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    • Ars VitaeA Offline
      Ars Vitae Bronze Member @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 @Ghost
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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.

        Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
        OnePlus Nord 4

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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.

            Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
            OnePlus Nord 4

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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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              • Mff73M Offline
                Mff73 @Iggge
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                @Iggge
                It will come again, don’t worry 😂.

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                Suunto Vertical all black
                Wife : S9PP
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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 SV :)

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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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                    • SuperFlo75S Offline
                      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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                        • AntoineA Offline
                          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 ? 😁 ⌚️⏱️

                          Watch: Suunto vertical solar

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                          • isaziI Offline
                            isazi Moderator @Antoine
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                            @Antoine no, last I know it says September for the hotfix.

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

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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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                                    Mouse Cruiser Bronze Member @Klaane
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                                    @Klaane My experience vith SV (non-solar) is as follows: in exactly 10 days, the battery charge dropped from 100% to 27%, with the fact that during this time I played sports for 7.5 hours (trail running and MTB). I estimate that the watch consumes 4%-5% of energy per day (with 24/7 OHR), and during sports training 3%-4% per hour (full performance mode).

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                                    • SvenSchroeterS Offline
                                      SvenSchroeter @Mouse Cruiser
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                                      @Mouse-Cruiser I can confirm your findings. I am on the same consumption. I average about 2 weeks of battery (100% -> 15%) with an average of 6 - 8hours of gps recoding a week. Minimal notifications because I have dissabled most to try and squeeze more out of the battery.

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                                        Mff73 @MacMillan
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                                        @MacMillan said in Battery drain:

                                        @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.

                                        Et ça fait vraiment avancer le schmilblick.

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                                        Suunto Vertical all black
                                        Wife : S9PP
                                        SA: Always the latest beta :)
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                                        • Ars VitaeA Offline
                                          Ars Vitae Bronze Member @MacMillan
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                                          @MacMillan As @isazi for ex. and many others wrote in this post the hotfix is on its way, just be patient. In the meantime you can do just a little trick advised here many times. And I don’t know since when you have your SV but mine, from november 2023 with first firmware v. 2.25.66 keep battery life as expected, easily up to 45 days (no solar version). Even with this battery drain but applying temporary solution my battery lasts 4 weeks now with 5 workouts every week and with one exception, it was only charged to 87%.

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                                            EdCaballer
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                                            Hello, I got my suunto vertical on Friday, I was messing arround with it, installing maps until saturday, when i fully charged it. Since then I did 16h of activity until wednesday and now i have a 9% battery!! Do you think it is normal?? What could it be?? Thanks!!

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