# Opportunistic Charging
**URL:** https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796
**Category:** Suggestion and Feature Requests
**Tags:** yarbo-app, core
**Created:** [December 18, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796 "2025-12-18T20:13:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@OhCanada](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/OhCanada)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/1 "2025-12-18T20:13:43Z")
An idea for all modules; opportunistic charging (i.e. head back to charge when Yarbo is physically close to the docking station).
The idea here is to add another battery threshold above the “Recharge Battery Level”, which sets a range in which Yarbo should head back to charge when its close to the docking station, rather than waiting until the Recharge Battery Level threshold.
Example: If I have the opportunistic recharge threshold at 30% and the recharge at 20%; if Yarbs is below 30 but above 20, head to recharge when it is at a part of the work plan closest to the docking station. If it drops to 20%, head to the docking station regardless of location.
I’ve seen Yarbles many times be close to the recharge threshold, but continue working away and end up furthest from the docking station when it hits the recharge threshold, then have to drive all the way back. Seems inefficient.
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### Author:  [@Kolbe](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/Kolbe)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/2 "2025-12-18T21:31:24Z")
I also miss that opportunity.
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### Author:  [@rgloverii](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rgloverii)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/3 "2025-12-18T23:30:53Z")
That’s a pretty interesting idea! Could be super useful and time saving.
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### Author:  [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/4 "2025-12-19T00:18:50Z")
Love this. I think it could be combined with some other recommendations like if it hits the recharge limit and there’s only a few mins left in the plan, then it will finish and then go recharge. Also, on these same lines, if it doesn’t have enough charge but only has a little bit left in the plan, go top off just enough with 5-10% buffer to finish. This is extremely important for staying on top of the snow clearing.
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### Author:  [@rcguymike](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rcguymike)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/5 "2025-12-19T05:14:50Z")
That one I’ve noticed more often.
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### Author:  [@Yarbo-Forum](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/Yarbo-Forum)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/6 "2025-12-19T06:27:52Z")
Thanks for the suggestion. This approach could definitely add more flexibility to the charging behavior and help Yarbo operate more efficiently. If more users express interest in this idea, I’ll be happy to pass it along to our product team for further consideration.
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### Author:  [@rcguymike](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rcguymike)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/7 "2025-12-19T15:08:50Z")
Exhibit….##### lol
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### Author:  [@ben.karrow](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/ben.karrow)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/8 "2025-12-19T19:45:06Z")
How are those 4 sidewalks working for you on the right side of your map. They all run independently? No cross up down one sidewalk and back on another? Any reverse run sidewalks?
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### Author:  [@rgloverii](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rgloverii)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/9 "2025-12-19T21:05:29Z")
Last time I ran my overlapping sidewalks, they all ran properly without any doing the weird backward thing.
I need to adjust them some more for better coverage, but they seem to be working as-is for now.
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### Author:  [@emad1996](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/emad1996)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/10 "2025-12-19T21:20:00Z")
Good idea. Maybe there should be a notification asking whether you want to confirm heading back to recharge.
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### Author:  [@emad1996](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/emad1996)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/11 "2025-12-19T21:21:57Z")
Yes. interested. Thanks
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### Author:  [@rcguymike](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rcguymike)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/12 "2025-12-20T03:09:14Z")
I think the 2nd one runs from the end of the first back to the middle of the drive…honestly haven’t run it many times yet
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### Author:  [@ben.karrow](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/ben.karrow)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/13 "2025-12-20T04:05:00Z")
I’m curious to see how all those middle ones do where you can’t see the throw lines.
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### Author:  [@rgloverii](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rgloverii)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/14 "2025-12-20T12:45:52Z")
They all have throw lines. You just can’t see them because the sidewalks overlap each other.
Half of them are throwing to the right side of my driveway apron, and the other half throw to the left.
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### Author:  [@ben.karrow](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/ben.karrow)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/15 "2025-12-20T12:48:11Z")
Yeah, I seem to have sidewalks that do weird things and they don’t appear to be as stacked together as yours. Just curious if those bunched up sidewalks always act independently.
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### Author:  [@rcguymike](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rcguymike)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/16 "2025-12-20T22:03:48Z")
Mine seems to run the work plans differently…no idea why it’s different sometimes
> [@Deep snow undock plan](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/deep-snow-undock-plan/4785/3):
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> Added another video from this morning…it ran the plan differently this time:thinking:upside_down_face, also emailed support
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### Author:  [@ben.karrow](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/ben.karrow)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/opportunistic-charging/4796/17 "2025-12-20T22:05:17Z")
Samsies.