Qinux Pixgo 4K battery life on a full day hike?

I’ve had mine for a few months now and honestly, battery life is the one thing I just sort of accepted. I took it on a long coastal walk not too long ago, mostly just turning it on for a few minutes at a time to grab shots of the waves and some cliff views. I wasn’t recording constantly either, maybe 20 clips total, and by the time I got back to the car it was already down to one bar. I wasn’t shocked, but I did expect it to hold up a bit longer.

What I’ve noticed is that the screen being on seems to eat a lot, even when I’m not recording. Just checking the framing for a few seconds adds up over the day. I also had Wi-Fi on by accident for part of the time, which I think made it worse. That was probably my fault though.

I’ve learned to just bring a power bank now. The battery is what it is, I guess. For short trips or casual use it’s fine, but for a full day out I wouldn’t rely on it without a backup. It’s a decent little camera for the price, but I treat the battery more like a “get you through a few hours” thing rather than an all-day thing. Curious if anyone else has gotten better results with certain settings, because I’d love to squeeze a bit more out of it.

I get it, but mine lasts me through a full day out and about without much trouble. I shoot mostly short clips too and keep the screen off when I am not using it. Maybe your battery needs a few full charge cycles to settle in, or you got a dud.

One thing I don’t see mentioned much is how the battery behaves after the camera has been sitting around for a while. Mine drained noticeably faster on a long weekend trip a few months after I got it, compared to when it was new. It wasn’t a huge difference, but it was there. I also noticed that if I left the camera in standby instead of actually powering it off between clips, it seemed to lose a few percent every half hour or so without me touching it. That added up by the end of the day. I started making a habit of switching it off completely while I was just walking or stopping for lunch, and that helped a lot. I mostly do short clips and photos too, so I wasn’t expecting it to last forever, but the standby drain was probably what surprised me the most.

Mine actually surprised me on a longer trail day. I did mostly photos and maybe ten short clips total, and the battery still had a good chunk left when I got back to the car. I kept the screen off almost the whole time though. Sounds like yours might be draining from something else, maybe the Wi-Fi staying active in the background.

I noticed mine drains quicker when I’ve got the Wi-Fi left on, even if I’m not using it. Forgot to turn it off one day and the battery went down way faster than the times I remembered to switch it off before heading out. Might be worth checking if that’s happening on yours too.

Battery life on these things is so dependent on little habits. I don’t think you’re doing anything wrong. I tend to turn the camera off between shots rather than leaving it in standby, and that seems to make a bigger difference than the resolution setting.

I think a lot of it comes down to how long you leave the camera sitting on standby. I noticed mine drains noticeably quicker if I just turn the screen off but leave the camera in that idle state instead of fully powering it down. It’s easy to think it’s off when it’s really just sleeping. Once I got into the habit of actually holding the power button until the little light goes out, the drain slowed way down. I also stopped checking the footage on the built-in screen during the hike and just waited until I got home. That screen pulls a surprising amount of juice. I’d say what you described sounds pretty normal for the first few times out until you figure out how it behaves.