sjleworthy]

Yes, i pressume keeping the pencil out of BT range will preserve battry power.

 

[JonSarge3108]

Or switching BT off

 

[M-5]

I've found that my Pencil charges considerably faster when connected to the iPad than when using the included adapter. I am able to fully charge the Pencil in just a few minutes, and it only depletes 1% of the iPad's overall battery.

 

[nalbagli]

I've had the pencil on the same room that the iPad so I belive that may be the problem, thing is I don't know where to sotre it, I bought a sleeve with a pencil holder so whenever my pencil is there it will get discharged. I guess I will have to turn off the bluetooth connection but I really think this is a crappy solution, I had the Surface Pro 3 and my Pen battery lasted more than a year and I never even had to change them.

I think Apple should have included an off switch

 

[nalbagli]

Also now I started turning off bluetooth on my iPad, but that means each time I want to use the pencil I need to phisically conect it to the iPad for it to work.

I really can't believe there's not a better solution for this issue

 

[aw3524]

I haven't used mine for about 2 weeks; it sits in its box within BT range of the IPP. It's currently at 19%. The thing charges in a very short amount of time, so it's not a huge deal; I think it'd be more annoying to constantly re-pair it. If you're plugging it into the socket anyway, it might as well be to just charge the thing.