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Quest battery life. No reason to complain when it's almost battery life until u drop.

inovator
Consultant
 The go could have better battery life. Oculus frowns on plugging in  while playing and using portable battery's. (Makes most sense) I'm a little afraid of using my brick bad ass battery since the go gets very hot, so I limit the time. 
Now oculus gives their blessing to plug in quest to an outlet! Meaning I can clip my portable battery to my side and get plenty of hours extended time. I guess it's the fan. I'm surprised this great issue has not been brought up much. I've heard members complaining about the battery. Now you have a great solution. When using a portable battery  in a way it still is wireless. When used with my go it's very comfortable and I forget it's there.
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Digikid1
Consultant
If this is a Quest topic then it should be moved to the Quest section should it not?

@Techy111

Techy111
MVP
MVP
Agreed.....moving
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Pickleschlitz
Expert Protege
The Quest can run while plugged in without overheating because it has a built in fan. A battery pack in your pocket plugged into the USB port should be able to keep it running for as long as you might want.

inovator
Consultant
Exactly. 

nalex66
MVP
MVP
It also comes with a 10’ charging cord, making it much easier to play while charging plugged into a wall socket. I was just trying to do that with my Go, but its cord is so short that I’m hunched over near the socket trying not to pull it out when I look around. At least I was until the Go overheated and I had to stop. 

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shadom
Honored Guest
But wouldn't charging while playing make it overheat and damage the internal battery ?

pyroth309
Visionary
What's a good battery pack to achieve this? 

TomCgcmfc
MVP
MVP

shadom said:

But wouldn't charging while playing make it overheat and damage the internal battery ?

pyroth309 said:

What's a good battery pack to achieve this? 




I've found with my Go it's best to use the external battery pack with a fully charged Go.  That way it is only using enough power to run it, rather than run it and catch up on charging it.  If I use this pack with a discharged Go (esp. anything below ~70%) it can overheat.  I imagine this will be the same as with the Quest.

I'm using a 20000mAH iMuto battery pack and it works very well.  Still fits ok in my front shirt pocket.

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B01M8G0PVX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1  

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pyroth309
Visionary

TomCgcmfc said:


shadom said:

But wouldn't charging while playing make it overheat and damage the internal battery ?

pyroth309 said:

What's a good battery pack to achieve this? 




I've found with my Go it's best to use the external battery pack with a fully charged Go.  That way it is only using enough power to run it, rather than run it and catch up on charging it.  If I use this pack with a discharged Go (esp. anything below ~70%) it can overheat.  I imagine this will be the same as with the Quest.

I'm using a 20000mAH iMuto battery pack and it works very well.  Still fits ok in my front shirt pocket.

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B01M8G0PVX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1  



How long does that extend your Go?