battery life with bluetooth for using with gps

[darksider]

hi,i wanted to ask you,how long holds your battery with normal use and turned on bluetooth and gps software?im asking about the device VPA compact II,maybe the toher wizards will take also so long like this,id ont know.thx

[darksider]

hey, common guys, i only want to know the approximate time which could be on this device with bluetooth on, gps software running and the standard battery, or on some other device which is nearly the same, wizards are more models i think...
thx

[tdodd]

I used my Vario with Tomtom over Bluetooth and after a 4.5 hour journey I still had over 50% battery remaining. That was with the backlight lit permanently as Tomtom seems to force it to remain on.

I've also used it with Memory Map to plot hikes and with the backlight dimming after 30 seconds but the unit remaining powered up it forecasts a battery life of over 8 hours in total.