Originally Posted by bkemp88:
I bought the "Palm Vehicle Car Charger" today and ran a couple quick tests. I searched and searched this forum for good facts and numbers on which chargers work the best/quickest. Here were my results: (This is not using the touchstone)
Driving to class: (25 min drive)
Phone on idle mostly(a couple texts and emails came through)
Beginning 69% - Ending 88%
= .76% a minute
Drive home from class: (25 min drive)
Pandora running with gps nav on whole way
Beginning 81% - Ending 85%
= .16% a minute
Charging at idle put out real good results. Positive charge at near max task is ok. Much better than the stories I hear of people still losing battery.
Tomorrow I will be testing out the touchstone with the car charger and will post results.
Ok, here is an update from my original post
while using the Touchstone and the "Palm Vehicle Power Charger":
To work - 20 min drive
GPS and Pandora on whole way:
Beginning 94% - Ending 98%
Thats .2% a minute positive charge
Drive home from work: 33 minute drive
phone on idle other than a few texts.
Beginning 69% - Ending 95%
Thats .79% positive charge a minute
These results impressed me and I know it will many of you. To make this a little more accurate, I believe you have to take into account a minute +/- and a % +/-. For example, walking to my car today I checked the battery life and it read 70%, but when I placed it on the charger it read 69%. Same thing should go for time, as I am not counting seconds. Additional info is I drive a Z28 and it holds a Optimum red top battery(not sure if this matters lol).
Beats the heck out of me that even though the touchstone draws more power, the charge seemed to be greater while using it. I believe signal and GPS rerouting may play a variable in the formula. I am satisfied with these results
Here is a pick of my set up by the way.
