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    • ? Offline
      A Former User @Guest
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      @obhikkhu

      Me too! First day with my vertical. Battery 100% at 9 am.
      30 minutes of running, no notification : 91% now (9pm) 🥴

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        A Former User @Guest
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        @Matthieu_45 A fix is on the way. I turned off notifications, and also disabled sleep tracking and 24/7 HR tracking. It’s much better now, but the battery issue is still real. I read somewhere that a fix is currently being tested.

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        • SportsfreundS Offline
          Sportsfreund Bronze Member @Guest
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          @Matthieu_45

          Oh wow, can’t confirm this issue. 🙏

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            A Former User @Sportsfreund
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            @Sportsfreund Apparently, using maps during an activity is what triggers the battery drain.

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              Sportsfreund Bronze Member @Guest
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              @obhikkhu OK, since I mostly move in familiar terrain, I only use it very rarely.

              When I run, the map is always on the display. I run often but still can’t confirm the significant loss.

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                Ars Vitae Silver Members @Guest
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                @Matthieu_45 You can use this temporary solution (one of the earlier posts here):

                @isazi said in Battery drain:

                My personal workaround while we wait for a fix is: if you use navigation just reboot your watch at the end, after syncing the activity with your phone.

                This is my personal view, nothing from Suunto

                I managed to send logs to Suunto and hope a fix for this will be included in the next firmware. I also believe it is not the GPS but the storage that is kept active, GPS would give an even larger battery consumption. No confirmation from Suunto yet. I try to keep the forum informed as much as I can 🙂

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                  surfboomerang @Guest
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                  @obhikkhu said in Battery drain:

                  @Sportsfreund Apparently, using maps during an activity is what triggers the battery drain.

                  It’s not only the map. Following a route also triggers this. Even without the map.

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                    SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @surfboomerang
                    last edited by SuperFlo75

                    @surfboomerang I also noticed this behavior… using the map and following a route during exercises drains the battery more than usual, and after that, the drains continue… perhaps the soft reset can help? I try this…

                    @isazi I sent log now, 09:35, I don‘t know if this is useful?

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                    • surfboomerangS Offline
                      surfboomerang @SuperFlo75
                      last edited by

                      @SuperFlo75 no need to send logs. This has already been confirmed by Suunto. Fix will come soon (hopefully)
                      In the mean time, just reboot the watch after a navigation activity.

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                        Iggge
                        last edited by Iggge

                        I know what caused my battery drain.

                        • Ocan Watchface with compass instead of battery.
                          Last 30 hours I have been using Race watchface and there is no battery drain at all.
                          Have gone from 35% to 33%, and i have also been exercising.
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                          Mff73 @Iggge
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                          @Iggge
                          It will come again, don’t worry 😂.

                          SSU (retired), SV1, SV2
                          Wife : S9PP
                          SA: Always the latest beta :)
                          Android + Galaxy S205G

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                            stromdiddily Gold Members @Iggge
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                            @Iggge said in Battery drain:

                            On day 6 now with my watch with two running exercises. Battery left 35%. Right now I need to have it in battery saving mode. Can’t charge it either because I forgot my charger 🫠

                            Soft reset seems to fix the drain issue

                            Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

                            User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV2 :)

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                              MacMillan
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                              I am also noticing strange behavior with my Vertical Solar when it comes to solar charging. Sometimes the watch is charged within 15 minutes with a battery level of 95% to 100% by solar charging and on other days without activity and the entire day in the sun there is no charging.

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                                SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @MacMillan
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                                @MacMIllan I have my SV since 05/23, and there is always a ‚crazy‘ behavior of solar charging when the battery was full loaded on the charger… sometimes ther is no solar activity in plain sun until the charging level dropped under 95%, sometimes the normal behavior of the charging icon comes back after dropping under 98%… and after that, I always recognize that the solar charging can bring the battery back to 100% in about 30 minutes of plain sun… I was told that this is a protection of over-loading… nothing new!

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                                  Tami999 Silver Members @MacMillan
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                                  @MacMIllan said in Battery drain:

                                  I am also noticing strange behavior with my Vertical Solar when it comes to solar charging. Sometimes the watch is charged within 15 minutes with a battery level of 95% to 100% by solar charging and on other days without activity and the entire day in the sun there is no charging.

                                  Happens to me too. I think its just show wrong value after full charge. If its 95% -> 100% in 5 minutes by solar charging, its just 100% not 95% in real. 1% of solar charging takes 3h+ from my observation.

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                                    Antoine Bronze Member @isazi
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                                    @isazi said in Battery drain:

                                    A fix is being tested, if everything works out should be here in a week or two.

                                    Any news, soon ? 😁 ⌚️⏱️

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                                    • isaziI Offline
                                      isazi Moderator @Antoine
                                      last edited by

                                      @Antoine no, last I know it says September for the hotfix.

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                                      Blog: isazi's home

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                                        Robin123 @isazi
                                        last edited by Robin123

                                        @isazi Do you know if the the hot fix is also for the 9pp ?
                                        I purchased my watch 2 weeks ago and the battery is far from what is advertised.
                                        First charge 5 days (with about 5hrs of gps activity).
                                        second charge, this time I disabled the OHR during the day, and pulse ox during the night, as well as stand by display. About 3hrs of gps activity: it was 6 days ago, 18%remaining.
                                        Quite disappointing so far.

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                                        • isaziI Offline
                                          isazi Moderator @Robin123
                                          last edited by

                                          @Robin123 all watches, but in my experience S9PP is the least affected by the drain

                                          Watch: Suunto Vertical 2 Titanium Black

                                          Blog: isazi's home

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                                            MacMillan @Robin123
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                                            @Robin123 I agree with you that the advertising claim ( Daily use: Smartwatch mode
                                            up to 30 days (60 days with solar)) is not true. With a fully charged battery, I have a battery consumption (without activity and without HR or Oxi Monitor) of approx. 10 - 12 % within 2 days. The advertised runtimes will never be achieved.This advertised battery life was a reason for me to switch from the Suunto 9 Peak to the Vertical Solar.

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