Sport defaults to custom battery mode

[Panagiotis Kritikakos]

I have set custom battery mode once for a specific sport (cycling) and since then, every time I start the same sport mode, it defaults to the custom battery mode. I have changed the mode from sport settings back to performance, recorded a few activities, but it still defaults to the custom one the next time I start a new activity. I’d need custom mode in specific occasions and having to manually set it back to performance every time is a bit annoying. Is that normal? Once setting custom battery mode it is being used always as the default battery mode?

[isazi]

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos I believe this is known

[Panagiotis Kritikakos]

@isazi Most likely I guess, just couldn’t find elsewhere, maybe lost in a thread. But is it known as a feature or as a bug?

[isazi]

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos I consider it a bug personally Will ask around if it’s a feature or a bug officially.

[isazi]

So I reported this to Suunto already in the past. I’ll ask what is the issue. Maybe I’ll get an answer

[Panagiotis Kritikakos]

@isazi That’s great, thanks!

[surfboomerang]

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos As far as I know, the watch will always start in custom mode if a setting is changed. Once that setting (or settings) is reverted, the watch will fall back to performance mode every time you start a new activity.

[freeheeler]

@isazi
I would consider it a feature
but only from the point of view that customization outweights standards

normally my preferred expected behavior is: same procedure as last time (year)

[isazi]

@freeheeler the fact that it is still working like this after years may point to the fact that it is seen as the correct behavior and not a bug.

[Panagiotis Kritikakos]

@surfboomerang That’s the thing, it doesn’t fallback, it keeps bringing up the custom mode that was used once.

@freeheeler Same procedure as last time would also be more expectable.

[babychai]

Mine also same. most of the time it will jump back to Custom mode but last weekend i saw it remain at the Performance mode which is quite surprised me.

[surfboomerang]

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos said in Sport defaults to custom battery mode:

@surfboomerang That’s the thing, it doesn’t fallback, it keeps bringing up the custom mode that was used once

Even when you revert the custom setting?

I use the custom profile for some of my sport types. Hiking for example is set to turn off the screen after a couple of seconds. That setting is under the custom profile. Every time I start a hiking activity, the watch defaults to the custom profile now.

When I change the display timeout option back to be always on in the custom profile, the watch will automatically start all the future hiking activities in the performance profile.

[Panagiotis Kritikakos]

@surfboomerang Well, setting the same GPS mode as performance (best) and having the screen on all the time, it still defaults to custom, although it is actually the same as perfomance in remaining battery hours and I guess in terms of activity recording.

[surfboomerang]

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos and “touch screen” setting is also disabled in the custom profile?

[Panagiotis Kritikakos]

@surfboomerang That indeed sets perfomance back to default. Thanks! However, I’d expect that I could have a custom mode configured as desired and selected when needed without the need to reset it manually for having the default performance.

[surfboomerang]

@Panagiotis-Kritikakos what should be the default is debatable. Some people like the way this works some people not.

I personally don’t mind the way it works now. I configured custom profiles for some of my sport types and find it convenient that it is selected every time I start that activity. If I do want the performances profile once in a while, I only have to press the upper right button once right before the start of the activity.

Another option Suunto can consider is to always default to the last chosen profile for that sport type. I think this results in the behaviour you’re looking for.

[Mff73]

Not sure to understand exactely what is the OP real need

But why not creating two custom modes with battery profil difference (performance in one, and custom in the other). It is possible and working on S9PP (just tested it, not S9P).
Isn’t it the real use case ?
last used option is saved in the custom sport mode which make it a real user customization, without having the watch defaulting to anything else than user choice.

[freeheeler]

@Mff73
it’s the question for every individual… having almost redundant sport modes vs quickly changing battery mode according to the required settings someone needs during a workout.

e.g. touch on vs touch off for rainy runs vs sunny weather… I would just quickly adjust battery mode

[Panagiotis Kritikakos]

@surfboomerang Sure, personal perference is debatable. Since there is a way to get it back, either by design or not, it is ok for me.

[jjorgemoura]

This is still the behaviour today with my SV Solar. Every time I start an activity (using a custom sport mode - running) it never remembers the previous battery mode (I always choose the “performance” battery mode) and always defaults to then “custom” battery mode.
This is 100% annoying and is not what is stated in the device manual.

So, is this a bug or a feature?

After all this time it looks like the bug has become a feature.