Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => All Other Gear => Topic started by: Craig on November 18, 2016, 06:30:11 PM
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I have a Oregon 650 gps I'm using with the Montana state chip. I hunt all day tell it's dark around 4:45.. the GPS is on around 80% of the time. I am going through two sets of batteries a day. Is that normal? Any way to get better battery life out of this thing?
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What batteries are you using?
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I have an oregon and it chews through batteries, even Li. I now have a Montana with built in rechargeable and I love it. I run at 60% all day and never go below 50%. Plus the Montana can take AA also.
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My oregon eats batteries....only complaint I have. I never leave mine on for any longer than I have to. It boots up fast, finds antena fast and is a pretty amazing unit, except for the batter life. At first I was really bothered by the fact it eats batteries fast....but then I re-evaluated my use of it and I never have to leave it on for long periods of time. I never make trails and primarily use it for topography, and waypoints. I usually will get 2-3 days worth of battery life out of mine using it like I do.
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Just using regular Duracell batteries
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I use the costco / Kirkland AA now....never noticed a big enough difference to buy the expensive ones.
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I make sure my backlight is turned off to the lowest setting during the day. I don't have the oregon but turning off the backlight helps on my etrex.
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That seems a bit extreme. Maybe a bad battery from the get go? My Montana was going 2-3 solid days even with taking pictures on the one battery. It is the battery that came with it. I am guessing I get a solid 20 hours at least off of a charge.
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Use lithium batts and only turn it on when you need to mark waypoints. Navigate beteeen points with compass. I only change batts once every week or so in my old lowance.
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:yeah: I have the 655T and the lithium pack. I keep it turned off unless I need it to check boundaries, waypts, the way out. It lasts for several days.
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Have a rino 650 with the stock lithium batt. I had it on all day Thursday, 8am till 7pm and it had 65% battery if I remember right. Love it.
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