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    • PedrosP Offline
      Pedros @Pavlas
      last edited by

      @Pavlas we have the same problem… battery drains faster than expected… =(

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      • PavlasP Offline
        Pavlas @Pedros
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        I’m still not happy with the daily battery life of the watch. Is there a known problem? Daily battery consumption for me is 4-5%.
        I’ve also tried 100%->0% calibration
        But during activity it seems fine. That’s roughly 2 - 2.5% per hour.
        What is your experience? I have the non-solar version.

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        • jjpazJ Offline
          jjpaz Bronze Member @Pavlas
          last edited by

          @Pavlas I also have the non solar version and I’m charging the watch every ~15-16 days when it’s reaching 20% battery left, so my battery consumption seems similar to yours.

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          • Todd DanielczykT Offline
            Todd Danielczyk Gold Members @Pavlas
            last edited by Todd Danielczyk

            @Pavlas I am noticing battery drain on my solar version of similar rate with 24/7 heart rate, notification on and Wi-Fi off. I tend to do about 3-4 workouts a week of roughly 1 hour each.

            At 12 days I am at 9%

            I am going to let it naturally go down to zero and recharge this week to see if that helps. Prior to that (and after the major update) I forced the drain to occur by turning on the flashlight to expedite the battery drain to zero for the battery calibration and I still saw a quicker drain than advertised.

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              Mff73 @Pavlas
              last edited by Mff73

              @Pavlas said in Battery drain:

              Is there a known problem?

              yes, it is known by Suunto (written somewhere else in the forum, in an other post where the same question was asked).

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              • PavlasP Offline
                Pavlas @Mff73
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                @Mff73 Ok, thanks a lot!

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                • jjorgemouraJ Offline
                  jjorgemoura
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                  Not sure what is the expected battery drainage for SV. Any idea?
                  I believe it will be very difficult to have accurate values because each person use the watch in different ways, different settings, and do different and variable activities.

                  I have a SVt for 7 weeks. So far, 2 charges. It went from 100% to 3% in 20 days. Multiple actives recorded. This is, roughly, 4.9% per day. Overall, I think it’s a good consumption.

                  Is this value in line with what other have?

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                  • PavlasP Offline
                    Pavlas @jjorgemoura
                    last edited by

                    @jjorgemoura By daily consumption, I meant no activity.
                    Consumption during activity seems fine to me and corresponds to the expected endurance.
                    I also wonder if Suunto knows what the problem is.

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                    • Z Offline
                      zewen
                      last edited by zewen

                      full charge, last 21days during this time, i walking/running/ultra running for 39.6 hour, 1 hour weight exercise, only exercise and sleeping i wear my SV

                      seetings:
                      back light to off
                      standby off
                      alarm clock on
                      no notifications
                      h24 and sleep hr tracking on
                      blood oxygen off
                      best gps settings
                      no SuuntoPlus
                      winter, SV almost under my cloth, solar can ignore

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                      • Antoine LancrenonA Offline
                        Antoine Lancrenon Bronze Member
                        last edited by

                        I am around 11-12 days for each charge. usually from 3 percent and charge to 99 or 100 each time.

                        everything is turned off but some notifications (phone and private messages), 24h hr . sleep tracking.

                        backlight is low, no auto light but when I press a button.

                        i am doing 5-6 hours gos tracking a week. and 4 hours indoor…

                        I have a vertical solar. do you thing my battery is fine? i am far from the 20 days i am seeing here…

                        thank you

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                        • MiniForkliftM Offline
                          MiniForklift Platinum Member @Antoine Lancrenon
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                          @Antoine-Lancrenon said in Battery drain:

                          I am around 11-12 days for each charge. usually from 3 percent and charge to 99 or 100 each time.

                          everything is turned off but some notifications (phone and private messages), 24h hr . sleep tracking.

                          backlight is low, no auto light but when I press a button.

                          i am doing 5-6 hours gos tracking a week. and 4 hours indoor…

                          I have a vertical solar. do you thing my battery is fine? i am far from the 20 days i am seeing here…

                          thank you

                          I also have an SV Solar, for comparison I use around 8 hours of GPS per week and after nearly a month I still usually have around 20-30% battery left.

                          I don’t use sleep, HR or notificatiions though but even having said that yours doesn’t sound right to ne

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                          • Todd DanielczykT Offline
                            Todd Danielczyk Gold Members @Antoine Lancrenon
                            last edited by Todd Danielczyk

                            @Antoine-Lancrenon For me (Solar Vertical) with notifications, 24/7 heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen, brightness medium, raise to wake high and about 5 hours of workouts per week (GPS used on occasion now in winter; I tend to use it more in summer) I get about 10-13 days before the battery is completely dead after the latest firmware (2.30.38)

                            That puts it similar to what you are seeing but is also off from the advertised 30 days for 24/7 tracking with notifications and is closer to what it should be with GPS tracking on at 280h.

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                            • gerasimosG Offline
                              gerasimos Bronze Member
                              last edited by gerasimos

                              seetings:
                              -back light to off
                              -standby off
                              -alarm clock on
                              -no notifications
                              -h24 and sleep hr tracking off
                              -blood oxygen off
                              -best gps settings
                              -no SuuntoPlus

                              workouts:every week total 9h-11h with gps mainly trail run
                              mainly night activites so no any solar (re)charge

                              -FULL CHARGE-
                              21 days and i have 12% left.

                              ITS A BEAST!!

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                              • Antoine LancrenonA Offline
                                Antoine Lancrenon Bronze Member @gerasimos
                                last edited by

                                @gerasimos
                                thank you all formyour feedback.

                                i believe the culprit is the 24hr tracking, it drains, and it makes sence. it is always on, making green lights all the time 24hr. must consume.

                                can we confirm this theory?

                                I will try to turn it off. what so I loose really turningboff the 24hrs tracking? HRV? my progress , recuperating metrixs, sleep tracking?

                                is it worthnit to gain 10 days of battery i guess. what do ypu think?

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                                • gerasimosG Offline
                                  gerasimos Bronze Member @Antoine Lancrenon
                                  last edited by gerasimos

                                  @Antoine-Lancrenon
                                  these are personal preferences… I don’t use daily functions for sleep, heart oximeters, etc. yet because they don’t concern me.
                                  I’m all about feel-based training and mainly navigating…they are definitely useful but they have the corresponding cost for the battery in my opinion ! 🤜🤛🔺
                                  Just try it!
                                  Your watch sounds ok by the way 👍

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                                  • Todd DanielczykT Offline
                                    Todd Danielczyk Gold Members @Antoine Lancrenon
                                    last edited by

                                    @Antoine-Lancrenon I also suspect that it is coming from the 24/7 tracking/firmware as the 9 Peak Pro group also have seen a higher battery consumption since the last update. This doesn’t have the feeling that it is one off as several people across different watch platforms have noticed it.

                                    I decided to keep my settings as I did and will just charge every 2 weeks (or as needed) until the next major update and see if it improves.

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                                    • TieutieuT Offline
                                      Tieutieu Platinum Member
                                      last edited by Tieutieu

                                      I use h24 and sleep tracking + vfc. 12hours of average exercice time every last weeks, always with gps at best.
                                      Sometimes apps, maps always on.
                                      I don’t know what is the average consumption, I don’t noticed any drop of battery life since update.
                                      I only have one thing to say : I never remembered when was the last time I charged my SV. So battery life is more than enough !😊

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                                      • MiniForkliftM Offline
                                        MiniForklift Platinum Member
                                        last edited by MiniForklift

                                        I forgot to mention that I’ll also regularly use maps to navigate and often they are the screen that’s on for most of the activity. I charge my SV at the start of the month as I know it near enough gets me to the end of the month before I need to think about recharging it. Pretty crazy!

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                                        • Tami999T Offline
                                          Tami999 Silver Members
                                          last edited by Tami999

                                          • Always on display + hold upper button to do "“not disturb mode” when i go sleep (that also turn off AoD) when I go sleep. so like 16h/7days got always on display. (LOW BRIGHNESS)
                                          • 3-5 training per week (no maps so far becouse of weather on my country)
                                          • Solar version, but again becouse of my country I didnt even used solar posibillity of watch, got it since early winter. Soon solar gonna make his work
                                          • All sleep tracking, h24 enabled. Just all.

                                          My battery lasts 16-17 days. I think in spring/summer it will hold easily 20+ days. Iam very happy with that if watch hold more than 1 or 1,5 week.

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                                          • gerasimosG Offline
                                            gerasimos Bronze Member @babychai
                                            last edited by gerasimos

                                            @babychai Same here!
                                            First charge after 22 days of GPS activities 🤯
                                            Battery 0-99% never reach 100% even one hour later.
                                            But i think it’s calibration… the watch maybe after a few charge cycles will calibrate itself and reach 100%

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