BUG: GoPro Battery Life 🪫
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Description
We have 3 `GoPro` Cameras. (to cover multiple angles & purposes) 3⃣
But the batteries in them are _terrible_! 👎
They last for _minutes_ when recording and then discharge while sitting idle. 🤦♂
The way I've gotten around this is to just leave them charging when I know I will need them ⚡
and/or use a powerbank to feed them when doing a longer time-lapse. ⏳
But for grab-and-go, where I forget to charge, they are useless bricks. 🧱 😢
I'm _thinking_ of either buying the "Enduro" batteries:
https://www.amazon.es/-/en/gp/product/B0DM4MWYG8
***OR*** selling _all_ the GoPros we have and re-investing the cash into an `OP3` https://github.com/dwyl/studio/issues/63 💭
And getting an `Osmo Action` if we need waterproof in the future. 🏄♂
Paying **`€50`** for two batteries that it probably costs them `€5` to make feels _very_ painful ... 💸
It's an [escalation of commitment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalation_of_commitment) when I should call it and switch to something better. 💭
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Research direction
Review the reported GoPro battery behavior and the linked OP3 discussion in issue 63. A decision is needed between buying Enduro batteries, continuing to use powerbanks, or replacing the cameras; done means documenting the chosen equipment path.
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Assessment
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 10/100