Why is my GoPro battery life so incredibly bad? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

qoncept · 05-20-2013, 01:18 PM

I took my new Hero 3 to an autox for the first time this weekend and my mind was completely at how fast the battery was dead. We got 6 runs, but as I was staging for my 3rd my phone beeped and the GoPro was dead. I'm not sure what I should be doing, but here's what I did. Hopefully someone can tell me how to get a full day's worth of runs in.

- The camera was mounted to the tow hook on the front of my car in the waterproof case
- Turned it on and connected via wifi from my phone, preview OFF
- Shortly before staging for a run I would start recording
- After parking I'd stop recording

... and that's it. I ended up with about 10 minutes of 1080p video and a dead battery on my brand new camera. I ordered another battery and a charger but honestly, if that's all I can get this camera is pretty worthless to me. There's GOT to be a way to get WAY better battery life..?

DylanFRS · 05-20-2013, 01:23 PM

I took 13 minutes of video yesterday at 1080p on my Motorsport model and still had full bars. I will say that I have found leaving it on but not recording also significantly drains the battery. At the last autocross I left it on while I was working and during the lunch break and it died a few runs before the end in the afternoon. That said, yesterday I left it on between runs (not recording but on) and had no battery issues then I turned it off while it was not my heat.

qoncept · 05-20-2013, 01:38 PM

Yeesh. I guess powering it off is the way to go. I'll need to get some kind of phone mount in my car so I can do all this easier while staging.

M-17 · 05-20-2013, 02:05 PM

Do they have car chargers (oem or aftermarket) for the GoPros cause that's what I'd get to make sure the battery will last when I need it.

qoncept · 05-20-2013, 02:10 PM

I have one but I'm not going to charge it for 3 minutes between runs, and apparently that's what I'd need to do. I'll turn it off when I'm not using it but I'm pretty disappointed. :\

Giccin · 05-20-2013, 02:43 PM

Gopro3s have been having shitty battery life reviews. :/

Same goes with the Black Edition.

Best bet OP is to buy more batteries.

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DylanFRS Lost in Kansas Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS (Raven) Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 662 Thanks: 359 Thanked 317 Times in 185 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I took 13 minutes of video yesterday at 1080p on my Motorsport model and still had full bars. I will say that I have found leaving it on but not recording also significantly drains the battery. At the last autocross I left it on while I was working and during the lunch break and it died a few runs before the end in the afternoon. That said, yesterday I left it on between runs (not recording but on) and had no battery issues then I turned it off while it was not my heat.

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