Just how accurate is coconutBattery?

[ramzhh]

I've had my MBP for less than 4 months and have had 54 loadcyles (something I'm trying to reduce, hopefully), and coconutBattery says my current battery capacity is 91%. I'm a bit worried. Is this accurate, or what? I've calibrated my battery about 4 days ago.

Cheers

 

[wordoflife]

It's pretty accurate.


Make sure you are doing the calibration properly.

 

[Turian.Spectre]

I've had my MBP for less than 4 months and have had 54 loadcyles (something I'm trying to reduce, hopefully), and coconutBattery says my current battery capacity is 91%. I'm a bit worried. Is this accurate, or what? I've calibrated my battery about 4 days ago.

Cheers

id say it can be 5-7 % wrong, based solely on my experience... you should also check out http://guides.macrumors.com/Laptop_Battery_Guide

mine was 94, then it went up to 97 after 2 days. it all about the chemicals..

 

[ramzhh]

It's pretty accurate.


Make sure you are doing the calibration properly.

I am.


Suggestions?

 

[wordoflife]

I am.


Suggestions?

Just keep using your battery regularly and then see the percentage after a week or two.

 

[No1nfoProvided]

Don't coconut battery and istat and all the programs like that just take the information from System Profiler and make it easier to display/read?

 

[grapes911]

Don't coconut battery and istat and all the programs like that just take the information from System Profiler and make it easier to display/read?

You are correct.

 

[Covart]

Yep, CoconutBattery gets it's info direct from the computer. If you want to see where:

click on About this Mac

click More Info

click Power


All your info is right there. CoconutBattery is just easier to read and is a one click operation vice 3.

 

[GGJstudios]

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