Question about Batter on Sager Model Laptops.

I got my laptop last week (Friday,) and I've got a question about the battery/charging.

The battery life in this model is pretty bad (about 1 hour,) though I expected that, so in any case my laptop will be plugged in most of the time anyways (it will mainly be used at home, but I will take it with me like three times a week.) Anyways, what I need to know is if it's okay to leave it plugged in most of the time?

I've done some research and many say to not used the battery unless you need to. I've also read that if you leave it plugged in it will destroy your battery eventually (of course some cut off from charging the battery when it's at 100%) and I'm wonder if this model does that?

Right now it's plugged in and it says Fully Chared (100%) but doesn't say it's charging. So I'm just wondering if anyone knows if this model (NP8760-S1) stops charging once the battery is at 100%?

Also I've heard that some take the battery out and store it (at around 40% charge) in a cool place, but that complicates matters for me considering the battery on my laptop has one of the feet to keep it balanced so I can't really take it out.

I appreciate any help!


EDIT: Sorry for the topic title typo. Meant battery lol.

 

hi
ive got the older m860tu and my battery died on me about a year after i bought it. i also always had it plugged in and had the battery connected as it has one of the feet on it.
different people say different things but imo its best to remove it when you are using mains power for long duration.
i use this free software Battery Care which monitors your battery while its connected and shows the discharge cycle and when it needs a full discharge so as to protect it. ive had this new battery just over a year now and its still holding its full charge of 100% but if i had left the battery in all the time it would be roughly on 85% full charge now.

 

In my experience, it is always best to remove the battery when you are leaving it plugged in most of the time. Even though these aren't supposed to continue charging when they hit 100%, leaving it plugged in will still cause it to charge when it loses a little bit of charge. I have done this with my past couple of machines and it has really helped with the life of my battery.

 

Many suggest you should remove it, but the way I see it is, I just want to enjoy my laptop and use it for what it was designed for without worrying too much. I have never removed batteries to protect them and I have always used them connected to the mains. However, I have also used the battery until it became drained which probably makes a difference.

By the way, I thought your thread was about a cooking accident where you some how managed to get batter from frying fish onto your new laptop.

 

I just got my P150HM and I am torn in regards to this issue. Now it would be totally fine for me to remove the battery but it turns out the lid on the bottom is the battery on my model. IR if I remove it there is a huge space on the bottom right side of my laptop which causes the laptop to wobble a bit since one of the rubber things that hold it in place is on the lid thats attached to the battery.

I think it would have been much better if they made the battery and the bottom lid separate. That way you could remove it without loosing stability.

 

Wow I never even realised this. I had planned to remove the battery when it was not in use but I guess not anymore because I would want full stability.
If the battery pack died or turned bad would the Sager parts warranty cover for a replacement?

 

I am not sure, I think its like cars where the warranty doesn't cover things that wear down...like tires and breaks. Could be wrong. Can anyone else clarify this?

Edit: Also some newer laptops bypass the battery when reaching a certain percentage. I wonder if the new clevo's do that aswell.

 

I've had my 8660 for two and a half years, and it's plugged in (with the battery in it) probably more than 90% of the time. It still gets 1 hour plus in silent mode before it finally starts complaining about finding a power source. Just a data point, I guess, but it's the longest-lived notebook battery I've had. What does it look like on the 8150?

 

What do/did you use to keep the lappy steady?

 

Wow guys I am so sorry I feel like such a complete idiot right now. I decided to remove the battery to make a video to show how wobbly the thing gets, and guess what its completely stable (although it bends just a little bit due to the lack of support in that section from the removal of the battery, its nothing too serious though), but it does not wobble. The previous desk I had it on must have had something on it that I didn't notice, could have put the laptop ontop of it and caused it to wobble.

The reason its completely stable is because it has a total of 6 rubber stand things, you know the ones I am talking about. Your usual 4 on the edges and 2 on the center, so removing one from the edge does not cause the laptop to loose stability.

Again I cannot stress how sorry I am, I still think they should have not attached the battery to the lid cover as I don't like it exposed down there, but thats just a matter of opinion. Other than that the laptop is PERFECT in every way. (Well other than the sandy bridge defect but thats not really clevo's fault.)

 

LOL, that's funny. I meant Battery, but somehow I missed the Y haha.

Mine isn't the desk. It's got 4 feet to keep it stabilized and if I take out the battery it loses one. It's good (well technically it's not a good thing lol,) that I'm not the only one in this situation.

Looks like I'm going to keep it in anyways. I'll still do a monthly discharge to keep it as useful as possible. Then again 1 hour battery life isn't even useful anyways haha. So yeah, it'll be plugged into the wall 99% of the time so I suppose I could almost consider this a non-issue, but I was curious.

Thanks for the replies everyone! Now I better get back to my Physics homework!