My battery run time today.

[Dan(NM)]

It seems that the battery run time has been on a few forums as to needing a power bank. I think, seeing what I saw today, the only time one might need a power bank is, if your out in the wild and can't charge your battery for a day or two. Or, you forgot to charge your batteries the night before. I think the latter situation will more of a problem that the first for most hunters, I could be wrong.
I ran my EQ today for 5 1/2 hrs straight, using the wireless head phones and used 1 bar. After seeing that, I'm holding off on getting a power bank. I never ran into the situation on my CTX where I needed to use the AA battery pack, even though I always had one on hand. I'm a little obsessive when it comes to keeping my battery charged, my habit after every hunt is to pull my battery and start charging. I don't I'll ever use a full charge in a days hunt at my age, there was a day ,but, that day is gone.

 

[tometusns]

Yep, that's the way mines been as well.

 

[WaterWalker]

I use several different detectors, keep a track of each detector's run-time and recharge when I am at the 4 hour point before their history indicates they should go flat. I.e. if the battery has a history of running 12 hours, anything over 8 hours of use I will charge that battery. My detecting hunts usually do not last more that 4 hours in the ocean. If I know I will do more than the 4 hour hunt then I will adjust the charging point accordingly.

 

[dbado1]

I charge after every hunt as well. I have never run a battery flat on a days hunt.

Dean