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How often do you charge your electronics?

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    It's not until the device is flashing "charge me now i'm about to die" that I dig out the charger and plug it in. Making sure that something is fully charged in advance is not something that crosses my mind.
     

    Starry Windy

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  • Usually I tend to charge any of my devices when the battery is near low. There's an exception, though, because I may charge my phone earlier when I want to bring my phone from the get-go and don't want to be interrupted with low battery when using it on the middle of the journey.
     
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  • If I'm not going to be going anywhere for a while and the battery for something I'm using is at around half-charged, I'll plug it in. For my phone, that's daily or several times a day, depending on how heavily I'm using it. For my laptop and game consoles, that's typically once every couple of weeks, since I currently don't use them all that frequently. When I do use them regularly, they get charged daily at a minimum.
     
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  • I'm really hit and miss with charging some of my things. For example, every night I'll make sure that my laptop and phone are plugged in, unless they're over 75% before I go to bed. My iPod I'm pretty bad with though, since I'll only charge it when I see that it's below 10%. I'm even worse with my 3DS, since I'll put it on the charger maybe once a month, and that's only when I notice that it's down to its last bar of health.
     

    dad

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    oi, well the only ones i use on a daily basis are my phone, ipad mini and ipod. my phone is crap when it comes to power so i charge that and my ipod every night. i charge my ipad maybe every week?

    when school is out i really don't care about my phone, maybe after 5 days i'll charge it. during the summer you really don't hear from me unless it's thru imessage or instagram.
     

    Skip Class

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  • Always charge my iPhone overnight so that i'll wake up to a charged phone. I always bring a charger cord with me and since I'm always by a computer I can easily charge it when needed.
    Laptop is kinda whenever my battery is low, so no specific time I guess.
     

    Altius

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  • Every night for iPhone. That very night if I played with my 3DS. Laptop only when battery falls below 50%.
     

    Eden

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  • My phone gets charged every night. My 3DS goes on the charger when the battery hits red, and my laptop (when I actually use it) is always plugged into the wall.
     
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  • Since all/most of my devices have Li-ion or LiPoly batteries, I usually keep them plugged in when I can. For these batteries, it's better to top off, rather than consume an entire charge cycle.
     

    IggyKoopa

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  • My stuff gets charged either when I need to use it and it's dead (and it inevitably will be dead) or when it happens to be near a charger (since I have a habit of leaving chargers plugged in when I'm not using them).

    Meanwhile my mom will completely run down her laptop's battery despite there being a plugged-in charger RIGHT NEXT TO IT that she's not using and it bugs me. She's done this every day since she bought it a couple years ago and she wonders why it doesn't last long anymore.
     
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  • My phone charges whenever I sleep or needs to be charged, I usually carry my charger around with me in case I need it during the day too. I only really charge my laptop and tablet when the battery runs low, I never remember to otherwise.
     

    SparklingMistral

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  • I normally charge my phone when it's less than 50%, though if it can be put off till it's less than 20%, then I'll wait until I go to sleep to do it. I charge my iPod whenever it needs charging, but not overnight since I play games on it before I go to bed. I usually leave my laptop plugged in since it needs a new battery anyways, and the charge doesn't hold on it really anymore; I leave it unplugged until I get that notification or around the time I'll get said notification. I don't really use my tablet very often, so I don't charge that a whole lot unless I need to. I also have my 3DS, and I charge that whenever it needs it too.
     
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  • I'll freak if my phone starts to get too low, like if it gets below 2/3 its battery i'll want to charge it up. Well, I charge up every night, but I don't like having the battery below such except when i'm at a party or something.

    My computer is charged whenever I can have it as such, though.
     
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