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    • MiniForkliftM Offline
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      I’m able to get to 100% when I charge my SV, but it does sometimes take a while to roll over from 99%

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        @MiniForklift said in Battery drain:

        I’m able to get to 100% when I charge my SV, but it does sometimes take a while to roll over from 99%

        Same for me. I’m not sure it really matters to be fair, 99% or 100% really doesn’t make much difference.

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        • Antoine LancrenonA Offline
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          I have a vertical solar. I am loosing 10% a day not bad, but not great.

          I have changed the parameters to optimized: backlight to low, no rise to wake, etc.

          I think the consumption during an activity is just great, even in performance mode.with GPS. What i am desappoint about is when not on activity (watch mode) Is the H24 monitoring Heart rate is the culprit?
          today, i have to charge my watch every 10 days. again, this is not bad, but this is the vertical solar we are talking about.

          do I have an issue with battery draining? is the battery Ok? should I contact suunto support?

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          • Todd DanielczykT Offline
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            @Antoine-Lancrenon I have comment about battery drain above and get somewhere in the 10-14 day range for a charge. I also suspect that 24/7 HR is where it is draining. Activity usage tends to track with Suunto’s official numbers but daily use is where it falls short.

            I would say what you are seeing is also seen with people that run the 24/7 heart rate or with people that use the S+ guides which is another area that tends to drain quicker.

            I think it is recognized and will be addressed in future updates.

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              Tieutieu Platinum Member @Todd Danielczyk
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              @Todd-Danielczyk I have H24 HR tracking ON + sleep tracking and HRV ON.
              Standby off
              Backlight low, raise to wake low.
              No extra battery drain noticed. It’s still like it was a the beginning => around 5% max / day when not exercising.

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              • Todd DanielczykT Offline
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                @Tieutieu that is curious. There are a few of us that noticed the higher consumption (drain) after the last firmware update and some that do not.

                (settings are listed as https://forum.suunto.com/post/139007)

                With mine, consumption went up (8-10%/day) and through the discussion it seemed like a few people on the forum decided to turn off 24/7 HR and limit the S+ guides to extend the life of the battery. I did the drain/full charge to recalibrate the battery but it has consistently given me a higher drain and I figured i would wait until the next firmware update to test it out again.

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                • Brad_OlwinB Offline
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                  @Todd-Danielczyk I am not getting higher drain on production firmware.

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                  • Todd DanielczykT Offline
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                    @Brad_Olwin thank you for the confirmation.

                    I know you put yours through its paces and use GPS/HR etc. as well. It seemed like there was some chatter on the 9 Peak Pro after the last firmware and then a handful of Vertical owners saw a higher battery drain. Chalked or up to Vertical owners having more milliamp batteries so didn’t hit us as soon.

                    As I said, it’s not a deal breaker for me as mine goes for roughly 2 weeks before needing to be charged but prior to the latest firmware I know it would be 3+ weeks. I’ll monitor it after the next update to see if it improves, holds the same or degrades.

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                    • Brad_OlwinB Offline
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                      @Todd-Danielczyk Make sure standby is off and that you have not changed backlight intensity. This will definitely change battery life,

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                        @Brad_Olwin ah, thank you! I had standby off but brightness at medium. I’ll give that a try.

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                        • Brad_OlwinB Offline
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                          @Todd-Danielczyk I have brigtness medium, standby off and raise to wake low. Check to make sure in Control Panel that backlight is off.

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                            @Brad_Olwin said in Battery drain:

                            @Todd-Danielczyk I have brigtness medium, standby off and raise to wake low. Check to make sure in Control Panel that backlight is off.

                            I set mine to brightness low. Standby off, raise to wake high, and backlight off and gave it a full day to check. Wearing just as 24/7 but no recorded activity.

                            Usage 4%.

                            The only thing I changed is from brightness medium to low. So my wake time is higher than yours (screen is active more) but uses less nit/brightness than yours. Seems either set up will consume lower battery.

                            Brad, I appreciate you taking the time to go through your settings and confirming.

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                              • SuperFlo75S Offline
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                                I set my SV to brightness low, Standby off, raise to wake low, and backlight off. Wearing it with 24/7 HR monitoring, and sleep tracking, I have a consumption of about 3% a day without recorded activities. In my opinion, that‘s great.
                                In the last weeks, after the last maps update, I noticed a increased consumption, but now after a soft reset, it’s as usual again. I talked about it in another thread…

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                                • Antoine LancrenonA Offline
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                                  The only thing I had different is:

                                  backlight: off
                                  brightness: medium (i have lowered it to low now yo see the impact)
                                  standby: off
                                  raise to wake: off
                                  hr24 and sleep tracking : on (i need those one, i dont want to inactive it to gain battery, not worth it)

                                  i will give you some update abouy drainage, may be the brightness from medium to low will reduce the consumption… what do you think?

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                                    @Antoine-Lancrenon I can say I had brightness at Medium and Raise to Wake high, Standby off, Backlight off. With this I was seeing about a 10% daily battery consumption.

                                    By switching to brightness at Low and Rase to Wake high, Standby off, Backlight off I saw 4% daily battery consumption. All other settings (24/7 HR, SPOx, notifications etc.) were left in the same condition as before and in the on state.

                                    May be worthwhile to change your settings to see if it shows any difference. For me, the Brightness played a factor in battery consumption. Depending on what I plan on doing I may switch back and forth on Brightness but at least I can trace it to having an effect on the rate I need to charge.

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                                    • Sean MarshallS Offline
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                                      Yes I’m in the same situation brand new Suunto Vertical fully charged at 6am down to 33% at 6pm. With no sporting activity during this period heart rate tracking on and notifications turned on. Surely there is something wrong??

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                                      • Sean MarshallS Offline
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                                        @Brad_Olwin said in Battery drain:

                                        @Todd-Danielczyk Make sure standby is off and that you have not changed backlight intensity. This will definitely change battery life,

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                                          Ever since the latest update, I am seeing significant battery drain with very little use. Since last recharge 3 days ago, I have 2 activities totalling 110 minutes. I have not work the watch all day and do not wear the watch at night. However, the battery is not at 34%. I can try and restart the watch but it seems something has happened with the latest update.

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                                          • EgikaE Offline
                                            Egika Platinum Member @altcmd
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                                            @altcmd said in Battery drain:

                                            Ever since the latest update, I am seeing significant battery drain with very little use. Since last recharge 3 days ago, I have 2 activities totalling 110 minutes. I have not work the watch all day and do not wear the watch at night. However, the battery is not at 34%. I can try and restart the watch but it seems something has happened with the latest update.

                                            Just check if backlight is constantly on.
                                            Then do a soft reset. Maybe the eMMC driver is in a state that has the eMMC powered up permanently. Soft reset should get you back.to normal.
                                            Plus the watch maybe needs a few charging cycles to re-calibrate the battery - like after every FW update.

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