Smart Recording is just a way to reduce file size by logging data only when it changes. So if your heart rate remains steady at 150 bpm for 5 seconds, it’ll only write one data point instead of 5. It has no effect on GNSS accuracy, distance, or any other statistics. Activities with Smart Recording will look identical to those with every second recording, just with fewer data points and a slightly smaller file size. I tested the two settings awhile back and found that even with smart recording, GNSS points were still recorded every second. I assume this is because the precision is such that each reading is always going to be slightly different. The only real compression I could see was in the other stats like HR, pace, and elevation. Even so, I still turn on “every second” recording, because why not?

I’m experiencing severe battery drain. It’s happening only if I wear the watch. If the watch is static, there is no drain. The HR is turned off at all times.

@Adrian.S I’m having the same issue, no zoom at all. Route created via komoot and sent automatically to suunto app.

@Elipsus no worries at all about the language — I saw a few posts in French on other threads so I didn’t immediately realize this particular forum/section is English-only. Sorry about that, happy to continue in English from here. Regarding the full discharge/recharge cycle: I actually already tried this exact process a week ago, based on advice I found in another forum thread. Unfortunately it didn’t change anything for me, the drain rate went right back to the same level afterward. I have been considering sending the watch in for service, but it’s no longer under warranty — which is honestly what frustrates me most about this. The watch is barely two years old, and this issue only appeared after a software update, not from any wear or misuse on my end. Has anyone had luck getting Suunto to acknowledge this as a software-side issue rather than treating it as a standard out-of-warranty repair?

Still working. Battery consumption was high, now usually as always approx. 4% per day. Upper button nearly unusable as it seems that no signal is sent to platina. A lot of power is needed to push button.

@isazi LOL! Damn you Jay!

I don’t want to start a new thread just for this, so I’ll try asking here. This year—that is, since the latest firmware update—I’ve noticed that when I swim outdoors, my watch doesn’t show the distance swum. I’ve tried both my custom sport mode and the preset one. When I save the activity, I can see the distance. But while I’m swimming, it still shows 0 m. Has anyone else had the same experience?

@maszop said: @Kaiphi Link both accounts and they’ll sync automatically. it is what I do and works ok

@Matúš ok. Thanks for the info. Then I do not understand why vertical 1 and 9 peak have not received a fix for it yet. 6 months have passed and the watch is some times useless to use. Makes me really sad and disappointed

@brechtvb Not, it’s not just you. I bit the bullet and bought a combi sensor about 18 months ago. For 25-30 EUR, this was a small price to pay to remedy my frustration In the real world it makes little difference: a full watch battery gets me 232 hours of riding with the pod, or 103 hours of riding with GPS in “OK” mode.

@Wesley-Terrence It was communicated that the Vertical 1 will get updates, just later. I guess we have to wait… https://forum.suunto.com/topic/15021/updates-for-v1/64

@isazi it’s definitely after going into “deep sleep”

@jjorgemoura I watch the first uptick in percentage. if it upticks, it will work for the rest. If battery is with 10%, the first uptick comes withing 30 secs.

@Girts-Gudrits said: what steps I can take to fix it? You could reboot the watch before starting the workout by holding the upper button for ~12 seconds and see if that has an effect on map loading.

@skobelev.np said: @tuxbuster hello! I have the same issue but in health see just workouts sync without any health Has it worked from the box for you? This is works fine for me: "I have a found a Workaround for me: i am Using „Health Sync“ to Sync Sleep and HRV to Apple Health. From Apple Health i am using HealthFit to Sync this HRV and Sleep to TrainingPeaks. " But currently I’m using my Garmin Fenix 8 more. It’s much easier and a no-brainer. I hope Suunto will fix this. If they do, I’ll come back to the V2 as my default watch.

@isazi Thanks a lot for your feedback! I also hope this will be fixed in next firmware update

@babychai No no, never used screen protector. Suunto saphire glass is very good, no need to protect it with a weaker layer IMO. But I think it’s a hardware issue, watch is not in warranty anymore, but I can live with it, until Suunto Vertical 3 release :). Cheers.

@sartoric No, no protector, suunto has the best saphire glass And always clean. Maybe it’s a hardware fault as @tieutieu and @isazi mentioned. Well, glad to know that it still working as before on some watches because the timing it changes on mine, sure looks like it was being deprecated. Thank you all for the clarification.