how long do you go before recharging your battery?

[tiggeerrific]

I read about 2 books on a half charged batttery.

[Dana]

I recharge my battery when it's a 1/2 to 3/4 drained...

[Betsy the Quilter]

I recharge my K1 battery either when there's about 1/4 left or when the Kindle begs to be recharged.

Betsy

[pawsplus]

I don't think one can really say, "in 2 books" b/c some books are 3X the length of others.  And some take longer to read b/c they are denser, etc.

Like Betsy, I charge when there's 1/4 left.  That's every 3-4 days for me (I read at least 2 hours a day).

[Granvillen]

I am recovering from a new knee surgery, and only occasionally use whispernet.  I read about 2-3 hrs a day and have gone 12 to 13 days without charging my K2.  I never drop below 1/2 charge.  

[Betsy the Quilter]

I recharge my K1 battery either when there's about 1/4 left or when the Kindle begs to be recharged.

Betsy

I should mention that I charge it about every couple weeks while at home using the original charger, while I'm traveling, about once a week using the travel charger.

The single biggest factor for me on how often I need to charge it is whether I have Whispernet on.  2d biggest--if I've downloaded several books so that there's a lot of indexing.

Betsy

[tiggeerrific]

thanks for the replies it seems my battery is okay for the length I am reading

[pomlover2586]

I charge my battery once a week just to be on the safe side......I hardly ever have whisper-net on, and I don't think my battery life has ever dropped below 3/4 full- but I like to have it fully charged, just in case.

[BlueEyedMum]

I never have the whispernet on (unless I bought books from Amazon) and I get about 2-3 weeks with reading everyday.

[Luvmy4brats]

Right now I'm getting about a day and a half with wireless on and 4 days with wireless off. Amazon has been troubleshooting for 2 weeks, but I'm getting a bit tired of it. I'm hoping they replace it soon because I'm pretty sure something's not right with it.

[KindleChickie]

I dock my devices every night so it gets a nightly charge.  But once every month or two I will allow the battery to drain all the way down before recharging.  It takes about 2.5 days before it will drain all the way down and then I turn it off for a couple of hours and let it rest before charging it back to full again and then turn it off and let it rest fully charged for a couple of hours. 

[Guido Henkel]

The battery on my Kindle 1 seems to get a little weak. I used to be able to read for about 2 weeks without a charge and now I'm somewhere around 8 days or so. Still, that is extremely impressive.

[andy_in_virginia]

I never have the whispernet on (unless I bought books from Amazon) and I get about 2-3 weeks with reading everyday.

I'm almost exactly the same.  The last time I charged my Kindle was when I loaded some new screensaver images a couple of weeks ago, my wireless is never on unless I'm making a purchase so a full charge is lasting me probably 4 weeks and then I'm down to about 1/2 full.

[pidgeon92]

I recharge about once a week. It seems perfectly reasonable to me, especially since I have to recharge my nook every 3-4 days.

[Hoosiermama]

I only have Whispernet turned on when downloading something. And most of the time, I do my browsing online, and send it to the K2. Then I usually just turn on Whispernet once a week or so and download everything at once.

I read at least an hour a day--usually 2-3 hours, and find that I only charge my K2 every other week or so.

[Richard in W.Orange]

I cannot remember the last time I charged mine...I should check that actually

[racheldeet]

I charge at 1/2 full or before I take it traveling anywhere, just in case.

[raven312]

I've had my Kindle since Jan. 10th, have read 13 books on it, and have now charged it twice since the original charge.

[Whidbeyislandgirl]

I use TTS alot, so only get a day or two on a charge. I listen to it maybe two hours a day, plus reading a couple of hours, even with the whispernet off, that REALLY sucks the battery down. But it's so darn handy! Love my dog walks with my kindle.....

[4Katie]

I recharge about once a week.

I like that idea. I think I'll do that, and never have to worry about the battery dying.

[Labnick]

I leave the wireless off and turn on when needed.  I usally charge about every 10 days.  However, I find if I use TTS a few times then I need to charge sooner!

[Tris]

Wow, everyone charges so much earlier than me.  Granted I have a K2i (my daily reader) and my K1.  I charge me K2i every 2 weeks (with 1/3 still left in the battery) and my K1 every 3-4 weeks, since I use it sporatically.  But when I used the K1 as my daily reader it charges it every week.

If anyone is curious, I turn on my WN for around 20 minutes or so every other day, and read about 2-3 hours everyday.

Tris

[wkerby]

I see that only KindleChickie is actually engaged in what is called battery "conditioning," discharging fully and recharging.  Most of my other rechargeable  electronic products call for this, but I have found nothing in original or second-party literature about the practice for Kindle.  I have read you can have data loss or buggy events when the battery is very low.  Anything definitive?

[blazfglori]

I usually recharge at about the half-way mark, give or take.
That's usually 2-3 days or so, as I just let my Whispernet on all the time so it can get updates of the blogs and newspapers I subscribe to as they're available.
I did just accidentally let my battery go completely dead (wasn't paying attention to battery level), and had to recharge from there and haven't had any problems with it.

[Eeyore]

I see that only KindleChickie is actually engaged in what is called battery "conditioning," discharging fully and recharging.  Most of my other rechargeable  electronic products call for this, but I have found nothing in original or second-party literature about the practice for Kindle.  I have read you can have data loss or buggy events when the battery is very low.  Anything definitive?

Kindles use a lithium ion battery so there are no memory effects like the old cadmium batteries had. See the info here on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery

Best Wishes!