Suunto 5 24/7 HR + notifications battery life

surfboomerang · 18 Mar 2021, 16:01

@tomas-0 Keep in mind that the battery drainage isn’t linear. My experience is that the rate is higher above 80% and below 20% then between.

Some things you can try before contacting Suunto support.

Reboot the watch and phone
Try to let the watch run totally dead. Then charge it fully (also a while after it reached 100%)

If that didn’t resolve it, contact Suunto support

Tomas5 · 18 Mar 2021, 16:05

@surfboomerang thank you for fast reply, i am going to google how to reboot watch and i will try whst you suggest.

surfboomerang · 18 Mar 2021, 16:07

@tomas5

Performing the soft reset:
Suunto Ambit: long-press all 5 buttons at the same time for 10s then release them.
Suunto Ambit2/ Ambit2 S/ Ambit 2R: long-press all 5 buttons at the same time for 10s then release them.
Suunto Ambit3 Run/ Sport/ Peak: long-press all 5 buttons at the same time for 10s then release them.
Suunto Ambit3 Vertical: long-press all 4 corner buttons at the same time for 10s then release them. You will need to turn the device back on by long-pressing the upper right button.
Suunto Traverse/ Traverse Alpha: long-press all 4 corner buttons at the same time for 10s then release them. ou will need to turn the device back on by long-pressing the upper right button.
Suunto Spartan Collection: long-press the upper right button for 12s and then release it.
Suunto 3/ 3 Fitness: long-press the upper right and left buttons for 12s and then release them.
Suunto 5: long-press the upper right and left buttons for 12s and then release them.
Suunto 7: has a specific procedure and it is essential you read these instructions.
Suunto 9/ 9 BARO: long-press the upper right button for 12s and then release it.

DMytro · 18 Mar 2021, 16:32

does anyone actually reach this battery life? I get 3-4,5 days out of mine s9 with hr/sleep but no notifications.

surfboomerang · 18 Mar 2021, 16:39

@дима-мельниченко https://forum.suunto.com/topic/3674/suunto-9-baro-quick-discharge-problem/67?_=1616082985205

DMytro · 18 Mar 2021, 16:42

@surfboomerang but you don’t have daily hr and sleep on. I think it singnificantly decreases the battery life.

surfboomerang · 18 Mar 2021, 17:05

@дима-мельниченко That indeed can reduce the battery lifetime significantly

Tomas5 · 18 Mar 2021, 18:22

i will return in few days with info if soft reset and full charge cycle helped.

isazi · 18 Mar 2021, 19:21

@дима-мельниченко OP is talking about the S5 not the S9.

DMytro · 18 Mar 2021, 19:35

@isazi are there more advanced algos or more energy efficient hr sensor in s5? Battery on s9 is supposed to be beaffier, no?
I kinda extrapolated my experience with s9 and spartan trainer whr, which is the previous to s5 modell. But of course I can’t say for sure, since I had no direct experience with s5.

Tomas5 · 26 Mar 2021, 20:06

This is my battery life. HR 24/7 enabled, sleep tracking enabled, bluetooth notifications disabled, vibration disabled, tones in button off mode. I did use GPS for 10minutes. I had one indoor activity with HR for 20 minutes. Once per day i synchronised with suunto app. Every day a played with watch around 5-10 minutes. Backlight was off 99% of time.

So it looks i was too rush. Battery drop was fast only above 80% of battery. At around 80% i did soft reset. Maybe it helped to stop rapid battery drain.

I am very satisfied with result.