PowerPod battery life

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BarryD
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PowerPod battery life

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Hi, I am having very intermittent battery life with my PowerPod. I understand from the guides & forums that it should last 19/20 hours. If I am lucky I can get two 3 hour rides before it dies. Today was the second ride in a week after a full charge and about 30 miles in of a 40 mile ride the power stopped functioning with just a zero shown on the screen, it had been working faultlessly until this point. I tried to reset it whilst riding & it just showed the power reading with nothing shown just the underlined part of the numeric display. I am using a Garmin 800 with the newer Garmin speed & cadence sensors. it has charged fully in 1 1/2 hours.
Is this a power issue or something else?
regards
Barry
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Hmm...please email tgore@velocomp.com for next steps
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I have noticed my usb charger to the powerpod is EXTREMELY finnicky..Even downloading data I have to keep messing with the port on powerpod to get it to connect to pc...Is this common or should I exchange this through amazon before my 30 days is up?This has happened since day 1 of using it.Ive also tried two other usb charging cords I have with no change,so its not the cord.

I really never know if its fully charged because the red light stops showing after a second or two and then I wiggle the port a little and it lights back up again...I imagine its not fully charged and I will have a issue just like the original poster.
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Please email tgore@velocomp.com
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Returned powerpod to amazon and got new one.... Charges correctly now
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How long does the powerpod battery lasts in terms of minutes or number of rides from a single full charged battery after pairing with all my sensors ( speed, cadence, HR)?. Asking this just to make sure i don't run out of charge in the middle of the ride?. And also how do i know if powerpod is low on battery and needs charging? and how long will it continue to work (after if at all shows any signs of low battery )?

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You should get about 20 hours of riding.
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