Open Sea-Worker9552 opened 6 months ago
MatthiasKerbl
commented
6 months ago Hi @Sea-Worker9552,
In which scenario do you need to charge to the upper Sailing Mode limit? The Sailing Mode range is meant to be set in a way that you have enough charge for daily usage and if you need more you can use the Top Up feature.
Best, Matthias
Sea-Worker9552
commented
6 months ago Hey there. So sometimes when I'm about to go on a trip (e.g. go to the airport, flight, etc.) which can sometimes be a long day, I'd like to charge my laptop a bit more to make sure it can last the day. Yes I have topped up to 100% before, but sometimes I wonder if I can just top off to the charge limit manually, and so that is my use case.
My personal setting is 80% charge limit, 15% or 20% sailing mode. That is fine for day to day use at the office, but when I want to charge before a trip, there's no clean way to top off to 80% instead of 100% without some manual intervention.
Now yes, sometimes I charge to 100%. So for instance long haul international flight that's 14 hours? Charge to 100%. 2 hour US West Coast flight? Charge to 80% is sufficient. IT alld epends on what I'm going for.
MatthiasKerbl
commented
6 months ago Hi @Sea-Worker9552,
Thank you for the clarification. Again, in general, the Sailing Mode range is meant to be set in a way that you have enough charge for daily usage and if you need more you can use the Top Up feature. However, if enough users want a way to quickly charge up to the upper limit of the Sailing Mode, we might include that in one of the future updates.
Best, Matthias
Sea-Worker9552
commented
3 weeks ago Running into this a little bit more as my daily routines are changing. I agree with your previous statement @MatthiasKerbl that sailing mode is meant to make sure you have enough charge for daily usage. As travel is returning, on the days I travel, I really would like a way to bump up charge without having to go to 100% but also without having to tinker with my sailing mode. As my laptop is mostly docked on a daily basis, it can take weeks sometimes before my 80% drops to 60% for sailing mode. I'm sitting at 62% right now and I have a flight to catch tomorrow, and here I am wondering if I can top off to 80% easily. There's no easy way without disabling sailing mode basically, but I would have to re-enable it later.
Perhaps another way might be a 3 way toggle for top-off. Top off to limit, top off to 100%, and then off?
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When topping up, it seems the only way to top up is to top up to 100% or at least higher than what sailing mode would drop you to.
Describe the solution you'd like It would be nice to be able to top up to any X% you want. So for instance, a lot of people use 80% charge limit. Let's say I have a 10% or 20% sailing mode active. My battery coudl be at 71% or 65% for instance and it wouldn't charge. I can't charge to 80% unless I turn off sailing mode, or alternatively I charge hit top up to 100% but manually disable charging at 80%. It would be nice to be able to charge right up to your charge limit
Describe alternatives you've considered Yes I can top off and manually stop charging at the desired percentage, or turn off sailing mode while doing top off to ensure I hit my target percentage reliably.