How low do you let your ipad battery get before charging?

[MsAmandaLove]

Just a random question...
I usually let mine go to 20 percent before letting it charge to 100%.

 

[SweetPoison]

I usually let the battery drain completely once a month, per Apple instructions. Other than that I try to remember to do a full charge every night for the next day.

 

[S65AMG]

Usually until it is about 10-20% and completely drained once a month.

Sent from my iPad using iPF

 

[dmaul1114]

10-20%. I've been charging every other night mostly so often.

 

[Simpson1190]

Does anybody shut down the iPad overnight? Would turning it off each night extend the battery life? I know the iPad is just an oversized phone and I never turn my phone off.

 

[dmaul1114]

Shouldn't make much difference since it uses so little power when asleep.

 

[mikeos]

Normally until it's on it's last legs. Or until I've finished using it.
Most of the time I let it charge overnight. Although sometimes I've used it whilst charging. Sometime I wish the cable was a little longer!

 

[celinedion1]

I let it get to 5 precent before I charge it. I usually don't charge it until the battery is about to be out of juice. i think since getting my ipad i've only charged it once, or twice. I've had it for almost a week.

 

[kc2ped]

If I am home it is always plugged in and streaming Pandora so it usually doesn't get drained that far down between charges
Several times a month I will unplug it and let it run until it runs out of power

 

[iPadOhana]

I usually let the battery drain completely once a month, per Apple instructions. Other than that I try to remember to do a full charge every night for the next day.

x2 I think the full drain is important or at least in my mind it is...LOL

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

Hope I haven't missed it earlier in this thread but just in case members want to read the Apple advice on the iPad battery that SweetPoisin is referring to

Apple - Batteries - iPad

Tim
Scotland

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

What is up with me today? I can't even spell SweetPoison's name correctly - sorry - now I'll have nightmares about that 'eye' watching me....

Tim
Scotland

 

[mrrefloyd]

Charge every night

The iPad uses a Li polymer battery. Lithium based batteries are happiest if you keep them nearly fully charged. When you deep discharge them too often you cause some hystereses effects. In other words you will decrease the level of the "full" charge. Lithium batteries like short, shallow cycles while Ni-CAD's like longer, deeper cycles. You will get a whole lot more battery cycles if you do not do deep discharges.

Ni-CAD batteries need to fully discharged every time in order to prevent memory effects. Li-Ion (and Li-polymer) are the opposite.

Apple's request for a full discharge once per month is so that they can calibrate their fuel gage circuit and has nothing to do with your battery life. I would not do a full discharge any more than once per month if even that often.

 

[SweetPoison]

What is up with me today? I can't even spell SweetPoison's name correctly - sorry - now I'll have nightmares about that 'eye' watching me....

Tim
Scotland

Too funny! I spell that silly name wrong more times then I care to admit.

 

[Mountainbikermark]

I don't plan on letting mine get below 5%. When I find it I'll post it but I've read they (LP) don't like to go below 4% and by doing so can harm the battery and are happiest ( most efficient) between 20 and 80%
One thing everyone seems to agree on is there is no memory effect with LI and LP batteries, other than that there seems to be no perfect answer
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