who has a inspiron 13 5000 2 in 1. Battery life?

I have noticed my battery life is crap on my computer. 2 hrs max with the screen on 25% and just using the browser and email. I would like to know other people's battery life on their models. This seems REALLY low. It states my battery is fine, but I don't think it is!

 

You can reduce browser CPU / GPU load - and battery usage - by disabling ad's, animations like jscript or flash, closing background tabs actively using CPU/GPU, and I've found this extension useful for Chrome:

The Great Suspender
Make your computer run smoothly by suspending the tabs you aren't using
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg?hl=en

"A lightweight extension to reduce chrome's memory footprint. Perfect if you have a lot of tabs open at the same time. Tabs that have not been viewed after a configurable length of time will be automagically suspended in the background, freeing up the memory and CPU being consumed by that tab."

It looks like someone has / is porting it to Firefox, haven't tried it:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/the-great-suspender-port/

 

What does HWinfo64 say your battery wear level is?

 

I will check after and get back to you.

 

My laptop battery have that problem. It said that "the battery was in the end of the cycle" (discovered after you press "Fn" + power on button). For your information, it only took one year from the first time i bought it (i bought the new one in the authorized seller). Amazing, isnt it

 

Did it make a big difference after you replaced the battery?

 

Ok, my battery life on the dell app is poor. I guess my battery was dying a slow death and it took a while to show on the health status. Next question, or questions. Are the batteries on ebay just as good as dell originals, and is there a higher capacity battery available for my notebook?

 

The ebay batteries are likely knockoffs so I wouldn't say their quality will be as good as the dell original. Having said that the cheap one's I've done for customers in the past worked ok. Sadly I have no idea if there is a higher cap battery for your laptop, not likely though.

 

I kind of figured as much. Most of the ebay batteries are not labeled dell. Probably from the exact same place as the OEM though. The way I look at it I can have 3 batteries from ebay from the price of one from Dell direct.

I just started a new job, so I have had to catch up on everything. The xps 15 2 in 1 will be coming in the new year (again). My son will inherent my 5368.

 

@kojack Have you checked laptopbatteryexpress.com? https://www.laptopbatteryexpress.com/Dell-Inspiron-13-5368-Battery-p/dell-wdx0r-5368.htm

 

I did, however, I have a new battery coming with 2 SSDs from amazon. Thanks for the option though!

 

My new battery arrived today. Gettting ready to put it in there now. I will report back on the battery life after the replacement.

 

Have my battery installed and fully charged. Went from 1.55 hrs on a full charge to 9.20. This is a third party battery from amazon not a genuine Dell. I am happy now. I have decent battery life again.

 

Thanks for the link, hope I don't need it for a year or two

 

The 3rd party batteries are good, and cheaper than the dell. On my device it's very easy to change with just a phillips screwdriver and 10 min needed.

 

Which one did you get?

 

ZTHY is the brand name on it.

 

The battery is working great. Before, I would get less than 2 hours on 25% screen brightness from a full charge. Now, I have 83% battery with 4:30 left on the clock on 50% brightness. It's great being about to sit down for a morning and not worry about my battery dying on me.