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    • isaziI Offline
      isazi Moderator @Bogdan1921
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      @Chindris-Bogdan 4 days without any exercise?

      Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

      Blog: isazi's home

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      • Bogdan1921B Offline
        Bogdan1921 Silver Members Bronze Member
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        Yes, in this period it’s impossible to make exercises…

        Suunto Race
        Polar H10
        Iphone 14 Pro
        Suunto 9 Baro [sold]

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          isazi Moderator @Bogdan1921
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          @Chindris-Bogdan well 4 days without any exercise seems too little. Have you tried a soft reset already?

          Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

          Blog: isazi's home

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          • Bogdan1921B Offline
            Bogdan1921 Silver Members Bronze Member
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            Yes, I’ve tried, but with the same result.

            From my older post, to see my settings:

            100% - 07.04. - 16:20
            79% - 08.04. - 16:40
            59% - 09.04. - 16:23
            41% - 10.04. - 16:38
            16% - 11.04. - 17:23
            0% - 12.04. - 12:00
            (No activity in this period)

            Backlight Automatic
            Standby - On
            Brightness - 40%
            24/7 tracking - On
            Sleep tracking On
            Notifications On

            What is different in your settings?

            Thanks

            Suunto Race
            Polar H10
            Iphone 14 Pro
            Suunto 9 Baro [sold]

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            • GNZ ctG Offline
              GNZ ct
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              Try standby backlight “off”

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              • isaziI Offline
                isazi Moderator @Bogdan1921
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                @Chindris-Bogdan said in Suunto 9 Baro - deteriorating battery life:

                Backlight Automatic
                Standby - On
                Brightness - 40%
                24/7 tracking - On
                Sleep tracking On
                Notifications On

                Very similar to yours, except standby off and brightness at 30%.

                Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                Blog: isazi's home

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                • freeheelerF Offline
                  freeheeler @isazi
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                  @isazi
                  I think it is also very depending on how much notifications are sent to the watch and how often someone opens SA?

                  living sideways

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                    Atlen @Bogdan1921
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                    @Chindris-Bogdan hi, in my case turning notifications off gave sensitive decrease of power consumption. After consultations incl. in this forum, i summarized that bluetooth connection in some scenarios and to some phones can provoke very fast discharge. Try this.

                    Suunto S9 Baro
                    Suunto Ambit3 Sport
                    Suunto smart sensor
                    IPhone 12, iOS 14

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                      isazi Moderator @Atlen
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                      @Atlen are you using the stable or beta SA?

                      Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                      Blog: isazi's home

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                      • isaziI Offline
                        isazi Moderator @Bogdan1921
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                        @Chindris-Bogdan said in Suunto 9 Baro - deteriorating battery life:

                        100% - 07.04. - 16:20
                        79% - 08.04. - 16:40
                        59% - 09.04. - 16:23
                        41% - 10.04. - 16:38
                        16% - 11.04. - 17:23
                        0% - 12.04. - 12:00

                        So I charged my S9 Tuesday evening, and today (Sunday) at 14:20 I have 10% of battery remaining. But in these four days and a half I logged 7 hours of GPS, plus 2:20 without GPS. All activities with sensors (e.g. heart rate monitor, footpod).
                        Without activities I estimate I would have at least 35% remaining.

                        Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                        Blog: isazi's home

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                          Atlen @isazi
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                          @isazi only stable SA

                          Suunto S9 Baro
                          Suunto Ambit3 Sport
                          Suunto smart sensor
                          IPhone 12, iOS 14

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                            isazi Moderator @Atlen
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                            @Atlen the beta is supposedly (as in, I can’t test it but this is how it should be) consuming less power because it syncs your watch only when you open the app, and not all the time (but you still get instant notifications). So next stable release should also be less power hungry.

                            Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                            Blog: isazi's home

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                            • Bogdan1921B Offline
                              Bogdan1921 Silver Members Bronze Member
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                              I will disable the notification and start from 100% to see the difference…

                              Suunto Race
                              Polar H10
                              Iphone 14 Pro
                              Suunto 9 Baro [sold]

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                              • Bogdan1921B Offline
                                Bogdan1921 Silver Members Bronze Member
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                                I’ve disabled the Notification and Brightness was 30%.

                                Settings:

                                Backlight Automatic

                                Standby-On

                                Brightness: 30%

                                24/7 Tracking – On

                                Sleep tracking – On

                                Notification Off

                                The battery drain from 100% to 0% in 5 days and 4 hours (without activities).

                                Suunto Race
                                Polar H10
                                Iphone 14 Pro
                                Suunto 9 Baro [sold]

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                                  Atlen @Bogdan1921
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                                  @Chindris-Bogdan it seems fast discharge but in my case that was even faster(2,5 days).

                                  Suunto S9 Baro
                                  Suunto Ambit3 Sport
                                  Suunto smart sensor
                                  IPhone 12, iOS 14

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                                  • cosme.costaC Online
                                    cosme.costa
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                                    I think that this topic is also discussed in other thread:

                                    https://forum.suunto.com/topic/3477/s9-or-s5-expected-battery-life-on-2-9-42?_=1588062214792

                                    In this thread you can read that with the update 2.9.42 there were introduced some functionality that “drains” the battery, so in my opinion instead of disable notifications you should test without 24/7 tracking of and Sleep tracking too. @Chindris-Bogdan, with your configuration I think that is not far from reality and matches my own experience, but it is true that I had some GPS activities during my tests, around 3/4 hours in these 5/6 days.

                                    @Atlen In your case 2.5 days it is really low. Did you try a soft reset?

                                    What it is true is that the S9, when using GPS, the battery consumption it is really low. I your case I would test first disabling 24/7, sleep tracking and notifications. I would also kill the SA app to avoid sync and see what happens. As an example, I get around 9/10 days wearing the watch all the day without notifications, no 24/7 and no sleep tracking and 30 minutes of indoor activities (NO GPS) everyday and 40 min of GPS walking once a week.

                                    It is also talked that the SA app sync can affect the battery consumption.

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                                      Atlen @cosme.costa
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                                      @cosmecosta i have shared my experience with fast discharge in other thread in the forum. I have made lot of adjustments and even had replaced the watches upon the warranty. As a result, i had only left the features necessary for my use profile, it means tracking the workouts and recovery(24 hrs HR on, sleep) shall not be skipped, otherwise there is no need to buy sport watches. Other features like notifications are off. To summarize, i have to charge my S9B almost every 6-7 days with 6-8 hours of workouts (External HR, no GPS due to lockdown) on treadmill and aerobics at home. I guess that is good enough and i do not see the reason to continue the research to decrease the power consumption.

                                      Suunto S9 Baro
                                      Suunto Ambit3 Sport
                                      Suunto smart sensor
                                      IPhone 12, iOS 14

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                                        cosme.costa @Atlen
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                                        @Atlen I think that if you get 6/7 days with 24/7 and sleep tracking with 6/8 hours of workouts it is what I would say quite good and reasonable.

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                                        • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                                          Brad_Olwin Moderator
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                                          If you disable connection with SA you will not get AGPS updates, this will affect battery consumption if you use GPS as the watch will require a much longer time to get a good GPS fix. Allowing the watch to remain connected or to connect each day and then forget the watch in the menu would likely be better.

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                                            Atlen @Brad_Olwin
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                                            @Brad_Olwin To be certain, I had notifications off but connection to SA is on. Every time new workout completed it starts to sync immediately.

                                            Suunto S9 Baro
                                            Suunto Ambit3 Sport
                                            Suunto smart sensor
                                            IPhone 12, iOS 14

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