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    • Todd DanielczykT Offline
      Todd Danielczyk Gold Members @Mff73
      last edited by

      @Mff73 Good call! I took the liberty to charge my watch while I installed the new FW and plan on doing a ride after work to confirm. I was one of the ones affected by the battery drain (8-10% daily drop) and run navigation during activities.

      Currently at 99% and will keep the forum posted on battery usage.

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      • Ars VitaeA Offline
        Ars Vitae Bronze Member @Danny poleg
        last edited by

        @Danny-poleg I only quoted your comment because it highlights the point of this update: only some battery drain issues have been resolved.

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        • ? Offline
          A Former User @Ars Vitae
          last edited by

          @Ars-Vitae In the process of debugging a firmware issue, especially related to unexpected battery drain, various factors could be at play. Many users have confirmed that enabling navigation is a significant cause of this issue. It’s possible that this problem could trigger other issues as well. Therefore, it’s crucial to identify the root cause and fix the problem to see if resolving this one will also address the other potential issues.

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          • Ars VitaeA Offline
            Ars Vitae Bronze Member @Mff73
            last edited by

            @Mff73 I have every right to speculate because the claims of fixing the problem talk about all the causes of the issue. If the fix will be done step by step, ok. But why write about the postponement of the update date explaining it by working on all the sources of the problem? That said, I hope the watch will return to its original value, and I will be happy to share with you how my watch’s battery will perform after the update.

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            • SvenSchroeterS Offline
              SvenSchroeter
              last edited by

              1st night so far so good… drop of 1% from a full charge after the update last night. Got a long run comming on Sunday and am curious to see how much longer the battery can go with the latest improvements.

              EVERY MONTH Suunto is making their products BETTER! Great job!

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

                @Todd-Danielczyk said in Battery drain:

                @Mff73 Good call! I took the liberty to charge my watch while I installed the new FW and plan on doing a ride after work to confirm. I was one of the ones affected by the battery drain (8-10% daily drop) and run navigation during activities.

                Currently at 99% and will keep the forum posted on battery usage.

                @Mff73 for me it looks back to normal so far. After the update I reset the watch twice wore it during the day at work and did a trail ride after work with navigation. Didn’t reset and wore to bed like usual. Woke up to 96%.

                I’ll keep monitoring as i saw the most significant drops after the battery got to 50% but judging from this one test, the navigation drain has been fixed
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                • Ars VitaeA Offline
                  Ars Vitae Bronze Member @SvenSchroeter
                  last edited by

                  @SvenSchroeter said in Battery drain:

                  1st night so far so good… drop of 1% from a full charge after the update last night. Got a long run comming on Sunday and am curious to see how much longer the battery can go with the latest improvements.

                  EVERY MONTH Suunto is making their products BETTER! Great job!

                  Let me make a small correction: the latest update does not improve the battery performance only fixes it. It is difficult to improve something after it is broken. In this case, improvement must be preceded by fixing.

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                  • Antoine LancrenonA Offline
                    Antoine Lancrenon Bronze Member
                    last edited by

                    for me it is not fixed. i have lost 3% in one night.

                    i am resetting now, and check tomorrow.

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                    • SamuelPS Offline
                      SamuelP Bronze Member
                      last edited by

                      My vertical all black from 81% to 80% in 24 hours since the update 👍

                      No activities yet though.
                      24h ohr on.
                      Notifications off.

                      Gonna try a run with navigation tonight.

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                      • Mff73M Offline
                        Mff73
                        last edited by

                        no navigation for me, 1 hour run since update (24 hours ago) and 10% down.
                        but no full discharge/recharge after update yet, so i will wait for it before next feedback.

                        Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
                        Suunto Vertical all black
                        Wife : S9PP
                        SA: Always the latest beta :)
                        Android 13, Galaxy S205G

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                        • Fenr1rF Offline
                          Fenr1r
                          last edited by

                          20+ hours after last Navigation use (Location Fix check), the compass widget is still showing a value. Could this be relevant? (Happened on the last FW.) Is there supposed to be a timeout for this feature? Only stops with a soft reset.

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                          • L Offline
                            larrybbaker
                            last edited by

                            I have not done a full drain/charge cycle but so far not seeing any improvement in battery life. I do not use navigation regularly so this specific fix probably does not apply.

                            SV Solar
                            iPhone 16 Pro

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                            • surfboomerangS Offline
                              surfboomerang
                              last edited by

                              For me, the navigation battery drain seems fixed. Did a hike yesterday with routing and map.
                              Stopped the activity with 30% left and woke up this morning with 29% without a restart of the watch.

                              Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                              OnePlus Nord 4

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                              • SvenSchroeterS Offline
                                SvenSchroeter
                                last edited by

                                36Hours since top up to 99% charge, 30minute stretching activity (got my self injured on the last training run before a race this weekend), with OHR 24/7 and we are down to 93%. For now I am still averaging around 3% to 4% per day. Tonight will be a light run just to test the hip injury before the race on Sunday… Lets hope the watch and the body are on par to get me off the startline and somehow to the finish 🤙

                                Suunto Vertical Ti Solar (Daily)
                                Suunto Race (Wife Daily)
                                Retired: Suunto Ambit3 / Ambit / Core

                                https://www.strava.com/athletes/142980701

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                                • SvenSchroeterS Offline
                                  SvenSchroeter @SvenSchroeter
                                  last edited by

                                  @SvenSchroeter Summing up my experiences (spoiler alert… no issues detected).

                                  5Days have passed. Started with 99% and Today I am down to 74%.

                                  • OHR 24/7
                                  • O2 Sat Enabled
                                  • Notifications ON - Buzzing every now and then

                                  Activities Recorded:

                                  • STRETCHING: OHR ONLY / no GPS : 61minutes
                                  • RUN: HR BELT / GPS=Performance: 215 minutes
                                  • BIKE: OHR / GPS=Performance: 25minutes

                                  I expect around a 3week battery life which is pretty damn good considering what I think is relatively heavy use. Included was a running race of 30km, route was pre loaded, but i was not navigating it with prombts… rather simply following the route. I am not experiencing excessive drain for my use cases.

                                  Suunto Vertical Ti Solar (Daily)
                                  Suunto Race (Wife Daily)
                                  Retired: Suunto Ambit3 / Ambit / Core

                                  https://www.strava.com/athletes/142980701

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                                  • Mff73M Offline
                                    Mff73
                                    last edited by Mff73

                                    Fully charged mine yesterday from 0%
                                    9% lost in 24 hours without any activity.
                                    No soft reset, just charged.

                                    [edit]
                                    24/24 HR on
                                    notifications on
                                    Sleep tracking on
                                    SPO2 on
                                    everything like when i purchased it at launch

                                    Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
                                    Suunto Vertical all black
                                    Wife : S9PP
                                    SA: Always the latest beta :)
                                    Android 13, Galaxy S205G

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                                    • gerasimosG Offline
                                      gerasimos Bronze Member
                                      last edited by gerasimos

                                      after last update 5hours trail run witn navigation route 8% consumption and daily mode* in time mode 1% per day .
                                      Monster 🔋 is back again!

                                      • hr off
                                      • o2 off
                                      • mobile notifications off

                                      Suunto Vertical Ti
                                      Suunto S9 gen1
                                      Suunto Ambit3 peak

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                                      • timecodeT Offline
                                        timecode
                                        last edited by

                                        Yesterday I started my day with 100%, then had a one hour run (kind of a race with GPS/maps on) and today my battery still shows 98%. I am not sure if this is realistic, or some king of calibration is needed, but I will keep an eye on this.

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                                        • D Offline
                                          duffman19
                                          last edited by duffman19

                                          There still exists an odd battery drain when NOT wearing the watch. I took mine off yesterday morning at 93% and it is now at 75% (18% loss in 24 hours). This is with the watch laying face down, so the OHR is not on.

                                          I wrote about this same behavior earlier this year (somewhere way up this thread). At first I thought the drain was due to sleep tracking being enabled and the watch attempting to track sleep even though it is not on the wrist. However, this time I noticed a significant drain during the day as well.

                                          It’s hard to imagine what the cause could be. I shouldn’t need to turn on or disable any features when taking the watch off. What could possibly be going on to cause such drain when not wearing it?

                                          Edit: Another huge 24hr drain from 71-44% while the watch was off the wrist. I recorded a 1.5hr activity prior to this and saw an expected ~2% drop. My Vertical is on track to last less than four days while sitting face down on the counter. Anyone else seeing significant battery drain when not wearing the watch?

                                          Vertical Ti

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                                          • L Offline
                                            larrybbaker @duffman19
                                            last edited by

                                            @duffman19 I agree! I see more drain with it “resting” face down on the night stand than any activity I do.

                                            SV Solar
                                            iPhone 16 Pro

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