Battery LIfe

Brad_Olwin · 29 Aug 2020, 13:52

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

luca760101 · 29 Aug 2020, 18:42

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.

Kai Liu · 9 Oct 2020, 13:35

@luca760101 Charge it before battery dies when you break?

luca760101 · 10 Sept 2020, 14:25

@Kai-Liu

It’s the same

Brad_Olwin · 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.

JorgeFD · 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%

macdav · 12 Sept 2020, 15:04

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

masi0 · 19 Sept 2020, 11:26

@jorgefd78 this is indeed impressive!

Mi_chael · 19 Sept 2020, 12:11

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

masi0 · 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?

sartoric · 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”)

Zab_55 · 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.

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.

Brad_Olwin · 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.

Zab_55 · 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) ?

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.

Zab_55 · 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 !

Jamie BG · 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.

masi0 · 27 Sept 2020, 16:20

Honestly I am very supprosed how good battery is with S7. I had 2x 30m runs since taking watch from the charger. Suunto indeed did a great work with WearOS optimization.

Zab_55 · 28 Sept 2020, 12:02

This night, I switched off WiFi, BT, NFC, Location manually instead of going in airplane mode. As well switched off gestures instead of going in theater mode (I’m unable to switch alarm off in Th.mode) and my battery went from 81% to 77%
Anyway Location (from phone and watch) is necessary for everyday use ? I mean, activity itself is using GPS even if it is switched off, so during the day, it might help battery last longer when I switch it off whilst sitting indoor ?

Egika · 28 Sept 2020, 12:04

@Zab_55 said in Battery LIfe:

This night, I switched off WiFi, BT, NFC, Location manually instead of going in airplane mode. As well switched off gestures instead of going in theater mode (I’m unable to switch alarm off in Th.mode) and my battery went from 81% to 77%
Anyway Location (from phone and watch) is necessary for everyday use ? I mean, activity itself is using GPS even if it is switched off, so during the day, it might help battery last longer when I switch it off whilst sitting indoor ?

This is interesting.
Can find out which of these settings makes the difference?