Kobo Libra H2O battery life

geekraver · 08-28-2020, 12:43 PM

Hi all

I have a Kindle Oasis but I'm starting to get really annoyed with the terrible battery life. I've owned Kobos before and the battery life was always good. Thinking of switching to a Libra H2O and wondering how that compares with other Kobos. Are people generally happy with it? For reference, I find I have to charge my Kindle about once a week, while doing about 6 hours of reading in that week (that's with wifi on). My last Kobo seemed to last closer to a month.

Mercador · 08-28-2020, 02:00 PM

I had several kobos for a decade, Aura One is the one I'm using it right now and the battery was OK for the first three years. Now, it goes down quite quickly (for a Kobo). It can stay a charge for around 3-4 hours (offline, lightning on at 20%).

davidfor · 08-28-2020, 10:41 PM

I honestly can't tell you how long the battery lasts in any of my Kobo ereaders. Whichever I am reading with usually gets connected to my PC for some period of time each day. It might not fully charge it, but it tops it up enough to make knowing how long it lasts difficult.

Having said that, I have read for 6 hours in one day on my Libra H2O plenty of time. The charge level didn't get anywhere near a point where I was concerned that it would run out. I have WiFi on all the time and change the light level as needed. With that, I would expect to be able to get more than 20 hours of reading out of one full charge.

08-28-2020, 12:43 PM	#1
geekraver Addict Posts: 364 Karma: 1035291 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Redmond, WA Device: iPad Mini,Kindle Paperwhite	Kobo Libra H2O battery life Hi all I have a Kindle Oasis but I'm starting to get really annoyed with the terrible battery life. I've owned Kobos before and the battery life was always good. Thinking of switching to a Libra H2O and wondering how that compares with other Kobos. Are people generally happy with it? For reference, I find I have to charge my Kindle about once a week, while doing about 6 hours of reading in that week (that's with wifi on). My last Kobo seemed to last closer to a month.

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08-28-2020, 02:00 PM	#2
Mercador I'm not a number! Posts: 242 Karma: 11496 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Quebec City Device: Kobo Elipsa	I had several kobos for a decade, Aura One is the one I'm using it right now and the battery was OK for the first three years. Now, it goes down quite quickly (for a Kobo). It can stay a charge for around 3-4 hours (offline, lightning on at 20%).

08-28-2020, 10:41 PM	#3
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303822 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	I honestly can't tell you how long the battery lasts in any of my Kobo ereaders. Whichever I am reading with usually gets connected to my PC for some period of time each day. It might not fully charge it, but it tops it up enough to make knowing how long it lasts difficult. Having said that, I have read for 6 hours in one day on my Libra H2O plenty of time. The charge level didn't get anywhere near a point where I was concerned that it would run out. I have WiFi on all the time and change the light level as needed. With that, I would expect to be able to get more than 20 hours of reading out of one full charge.

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