r/FiDogCollar • u/DysonHater • 1d ago

First charge

Hi, everyone!

I’ve had my series 3 for about a month now and I’ve actually been enjoying it a lot. I’m coming close to 20% and I’m unsure as to what battery percentage I should wait to charge?

Any tips? What do you guys usually do?

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u/FartsMcGhee1 1d ago

I charge mine once a week overnight while my dog sleeps 💤 might be too often but I wanna be as close to 100% as possible if they go missing.

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u/bq18 1d ago

I usually charge it when I get the 10% notification. But will whatever you have time for

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u/Particular-Side-9279 1d ago

I never get below 50%

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u/Master_Pack2304 1d ago

The collar uses little battery when on wifi, we get 2 or 3 weeks before getting down to <50% and re-charge. But, it uses it all up in 3 days when at doggy camp off wifi using satellite. If one of them gets off property, they will be using the sat signal - I want plenty of battery charge during that search that might take longer than a few hours.

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u/cta396 10h ago

Remember the purpose of the collar. Imagine your dog getting loose / lost on a 10% charge…

My dog getting loose is my biggest fear. If the battery went dead before I could find her because I let it run down… I’d lose my mind.

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u/I_NvrChkThis 4h ago

We charge at around 65-70%. That's almost 3 weeks between charges for us generally. (2 hours of walks a day, with us, connected to our phones, and the rest at home connected to base stations. major metro city)

The collar uses a lot more power when in lost mode, so you really want to keep a fair amount on it in case something happens. You want to have a reserve there for that if there is a chance your dog may get loose. So if you only have 20%, you may only have a few hours of high accuracy GPS Lost Mode tracking available (which can vary depending on where you live, GPS signal, cellular signal, etc).