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    • runomaticR Offline
      runomatic Silver Members @Brad_Olwin
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      @Brad_Olwin said in to solar or not to solar?:

      @ElectronBadger I live in Colorado with abundant sunshine. A recent 45 min run had 0% battery usage!

      I’m actually quite envious. Say hello to Courtney if you see her on the trails. 😉

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      • gerasimosG Offline
        gerasimos Bronze Member
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        Here in Greece most sunny days and i notice solar its something like big “resistance” to battery draining…not charge.
        Also the anthracite colour of titanium it’s way better (for my taste)

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        • AudaxjoeA Offline
          Audaxjoe
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          I have the non solar and love the watch. The battery just isn’t an issue. I get about two weeks between charging with 15 or so hours GPS. (No HR or sleep tracking but notification on)

          But must admit I like the look of the Titanium!

          I find GPS battery usage at best quality is around 2% an hour. I guess living in the UK there wouldn’t be much solar charging going on anyway🤷🏻‍♂️

          Pays your money and takes your choice, I think you’d be happy with what ever version you choose. Personally I couldn’t justify the price difference.

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          • ElectronBadgerE Offline
            ElectronBadger
            last edited by

            Thank you all, black steel SV solar is on the way 😀

            Suunto Vertical Solar All Black

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            • VoiGASV Offline
              VoiGAS Silver Members
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              Anyone here using the Vertical Solar just for sports? In this case it could rest nearly the whole day at the window and maybe the battery would last forever then?
              This would be my usecase as I love to wear mechanical watches 😀


              Race S
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                wakarimasen Silver Members @VoiGAS
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                @VoiGAS said in to solar or not to solar?:

                In this case it could rest nearly the whole day at the window and maybe the battery would last forever then?
                This would be my usecase as I love to wear mechanical watches 😀

                Same here!

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                  Jer075 @ElectronBadger
                  last edited by Jer075

                  @ElectronBadger you made a good choice. It s a little more expenssive to have the solar panel but when you will be on holidays or directly exposed to the sun, you will save a little bit battery life. It s funny to see your battery increased with a free energy.
                  For 45min exposed in direct sunlight your battery will increase of 1%. I am in France and I see that this morning. Everything actived on smartwatch mode (not in a sport mode) and not disturb mode activated (no vibration activated).

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                    thanasis Bronze Member @Jer075
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                    @Jer075 for me the solar is the main reason to buy the vertical .

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                    • MarynM Offline
                      Maryn Silver Members
                      last edited by Maryn

                      Solar because Vertical Ti Solar is currently the best looking Suunto watch 😍

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                      • Mouse CruiserM Offline
                        Mouse Cruiser Bronze Member @ElectronBadger
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                        @ElectronBadger For me non-solar is optimal choice. But I wonder how healthy it is to have the watch in direct sunlight all day, just to extend the autonomy time for max a day (23 instead of 22 days). Users will tell in a year or two😊

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                        • StavroginS Offline
                          Stavrogin @ElectronBadger
                          last edited by Stavrogin

                          @ElectronBadger I have the solar and I agree with most. You probably do not need it, but if you really want titanium then…

                          The only thing I could see it being super useful for is when I do several day (I mean like 7+ days) of backpacking. The solar would potentially take a bit of edge off of the loss of battery due to GPS usage, but having said that most of my trekking is done at least half the time under tree cover so that will make it mute.

                          The one thing I do not like about the solar is the greenish tint that it gives the outside of the screen. Black would be much cleaner looking in my opinion.

                          An example for me would be last year then I did the Colorado Trail from Silverton to Durango. Didn’t really see a lot of help from the solar. The only time I would get a good solar bump was going over passes.

                          If you are a road cyclist and plan on strapping your watch to the handle bars you might see some solar usage out of that. Plus with the MIP it would not need to turn on the light every time you flicked your wrist to see where you were or how you were doing.

                          If I were to disappear into the bush for a month, maybe.

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