Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch

fedequei

I’m also trying to fully discharge the battery because the consumption data keeps getting worse.
I’m attaching a chart from the last recharge, which only shows two hours of recorded activity. I have HR tracking enabled all day, but notifications are turned off.

Ars Vitae

@fedequei said in Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch:

I’m also trying to fully discharge the battery because the consumption data keeps getting worse.
I’m attaching a chart from the last recharge, which only shows two hours of recorded activity. I have HR tracking enabled all day, but notifications are turned off.

Based on what you wrote and this table, you should record consumption at around 54%. 12 x 4 (normal consumption without notifications and HR - max. 2% + 2% wrist HR for 24 hours) and approx. 6% for 2 hours of activity. The consumption should be at around 45% on the last day. This is clearly an issue. In comparison, I have not noticed anything like this on my SV. The consumption is similar to what it was before the update. If more people are experiencing this issue, then history is repeating itself from a year ago. I hope for all of you that Suunto is aware of the problem and will solve it quickly.

Antoine

I have also noticed excessive battery drain since the last firmware update. I used to have a drain of around 5% per 24 hours without any activity (since the fixes made a few months ago: https://forum.suunto.com/post/158362).
Since the last update, I’m now at over 10% with the same watch settings.
It’s a bit disappointing to have these excessive battery drain issues again.

gone troppo

@fedequei said in Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch:

I’m also trying to fully discharge the battery because the consumption data keeps getting worse.
I’m attaching a chart from the last recharge, which only shows two hours of recorded activity. I have HR tracking enabled all day, but notifications are turned off.

Mine is similar to yours getting worse, in previous 24 hour it went down 24% and in last 24 hours went down 27% …. Basically every hour it drops 1%

babychai

@fedequei said in Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch:

I’m also trying to fully discharge the battery because the consumption data keeps getting worse.
I’m attaching a chart from the last recharge, which only shows two hours of recorded activity. I have HR tracking enabled all day, but notifications are turned off.

My battery consumption is almost the same as yours. Without any activity, it uses around 6.5% on average. I wear it 24/7, keep sleep tracking and HR on, but notifications are off.

Squirrel

Did anyone check the battery consumption in airplane mode?
Settings>Connectivity>

gone troppo

I’m just about to get my old ambit 3 peak out of the cupboard it had better battery life than my vertical currently gets!!! Same as my sons sunnto 9 baro

gone troppo

44% to 4% in last 24 hours wtf is going on? I have tried every possible fix to that this forum and fb groups have recommended and nothing works. Is suunto aware of this issue? Is there a fix coming for it ? My suunto vertical which was so great when it was released is now nothing more than an Apple Watch that needs constant charging. I have been with suunto for many years but this is a disgrace. My old ambit 3 peak doesn’t have these issues. I love the suunto app and how suunto ecosystem is I don’t want to change but this is borderline unusable. Watch drains more than 1% per hour when not even doing anything and every battery sucking setting disabled. What a joke

gone troppo

@Squirrel said in Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch:

Did anyone check the battery consumption in airplane mode?
Settings>Connectivity>

Yes tried this it doesn’t help

Antoine

@gone-troppo said in Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch:

44% to 4% in last 24 hours wtf is going on? I have tried every possible fix to that this forum and fb groups have recommended and nothing works. Is suunto aware of this issue? Is there a fix coming for it ? My suunto vertical which was so great when it was released is now nothing more than an Apple Watch that needs constant charging. I have been with suunto for many years but this is a disgrace. My old ambit 3 peak doesn’t have these issues. I love the suunto app and how suunto ecosystem is I don’t want to change but this is borderline unusable. Watch drains more than 1% per hour when not even doing anything and every battery sucking setting disabled. What a joke

You can stop (throught parameters) and restart the watch. It seems it has solved temporarily the problem… (now 4% in 24h as before).
But sure there is something to correct, because before restart i was at more than 12% per 24h.
I hope that suunto team is avare of that and it will be solved soon.

fedequei

@Antoine said in Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch:

You can stop (throught parameters) and restart the watch

what do you mean with “You can stop (throught parameters) and restart the watch”, doing a hard reset?
thanks!

gone troppo

I’ve decided to send my watch back to suunto after talking to suunto support. Let’s see what they come back with.

fedequei

@gone-troppo let us know!

Max maxilifeguard

@gone-troppo Be patient, in total it’s been more than two months since the first repair, now it’s been another month since I sent it to be repaired for the second time, and they don’t know when it will be ready, Suunto’s repair service is a disgrace… it’s going to be the last time I buy a product from this brand, in my case Suunto Vertical Titanium

Antoine

@fedequei said in Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch:

@Antoine said in Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch:

You can stop (throught parameters) and restart the watch

what do you mean with “You can stop (throught parameters) and restart the watch”, doing a hard reset?
thanks!

On Vertical :
Parameters->general->stop the watch
Then restart (6s on upper right button)

Squirrel

@Antoine said in Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch:

On Vertical :
Parameters->general->stop the watch
Then restart (6s on upper right button)

In English:
Settings > General > Power off

But you can simply achieve the same by holding the top button for about 12 seconds to restart / soft reset.

gone troppo

@Max-maxilifeguard said in Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch:

@gone-troppo Be patient, in total it’s been more than two months since the first repair, now it’s been another month since I sent it to be repaired for the second time, and they don’t know when it will be ready, Suunto’s repair service is a disgrace… it’s going to be the last time I buy a product from this brand, in my case Suunto Vertical Titanium

Oh no I don’t want to hear this what the heck!!! I don’t know what else to do my $1000 plus watch I bought two years ago went through another 36% battery in last 24 hours it’s stuffed. I will likely be moving away from sunnto after this watch as well. My ambit 3 peak is a more reliable unit then the vertical more than 10 years old.

Mahatma Bonsi

Have someone tried 60 seconds upper button reset? I think it worked for my Vertical.
The watch must be on the charger. You have to press and keep pressed the upper button for 60 seconds. It will reboot after 12 seconds, but you must keep pressing the button. It will perform several reboots. Take the time with a clock. I pressed for 62 seconds to be sure.
My watch used to discharge 12% about every day.
After this I came back to 3% about.
And after months I didn’t see 100% battery but only 99%, it finally now fully charge up to 100%.

buttercup_alex

@Mahatma-Bonsi
Hi, I’ve tried this option, but for my Race watch.
Unfortunately, it didn’t solve the issue.
Also, tried hard reset on weekend, at first I thought that it was a solution, but after a night with sleep tracking, the battery was drained about 25-30%.

hope that the next update will fix this issue

safari

@Mahatma-Bonsi
I walked for a total of 6 hours over the weekend with the HR Belt. I also used it as a watch for two days, with sleep tracking and notifications turned on.
I left Saturday morning at 100%, and when I got home Sunday night, it was at 80%. I think that’s a decent battery drain.
But every Belt battery was at 100%, and after 6 hours of use, it was at 70%.