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    JorgeFD
    last edited by JorgeFD 28 Aug 2020, 07:15

    My experience hiking last week for 20km and 1200 meter ascent. I put s7 in airplane mode and select hiking mode. After 6h (plus 1h paused) the battery was at 20%

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      Saketo Nemo Moderator @luca760101
      last edited by 28 Aug 2020, 09:13

      @luca760101
      I don’t remember if we had already talked about it, but one way to help the watch is to bring it back to the home (and disable the reactivation of the screen with the rotation of the wrist) with the back button. This will force you to press the Suunto app button when you want to check the data, but it will certainly consume less battery.

      We hope that Suunto will soon present an update that improves autonomy, it is also my wish.

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        luca760101 @Egika
        last edited by luca760101 29 Aug 2020, 07:56

        @Egika said in Battery LIfe:

        depends on the settings.
        Right now the GPS is using a lot of power when moving slowly (or almost stationary).
        Until the next update is there, you could try cycling as sports mode. This will increase the battery run time to 10-15h (that’s what I get)

        thank you, in fact I also think GPS is the real problem of excessive resource consumption. your theory is very logical. we therefore await the next update to be able to do sport for more than 5 hours :;-)

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          Brad_Olwin Moderator @JorgeFD
          last edited by 29 Aug 2020, 13:52

          @jorgefd78 This is about what I am getting with trail running.

          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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            luca760101 @Brad_Olwin
            last edited by 29 Aug 2020, 18:42

            @Brad_Olwin

            That is, how many hours with the trail running mode with the airplane mode? As with the discussion on charging the exhausted S7, perhaps at this point you have a special version produced by Suunto for the testers.

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              Kai Liu Bronze Member @luca760101
              last edited by Kai Liu 9 Oct 2020, 13:35 10 Sept 2020, 13:34

              @luca760101 Charge it before battery dies when you break?

              S7, S9P, Vertical Solar / boxing, skiing, hiking, running

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                luca760101 @Kai Liu
                last edited by 10 Sept 2020, 14:25

                @Kai-Liu

                It’s the same

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                  Brad_Olwin Moderator @luca760101
                  last edited by 10 Sept 2020, 15:13

                  @luca760101 In Airplane mode with the firmware you now have, I get 6-9h in Best GPS and 14-19h in Good GPS. If you load a route that will reduce battery life and a lot of time on the map page will reduce battery life. These are averages that I have had over the last 3 or 4 months.

                  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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                    JorgeFD
                    last edited by 12 Sept 2020, 11:10

                    Battery for today trail running session:

                    Offline mode
                    10 seconds
                    Following a route
                    Playing a lot with maps
                    20km and 3 and a half hour plus 30’ paused

                    From 100% to 57%

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                      macdav Bronze Member
                      last edited by 12 Sept 2020, 15:04

                      Today 4:30h of golf. 10 sec interval and more than half of battery remain. Good job Suunto!

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                        masi0 @JorgeFD
                        last edited by 19 Sept 2020, 11:26

                        @jorgefd78 this is indeed impressive!

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                          Mi_chael Bronze Member
                          last edited by 19 Sept 2020, 12:11

                          4h of cycling with gps set at best (1s) 30% of battery down.
                          Nice 👍

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                            masi0
                            last edited by 20 Sept 2020, 12:54

                            As my Suunto is 2 day old I had no time to measure the battery entirely, however it lasted 1.5day when I connected it to the charger with 25% left. It was normal use with one test run (with 10% battery use during 30 minutes of GPS)

                            Today I did similar run with 10s GPS - only 4% drop. Nice!

                            The only concern I have is that when watch is fully charged, it quickly drops battery to 98%, then its fine. Any ideas?

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                              sartoric Moderator @masi0
                              last edited by 20 Sept 2020, 13:32

                              @masi0 said in Battery LIfe:

                              it quickly drops battery to 98%, then its fine. Any ideas?

                              A drop to 99/98 is almost normal due to the rounding of the battery manager. As soon as you disconnect it from the charger, the numbers drop (eg. 99.9 or 98.9) depending on full charge percentage (sometimes it simply indicates 99 instead of 100, but it’s common battery charging “no issue”)

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                                Zab_55
                                last edited by 25 Sept 2020, 23:28

                                Hi there ,

                                I’m new Suunto 7 owner from this day , and I need your help straight.
                                I’ve been waiting if Suunto make the update for battery life before I buy the S7, they did -> I bought.
                                But here comes the disappointment tbh. I charged it , set it, updated all the preinstalled apps and watch itself and there it comes. The battery percentage is going down crazy. I turned off Wifi, turned off AOD, NFC, just let the Bluetooth on with battery saver tilt.
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                                Here is the picture how it went down with literally no use at all (watching movie with watch on my hand with occasional tilt to check the battery level)
                                I’m iPhone user and was wondering if there might be some issue with setting my Location permissions for “always allow” and it’s using GPS all the time ?
                                I tried factory reset and it did not help at all (screenshot is taken after factory reset)
                                I installed only Spotify but did not even open it.
                                Might there be issue with apps installed on the iPhone (Suunto, WearOS, Google fit - all I have) with possible data transfer and sync ongoing event though I do not use the watch ?
                                I did not turn the Bluetooth off since it is irrelevant for testing the battery life when I want to get notifications (did not receive any though)
                                I’ve read everything in this topic and used the same settings as you guys did.
                                Bit off topic, should I have GoogleFit app installed or they made finally Suunto app collect all the data ?
                                What output on your charger do you use please ?

                                Many thanks for your help and sorry if there are some mistakes in the text.

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                                  Brad_Olwin Moderator @Zab_55
                                  last edited by 25 Sept 2020, 23:42

                                  @Zab_55 If it is new you may be getting a lot of updates. Wait for a week or so for the watch to be stable. I am an iPhone user and you can target the notifications you want to appear on the watch by targeting notifications on the Lock Screen on the iPhone. That may reduce the battery drainage. I only allow emails from VIPs to notify, otherwise I would have an email notification every couple of minutes…The battery improvements implemented by Suunto are more for exercise and less for all day as a smartwatch.

                                  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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                                    Zab_55 @Brad_Olwin
                                    last edited by 25 Sept 2020, 23:50

                                    @Brad_Olwin
                                    Thank you for your reply ! So is there possibility that the battery will “break in” after some charges and discharges ?
                                    I allow only emails and SMS , so it means just a few notifications to none during the day.
                                    Anyway , should I have WearOS and Suunto app has set for always allow (Location) ?

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                                      Brad_Olwin Moderator @Zab_55
                                      last edited by Brad_Olwin 27 Sept 2020, 00:29

                                      @Zab_55 The battery will not break in but there are a lot of updates occurring when you start the watch up. The watch faces with the best battery usage are the Suunto faces. It will get better. Let us know if you have other issues. I have mine set for always allow to permit localization for weather, maps, etc.

                                      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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                                        Zab_55 @Brad_Olwin
                                        last edited by 27 Sept 2020, 10:22

                                        @Brad_Olwin thank you again. It seems to be better today , so hopefully I’ll reach good battery life from now on.
                                        One more thing , from settings , I have BT on and Location (from phone and watch)as well - I’m wondering if this setting is necessary and if it’s not draining battery since it uses GPS ? . I mean if it isn’t enough to use location from phone only.
                                        If I switch that off , will S7 automatically start using GPS when I start some activity ?
                                        Thanks !

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                                          Jamie BG Bronze Member @Brad_Olwin
                                          last edited by 27 Sept 2020, 13:54

                                          @Brad_Olwin I disagree with you on the battery. I feel wear os is a bit like Android and it does take a couple of days to a week or two for it to bed down.

                                          It also doesn’t tend to help that or usage in this period often isn’t normal usage as we test, check and try out features. I.e. use isn’t normal.

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