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    What is a good and trusted battery health meter?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Ice Cold, Jul 24, 2009.

  1. Ice Cold

    Ice Cold Notebook Deity

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    I know there are software apps out there that tell you how many cycles you lithium ion battery has been through plus how healthy it is, any suggestions?
     
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    I'm using batterybar for my Studio 1735. It's a nice, unobtrusive battery counter, it goes next to your system tray. In the taskbar it can show either percentage or time remaining. Hover your mouse over it, and a detailed window pops up, telling you percentage, battery capacity and recharge/discharge rates, battery status, estimated full battery life and how much of the battery has worn down in percentage.
     
    RGM, Jul 25, 2009
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    Aryq46254 Notebook Consultant

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    I too am using BatteryBar now and I like it. I had been using BatteryMon which I liked as well, but it was only a 30-day trial and that expired. The one feature from it I wish BatteryBar had was the graphing feature showing you how fast/slow your battery is discharging/charging... as well as give you a total time of how long you've been on battery, versus just the estimate of what's left. But BatteryBar is small, unobtrusive, pretty and gives me the majority of the data I want quick access to.

    Just my .02... ;)
    ~Aryq~
     
    Aryq46254, Jul 25, 2009
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    tried using this but doesn't show me anything about how many cycles I have left. Just indicates battery time left.
     
    truebullfan, Jul 25, 2009
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    BlackRussian, Jul 25, 2009
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