The Teric's Battery Performance.

[Compressor]

Battery lifetime is around 5 - 8 years depending on the mfg. I don't think that it is a bad thing. For me rechargeable battery is generally a very good thing. Where I live and travel there is always the issue with counterfeit batteries that don't last 10% of what they should and even having access to the batteries is sometimes a chore in itself. We can't order batteries from Europe or the US and have them shipped via courier since most, if not all, couriers don't allow batteries in their planes.

ok. I see your point.

 

[BoltSnap]

I pack a small power board. Also means that when I traval to foreign countries that I only need a single adaptor for all my chargers.

I do that too, very easy.

 

[Manatee Diver]

I'm running out of places to put a charger. This is especially true when I'm on vacation and in a room that has ONE plug for the television and ONE plug for the bedside lamp. I have to plug in my phone, dive light chargers (2), my computer, and maybe a camera. Next question?

Travel surge protectors, some are compatible with 120V and 220V. I don't need it as much as I used to due to multi-USB chargers and newer hotels rooms having plenty of outlets. But it has allowed me to charge everything off of one available outlet.

Also I use the same wireless charger for my Teric as I use for my phone.

 

[Jay]

I added in a few more comments to the text:

[Edit - to add:] The battery will last 3 months in Standby (20/ Teric Specs p.86) (its sleep mode - there is no off switch), therefore it 'decays' 1.1%/day naturally. Therefore, SW recommend to fully charge the Teric when stored, and that would imply to top up the battery prior to the end of the third month so it doesn't go into Critical, then 'Dead'. p82 says to top up the battery every 6months. Perhaps the 3 months is precautionary, and it might be 3-6months depending on how old the battery is.

[Edit - to add:] re Quick Charging. From another post SW answered about battery longevity: "It is ok to always quick charge whenever you have a capable power source." Even with Quick Charge off, a few hours to charge is quick in my book.

 

[Jay]

I prefer to have a user replaceable battery like the Perdix. I think a lot of divers think like myself too.

... but the convenience of changing the battery myself is a positive attribute.

I've got to admit I'm a little perplexed by it ... yes, I've seen that commented on SB a lot about. Perhaps it's a remnant of when rechargeable batteries were prone to failure and reliability issues or batteries that need regular factory changes being a pain in the so&so.

These days reliability doesn't seem to be an issue if they're working correctly out of the box then they seem to working well for the following years.

I guess it's a personal choice, I myself value the lower bulk a lot.

I have a feeling that the next tec focused box computer SW will have rechargeable battery, albeit a beefier one with at least double the Teric's capacity.

 

[JohnnyC]

I don't understand the need to overanalyze the Teric battery. It will either work, or it won't. If it's low, charge it. If it might be low, charge it. If you're gonna use it to dive with, charge it. It's not rocket surgery to slap the thing on the charger for a couple hours. If you're trying to eek out the last bit of performance out of what's essentially a piece of life support equipment (seemingly more and more unfortunately), by prioritizing something like an extra flashlight or set of strobe batteries, your priorities are screwy. If your butthole puckers because you only get 87 days of standby instead of 90, I suggest you take up another hobby, like carving intricate sculptures into the eye of a sewing needle.

As for the fact that you can't swap the battery yourself, that's a hard stop for me. Nothing like spending $6000 on a liveaboard trip only to have tour battery choke on it halfway through day 3 of a week long trip. That's a thousand dollar day right there.....for want of a nail. Despite what SB would have you believe, the vast vast vast majority of people do not have a backup computer, and those that do, even less actually dive with them concurrently. Being able to swap a battery with one you can pick up in any jungle corner store without losing decompression data is probably the cheapest insurance you can get.

 

[lexvil]

I don't understand the need to overanalyze the Teric battery. It will either work, or it won't. If it's low, charge it. If it might be low, charge it. If you're gonna use it to dive with, charge it. It's not rocket surgery to slap the thing on the charger for a couple hours. If you're trying to eek out the last bit of performance out of what's essentially a piece of life support equipment (seemingly more and more unfortunately), by prioritizing something like an extra flashlight or set of strobe batteries, your priorities are screwy. If your butthole puckers because you only get 87 days of standby instead of 90, I suggest you take up another hobby, like carving intricate sculptures into the eye of a sewing needle.

As for the fact that you can't swap the battery yourself, that's a hard stop for me. Nothing like spending $6000 on a liveaboard trip only to have tour battery choke on it halfway through day 3 of a week long trip. That's a thousand dollar day right there.....for want of a nail. Despite what SB would have you believe, the vast vast vast majority of people do not have a backup computer, and those that do, even less actually dive with them concurrently. Being able to swap a battery with one you can pick up in any jungle corner store without losing decompression data is probably the cheapest insurance you can get.

True enough about charging, that is pretty much the bottom line. I do have a perdix as a back up, on a live aboard trip a few months ago I ended up loaning it to another diver when hers locked her out, also had a spare regulator that was loaned out too, so be the guy with extras is my motto, well now it is.
The Teric has a simple screw back case, one of these days we will know what battery it uses and then I would likely just change my own when it can’t perform any longer, it’s just to nice to do without, for me anyway.

 

[Rollin]

You can pick up a small qi powerbank these days to solve that problem.

 

[Jay]

I don't understand the need to overanalyze the Teric battery.

You could ask. That's probably a tad smarter than making 1/2 dozen 'If ... blah blah' comments.

Nothing like spending $6000 on a liveaboard trip only to have tour battery choke on it halfway through day 3 of a week long trip. That's a thousand dollar day right there.....for want of a nail.

You're kidding right?? When have you heard of a working li-on battery abruptly stop working on any device that wasn't a Samsung Note 7?

 

[JohnnyC]

You could ask. That's probably a tad smarter than making 1/2 dozen 'If ... blah blah' comments.



You're kidding right?? When have you heard of a working li-on battery abruptly stop working on any device that wasn't a Samsung Note 7?

Kidding? No, I'm not that ignorant. When? Let's see, I've personally had 2 Macbook Pro's with batteries that died abruptly, 3 dive light battery packs, numerous tool batteries well within their rated lifespan. Numerous single 18650 cells in various applications, all from primary suppliers, no knock offs or re-wraps. And keep in mind, these are all from manufacturers (except the can light packs) who produce several orders of magnitude more products than Shearwater, with vastly larger QA/QC departments, and the purchasing power to weed out faulty components before they even reach the consumer, yet here we are......

Maybe I just actually use enough batteries to not make ridiculous assumptions that battery technology is infallible, especially in a piece of equipment designed to safely escort you through an environment where you are literally incapable of survival without life support equipment.

By your logic I shouldn't need an extra source of PO2 monitoring with my rebreather, or need to carry backup lights when I'm cave or wreck diving. Sorry dude, I've got enough hours in the water in austere situations to never assume that my gear is infallible, even my Shearwaters.