topic Re: Arlo Pro Battery Life Cycle Expectancy (Recharge Cycles!) in Arlo Pro

Arlo Pro Battery Life Cycle Expectancy (Recharge Cycles!)

Retired_Member — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:57:05 GMT

Hi there,

I was wondering, do you know how long in (years?) or recharge cycles should each of the batteries last? I mean, how often should we buy a new one for replacement?

Thanks!

Re: Arlo Pro Battery Life Cycle Expectancy (Recharge Cycles!)

jguerdat — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:14:09 GMT

If you assumed a minimum of 500 recharge cycles, you'll be using something else by that time. You could buy one now, charge it to 40% and store it as a "just-in-caser"...

Re: Arlo Pro Battery Life Cycle Expectancy (Recharge Cycles!)

Retired_Member — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:03:35 GMT

Thanks jguerdat for your reply! Is that "500 cycles" number documented somewhere, or where did you get it from?

On a tangent question, I've read that in order to charge the batteries via the USB port in the cameras, you need to output 9 V (instead of the regular 5 V).

Is that how it is? If so, what a bummer. My plan was to take a big power bank (20000 mAh) to the cameras and charge them that way, but they would only output 5v.

Thanks again

Re: Arlo Pro Battery Life Cycle Expectancy (Recharge Cycles!)

Streak2 — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 20:16:32 GMT

500 cycles are the typical number of cycles of these types of batteries before performance starts to drop off.

The battery in the camera will not charge off a 5v supply. However, if you removed the battery from the supply, then the camera would run off a 5v usb supply so should work off your power pack.

Re: Arlo Pro Battery Life Cycle Expectancy (Recharge Cycles!)

jguerdat — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:59:29 GMT

Yeah, you need the 9v to charge the battery. 5v will only run the camera.

Re: Arlo Pro Battery Life Cycle Expectancy (Recharge Cycles!)

Retired_Member — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:36:03 GMT

Great; thanks both for your replies!