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  • B Offline
    Bogdan1921 Silver Members Bronze Member
    last edited by 17 Apr 2020, 16:18

    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]

    I A 3 Replies Last reply 17 Apr 2020, 18:03 Reply Quote 0
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      GNZ ct
      last edited by 17 Apr 2020, 16:42

      Try standby backlight “off”

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        isazi Moderator @Bogdan1921
        last edited by 17 Apr 2020, 18:03

        @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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          freeheeler @isazi
          last edited by 17 Apr 2020, 18:14

          @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
            last edited by 19 Apr 2020, 10:43

            @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
              last edited by 19 Apr 2020, 12:19

              @Atlen are you using the stable or beta SA?

              Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

              Blog: isazi's home

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                isazi Moderator @Bogdan1921
                last edited by 19 Apr 2020, 12:22

                @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
                  last edited by 19 Apr 2020, 16:48

                  @isazi only stable SA

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

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                    isazi Moderator @Atlen
                    last edited by 19 Apr 2020, 19:26

                    @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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                      Bogdan1921 Silver Members Bronze Member
                      last edited by 19 Apr 2020, 20:43

                      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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                        Bogdan1921 Silver Members Bronze Member
                        last edited by 28 Apr 2020, 06:59

                        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
                          last edited by 28 Apr 2020, 07:30

                          @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
                            last edited by 28 Apr 2020, 08:50

                            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
                              last edited by 28 Apr 2020, 10:55

                              @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
                                last edited by 28 Apr 2020, 11:05

                                @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
                                  last edited by 28 Apr 2020, 13:00

                                  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
                                    last edited by 28 Apr 2020, 16:02

                                    @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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