CNET recently published its Top 25 battery life laptops and 2-in-1 hybrids and the #1 spot went to the Acer Chromebook R 13 with a distant lead of 13 hours and 2 minutes of battery life, providing more than an hour of additional battery life compared to the next closest competitor.

Position System name Battery life in hours:minutes
1 Acer Chromebook R 13 13:02
2 Microsoft Surface Book (2016) 11:49
3 Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016) 11:36
4 Dell XPS 13 (late 2016, non-touch) 10:36
5 Apple MacBook (12-inch, 2016) 10:33
6 Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (15-inch, 2016) 10:08
7 Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (13-inch, 2016 ) 10:07
8 Asus Chromebook Flip C302C 9:55
9 HP Spectre x360 (15-inch, 2017) 9:54
10 Acer Aspire S 13 9:46
11 Lenovo Yoga 900S 9:31
12 Acer Chromebook 14 9:30
13 Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 9:23
14 HP Spectre x360 (13-inch, 2016) 9:21
15 Samsung Chromebook Pro 8:57
16 Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 8:56
17 Acer Chromebook R11 8:11
18 HP Spectre x360 (15-inch, 2016) 8:03
19 Lenovo Yoga 910 8:03
20 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (OLED) 8:02
21 Lenvo Yoga Book (Windows) 8:00
22 Dell XPS 13 (late 2016, touchscreen) 7:55
23 Samsung Notebook 7 Spin 7:50
24 Samsung Notebook 9 (15-inch) 7:10
25 Alienware 13 R2 (OLED) 6:56

Three other Acer notebooks also made the list including the Acer Aspire S 13 with 9 hours and 46 minutes, the Acer Chromebook 14 with 9 hours and 30 minutes, and the Acer Chromebook R 11 with 8 hours and 11 minutes.

Acer Chromebook R13

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