Today was the 2nd time in 2 months that my 6 month old Garmin 310xt shut down on me suddenly during a workout. I had heard from other people that when the 'low battery' warning shows up on the Garmin 310xt, that it shuts off pretty quickly, so that part isn't surprising. What I find quite frustrating is that I would think the watch really does have more than enough battery life to stay on... 2 little bars are still left on the battery icon when I turn the watch back on right away (it stays on for another 30 secs - 2 mins before shutting down again) and when I plug it in to recharge, the watch's charging indicator starts off at 32%! When this happened last month, the charging also started at some % greater than 30.
I'm fairly certain that I've used it in the past successfully to a battery life % below 20- was that a fluke? Anyone else have their Garmin shut down at a relatively high battery life %? Ironically I gave up on my 205 finally after more than 5 yrs of use (and a 'fixing' 1/2 way thru by Garmin) because it wasn't dependably getting a charge anymore. But it wasn't worth paying them $90 for another possible 'fixing', and the 310 got such great battery-length reviews so I figured it was worth the investment. I really wanted the super long battery life b/c I sometimes go 2-3 days w/o electricity (or not having space to carry a special battery charged charger for the Garmin) where I would like to record multiple long workouts.
Thanks for any thoughts on the matter!
I'm fairly certain that I've used it in the past successfully to a battery life % below 20- was that a fluke? Anyone else have their Garmin shut down at a relatively high battery life %? Ironically I gave up on my 205 finally after more than 5 yrs of use (and a 'fixing' 1/2 way thru by Garmin) because it wasn't dependably getting a charge anymore. But it wasn't worth paying them $90 for another possible 'fixing', and the 310 got such great battery-length reviews so I figured it was worth the investment. I really wanted the super long battery life b/c I sometimes go 2-3 days w/o electricity (or not having space to carry a special battery charged charger for the Garmin) where I would like to record multiple long workouts.
Thanks for any thoughts on the matter!