Suunto 9 Baro - deteriorating battery life

Joohlin · 3 Dec 2019, 05:37

Hi,
Since I updated my Suunto 9 Baro about three weeks ago the battery life has deteriorated. Before the updated I could use the watch every day 24/7 and work out three - four times a week and the battery would last for ca seven days. After the updated the battery only lasts about 4-5 days with out having done any work outs as I got a severe cold the day after making the updated.

Has any one else experienced the same or is it just my watch that is giving up?

/Johan

GingerBeardMan · 3 Dec 2019, 05:43

@Joohlin Someone did suggest running the battery completely flat before charging it after the update but I think its a case of “more features less battery life”. I have been told that the battery life was not because of a big battery but from efficient use of power so I suspect that battery use during activities is unlikely to change but the first beat features will cause faster battery drainage.

Joohlin · 3 Dec 2019, 05:50

@GingerBeardMan Thanks for the answer.
So one should expect to charge every three our four days from now on?

A Former User · 3 Dec 2019, 05:57

My estimate is that with 24/7 hour battery tracking, standby backlight on, and syncing to SA the watch consumes about 1% of battery per hour, which is less than 5 days total. That isn’t counting any activities.

isazi · 3 Dec 2019, 09:46

I did an experiment and got to five days with only a short activitity (without GPS), and still had battery for a sixth day left.

freeheeler · 3 Dec 2019, 09:57

@isazi
I could imagine it is premature wear on @silentvoyager 's watch

A Former User · 3 Dec 2019, 17:24

@TELE-HO said in Suunto 9 Baro - deteriorating battery life:

@isazi
I could imagine it is premature wear on @silentvoyager 's watch

I doubt that. Until recently I was charging my watch only once every two weeks. I see a high consumption like that only when 24/7 monitoring is on and syncing to SA.

And you know what, I turned all features off last night when the watch battery was 51%. This morning after a run with GPS the battery is still 49% which means the background consumption was less than 1% for the entire night.

freeheeler · 3 Dec 2019, 19:57

@silentvoyager
ok so you can at least exclude this.
I’m just draining my battery to recalibrate it amd then I’ll also go off for 24/7 HR again and see how this changes batterylife.

GingerBeardMan · 10 Dec 2019, 06:54

@Joohlin Sorry for the late reply.
Pretty much, unless you disable the 24h tracking.

Bogdan1921 · 12 Apr 2020, 08:57

Hi,
It seems that in the last time (probably after the last update), the battery of my watch (Suunto 9 Baro) drain faster.

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)

I brough this watch in November 2018, and at the beggining the battery leastead almost 7 days (without activities).
From the beggining until now I keep the same settings:

Backlight Automatic
Standby - On
Brightness - 40%
24/7 tracking - On
Sleep tracking On
Notifications On

So if any setting was changed, what is wrong?

Many thanks
Bogdan

isazi · 12 Apr 2020, 10:19

@Chindris-Bogdan battery consumption increased slightly after the fall 2019 update that brought body battery and other Firstbeat features.

Bogdan1921 · 17 Apr 2020, 08:03

Thank you for answer!
It’s possible maybe to have a better optimization of the battery with the new firstbeat features and maybe with other features that will come?

Best,
Bogdan

isazi · 17 Apr 2020, 08:51

@Chindris-Bogdan we’ll see what future brings us. So far I am OK with charging my watch every calendar week, exercising every day.

Of course battery life is never enough for some of us, and if the watch could last for two weeks I probably would want three

freeheeler · 17 Apr 2020, 10:59

@isazi said in Suunto 9 Baro - deteriorating battery life:

I probably would want three

4

Bogdan1921 · 17 Apr 2020, 15:04

@isazi

And when it should be 1 week, in reality there are only 4 days and so on…I don’t want two weeks, three or four. It’s just annoying that from seven days now I’m at four.

Cheers

isazi · 17 Apr 2020, 15:18

@Chindris-Bogdan 4 days without any exercise?

Bogdan1921 · 17 Apr 2020, 15:59

Yes, in this period it’s impossible to make exercises…

isazi · 17 Apr 2020, 16:02

@Chindris-Bogdan well 4 days without any exercise seems too little. Have you tried a soft reset already?

Bogdan1921 · 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

GNZ ct · 17 Apr 2020, 16:42

Try standby backlight “off”