How is your battery life on the Surface Pro 7?

I purchased my SP7s at our local Microsoft retailer, and returned them there.  Had the same issue with the SP6, btw.  Thought the SP7 would be better but it was worse.  Also got a Surface Book 2 there, which I still use to this day, but less and less as the HP is more portable and has better battery life.  So the Book sits on my desk and is used when I feel the (slightly) larger 13.5 inch screen will be useful.

As a frame of reference, after I returned two SP7s because I was lucky to get 4-5 hours out of the battery, I purchased the HP Spectre x360.  Pretty much no matter what I am doing I easily get more than 8 hours on a charge.  That is with screen brightness at 100%, WiFi on, streaming, doing data crunching, whatever.  If I take the time to think about it because I am worried about how long I will be between outlets, it is not a challenge to get 12 hours by lowering the screen brightness and turning off WiFi if I am not using it.  Just playing video locally, no WiFi, and it gets even more time between charges.  I highly recommend it. Note this machine comes in HD and 4k.  The 4k battery life is not anywhere near what I get on the regular HD.  Screen is not as sharp as the SP7 or the 4k version of the HP, but it is larger and sleeker looking than the SP7 because of the small bezels, and if you are not sitting comparing the machines directly you would never notice or complain about the HD lower resolution.

Did you return them to Microsoft or the vendor? I've already sent one bank to Microsoft under warranty because of i can get only 6hrs absolute max, then it must be a fault. The replacement is the same. So i wonder if i can just get the money back from Microsoft rather than another substandard 2 in 1, then get the 360 or XPS 2 in 1.

As a frame of reference, after I returned two SP7s because I was lucky to get 4-5 hours out of the battery, I purchased the HP Spectre x360.  Pretty much no matter what I am doing I easily get more than 8 hours on a charge.  That is with screen brightness at 100%, WiFi on, streaming, doing data crunching, whatever.  If I take the time to think about it because I am worried about how long I will be between outlets, it is not a challenge to get 12 hours by lowering the screen brightness and turning off WiFi if I am not using it.  Just playing video locally, no WiFi, and it gets even more time between charges.  I highly recommend it. Note this machine comes in HD and 4k.  The 4k battery life is not anywhere near what I get on the regular HD.  Screen is not as sharp as the SP7 or the 4k version of the HP, but it is larger and sleeker looking than the SP7 because of the small bezels, and if you are not sitting comparing the machines directly you would never notice or complain about the HD lower resolution.

Hi,

What do you mean by great battery life?

My old Surface Pro 4 had about 4 hours battery life and I thought that insufficient by today's standards.

So I upgraded to SP7 and to my surprise I only  get 4.5- 5hours max. Plus a fluctuating brightness level which is very annoying...

I don't believe a product should be marketed as having 9.5-10 h battery life when it can barely reach half of that...

I'm not sure about the USA but in the UK there are rules about false advertising, which this most certainly is. 

I guess the equivalent is car manufacturers giving false MPG or CO2 data. At the vet least you can't advertise MPG based on the car idling with the lights turned off and nothing that makes it a car being used.

Hi,

What do you mean by great battery life?

My old Surface Pro 4 had about 4 hours battery life and I thought that insufficient by today's standards.

So I upgraded to SP7 and to my surprise I only  get 4.5- 5hours max. Plus a fluctuating brightness level which is very annoying...

I don't believe a product should be marketed as having 9.5-10 h battery life when it can barely reach half of that...