The Nintendo Switch Battery Experiment

[bearsboi]

I'm testing the nintendo switch battery life at half brightness while standing in an open spot in breath of the wild. The switch was estimated to get about 3-3 1/2 hours of battery life while playing botw at max brightness. Let's just see how true that really is. I'm aware that this has already been done but being the muckraker that I am, seeing is believing. Will continue to update this post with new information until the experiment is complete.

So far: The battery has drained 13 percent in 10 minutes.
The battery has drained 25 percent after 20 minutes
The battery has drained 38 percent after 30 minutes
The battery has drained 77 percent after one hour
Battery warning at 1 hour and 6 minutes - 15 percent remaining
Second battery warning at 1 hour and 13 minutes - 5 percent remaining
Sleep warning at 1 hour and 16 minutes - 1 percent remaining

The battery is currently stuck at 1 percent after 1 hour and 38 minutes. Clearly this is an indicator issue despite having calibrated it just the night prior. I'll calibrate the battery again and re-test using my method, then I'll test 999999999's method by playing the game normally. If the battery doesn't fix itself after calibrating we can conclude that it is either a software or hardware issue. Hopefully not the latter

Switch finally dead after 3 hours and 6 minutes.

[PastelWraith]

Escrito originalmente por Omabear:

Escrito originalmente por PastelWraith:

I would test it in the home screen as well as a grassy area in BotW and maybe in Splatoon if you have that.

sitting on the home screen wouldn't be pushing the switch's limits as much as actually having the game loaded

That's why I said to test it at different capacities. At the home screen would be the maximum battery life and in a grassy field in BotW would be pushing its limits. If anything look at the home screen as your control group.

[bearsboi]

Escrito originalmente por PastelWraith:

Escrito originalmente por Omabear:

sitting on the home screen wouldn't be pushing the switch's limits as much as actually having the game loaded

That's why I said to test it at different capacities. At the home screen would be the maximum battery life and in a grassy field in BotW would be pushing its limits. If anything look at the home screen as your control group.

I'm not testing the home screen, I'm testing the game

[PastelWraith]

Escrito originalmente por Omabear:

Escrito originalmente por PastelWraith:

That's why I said to test it at different capacities. At the home screen would be the maximum battery life and in a grassy field in BotW would be pushing its limits. If anything look at the home screen as your control group.

I'm not testing the home screen, I'm testing the game

Then Nintendo already tested the battery ussing BotW. The battery life is approx. 2.5- 3 hours

[KingCringe]

there are many examples of data tampering
to continue receiving research funding

[bearsboi]

Escrito originalmente por PastelWraith:

Escrito originalmente por Omabear:

I'm not testing the home screen, I'm testing the game

Then Nintendo already tested the battery ussing BotW. The battery life is approx. 2.5- 3 hours

read my post again please :)

[PastelWraith]

Escrito originalmente por Omabear:

Escrito originalmente por PastelWraith:

Then Nintendo already tested the battery ussing BotW. The battery life is approx. 2.5- 3 hours

read my post again please :)

TL;DR

[bearsboi]

Escrito originalmente por PastelWraith:

Escrito originalmente por Omabear:

read my post again please :)

TL;DR

you can read. I'm not giving you a tl;dr to feed your laziness and lack of comprehension

[Kris]

Oh wow. That's actually interesting. Mine lasts a little under 3 hours. I figured that was how it is for everyone. Has your Switch gone through heavy use? Mine survived a plane ride to FL, with a tiny bit of charge remaining, so that's how I know.

[bearsboi]

Escrito originalmente por Kristee:

Oh wow. That's actually interesting. Mine lasts a little under 3 hours. I figured that was how it is for everyone. Has your Switch gone through heavy use? Mine survived a plane ride to FL, with a tiny bit of charge remaining, so that's how I know.

I've only ever brought it as far as a local restaurant