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.
    • 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
                • babychaiB Online
                  babychai Silver Members @isazi
                  last edited by

                  @isazi Ah i see. i did turn on S+ Features
                  Although my notification is turned on but i did not receive any notification because i already turned off my mobile phone Bluetooth.

                  Besides that, I also use setting below for my 3 hours hike:

                  Autolap: Off
                  GPS System: GPS+QZSS+GLONASS
                  Backlight: Off
                  Brightness: Medium
                  Standby: Off
                  Raise to wake: Off

                  Since battery consumption is not linear, next time i will try again for the longer hike.

                  Thanks everyone for the reply and provide very useful informations.

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

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                  • babychaiB Online
                    babychai Silver Members @Spree
                    last edited by

                    @spree said in Suunto 9 Peak maximum battery life:

                    using the “display timeout” battery saving feature will definitely increase battery life significantly

                    Is there any way to turn on “display timeout” without using Custom setting threre?

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

                    Brad_OlwinB L 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                      Brad_Olwin Moderator @babychai
                      last edited by

                      @babychai No, you must set up a custom battery setting to use display timeout.

                      Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

                      babychaiB L 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                      • babychaiB Online
                        babychai Silver Members @Brad_Olwin
                        last edited by

                        @brad_olwin Alright, got it. thanks.

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

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • L Offline
                          loopylou72 @babychai
                          last edited by

                          @babychai
                          Hi can you set a custom battery mode on the Peak 9? The manual says you can but I read somewhere else that you can only do it on the 9 and I can’t see an option in the app. Thanks!

                          sartoricS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • L Offline
                            loopylou72 @Brad_Olwin
                            last edited by

                            @Brad_Olwin
                            Hi can you set a custom battery mode on the Peak 9? The manual says you can but I read somewhere else that you can only do it on the 9 and I can’t see an option in the app. Thanks!

                            surfboomerangS Brad_OlwinB 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • sartoricS Offline
                              sartoric Moderator @loopylou72
                              last edited by

                              @loopylou72
                              There’s no need to add multiple replies, to quote multiple people

                              @loopylou72 said in Suunto 9 Peak maximum battery life:

                              The manual says you can

                              It’s your best friend, so, if it says you can … I bet you can 😁
                              https://www.suunto.com/Support/Product-support/suunto_9_peak/suunto_9_peak/features/recording-an-exercise/#1.4

                              SVTS - 2.40.38
                              SSSWHR BARO Amber - 2.8.32
                              Samsung A5 2016 - Android 7.0
                              Samsung A33 2022 - Android 14 - One UI 6.1
                              Suunto App Android 5.2.5 beta
                              Suunto App IOs 2.45.0 (19123) beta on MBP M1

                              L 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • surfboomerangS Offline
                                surfboomerang @loopylou72
                                last edited by surfboomerang

                                @loopylou72 I can confirm that this is possible. Same options as for the S9B.
                                Custom battery mode is set in the watch. Not in the app.

                                Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                                OnePlus Nord 4

                                L 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • L Offline
                                  loopylou72 @sartoric
                                  last edited by

                                  @sartoric
                                  yep I replied to the wrong person but couldn’t delete my first comment as I am a ‘new user’

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • L Offline
                                    loopylou72 @surfboomerang
                                    last edited by

                                    @surfboomerang thanks I found it 🙂

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                    • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                                      Brad_Olwin Moderator @loopylou72
                                      last edited by

                                      @loopylou72 Sorry, I was out using my Suunto and had no internet access for a couple days.
                                      1BE5F47F-A506-4D74-A944-A39D49B0A257.jpeg

                                      Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

                                      L 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
                                      • L Offline
                                        loopylou72 @Brad_Olwin
                                        last edited by

                                        @Brad_Olwin looks nice! My watch died on my 30hr run. I had changed the settings but still had the best GPS. For future reference, if using the ‘good’ GPS what is the impact of this on distance/pace accuracy?

                                        babychaiB 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • babychaiB Online
                                          babychai Silver Members @loopylou72
                                          last edited by

                                          @loopylou72 are you using Best GPS to achieve 30 hours? What is your watch settings?

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

                                          L 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • L Offline
                                            loopylou72 @babychai
                                            last edited by

                                            @babychai
                                            Yes best gps
                                            Screen saver on
                                            Screen brightness low
                                            I had turned autolap off but in the race it was on, I think because I changed the settings in the normal battery mode and later switched to manual battery to enable the screen saver/screen time-out not realising this would affect the general settings I’d set up so this may have drained more battery… the watch suggested switching to endurance mode as it ran low but still died. If I’d just used endurance mode I was worried it would affect my other data ie pace, distance, elevation?

                                            babychaiB Brad_OlwinB 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post

                                            Suunto Terms | Privacy Policy