Does the Touch Cover drain a lot of battery life?

[kittshelby]

I have a touch cover which is always connected to my Surface. I noticed that even if I don't use the tablet the whole day, the battery drains around 30% from a full charge. (the surface was in sleep, I never turn it off). Recently, I removed the touch cover and left my Surface alone for several days (I'm actually not using my Surface much lately) and today I checked the battery, and it drained 30% as well from a full charge, but this was over several days. So this leads me to believe that even in sleep mode/standby mode, the touch cover drains quite a bit of battery.

Has anyone else noticed this?

 

[DougB541#CB]

hmm I haven't noticed myself but I also don't keep my touchcover connected when at home really.

 

[inteller]

no you have something else going on.

 

[NickA]

Do a more controlled test. Remove the Touch cover, fully charge the Surface, then reboot it. Check the battery after 4 hours. Then repeat the procedure with the Touch cover on.

 

[magictriangle]

if you have lots of apps running in the background would that cause the battery to go down even if the device is in sleep mode?

 

[stephen_az]

Sorry but I think this is just a coincidence. I agree that you probably have something else causing the issue. I haven't noticed any difference in battery consumption with the cover on or off....

 

[shn'g]

Yeah I haven't noticed a huge difference.