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Markus Burkhardt
How satisfied are you with the Karoo's battery life? Does the battery still need to calibrate? I really hope so, otherwise the runtime would be really poor for me 🤪 I'm just spoiled by my Wahoo. I charged the Karoo to 100% after unpacking and then configured it to around 80%. Then completed two rides with a total of 3:20 hours. Configured for a few minutes after each ride. Battery was then at 39 %, then charged to 50 %, which I thought should be enough for today's ride. But far from it. After less than 1 1/2 hours, the message "Battery low 25 %" appeared. I then closed the iPhone app and activated the power saving mode. I thought that sucked because the screen always goes out. But then I made it to 2 km before home, then it went out. But it was only 4:50 hours. So a total of just over 8 hours + the time for the configuration. I connected a SRAM AXS, power meter, HR chest strap and live tracking via iPhone. Is that realistic?
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    Serge Voronov

    Same. 8-9 hours. its enough for me. Karoo nice city navigation device, it not for outdoors or training.

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    Diego Moscardi

    Last year my Karoo unit was a disaster. Now I’m very happy. Today 180km with SRAM AXS, QUARQ PM and HR STRAP connected, route to follow (30km with continuous rerouting because I changed road) and no battery save: 5h:45min of Ride time + 1h:27min of breakfast,lunch (always with Karoo ON) I finished the ride with 48% of battery. It was great in my opinion.

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    Thomas Gruber

    I would recommend to contact the Hammerhead support, if the battery life is still at 8 hours even after two or three charge circles (and maybe a calibration), as the Karoo should last longer with normal use (which I can confirm as I've been using it since September).

    Since I never use the live tracking, I can't say if this feature puts extra strain on the battery, on the other hand you didn't mention if the screen was set to auto or manual mode. 

    One thing I have noticed with the new Karoo is the same habit as the Karoo 2, which is that the battery drains a little faster once the low battery warning comes on. I never used the battery saver mode on the new Karoo, but on the Karoo 2 the battery saver mode was of absolutely no use.

     

     

     

     

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    John Verken Do La Vis From Zahmurgen

    The K3 battery runs out very quickly. After switching to the 1050 I don't have to worry about the battery on the road again

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    Markus Burkhardt

    I'm seriously considering changing devices too.

    I have to see if all the great features of the Karoo are also possible with Garmin

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