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    • TrailEyesT Offline
      TrailEyes Gold Members @jjpaz
      last edited by

      @jjpaz This is the action I’ve noticed too. The seconds stay visible when I do this (pull up activity screen but don’t actually start an activitiy). Like you said, GPS or something must stay active, which prevents the watch from going back into its more “dormant” state of time mode.

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        larrybbaker
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        Decided to track battery life and here is what I found:

        Full charge on 11/10 down to 4% on 11/27.
        this included 14 hrs and 13 min of GPS usage tracking 81.6 miles.

        This is not my daily wear watch and I have no notifications, 24 hour HR or sleep tracking enabled. I use a chest strap for all activities.

        SV Solar
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          thanasis Bronze Member @larrybbaker
          last edited by

          The battery issue is getting really crazy at times .
          Lost 15% today which just 1.5hours of training and the rest was the watch resting … at home

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            SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @thanasis
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            @thanasis I also noticed that the battery consumption gets worse… I‘m at 33% after 13 days… and I did‘t change anything 🙈

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              thanasis Bronze Member @SuperFlo75
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              @SuperFlo75 said in Battery drain:

              @thanasis I also noticed that the battery consumption gets worse… I‘m at 33% after 13 days… and I did‘t change anything 🙈

              that’s a lot better than mine though! 67% drop in 13 days leads to 5.3% per day!!!
              i am seeing like 15% per day!!

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                larrybbaker @SuperFlo75
                last edited by larrybbaker

                @SuperFlo75 It seems to me that the drain accelerates as the battery decreases. 😕

                I have been holding goff on a hard/factory reset - but may be willing to try it if we don’t hear any more about a forthcoming update…

                SV Solar
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                • Francesco PaganoF Offline
                  Francesco Pagano Silver Members Bronze Member
                  last edited by

                  I saw a new thread on this issue this morning, and now reading these posts. I’m a S9PP user and I noticed an uncommon battery drain in the past 2 days. I ended I run with 91% battery on Sunday morning, yesterday I did nothing so I didn’t even look at my battery charge status, this morning I woke up with 68% 😱 And it’s at 66% now after 2 hours.
                  The only “new” thing for me was update ZS app.

                  S9PP
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                  • t-DoxT Offline
                    t-Dox
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                    hi, i’m also experiencing battery issues on my 9PP. I never reached the 21 days of battery life with 24/7 monitoring as promised by suunto, but usually the battery lasted me 10-12 days with 3-5h of activity per week. Since the last update, however, I have to recharge the watch every 4-5 days with 1h of activity. I tried to open a specific thread for the 9 peak pro, since, even though they share some of the hardware, it is a different watch from the suunto vertical (it does not have maps, it does not have solar charging, it is smaller and will have a smaller battery, …) but the thread was blocked as a duplicate of this one. mistakenly.

                    Andrea
                    9pp

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                      SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member
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                      I really don‘t know why this problem got worse now… for me it startet with the Summer Firmware Update and the new watchfaces choosable in the SA… and I think with using the new ZoneSense App (including the use of the heart rate belt)… before the time of ZoneSense I didn’t use the belt very often with the Vertical… perhaps I will delete ZoneSense before the next battery loading to learn more about the impact of ZoneSense on the battery drain?

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                        Ghost @SuperFlo75
                        last edited by Ghost

                        @SuperFlo75 I always use the belt, which is essential for ZoneSense and should help the watch consume less battery. I consistently disable wrist HR, sleep tracking, and 24/7 HR. With this setup, my battery consumption is normal (1-2% per day without activity and 2-10% per activity depending on map usage). Whenever I adjust exercise options, I perform a soft reset on the watch after the activity. Without this reset, I notice a battery drain issue, which I hope will be addressed in the Q4 update that should logically be released by year-end, though I have no confirmed information about it. (Suunto Vertical and Suunto Smart HR belt)

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                          larrybbaker
                          last edited by larrybbaker

                          I finally broke down and did a factory reset, reloaded everything and now will track battery usage again… Only issue so far after my reset is the Zonesense - while it showed up in the watch and tracked the activity appropriately - I cannot get it to show up in SA for yesterday’s activity. Older activities it is showing up correctly.

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                            SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @Ghost
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                            @iterumtenta I have my SV since mai 2023, and I always used 24/7 HR and sleep tracking… and I normally had no problems with wrist HR, so I didn’t use a HR belt. Usually I had to charge my watch every 4 weeks with about 3-4 hours activity per week… but today, I‘m at 25% after 15 days 🥲

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                              Outdoorsy @SuperFlo75
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                              @SuperFlo75 15 days? I bought mine in April 2024 and the battery life never exceeded more than 2 weeks. I go for short walks at lunch, 24/7 HR, sleep monitoring and occasional hikes. I lose about 8% a day. If i have to turn off the basic functions of the to use it, then the watch is useless for me.

                              I’ll be happy having 25% battery after 15 days.

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                                SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @Outdoorsy
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                                @Outdoorsy this seems to be too much battery consumption? Far away from the promised power you can read on the Suunto website? 🤔🥲

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                                • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                                  Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Outdoorsy
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                                  @Outdoorsy 8% is pretty much what I get as well with everything on

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                                    Antoine Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                    @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Battery drain:

                                    @Outdoorsy 8% is pretty much what I get as well with everything on

                                    Dev team is still working on battery drain issues or corrections have been found ?
                                    8% per day seems to me already high. It was not the case when i bought the vertical i think 1,5 year ago

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                                      Kramble @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Battery drain:

                                      @Outdoorsy 8% is pretty much what I get as well with everything on

                                      And this is not normal compared to the first time of the Vertical.
                                      Like @SuperFlo75 :
                                      I have my SV since June 2023, and I always used 24/7 OHR and sleep tracking and I didn’t use a HR belt.
                                      Usually I had to charge my watch every 4 weeks with about 3-4 hours activity per week.
                                      That was pretty much what we can read on the official Suunto website at the launch.
                                      Today can you get the 60 days , even without OHR and sleep tracking ? I am really not sure.

                                      There is a little battery drain since summer 2024.

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                                      • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                                        Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Kramble
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                                        @Kramble this thread is about battery drain and yes there are efforts to correct that.

                                        60 days without ohr + BT + other tracking stuff is possible afaik and from my experiences this summer.

                                        It even charges from the sun for me.

                                        I think there is a mix of what we are discussing about here:

                                        • Unusual battery drain
                                        • Battery expectations with different combinations of settings

                                        Afaik from fieldtesting on the next release there is no drain reported. However I cannot know if today you had the vibra motor buzzing > 300 times because of modern life notifications that also power up the watch and screen and if that reduced your estimate compared to 1.5y ago that you were getting 100 notifications . I hope you get my point

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                                          vidmarr @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
                                          When can we approximately expect a new update?

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                                            Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @vidmarr
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                                            @vidmarr before xmas i hope

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