Suunto app Forum Suunto Community Forum
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Register
    • Login

    Suunto 9 Peak maximum battery life

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Suunto 9 Peak
    54 Posts 13 Posters 4.6k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • SimonS Offline
      Simon Bronze Member @marcorossi
      last edited by

      @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

      isaziI M I 3 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
      • isaziI Offline
        isazi Moderator @Simon
        last edited by

        @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

        SimonS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • SimonS Offline
          Simon Bronze Member @isazi
          last edited by

          @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

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • M Offline
            marcorossi @Simon
            last edited by

            @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!

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
            • isaziI Offline
              isazi Moderator
              last edited by

              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

              surfboomerangS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • surfboomerangS Offline
                surfboomerang @isazi
                last edited by

                @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

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                • I Offline
                  ist-1973 @Simon
                  last edited by

                  @simon How to completely turn off the clock?

                  surfboomerangS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • surfboomerangS Offline
                    surfboomerang @ist-1973
                    last edited by surfboomerang

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

                    Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                    OnePlus Nord 4

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                    • surfboomerangS Offline
                      surfboomerang
                      last edited by

                      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

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                      • babychaiB Offline
                        babychai Silver Members
                        last edited by

                        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.

                        Suunto Vertical Black Ruby (S/S)
                        S̶u̶u̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶V̶e̶r̶t̶i̶c̶a̶l̶ ̶A̶l̶l̶ ̶B̶l̶a̶c̶k̶
                        Suunto 9 Peak All Black
                        Suunto Spartan Trainer Wrist HR (Black)

                        freeheelerF isaziI 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • freeheelerF Offline
                          freeheeler @babychai
                          last edited by freeheeler

                          @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

                          DMytroD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                          • DMytroD Offline
                            DMytro @freeheeler
                            last edited by

                            @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.

                            freeheelerF EgikaE 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                            • freeheelerF Offline
                              freeheeler @DMytro
                              last edited by freeheeler

                              @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

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • EgikaE Offline
                                Egika Platinum Member @DMytro
                                last edited by

                                @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?

                                t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal,
                                Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

                                DMytroD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • isaziI Offline
                                  isazi Moderator @babychai
                                  last edited by

                                  @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 Reply Quote 1
                                  • S Offline
                                    Spree Bronze Member
                                    last edited by

                                    The main item anyhow is GPS systems. Using Galileo or Glonass alone immediately reduces battery life (even the expected one shown by the watch) to 21 hours instead of 25.
                                    Also, hiking - because you go slow and therefore GPS reception is more difficult, leaving along the possibility of being in the woods or other difficult conditions - tends to have slighly lower battery life than e.g. running.

                                    Considering batetry consumption is not entirely linear (i.e. you cannot take the first hours of consumption and think that the consumption rate will be the same for the remaining 20 hours), 16% in three hours is essentially in line with what I would expect if Galileo or Glonass were in use.

                                    Also, of course, notifications and backlight are a great point. If checking the watch often is not that important, using the “display timeout” battery saving feature will definitely increase battery life significantly

                                    isaziI babychaiB 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 2
                                    • DMytroD Offline
                                      DMytro @Egika
                                      last edited by

                                      @egika I don’t think there’s an official statement. And I might be wrong of course, I think I either read it in the forum, or saw in a video. Don’t have s9p myself.

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • isaziI Offline
                                        isazi Moderator @Spree
                                        last edited by

                                        @spree said in Suunto 9 Peak maximum battery life:

                                        The main item anyhow is GPS systems. Using Galileo or Glonass alone immediately reduces battery life (even the expected one shown by the watch) to 21 hours instead of 25.

                                        The official battery life of 25 hours is with Glonass, not with GPS only.

                                        Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                                        Blog: isazi's home

                                        S 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                        • S Offline
                                          Spree Bronze Member @isazi
                                          last edited by

                                          @isazi I was actually using the 9 Baro stats, thanks for pointing that out; it’s true that the 9 Peak actually (when using OHR) has longer battery life than the 9 and 9 Baro.
                                          Glonass and Galileo do use more battery compared to not using them, but the official (and exepcted, in fact) battery life is still 25 with them on so I was wrong.

                                          isaziI 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                          • isaziI Offline
                                            isazi Moderator @Spree
                                            last edited by

                                            @spree indeed for the 9B 24/25 hours is with GPS only. The 9P with GPS only gets closer to 29/30.

                                            Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                                            Blog: isazi's home

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post

                                            Suunto Terms | Privacy Policy