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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

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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 Offline
                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.costaC Offline
                    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.

                      Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

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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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