even by using standby.. battery life is not that long on a virb (sub 3hours) For the rear I use a Fly6.. rideye ordered as part of the kickstarted campaign (been awhile). I only use the Virb (elite) when I want to record for making a video afterwords. So I will continue to use the Fly6 for the rear and Rideye for the front when it comes in...as the normal everyday setup.