I do something similar. If I am to open too many tabs and don't really need the dev tools, i.e. doing some casual browsing, I go for Opera, or Firefox instead o

I do something similar. If I am to open too many tabs and don't really need the dev tools, i.e. doing some casual browsing, I go for Opera, or Firefox instead of Chrome. I also go for them when travelling and the battery is scarce.