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    Downloading map takes a very long time

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      Goatee
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      I used fast WiFi & to download England z Scotland & Wales was nearly 11 hours

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        larrybbaker @Goatee
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        @Goatee what is your internet speed? 11 hours seems crazy!

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          Goatee @larrybbaker
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          @larrybbaker “super fast” BT business WiFi (next to the router plugged in) then finished off at home after work

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            larrybbaker @Goatee
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            @Goatee I have 1gig speed to the house and run eero mesh routers throughout the house and my watch downloads off and on the charger are great.

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              Goatee @larrybbaker
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              @larrybbaker I think Scotland alone took 5+ hours

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                larrybbaker @Goatee
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                @Goatee so I decided to test Scotland - not that I’ll ever use it. App showed 957.9 MB download size.

                Start 7:53 pm finish 8:32 pm: 39 minutes elapsed.
                Watch NOT on charger.
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                IOS 26.5
                iPhone 17 Pro.

                I’d start investigating what you are really getting for internet service speeds and your hardware.

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                  snow* @larrybbaker
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                  @larrybbaker not even here… 😁

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                    Egika Platinum Member
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                    Race S, Vertical 1 have a slower processor than Vertical 2.
                    My Vertical 2 is also loading maps way faster than my Vertical 1.

                    Since you do this only once a year or so, I think it does not really matter. Just leave the watch on the charger over night and it will be done.

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                      Goatee @larrybbaker
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                      @larrybbaker I’m sure someone else said about Scotland being a really long download too
                      I had the phone & watch on charge
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                        suzzlo Moderator
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                        In my experience, it takes too much time (hours).
                        There is a bottleneck somewhere, and it’s not the internet connection or router, since the offline maps for suunto app takes minutes or seconds.

                        Perhaps it’s the watch procesor, memory… i think the slow item in this chain is the watch

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                          larrybbaker @suzzlo
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                          @suzzlo watch being the bottleneck makes sense. I did go ahead and test my V1 with the Scotland map download and it took just under an hour. So I still think there is more to it than the watch.

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