T1 - Battery always dead

I have a T1. I don’t use this thing more than once or twice a month and every single time I go to use it the battery is dead. I tried updating firmware and there was no change in this behavior. It clearly has a high parasitic drain when off and it drains down in a couple weeks it of being off. This appears to be a Lithium battery so I don’t understand why this is happening when it is off. I know it isn’t the battery as it does not drain when I remove it from the tape measure. No other device I have drains it’s battery when it is off so this can’t be normal.

I’ve seen this issue raised numerous times and everyone is told to update their firmware. I have done so multiple times with no change. I just upgraded to 6.15 today hoping it will fix the problem.

This can’t possibly be expected behavior, right?

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Same issue. The thing is ALWAYS dead. That beta firmware is supposed to fix the problem, but the current app still shows that the latest firmware is version 0.5.13; it won’t even show me the current version listed on the website, much less the beta. And I have the latest version of the app and my phone has the latest OS, so that’s not the issue. Others have been complaining of this same issue (drain AND firmware) for MONTHS.

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Hi Brian, the latest firmware (0.6.15) or newer addresses this issue so you should be all set if you have upgraded.

Mike - if you are having issues - please email us at contact@reekon.tools thanks!