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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…

            Suunto Vertical Titanium Forest/Dark Ruby/UTMB/Courtney_Edition
            Suunto Wing
            Suunto 9 Peak Pro Titanium (owns my wife now)
            Suunto Spartan Ultra
            SA iOS 2.43.0 (18473)
            Instagram @superflo75

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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 🥲

                Suunto Vertical Titanium Forest/Dark Ruby/UTMB/Courtney_Edition
                Suunto Wing
                Suunto 9 Peak Pro Titanium (owns my wife now)
                Suunto Spartan Ultra
                SA iOS 2.43.0 (18473)
                Instagram @superflo75

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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.

                            Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                            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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                                  • Tami999T Offline
                                    Tami999 Silver Members
                                    last edited by

                                    For me after last update it helped to drain battery completly, that after 1% i turned it on and off (watch) few times, than charged it 100%. Losing 4%/24h with 1h non gps train. Before that like double of that. Vertical.

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                                    • timecodeT Offline
                                      timecode @Antoine
                                      last edited by timecode

                                      @Antoine It strangely solved the issue on my Vertical, but on S9PP it’s worse.

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                                      • enriqueescomsE Offline
                                        enriqueescoms @timecode
                                        last edited by enriqueescoms

                                        @timecode said in Battery drain:

                                        @Antoine It strangely solved the issue on my Vertical, but on S9PP it’s worse.

                                        In my case (9PP too), if the watch rests in the drawer, the consumption is minimal and similar to the first day. And during sports activity I understand that it has not worsened substantially. However, if I use it beyond sports activity, as a daily watch, the consumption shoots up.

                                        Suunto 9 Peak Pro (all black version)

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                                        • Mouse CruiserM Offline
                                          Mouse Cruiser Bronze Member @Mouse Cruiser
                                          last edited by

                                          @Mouse-Cruiser said in Battery drain:

                                          @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).

                                          After update to 2.37.48 situation is as follows: in exactly 7 days, the battery charge dropped from 100% to 74%, with the fact that during this time I played sports for 2,5 hours (trail running and nordic walking). I estimate that the watch after update consumes 2.5%-3% of energy per day (with 24/7 OHR), and during sports training consumption is the same 3%-4% per hour (full performance mode).
                                          I am more than happy with this results☺

                                          Suunto Vertical
                                          Suunto 9 Baro
                                          Suunto Spartan
                                          Suunto Ambit3 peak

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                                          • S Offline
                                            Swaddy61 Silver Members
                                            last edited by

                                            And just for information, my experience with my SCTiS is in line with @Mouse Cruiser.

                                            I hope that doesn’t jinx both of us…

                                            Very happy with my battery performance as it is more or less in line with Suunto’s sales blurb.

                                            SV Ti All Black, Coros Apex Pro, Ambit 3 Peak, Ambit 3 Sport (sold), Ambit 2 (Sold), X10 Mi (Retired), Quest (Sold), T3 (Sold), T6C (Retired as unfixable - Suunto gave me a big discount on Ambit 2!), Polar H10 belt, Suunto Smart Belt

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