Sonos Roam - Battery drain

This is very unlikely. If the Roam is shut off completely, you should only be losing 1%-2% of battery charge per day. You are probably putting the Roam to sleep/standby mode which allows the battery to continue to drain when not in use and for the Roam to wake up anytime you access the Sonos app. Shut off the Roam completely by pressing and holding down the power button for 5 seconds until you hear a chime.

Yes, I agree.  Annoying for those people (myself included) who felt it would complete their Sonos setup locating in a bathroom.  Product info had lead me to conclude I would need to charge once a week, that is not the reality.  Using it with a power bank has led to mixed results that I've not been able to draw firm conclusions as yet.  I cannot expect my young children to fully power it off and my wife would rather sacrifice the sound quality / functionality for something she can turn on/off quickly.

I'm concerned at what it's recording in my rooms.

I prefer a device I can control, that is turning it on when I demand it.

I'm over recharging it for no reason.

SONOS team...fix it!

Sonos (I believe) includes the top LED into the mic circuit, so just press it to switch off the mic, then tap it on when required, that’s if you are that concerned by these things.

You cannot ‘over-charge’ it, the Roam will likely have a built in PID controller monitoring it’s charge status. Staff have previously mentioned were fine to leave the speaker on charge, same goes for the ‘Move’ too.

Mine is going fine, and seems to last days/weeks  between charges when not used much - but I do have trueplay turned off which turns off the mic. Not sure if that’s related. When I take it somewhere different I just turn trueplay back on for 5 or 10 mins and all good. 

 

Thinking again about this the solution would be for Sonos to make it easier and quicker to fully power off then back on.  Is it possible to achieve with the existing hardware?

I don’t find it all that difficult to hold-in the power button for 5 seconds to shut the Roam down and a simple press on the same button quickly brings it back online.

When at Home, I find it easier to leave the Roam sat on a Qi charger and to pick it up ‘charged’ when needed elsewhere. If ‘out and about’ and the Roam is not being used for lengthy periods, perhaps with no access to charging, then I would power it off, but that would probably be quite a rare event in my own use-case.

My Roam was bought to replace a DAB radio in the bathroom.  My young children struggle with the full power off and my wife would rather have a quicker power off (getting ready in the morning is a dash) over the additional functionality / better sound quality that the Roam brings.  I on the other hand am willing and capable of fully powering off but am in the minority in our house.

Yeah frustration by my family around using the roam was a key factor in returning it. They basically declined to use it after struggling with off/standby and it constantly being dead. Inability to reach close to 10 days standby is ridiculous. 
 

In contrast the cheap Anker Bluetooth speaker the roam was to replace has a massive easy to press on off button and real standby mode.  Also only needed to be charged once every few weeks or longer. 

But if Sonos improves on some of the issues I will be sure to buy and try again as the sound quality improvement was nice. 

Sonos really need to listen to the above. I'm very disappointed with my roams battery life. When you switch something off it mean off and ready for your next use. Not get very frustrated with something you have to charge every time before you use it. Sonos you have the smarts to do this. Get your software people to do some changes and update this before it to late.