{"id":10005,"date":"2013-10-29T19:40:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T19:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk:\/press\/?p=10005"},"modified":"2015-04-26T11:45:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T10:45:22","slug":"gopro-hero-3-plus-battery-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/gopro-hero-3-plus-battery-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"GoPro Hero 3 Plus Battery Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest changes with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/search\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;index=aps&#038;keywords=gopro%20hero%203%2B&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=unsponsocouk-21\" target=\"_blank\">Hero3+<\/a> is a more powerful battery and some inner tweaks that allow the camera to run for longer. GoPro reckon that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/search\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;index=aps&#038;keywords=gopro%20hero%203%2B&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=unsponsocouk-21\" target=\"_blank\">Hero3+<\/a> has<br \/>\na 30% longer battery life compared to HERO3: Black Edition with its new battery rated at 1180mAH, 3.7V, 4366mWh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Battery Life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The chart below indicates the approximate continuous recording time (hr:min) you can expect when shooting in various video modes using a fully-charged battery. So far, in pretty mild conditions and using a 16GB Samsung Micro SD Card I have found the findings below to be fairly accurate.<\/p>\n<p>The data below looks at GoPro Hero 3 Plus battery performance.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Mode<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4K 15fps<\/strong><br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off &#8211; 2:00<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using Wi-Fi Remote &#8211; 1:50<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using GoPro App &#8211; 1:20<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off + Using LCD Touch BacPac\u2122 &#8211; 1:25<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.7K 30fps<\/strong><br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off &#8211; 1:40<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using Wi-Fi Remote &#8211; 1:35<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using GoPro App &#8211; 1:10<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off + Using LCD Touch BacPac\u2122 &#8211; 1:15<\/p>\n<p><strong>1440 48fps<\/strong><br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off &#8211; 1:50<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using Wi-Fi Remote &#8211; 1:40<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using GoPro App &#8211; 1:10<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off + Using LCD Touch BacPac\u2122 &#8211; 1:20<\/p>\n<p><strong>1080p 60fps\t<\/strong><br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off &#8211; 1:30<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using Wi-Fi Remote &#8211; 1:20<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using GoPro App &#8211; 1:00<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off + Using LCD Touch BacPac\u2122 &#8211; 1:10       <\/p>\n<p><strong>1080p 30fps<\/strong><br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off &#8211; 2:00<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using Wi-Fi Remote &#8211; 1:50<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using GoPro App &#8211; 1:20<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off + Using LCD Touch BacPac\u2122 &#8211; 1:25 <\/p>\n<p><strong>720p 120fps<\/strong><br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off &#8211; 1:55<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using Wi-Fi Remote &#8211; 1:45<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi On + Using GoPro App &#8211; 1:15<br \/>\nWith Wi-Fi Off + Using LCD Touch BacPac\u2122 &#8211; 1:20<\/p>\n<p>However I was getting at least these times using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/search\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;index=aps&#038;keywords=gopro%20wasabi&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=unsponsocouk-21\" target=\"_blank\">Wasabi GoPro battery<\/a> rated at 1200mAH, 3.7V, 4400mWh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest changes with the Hero3+ is a more powerful battery and some inner tweaks that allow the camera to run for longer. GoPro reckon that the Hero3+ has a 30% longer battery life compared to HERO3: Black Edition with its new battery rated at 1180mAH, 3.7V, 4366mWh. Battery Life The chart below [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[1627,928,352,883,2888,1697,1628],"class_list":["post-10005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gopro","tag-battery-life","tag-black-edition","tag-go-pro","tag-gopro-hero-3","tag-gopro-hero-3-plus-battery-performance","tag-pov","tag-versus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GoPro Hero 3 Plus Battery Performance - Unsponsored<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Knowing the battery performance of your GoPro is crucial. 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