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I live in earthquake, volcano, and tsunami territory, so I think I'll keep charging to 100% for now.
When I lived in the US and went through a hurricane, we had no power for almost 2 weeks and that stuck with me.
Long term, keeping your phone at 80% and having battery backups charged is going to be your best bet, assuming having having said battery backups is reasonable for you. It won't take long for your 100% to suddenly be what 80% was when the phone was new.
If/when a situation happens where you need it, you can charge up to 100% no problem off the backups.
Obviously that'll be true with battery packs too. They're also significantly cheaper, so it's usually fairly reasonable to have multiple and them being at 50% capacity doesn't matter nearly as much.
True, but if you live in a place with natural disasters, and local officials recommend keeping a go bag, you should make a habit to check that once a year. Charge the batteries, swap expired food, etc.
Sure, but if you treat your battery poorly you’re actually going to have less uptime in a natural disaster.