Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
Sure. My experience is the opposite, though. My Garmin usually has enough juice in the battery to go for a ride because its battery lasts a long time. And my phone probably doesn't because its battery doesn't last all that long.
(I'm exaggerating a little bit. The phone usually has enough at the end of the day to probably get through an evening ride.)
For me it's the "one more thing to charge" issue. My phone is always adequately charged, even if I ride in the evening (which I'll admit I only do once a week, most of my rides are lunchtime or late afternoon).
Every phone is different, everyone's use is different, I understand that. My point here is that I've regularly been told that with my setup, I'll be "OK, except for long rides". 113 miles I did on Saturday is the longest single ride I've ever done, and I did it on one charge, and I still had juice to make phone calls and use my phone for the rest of the day afterwards.