Qinux Zindoggo battery life when out all day?

Tracking constantly is what kills these things, not standby. Mine made it through about five hours of a long walk before the app started dropping updates, so plan on a midday top-up if you’re out longer than that.

Four hours of constant tracking seems low for a full day out. If the whole point is hiking, they should just market it as a half day tracker instead of pretending it handles long trips.

Mine sat at about 60 percent after a three hour hike with live tracking on, so a full day is probably pushing it. The thing that surprised me was how much the cold mornings drained it faster than warmer afternoons.

Mine actually went longer than I expected on a hike last month. We were out for close to six hours and the battery was still showing around 30 percent when we got back to the car. I had live tracking on the whole time too. So I don’t think it’s automatically a half day thing like some are saying. Maybe it depends on the area and how strong the signal is. I did notice it chewed through more battery in the woods where the signal was patchy, but out in the open fields it was fine. It’s not going to last a full 12 hour day obviously but for our normal weekend walks it’s been plenty. I just charge it overnight before we go out.

Battery is one thing, but the magnetic charger is what would annoy me on a trip. One bump in the car and the collar’s dead before you even hit the trail. How are you planning to charge it between hikes?

Fair enough, but topping it up overnight only covers you if the battery makes it through the day in the first place. If it dies at hour five, no amount of home charging fixes that. I’d sort the battery question before worrying about car chargers.

I’m in the same boat, comparing a couple of these before committing. My worry is less the full day out and more the shorter evening walks adding up through the week, since charging it every night feels like a chore I’d forget.

From what I’ve seen, live tracking is the battery killer, so a full hike with the app open the whole time is a lot to ask. It might make it, but I’d plan on it being close. If you only check the app now and then it’s a different story.

Mine held up fine on a six hour walk last month with tracking running the whole time. I checked the app here and there rather than staring at it, but it was still on when we got back. The bigger issue for me was the collar getting muddy, not the charge.