Hello to anyone who is still reading this forum,
First I am more than just simply impressed that the topics related to Newton+ is still here and we get answers from Velocomp. What a long time support we get.
I am in the same postiion as texmurphy. I still have a Newton+ which is working well (11.5 years old) , but thinking about a purchase to have a reserve, too, before they will have fully vanished from the market.
I have just one question and certainly I wish to get a sort of honest answer (or at least an honest estimation).
I observed during years that my Newton+ had a substantial battery discharge even when it was not used (=being switched off and put in a drawer for weeks). As far as I remember it comes from the type of battery and the way how it works to preserve data, but maybe I am wrong.
Just to avoid a fully depleted battery I charged my Newton+ once a month regularly, and during this long decade maybe I forgot it just like 3-4 times. In those cases they were re-charged after 3-4 months, typicially at the end of wintertime.
Its battery life is still quite OK, I get minimum 12-13 hours in mild conditions (NB: NO Powerstroke recording).
So my question is what one can expect from a unit of a Newton+ being on a shelf like for 10-13.5 years as regards its battery? This units have not charged since their production.
Note: I got 10-13.5 years from these two posts https://velocompforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=2240 and https://velocompforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=24679#p24679 and
Do you have any real experience how they behave after so many years? I do not need a promise, more like an estimation coming from the characteristics of the batteries used for Newton+.
I would really appreciate your thoughts, John.
Cheers,
Another long time Newton lover.
