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    Egika Platinum Member @surfboomerang
    last edited by 15 Feb 2022, 08:47

    @surfboomerang It seems as this will change with an upcoming firmware. So you can switch both HR measurements on or off individually for each sports mode. Should be good for your use case

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      isazi Moderator
      last edited by 15 Feb 2022, 08:52

      A pretty nice trick to double battery life, in activities where you are not going to look at your watch anyway, is to have a custom battery mode with everything performance but screen off (to turn it on you press a button). Screen consumes much more than the HR/Bluetooth.

      Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

      Blog: isazi's home

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        surfboomerang @isazi
        last edited by 15 Feb 2022, 09:41

        @isazi True, saves about 10%

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          marcorossi @surfboomerang
          last edited by 15 Feb 2022, 14:52

          @surfboomerang said in Suunto 9 Peak maximum battery life:

          Mine drops approximately 3% per day without activities. Even with notifications enabled.

          Do you want me to buy this watch?
          Because this is how you make me buy this watch 🙂

          Thanks for the info @surfboomerang

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            surfboomerang @marcorossi
            last edited by surfboomerang 15 Feb 2022, 16:09

            @marcorossi In case you have any doubts buying the watch, maybe this helps…

            25hrs after my last battery level post the level dropped 4% (85% -> 81%) 😄

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              Simon Bronze Member @marcorossi
              last edited by 16 Feb 2022, 06:49

              @marcorossi
              I’ve tested quite a lot around with battery life. First off, every watch may be a little different, especially when it comes to remaining time estimates of the watch.

              The estimation looks like that for my watch:
              Battery drops slower from 100% drown to around 85% (3-4% per day). After that, the drain rate seems to be faster down to around 35% (5-6% per day); below 35%, it seems to slow down again (3-4% per day). All together, I’d probably get around 18 days our of the watch - no smart functions enabled and energy saving mode enabled.

              Energy saving mode doesn’t help much, so I don’t use that, because it disables the BT connection to the app.

              But here’s a neat trick for you: If you really not using the watch for a while, you can turn it off completely. Battery drain is then nearly 0 and it will probably last for months, if not years. I’ve never noticed any drain there. The downside: After turning it back on, you should first let it sync with the app. Otherwise, the GPS lock will take forever when starting an activity. And you will need to re-calibrate the compass. The watch will ask for that automatically. Also, the time and date is reset, but it corrects itself within a minute or so - even without connection to the app. No idea how that magic is working :'-D

              @isazi
              Just out of curiosity: How IS that working? I can have BT disabled on my phone and the watch still fixes time and date after turning it back on.

              S9P Ti - ex Altimax, A3P, SV Ti

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                isazi Moderator @Simon
                last edited by 16 Feb 2022, 09:13

                @simon said in Suunto 9 Peak maximum battery life:

                @isazi
                Just out of curiosity: How IS that working? I can have BT disabled on my phone and the watch still fixes time and date after turning it back on.

                Not sure. Either GPS or it stores that information somewhere before shutdown and restores it. I usually have it connected to the app so few seconds after turning on everything is back to normal.

                Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                Blog: isazi's home

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                  Simon Bronze Member @isazi
                  last edited by 16 Feb 2022, 13:00

                  @isazi GPS is a good idea, but unlikely. It fetches time/date too very fast and indoors. Yeah, maybe there’s a chip that keeps the time running while the watch is powered off. That wouldn’t consume a noticeable amount of energy …

                  S9P Ti - ex Altimax, A3P, SV Ti

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                    marcorossi @Simon
                    last edited by 16 Feb 2022, 20:25

                    @simon said in Suunto 9 Peak maximum battery life:

                    The estimation looks like that for my watch:
                    Battery drops slower from 100% drown to around 85% (3-4% per day). After that, the drain rate seems to be faster down to around 35% (5-6% per day); below 35%, it seems to slow down again (3-4% per day). All together, I’d probably get around 18 days our of the watch - no smart functions enabled and energy saving mode enabled.

                    Interesting, I expected a non-perfectly-constant discharge, even for a reasonably constant usage; on the other hand I did not expect that below a certain percentage the amount of charge used daily could decrease again.
                    All in all, I’d prefer to have an even better battery life (I’m currently using a Withings Steel HR Sport that I use in “nearly watch-only mode” and charge about every 4 weeks), but for a sportwatch as compact as the Peak 9, considering all the features that are available I think that 18 days is a very good result.

                    But here’s a neat trick for you: If you really not using the watch for a while, you can turn it off completely.

                    Well, battery life is important to me but this feels a little bit excessive: I prefer not to have a watch on my wrist and then ask the time to people around me 😁
                    Just kidding, thank you for having shared your experience!

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                      isazi Moderator
                      last edited by 18 Feb 2022, 15:29

                      Charged the battery 8 days ago. In the meanwhile I accumulated almost 8 hours of GPS activity and 1:30h of indoor activities. Battery is at 14% and I’ll charge it again today.

                      Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                      Blog: isazi's home

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                        surfboomerang @isazi
                        last edited by 18 Feb 2022, 16:21

                        @isazi I’m 6 days after the last charge. Recorded only 3 hrs with the watch this week, but battery level is at 65% at the moment.

                        Well done Suunto!

                        Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                        OnePlus Nord 4

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                          ist-1973 @Simon
                          last edited by 19 Feb 2022, 14:01

                          @simon How to completely turn off the clock?

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                            surfboomerang @ist-1973
                            last edited by surfboomerang 19 Feb 2022, 14:10

                            @ist-1973 Settings -> General -> Power Off
                            (S9P only if I’m not mistaken)

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                              surfboomerang
                              last edited by 20 Feb 2022, 13:50

                              For the record.
                              8 days after the last charge and I am down to the 50% mark, 6hrs of GPS activity (best performance)

                              Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                              OnePlus Nord 4

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                                babychai Silver Members
                                last edited by 16 Jun 2022, 02:54

                                Hi,

                                As advertised S9P can last for 25 hours when choose Performance for battery mode when turn on GPS.

                                How to achieve 25 hours battery life when turn on GPS for my hiking activity?
                                Few days ago i noticed the battery consumed 16% battery life (from 99% dropped to 83%) in 3 hours.

                                It means that 1 hour it consume about 5.33% battery (16% / 3hrs).
                                By calculation 18.76 hours x 5.33% = 99.99%

                                Therefore, the battery only can last for about 19 hours.

                                My setting was below when i turn on GPS:
                                Notification: On
                                Sleep tracking: on
                                24/7 HR: On
                                Theme: Light (i think it doesn’t matter whether it’s Dark or Light?)
                                Battery Mode: Performance

                                Any advice how to achieve 25 hours when turn on GPS for my hiking activity?
                                Which setting i need to turn it off in order to achieve it.

                                I need the Best GPS accuracy so please do not ask me change it to Endurance, Ultra or Tour battery mode.

                                Thanks.

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                                  freeheeler @babychai
                                  last edited by freeheeler 16 Jun 2022, 04:33

                                  @babychai
                                  battery life in activity is independent from the daily basic settings like 24/7 HR, notifications etc… of course if you receive frequent calls during a hike (hopefully not), then it wears down the battery.
                                  there are few things you can do:
                                  turn off backlight (small impact IMHO)
                                  turn off auto laps
                                  use the GPS settings with only few different systems (GPS and QZSS afair)
                                  and last but not least, use an external HR sensor over the internal OHR if you have one or don’t mind buying one.
                                  at least in my S9B I’ve got 32h instead of 25h predicted battery life.
                                  Never tested if it really gets to these amount of hours since I usually don’t have so long consecutive hikes.
                                  And my S9B battery testings are over 2.5 years back, so I don’t remember anymore the consumption per hour that I could calculate linearly.

                                  what you can also do is taking a power bank with you and charge while hiking?

                                  and last but not least: maybe it’s just a momentary issue. Similar to S9B in the beginning.

                                  living sideways

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                                    DMytro @freeheeler
                                    last edited by 16 Jun 2022, 06:14

                                    @freeheeler If I recall correctly s9p has actually better battery life with Ohr than with a belt.

                                    Regarding battery consumption: I think battery consumption is not linear, maybe try testing it for a longer hike to deplete a third or even a half of the battery charge, this might be more representative.

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                                      freeheeler @DMytro
                                      last edited by freeheeler 16 Jun 2022, 07:28

                                      @dmytro
                                      oh, true! sorry for my misleading comment… and thank you for correcting me!
                                      in S9B it’s the other way around.
                                      OHR must have become more efficient 👍

                                      living sideways

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                                        Egika Platinum Member @DMytro
                                        last edited by 16 Jun 2022, 07:30

                                        @dmytro not sure about this one.
                                        It is true for S7 - S9(B/P) series has super low power BT…
                                        Is there an official statement about this somewhere?

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                                          isazi Moderator @babychai
                                          last edited by 16 Jun 2022, 07:45

                                          @babychai if you use navigation, S+ apps, or guides, battery life can be shorter than 25 hours. Battery life is also reduced if you receive many notifications or autolap is very frequent (the screen lights up). I consistently have an estimated battery life between 24 and 30 hours (measured after activity).
                                          I even plotted estimated battery life over the past year for the S9P (and other watches) and found consistent results.

                                          Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                                          Blog: isazi's home

                                          babychaiB 1 Reply Last reply 16 Jun 2022, 18:49 Reply Quote 1
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