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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)
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      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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                  • Mff73M Offline
                    Mff73 @Mff73
                    last edited by

                    @Mff73 said in Battery drain:

                    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

                    today’s stats :
                    Charged from 0% to 100% on Oct 6th.
                    Today : 22% left --> 78% lost in total in 12 days
                    17% battery lost in 9h36 of GPS activity
                    So 61% lost for 12 days, non include GPS activity (avg = 5% / day)
                    .

                    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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                    • SuperFlo75S Offline
                      SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member
                      last edited by

                      After full charging oct. 7 I started with 100%
                      today I am at 67% after 11 days with about 5 hours of running activity with hr belt and ZoneSense app…
                      I think this is not bad, and perhaps only a little bit worse than before the summer update…

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                      • Mff73M Offline
                        Mff73 @Mff73
                        last edited by

                        @Mff73 said in Battery drain:

                        @Mff73 said in Battery drain:

                        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

                        today’s stats :
                        Charged from 0% to 100% on Oct 6th.
                        Today : 22% left --> 78% lost in total in 12 days
                        17% battery lost in 9h36 of GPS activity
                        So 61% lost for 12 days, non include GPS activity (avg = 5% / day)
                        .

                        Ready for today’s activity, and my battery is just 14% now. So 8% lost since yesterday at the level of %.
                        It will be enough for today 😳

                        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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                        • SuperFlo75S Offline
                          SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @Mff73
                          last edited by

                          @Mff73 this is really too much 🥲

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                          • Mff73M Offline
                            Mff73 @SuperFlo75
                            last edited by

                            @SuperFlo75 said in Battery drain:

                            @Mff73 this is really too much 🥲

                            Yes, 14% is too much battery for my activity of today 😂.
                            For non activity drain, I will keep zen, waiting for next fix.

                            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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                            • Marien PerrotM Offline
                              Marien Perrot
                              last edited by

                              Hi everybody !

                              Just send my drain watch for this week.
                              Started last Sunday with 89%.
                              Today 30% of charge.
                              Activities: 2 run for a total of 1h30 and 1 nordic walk of 2h.
                              HR ON
                              Sleep OFF
                              Notifications ON
                              Performance Mode activate during activities
                              No wipe since the last update

                              That seems to me too much draining batterie.
                              For me, this is not due to activities but only when the watch is on my wrist and overtime not wearing and face down.

                              My feelings since I’ve bought this watch are degraded because the watch was more efficient when I started use it last year.
                              Every updates downgrade the efficience of this product.
                              That’s a pity…

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                              • Fenr1rF Offline
                                Fenr1r
                                last edited by

                                Odd one - idle Vertical screen showing this:

                                Weird 1.jpeg

                                Watch placed on surface while still displaying the just-saved-activity screen. Left untouched for 15 mins or so. Returned to normal “Data” watchface with time resumed & more plausible step count when picked up.

                                This might be a bug but it involves unusual power use so I’m putting it here. FW 2.37.48.

                                Anyone else seen the same?

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                                • sebchastangS Offline
                                  sebchastang Silver Members @Fenr1r
                                  last edited by

                                  @Fenr1r I also already noticed that incomplete display 1 or 2 times. It doesn’t really bother me as everything is back to normal after pushing one button. It is just a small display bug.
                                  I would prefer Suunto to keep working on serious issues (battery drain for people still impacted, …).

                                  Here is my feedback after latest update:

                                  • no more battery drain after hiking activity with route navigation. Good job Suunto 👍
                                    I only tested with one little hike around my place and I still have to check in real life hikes in the coming weeks
                                  • I have charged my watch to 100% few days ago and I keep an eye on battery consumption, but I didn’t notice abnormal battery drain these last days.

                                  Suunto Vertical
                                  Suunto Traverse

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                                  • GiPFELKiNDG Offline
                                    GiPFELKiND Silver Members @sebchastang
                                    last edited by GiPFELKiND

                                    @sebchastang said in .

                                    I would prefer Suunto to keep working on serious issues (battery drain for people still impacted, …).

                                    Yes totally agree — but the most thread here is "what Sports mode is missing for the next Update 🥴 they should solve real Problems. I have lost all maps on the watch while record a walking Activity. And had very strange Display error while switch the Suunto+ App while i was Walking. Watch completely down and automatically Reboot.

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                                    • surfboomerangS Offline
                                      surfboomerang @GiPFELKiND
                                      last edited by

                                      @GiPFELKiND said in Battery drain:

                                      but the most thread here is "what Sports mode is missing for the next Update 🥴 they should solve real Problems.

                                      I think this has been explained a couple of times…this is a community forum. Not an official Suunto wishlist forum
                                      Everything can be discussed here, but Suunto decides if, when and how it will be implemented.

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                                      OnePlus Nord 4

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                                      • C Offline
                                        cloudrunner
                                        last edited by

                                        Hello forum,

                                        iam new here due to the battery drain problem.
                                        Due to a updating error of myself (did not plan to update to latest firmware soon) , i have now 2.37.48 on my watch…

                                        My intention is to let you guys know how big the impact on my usage of the watch is.
                                        Before the upgrade with 2.33.16 it was easy possible to reach 4-5 weeks without charging with my usecase:

                                        HR ON
                                        Sleeptracking ON
                                        SPO2 ON
                                        Notifications OFF
                                        Airplanemode ON
                                        evertime with GPS Performance and routenavigation
                                        10 hours training per week

                                        Now with the latest software my watch uses 4,3% power every day and if that holds on, the battery is in 23day empty.
                                        I will now full cycle the watch and report again by time.
                                        But for me its clearly a sign that something strange is going on here and Suunto has to adress this problem carefully.

                                        Iam very happy with the Vertical since 6 month but the decrease in batterypower sucks a little bit.
                                        Hope Sunnto can fix this soon 🙂

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                                        • timecodeT Offline
                                          timecode
                                          last edited by

                                          Not Vertical, but S9PP. The battery itself was replaced a while ago, so it’s not old. It started to act up after the last update. I have charged it yesterday in the morning to 100% and now (after 24h) it shows only 90% of battery. Tried to change watch faces, doesn’t help. It’s discharging really fast and I hope Suunto is aware and able to fix it soon. Just FYI.

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                                          • AntoineA Offline
                                            Antoine Bronze Member @timecode
                                            last edited by

                                            @timecode said in Battery drain:

                                            Not Vertical, but S9PP. The battery itself was replaced a while ago, so it’s not old. It started to act up after the last update. I have charged it yesterday in the morning to 100% and now (after 24h) it shows only 90% of battery. Tried to change watch faces, doesn’t help. It’s discharging really fast and I hope Suunto is aware and able to fix it soon. Just FYI.

                                            Indeed, there are still problem of battery drain on all watches.
                                            Last fw update didn’t solve all issues

                                            Watch: Suunto vertical solar

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