M1 Pro MBP Owners What Are Your Battery Stats After 2 Years?

[smirking]

I'm curious how other M1 Pro & M1 Pro Max owners are doing in the battery health department after around 2 years of ownership.

I'm extremely pleased with where mine is at after 2 years of daily use. I've got approximately 95% battery health after 391 cycles. The only battery management I practice is limiting my charge to 85%.

Despite my aversion to upgrading more than every 3-4 years, the M1 Pros were an easy day 1 decision for me because of the battery life potential. The way I use my laptop is extremely bad for battery health on Intel MBPs (VMs, compiling software, RAW photo processing).

The 2 year mark is meaningful for me because if I was careful about how to I used my Intel MBPs, I'd still have a barely healthy battery after 2 years. Now, I'm using my computer without any power management concerns and it just works no matter what I do with it.

 

[lcseds]

Just over 2 years on an M1 Pro. 223 Cycles, 88% Max Capacity.

 

[eelpout]

2 years as well on my M1 Pro. 245 cycles, 90%.

I'm pretty careful about only charging to 85% using Al Dente.

The battery life though seems to be steadily decreasing. I think I only get around 6-7 hours now. I'm getting more with my new 14" HP surprisingly when doing similar tasks. To be fair I think a lot of it is due to always listening to music through an external DAC. Seems to be kryptonite to MacBooks for me. 😉

 

[DaveEcc]

14" MBP M1Pro, from day 1. Used pretty much daily, but generally left plugged in, optimized charging enabled.

System Settings/Battery/Battery Health:
Battery Health is showing 96%.

System Information/Power:
Cycle Count 196, Condition Normal, Max Capacity 96%

 

[arefbe]

21 months Battery Health Normal
13 cycles Condition Good Max Capacity 98%

 

[pksv]

14" Max

Almost 2 years:
Cycle Count: 73
Maximum Capacity: 84%

OUCH :/

 

[VineRider]

14" Launch Day M1 Pro - health is at 95%. Cycle count is 224.

No complaints...battery life is still great. I usually plug it in every night and optimized charging is turned on.

 

[tstafford]

Jue '22, 134 cycles - 88%. Meh.

 

[klspahr]

My wife’s 2020 M1 Air has 448 cycles and 83% health.

 

[pksv]

My wife’s 2020 M1 Air has 448 cycles and 83% health.

M1's batteries are STELLAR.

 

[Purrific]

2 years old, 95% health, 231 cycles - I use it pretty much all day, every day off the charger, and charge when it gets to around 40% - no fixed pattern really. (Wow, I just checked and it is exactly 2 years old tomorrow 🙂)
ETA: I get between 10 and 14 hours out of it, even after 2 years - have not noticed any deterioration whatsoever.

 

[pksv]

Is it MBP M1 Pro chip? 14 or 16 chassis?
Pretty remarkable, seems the biggest issue is when you keep it plugged in at all times.

 

[Purrific]

Is it MBP M1 Pro chip? 14 or 16 chassis?
Pretty remarkable, seems the biggest issue is when you keep it plugged in at all times.

I have a 14 inch MBP w/ M1 Pro. I don't keep it plugged it at all - only to top it up.

 

[FNH15]

Per CoconutBattery, 84% (85% in System Settings). Launch day (more like a preorder) M1 Pro 16”.
Much better than my 2018 15”, which had a totally shot battery by this point. I think it’s because the M1 doesn’t get nearly as hot.

 

[Flav]

16" M1 Pro, ~50 cycles, 100% battery health through Coconut and System info.
Using Al Dente Pro, limiting charge to 75%

 

[someoneoutthere]

16" M1 Pro; almost always plugged in w/o any battery management apps; 21 cycles, 89%