Laptop Battery

Without a decent battery, your laptop is little more than an underpowered desktop — here are some of the best tools to help you stay on top of your battery life.

As important as a battery is to a laptop, we can often be less informed than we should be about how healthy our batteries are. It’s all too easy to presume that it’s functioning just as it should, only to be surprised when it reaches the end of its usable life and has to be replaced.

These tools will help you avoid any nasty shocks, by being aware of the changes to your battery’s capacity over time and the wear that it’s bound to endure with any sort of heavy use. By taking these figures into consideration, you’ll be able to get the most out of your battery and increase the overall battery lifetime.

BatteryInfoView

Straightforward tool that provides plenty of battery information in a lightweight package.

BatteryInfoView is the very definition of a no-frills utility. It’s a tiny piece of freeware that simply gives you some essential information about your laptop’s battery, and does so in a very straightforward — if a little dated — format.