How is your battery life on the Surface Pro 7?

Anonymous
2020-01-03T19:11:20+00:00

I upgraded to the Surface Pro 7 - 8gb, 256GB from the SP4 8gb, 256GB. My SP4 hardly got an hour of battery and would shut off on battery without warning, so I constantly had it plugged into the wall wherever I went.  I was hoping for much better on the SP7. Currently I am struggling to get a full 5 hours...closer to 4 hours. 

Yes, I know I use Chrome and Edge, a number of Office windows open, might watch some YouTube and Netflix. 

4 to 5 hours seems pathetically small.

Any other comments, suggestions or comparisons? (I know there's a need to 'bed in' a new battery in, I've had the laptop almost 2 weeks now, the battery should be 'bedding' in by now.

thanks in advance

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-23T15:24:57+00:00

    Did you try Chromium Edge? Wallstreet, above, explains why it's better on battery. It seems to have made all the difference with mine - 7-9 hours now. Although that is with screen reasonably dim and powersave on constantly.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-23T15:54:46+00:00

    Yes the new edge and all the updat questions. I get no more 5.5 hrs on battery pro with minimal internet useage. It is a brand new computer less than 10 cycles

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-04-23T17:06:11+00:00

    Maybe send it back through the warranty as it might be a bad unit. I sent mine back and got a new one within a week. If nothing else they are very good with returns. Mine was bought from the USA but I was able to return to Germany from Belgium!

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-04-23T17:10:33+00:00

    Sorry to ask, but did you get that figure from running powercfg /batteryreport?

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