Garmin Descent x50i experience?

[Flamebut57]

My next dive is not until February 1st. I’ll report back then with percentage before and after all my dives. I’ll check the percentage in and out of the water.

The online specs say:
13 hours bright backlight
16 hours default backlight (medium).
20 hours for the night dive backlight.

The manual also says to make sure you dry it off or else it may detect water and drain the battery. I don’t know about whether or not this came into play but I definitely gave them a good soak in some fresh water when I got home. This explains the battery difference between 60 and 75-80% to me.

As far as needing to be able to go for a week without recharging you could always use a power bank to charge it (maybe even a solar one). The charger is a custom clip that has a USB C type connector.

I cannot find any information online or in the manual about the actual battery capacity. It may be worth reaching out to Garmin.

 

[Flamebut57]

FWIW I contacted Garmin’s support and was told the battery capacity was ~1700mAh. So a larger power bank should be able to charge that plenty of times.

I’m actually headed to Belize soon and while I think I’ll have power to recharge I’ll probably get a power bank anyways to have a backup. I’ll follow up again here afterwards just to let you all know how that goes.