what's your battery's health?

[Jay42]

I think a new battery is in my future

 

[Collin973]

I don't think so. When I first put the battery in Coconut battery said "-1 cycles 82% health". So, I calibrated it and nothing changed.

 

[astarling06]

As a newb, i like reading about all these nifty little widgets and apps you guys find. I had to go and put it on my notebook too.

 

[eluk]

what computer do you have?

17" MBP C2D.

 

[bearbo]

17" MBP C2D.

and what did i say about 17" MBPs?

 

[eluk]

and what did i say about 17" MBPs?

for those of you confused, if you have a macbook pro 17", your "original capacity" is not 5500, it's about 6500

coconutBattery states 5500 as original and the posts here show a fair variation.

 

[lamina]

Way to go... I told myself I wouldn't check my battery health again...

 

[Lau]

Does Coconut Battery count the cycles from the computer or the battery? My iBooks 11 months old, but the battery was replaced in the whole exploding thang a few months ago. Either way, I do abuse my battery a lot and always run off battery, but even then it seems like a hell of a lot of charge cycles...

 

[Sicarius]

 

[Jo-Kun]

68% after only 4 months... Yuck (Granted.. 34 charging cycles.. but still).

303 charging cycles 9months 87% on my MacBook... but I mostly let it run out to 1% before recharing...

 

[onebloodonelife]

 

[Nightkrawler]

after calibrating, im getting a slightly better result...
But i dont think that a 10% loss after 14 loadcycles is OK

 

[Optimus Rhyme]

This is kinda puzzling me. I've calibrated my battery, yet these are the details I get.

Macbook C2D:

Current Battery Capacity - 5451
Original Battery Capacity - 5200

Load Cycles - 62
Age of Mac - 3 Months.

Basically my battery capacity has gone up, and I've seen some people here have marginal increases, but mine seems like it's gone up quite a bit. Odd.

 

[iBookG4user]

Here are both of my MacBook Pro batteries. The capacity is decent for the age, but one battery does a heck of a lot of fluctuating (went down to 70% then to 80% then to 70% and now back to 90%), (coconut battery does not manage multiple batteries)

 

[bearbo]

coconutBattery states 5500 as original and the posts here show a fair variation.

-_- coconutbattery either cannot correctly identify 17" MBP's battery, or it's plainly wrong. i am stating this as a fact, that (say it with me)

Battery of Macbook Pro 17" has original full capacity of 6500, not 5500

believe it or not. all the ppl who has MBP 17" should be somewhere around 6500, not 5500. 15" has 5500 (don't you think the the physical size of battery has ANY thing with its capacity?)

 

[iJawn108]

96% 80 Lc

 

[toddster63]

Wow, seeing some of the other results makes me feel good about mine; I rarely let the battery get too low (often start it charging around 40% or so) an try to calibrate it via Apple's instructions every 3-4 weeks...

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[bearbo]

Wow, seeing some of the other results makes me feel good about mine; I rarely let the battery get too low (often start it charging around 40% or so) an try to calibrate it via Apple's instructions every 3-4 weeks...

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cool! now do you usually keep it plugged in?