How long does it take to charge the battery for the first time?
774679
I charged it over night. I think they give a recommendation in the directions.
774680
Difficult to tell with the charger provided. I bought the Power Wheels 12 volt charger by Fisher-Price from Amazon to solve this problem. It provides a quick charge and then switches automatically to a trickle charge so timing isn't critical. It also has indicator lights to give charge status.
774681
For a full charge, it took a few hours, like the instructions indicate. But, I think our kids were able to take one spin around the yard in it when it came out of the box. My suggestion would be to take the battery out and charge it overnight, before giving the car to the kids.
1841300
When I first received mine, it took about 20 minutes to an hour to get a full charge. By the time I finally just threw it out (less than a year later) I would leave it plugged in all day and get about 30 seconds of use.
1626724
To fully charge the battery when it has no battery left at all, it takes about 2 hours to get fully charged.
596618
The initial charge takes about 3 or 4 hours. The logo on the charging station turns green when the battery is ready. If the logo flashes red, the battery is not connected or has overheated. Some report the light turns green before full charge is achieved--I find you can wiggle it to see if it goes back to red, meaning it needs more time. You will probably only get about an hour of activity the first time, and the Pleo is "groggy" and slow in its newborn condition. As the days go on, the Pleo gets more active and the battery seems to stay charged longer. Oh, and you don't connect to computer at first. A USB connection is available if you wish to download future software updates. You can also download special "behaviors" from Pleoworld.com (youll need an SD card to insert into Pleo).
348319
Put the battery in the charger. Usually get some type of indicator light that it connected and charging. It seems like the batteries take 5 hours to fully charge.
476341
Gave it an initial charge when first used and I ran it for about ten minutes. Only used one time and there seemed to have a lot of charge left. I did not run the charge completely out .
527338
Only the very first time you need to charge it for 8 hours straight. The following charging can be multiple shorter duration. The red indicator light will be out when the battery is fully recharged. Hope that answer your question.
1465110
Yes. Four hours for the first time using it. After the first time I charged it about two hours for an all day use.
2247310
I didn't charge mine before use. Upon receiving my battery it had about 60% charge. To fully charge the battery takes approximately 2 hrs.
337635
I've only used the charger once a couple weeks ago and did not time it. However, I think it took around two hours to charge the battery that came with the camera.
787305
It's like any rechargeable battery.... It will need several hours to charge the first time.
1689414
It seems to take a while (hours) but I haven't timed it. My routine is to charge the battery after use or the night before I plan to use the hedger.
583871
The initial charging time is 24 hours. Let it charge for 24 hours before you use it.
941863
We charged for 8 hours before the first use. After that, charging only took 2-4 hours.
1972476
It takes about 30 minutes to charge. It will usually stay charges for around four hours.
1607851
Mine took about two and one half hours to fully charge the first time. After green light om the charger came on I went out and mowed/mulched about 3500 sq ft of six inch tall very thick wet lawn in light drizzling rain. IT IS A KEEPER! It has the same type (lean acid) battery as your can has and you don't have to drive your new car overnight the first time to charge the battery. (do you?
327722
Less then an hour. However, I never stood there to check for every 5 minutes to know exactly, but when I am checking back in an hour the charge is completed. I am actually very pleased with this. I got a second battery also that I am charging when the one in the camera is toward its end...