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Since we were talking about battery life in this thread, i still think a meter would be useful.

We tested how long the Air could sit after a full charge before it needed recharging with the question being, if a person used the Air for an hour on day 1, would they need to charge it before use 3 days later? 5 days later? or would it still have a useful charge a few weeks later?

The Air was plugged in on a Saturday. Used for maybe 30 minutes but on high volumes.
It then sat for a week, only turned on each day to test and check the red light status.
It was then used on the following Friday night for maybe 20 minutes on average volume levels.
It was then used on Saturday night, 7 days later, for about 10 minutes at high volumes until it started cutting out and died.

Hence, if anyone wants to charge the Air, within just about a week the charge will have slowly died out, possibly a bit longer since we did at least turn it on each day and used it once before the 7 days had lapsed. I would say that you would want to charge the Air for portable use if it hasn't been charged within 4-5 days.

Has anyone else had similar experiences?

Do you mean: Charging AA, using it one hour, then SHUTTING IT DOWN, waiting 4 days and then turning it on? If that is the case, then I always get a good 22 hours out my dual batteries regardless of the number of times I turn it off.

HOWEVER, if you leave it on but just not playing music, the Raspberry Pi is a full blown computer. It will consume battery life quite a bit.

It would be nice if you could be a little more precise in your example so we could compare more accurately with our own observations.

I thought that was pretty clear.
I'm not sure how to state it any other way.

I think the unit we have has the 9h battery. Perhaps it is a bit different with the dual battery, but still relevant if the charge is lost over time sitting unused.
Ours can sit for about a week before it doesn't have much charge left.
If the red light goes solid red when there is 20% or less charge remaining, then great. But what if there is only 30% charge left, the unit had sat for two days and a person wants to use it the next day for only an hour.
Do they need to charge it first?
Do they have time to charge it?
How long does it take to get the charge up to 50% or 60% to be sure you can get an hour use out of it?

Anyone with a cell phone asks these questions all the time. Before you leave the house and your cell has only 20% charge left, will it die before you return home? Will you be able to get out a call for more than 2 minutes if you needed?
Do you have ten minutes to charge it before leaving the house and if so, how much will it charge the phone? (My new Google Pixel 2 fast charges like mad. Ready in less than an hour. Love it. How about the Axiom Air?)

In my case, when actually turned off, I never have to recharge in between days.

I did inadvertently drain the batteries a few times when I thought I had turned it off, but a look at my server logs showed activities for well over 20 hours before it died.

If I unplug mine with a full charge, it'll be dead within a few days. Something is sucking the battery dry even when off. Both my units are the same. I predict we will all have dead batteries sooner than we should.

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