How To Maximize Your Laptop Battery

There is nothing worse then being in a meeting or working in a coffee shop and seeing the dreaded low battery symbol. With the below tips and tricks, you'll be able to maximize your battery life, helping you to avoid these painful situations.

TIP #1: Flip your laptop over daily and blow on the battery for 10 - 15 seconds to help keep it cool.

This seems like a silly one but heat is not only bad for your laptops processors but your battery as well. A hot battery will always diminish over time much more quickly compared to a cool one.

An easy way to maintain your battery life is to store your laptop in cool temperatures. Anything under 60 degrees will maximize your batteries life while anything over 80 degrees will have a negative impact.

TIP #2 - Don't wait until 0% to charge

Most people wait until they are about to lose power to start recharging but this damages the battery performance over time. Always look to start recharging your battery once it hits 50%.

TIP #3 - Don't leave it 100% charged

Similar to not waiting to 0% to charge, keeping it 100% charged is also bad for the battery. It's ok to charge to 100% but don't leave it plugged in if you do. The best rule of thumb is to leave it between 50% and 80% charged.

These top 3 tips are the most important to preserving your battery life but there are some other good rules of thumb to live by to maximize performance:

• Turn down the brightness of the screen

• When you're not using WiFi or Bluetooth, turn off these features

• Activate battery saver mode

• Disconnect items like hard drives, microphones and webcams when you're not using them

• Ensure you have enough RAM