Real world battery life of MacBook 12"

[tim1000]

coconut battery has my battery health at 89% steady over the past several months. i have under 100 cycles. should i be worried?

 

[xDKP]

I get like 9-10 hours on mine..

Same on mine - 6 hours sounds very low

 

[Roman2K~]

I get like 9-10 hours on mine..

Me too. Less with intense use of course but can't complain about the battery life of this little guy.

 

[lparsons21]

I started out getting around 7 hours, but I was running the brightness a little high. Moved it down to 50% and now I'm getting closer to 9 hours. Of course it all depends on what I'm doing too. No complaints from me about battery life on this jewel.

 

[dmk1974]

So for for my gold MacBook, I have it set to 75% brightness (12 "dots") and browsed using Chrome for a little over an hour. Pacing out to only about 5:35 for a full 100% battery use. Hopefully it will improve or something over time. Not awful, but nowhere near what I was hoping.

 

[geraldem]

So for for my gold MacBook, I have it set to 75% brightness (12 "dots") and browsed using Chrome for a little over an hour. Pacing out to only about 5:35 for a full 100% battery use. Hopefully it will improve or something over time. Not awful, but nowhere near what I was hoping.

I am at 40% and getting about 7 to 8 hours. but wish i could get that with a slightly brighter screen

 

[batotman]

So for for my gold MacBook, I have it set to 75% brightness (12 "dots") and browsed using Chrome for a little over an hour. Pacing out to only about 5:35 for a full 100% battery use. Hopefully it will improve or something over time. Not awful, but nowhere near what I was hoping.

In my experience, Chrome was quite a battery hog.

 

[imac275]

I am at 40% and getting about 7 to 8 hours. but wish i could get that with a slightly brighter screen

About the same for me. I have just realised that I have had bluetooth on the whole time which is unnecessary for my use, so maybe a little bit more.

The only thing I don't understand is when I click the battery icon I get the message "Apps using significant energy - Safari". Should this be the case.

 

[c0ppo]

So for for my gold MacBook, I have it set to 75% brightness (12 "dots") and browsed using Chrome for a little over an hour. Pacing out to only about 5:35 for a full 100% battery use. Hopefully it will improve or something over time. Not awful, but nowhere near what I was hoping.

Ditch Chrome, use Safari. At least if u want way better battery life. I love using Vivaldi browser, but don't even have it installed on any of my laptops. Only safari to get that way longer battery life.

 

[sdm1985]

Ditch Chrome, use Safari. At least if u want way better battery life. I love using Vivaldi browser, but don't even have it installed on any of my laptops. Only safari to get that way longer battery life.

After a week my battery life is fluctuating - not sure if it's not good or now...?