Best4Power 4500mAh extended battery impressions

[xocomaox]

I'm going to chalk this battery up to an advertised larger capacity that is no better than the oem battery until I see a more comprehensive review like what I've posted here: http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-g3/509217-review-6-000mah-mpj-battery-lg-g3.html

 

[donm527#IM]

I'll have to go through the conditioning, cycling the battery a few times to see if there is really any improvement...

but when putting in the new battery the website says to use up whatever charge in the battery at initial install and then do a full charge, I still had 60% left and with brightness bumped up to 95% from my normal 70%, it took me about 2 hours of you tube, 30 minutes of recorded video from my gallery, about 10 minutes of streaming video from my cnbc app and 30 minutes of navaigation to work to drain it.

With the OEM battery on a regular day use I don't get much more than 3 hours screen time before battery gets low. So to get 3 hours from 60% I find impressive for me. Fully charged in less than 2 hours and using it now it's drained 10% in 90 minutes pretty fast and will see how battery does after I've drained the battery a few times and should be conditioned.

I have had this battery for about a month and a half. It adds no bulk to the phone. However I haven't really noticed much improvement in battery life than the stock battery. I certainly have not experienced one and a half battery life like the math would tell you I should be receiving. Having said that it is not bad for the price if you want a back up battery.

 

[gtcharlie]

I'll have to go through the conditioning, cycling the battery a few times to see if there is really any improvement...

but when putting in the new battery the website says to use up whatever charge in the battery at initial install and then do a full charge, I still had 60% left and with brightness bumped up to 95% from my normal 70%, it took me about 2 hours of you tube, 30 minutes of recorded video from my gallery, about 10 minutes of streaming video from my cnbc app and 30 minutes of navaigation to work to drain it.

With the OEM battery on a regular day use I don't get much more than 3 hours screen time before battery gets low. So to get 3 hours from 60% I find impressive for me. Fully charged in less than 2 hours and using it now it's drained 10% in 90 minutes pretty fast and will see how battery does after I've drained the battery a few times and should be conditioned.

Definitely sounds like you are getting better battery life than me. Could be differences in the batteries themselves I guess. I did all the conditioning recommended and didn't notice much change. To be fair I do believe this battery to have slightly better battery life than the stock one. Just not the jump I was expecting.

 

[donm527#IM]

Still going through the process of conditioning the Best4Power battery I got from Ebay, draining it 3-5 times but this is my 2nd or 3rd full charge.

I always keep it at 70% brightness. I feel it's a solid battery for the price... doesn't drain fast when not in use which is just as important than on screen for me. And in mix use, off and on, I am happy getting at least 3 hours screen time with the total available time like the 42 hours of total time shown below.

If I just wanted to test screen time going 100% to 0 immediately, I could stream youtube or CNBC live from full charge and get another hour of screen time easy.

 

[xocomaox]

Still going through the process of conditioning the Best4Power battery I got from Ebay, draining it 3-5 times but this is my 2nd or 3rd full charge.

I always keep it at 70% brightness. I feel it's a solid battery for the price... doesn't drain fast when not in use which is just as important than on screen for me. And in mix use, off and on, I am happy getting at least 3 hours screen time with the total available time like the 42 hours of total time shown below.

If I just wanted to test screen time going 100% to 0 immediately, I could stream youtube or CNBC live from full charge and get another hour of screen time easy.

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So it's no better than stock battery from LG? That's what I am getting from your post.

Meanwhile with my 6,000mah battery...

 

[donm527#IM]

I'll say no to that. I've been on the board a long time with my Nexus 4, G2, G3 and I have gotten good performance out of my G2 and G3, I have never gotten some of the excellent numbers that some, like you post. I go by my own experience, like the G3 where on average I say 3 hours on screen time for my normal use. So for me to hit 4 hours during a 42 hour active time is an hour improvement.

We'll have to see over more and more usage but I think its no worse and a bit better than stock... maybe 20% we'll see.

Again, it's how I normally use the phone where I get an average 3 hours screen time during the day but will last from unhook normally at 6 in the morning to late in the eve and could use wifi, Bluetooth, OK Google and google maps, youtube or cbnc, text, little phone on a normal basis mixed throughout the day to get my times.

So it's no better than stock battery from LG? That's what I am getting from your post.