Tricks to extend battery life on 15mbp 2018?

[Drecca]

I have a 15 inch mbp i9. I'll be traveling a lot in the coming months, and not always near a power outlet.

Apart from screen brightness, and using safari instead of chrome, how can I extend my battery life? I usually get about 5 hours of usage right now, need to stretch it to 8-9. Browser work mostly.

 

[poorcody]

Haven't tried this myself yet, but seems like a promising idea:

https://marco.org/2015/06/07/disabling-turbo-boost

 

[matram]

Some suggestions based on my 2016 model.

• Get iStatMenu so that you can see instantaneous power consumptions.
• Idle power consumption is around 5W, which gives you 14 - 15 hours in idle.
• Do not have anything external connected to your MBP, that includes beamers.
• Make sure you do not activate the GPU as that tend to increase power draw up towards 20W.
• For the browser no videos and get an AD-blocker.
• I believe Safari is fairly power efficient, Chrome not so much, but I have not really tested

With light note taking, I have had 40 - 50% battery left at the end of a full day workshop. So I am no longer worried if I forget the charger in the hotel room.

 

[MrGunnyPT]

Some suggestions based on my 2016 model.

• Get iStatMenu so that you can see instantaneous power consumptions.
• Idle power consumption is around 5W, which gives you 14 - 15 hours in idle.
• Do not have anything external connected to your MBP, that includes beamers.
• Make sure you do not activate the GPU as that tend to increase power draw up towards 20W.
• For the browser no videos and get an AD-blocker.
• I believe Safari is fairly power efficient, Chrome not so much, but I have not really tested

With light note taking, I have had 40 - 50% battery left at the end of a full day workshop. So I am no longer worried if I forget the charger in the hotel room.

Very good advice, I'd suggest downloading gfx card to control which GPU uses the apps you using