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    • Nicolas MarseilleN Offline
      Nicolas Marseille @gerasimos
      last edited by

      @gerasimos : there is an “power saving” mode which switch off everything else than “time”. Last summer my watch ran during more than 3 weeks, including numerous workouts, without any power charge.

      https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Support/Product-support/suunto_vertical/suunto_vertical/settings/power-saving/

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      • jjpazJ Offline
        jjpaz Bronze Member @thanasis
        last edited by

        @thanasis Did you enter preactivity menu and exited without starting activity? I’ve noticed that after this procedure the fast battery drain starts.
        It seems like GPS is not deactivated or something like that and keeps draining battery in background.

        Suunto T3D, Suunto Spartan Trainer, Suunto Spartan Ultra (retired), Suunto 9 Baro (retired), Suunto 9 Peak (retired), Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar, Suunto Race S.

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        • martintrailM Offline
          martintrail Silver Members @jjpaz
          last edited by

          @jjpaz I thought this was already fixed. Or? maybe I’m wrong 🙂

          Vertical Titanium Solar

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          • martintrailM Offline
            martintrail Silver Members @jjpaz
            last edited by

            @jjpaz no, sorry, it was power “consumption remained high after navigation”

            Vertical Titanium Solar

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              TrailEyes Gold Members @jjpaz
              last edited by

              @jjpaz This is the action I’ve noticed too. The seconds stay visible when I do this (pull up activity screen but don’t actually start an activitiy). Like you said, GPS or something must stay active, which prevents the watch from going back into its more “dormant” state of time mode.

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                larrybbaker
                last edited by

                Decided to track battery life and here is what I found:

                Full charge on 11/10 down to 4% on 11/27.
                this included 14 hrs and 13 min of GPS usage tracking 81.6 miles.

                This is not my daily wear watch and I have no notifications, 24 hour HR or sleep tracking enabled. I use a chest strap for all activities.

                SV Solar
                iPhone 16 Pro

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                  thanasis Bronze Member @larrybbaker
                  last edited by

                  The battery issue is getting really crazy at times .
                  Lost 15% today which just 1.5hours of training and the rest was the watch resting … at home

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                  • SuperFlo75S Offline
                    SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @thanasis
                    last edited by

                    @thanasis I also noticed that the battery consumption gets worse… I‘m at 33% after 13 days… and I did‘t change anything 🙈

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                      thanasis Bronze Member @SuperFlo75
                      last edited by

                      @SuperFlo75 said in Battery drain:

                      @thanasis I also noticed that the battery consumption gets worse… I‘m at 33% after 13 days… and I did‘t change anything 🙈

                      that’s a lot better than mine though! 67% drop in 13 days leads to 5.3% per day!!!
                      i am seeing like 15% per day!!

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                        larrybbaker @SuperFlo75
                        last edited by larrybbaker

                        @SuperFlo75 It seems to me that the drain accelerates as the battery decreases. 😕

                        I have been holding goff on a hard/factory reset - but may be willing to try it if we don’t hear any more about a forthcoming update…

                        SV Solar
                        iPhone 16 Pro

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                        • Francesco PaganoF Offline
                          Francesco Pagano Silver Members Bronze Member
                          last edited by

                          I saw a new thread on this issue this morning, and now reading these posts. I’m a S9PP user and I noticed an uncommon battery drain in the past 2 days. I ended I run with 91% battery on Sunday morning, yesterday I did nothing so I didn’t even look at my battery charge status, this morning I woke up with 68% 😱 And it’s at 66% now after 2 hours.
                          The only “new” thing for me was update ZS app.

                          S9PP
                          S5

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                          • t-DoxT Offline
                            t-Dox
                            last edited by

                            hi, i’m also experiencing battery issues on my 9PP. I never reached the 21 days of battery life with 24/7 monitoring as promised by suunto, but usually the battery lasted me 10-12 days with 3-5h of activity per week. Since the last update, however, I have to recharge the watch every 4-5 days with 1h of activity. I tried to open a specific thread for the 9 peak pro, since, even though they share some of the hardware, it is a different watch from the suunto vertical (it does not have maps, it does not have solar charging, it is smaller and will have a smaller battery, …) but the thread was blocked as a duplicate of this one. mistakenly.

                            Andrea
                            9pp

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                            • SuperFlo75S Offline
                              SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member
                              last edited by

                              I really don‘t know why this problem got worse now… for me it startet with the Summer Firmware Update and the new watchfaces choosable in the SA… and I think with using the new ZoneSense App (including the use of the heart rate belt)… before the time of ZoneSense I didn’t use the belt very often with the Vertical… perhaps I will delete ZoneSense before the next battery loading to learn more about the impact of ZoneSense on the battery drain?

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                              • GhostG Offline
                                Ghost @SuperFlo75
                                last edited by Ghost

                                @SuperFlo75 I always use the belt, which is essential for ZoneSense and should help the watch consume less battery. I consistently disable wrist HR, sleep tracking, and 24/7 HR. With this setup, my battery consumption is normal (1-2% per day without activity and 2-10% per activity depending on map usage). Whenever I adjust exercise options, I perform a soft reset on the watch after the activity. Without this reset, I notice a battery drain issue, which I hope will be addressed in the Q4 update that should logically be released by year-end, though I have no confirmed information about it. (Suunto Vertical and Suunto Smart HR belt)

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                                  larrybbaker
                                  last edited by larrybbaker

                                  I finally broke down and did a factory reset, reloaded everything and now will track battery usage again… Only issue so far after my reset is the Zonesense - while it showed up in the watch and tracked the activity appropriately - I cannot get it to show up in SA for yesterday’s activity. Older activities it is showing up correctly.

                                  SV Solar
                                  iPhone 16 Pro

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                                  • SuperFlo75S Offline
                                    SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @Ghost
                                    last edited by

                                    @iterumtenta I have my SV since mai 2023, and I always used 24/7 HR and sleep tracking… and I normally had no problems with wrist HR, so I didn’t use a HR belt. Usually I had to charge my watch every 4 weeks with about 3-4 hours activity per week… but today, I‘m at 25% after 15 days 🥲

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                                      Outdoorsy @SuperFlo75
                                      last edited by Outdoorsy

                                      @SuperFlo75 15 days? I bought mine in April 2024 and the battery life never exceeded more than 2 weeks. I go for short walks at lunch, 24/7 HR, sleep monitoring and occasional hikes. I lose about 8% a day. If i have to turn off the basic functions of the to use it, then the watch is useless for me.

                                      I’ll be happy having 25% battery after 15 days.

                                      Previous: Ambit 2, Ambit 3 Peak HR, 9 Peak Pro
                                      Current: Vertical non-solar

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                                      • SuperFlo75S Offline
                                        SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @Outdoorsy
                                        last edited by

                                        @Outdoorsy this seems to be too much battery consumption? Far away from the promised power you can read on the Suunto website? 🤔🥲

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                                        • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                                          Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Outdoorsy
                                          last edited by

                                          @Outdoorsy 8% is pretty much what I get as well with everything on

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                                          • AntoineA Offline
                                            Antoine Bronze Member @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                            @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Battery drain:

                                            @Outdoorsy 8% is pretty much what I get as well with everything on

                                            Dev team is still working on battery drain issues or corrections have been found ?
                                            8% per day seems to me already high. It was not the case when i bought the vertical i think 1,5 year ago

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