Buying a Vertical

KSGravelJunkie

Question for those who own a relatively new vertical 1 (or race 1). What is your typical battery life? I have a race 1 and really miss the battery life before the updates over the last couple years. I used to get 12-14 days between charges and now only get five. It makes me really wish Suunto made a mips solar charge watch again. However, this post got me wondering, are my battery life issues a result of the updates and subpar processing power on my watch (which would be the case for vertical 1 watches as well) or are the battery issues because my watch is old and a brand new race 1 or vertical 1 would bring me back to normal battery life?

I may be tempted to get a vertical 1 during a sale if people say they have nameplate battery life with a new watch.

Miroslava

@KSGravelJunkie i have race 1 . Before actualization i had normally 11-12 days with gps acitvities. Now i have max 6-7 days

stromdiddily

@Brad_Olwin what’s on your wish list for it?

martintrail

My favorite hardware since 2023. I can’t stand wearing anything else on my wrist. A piece of art. I can’t recall any major issues. They just do what they’re supposed to, but don’t expect any smart lifestyle features. Love it.

thanasis

my favorite watch overall. It’s a pity that some relatively basic things are not fixed but I also hope it gets an update with some things (new climb thing, the alarms…) and a fix for some issues (battery instability for instance which is causing some drainage)

Jeffrey Tillack

The original Vertical is an awesome watch. Just used mine to track my route through Indonesia’s Mt Rinjani and the Torean Valley over 4 days and 3 nights. Never missed a beat on continuous tracking the whole time. Friends with Forerunners had to recharge their watches on the second day…

GPS and elevation was spot on (3726m) on the volcano and the tracks through the valley were excellent. Plus I prefer a MIPS screen to amoled.

It got bashed on volcanic scree and against rocks etc without a scratch.

Can’t go wrong really.

babychai

@KSGravelJunkie Have you tried calibrating the battery?

Mine only drops by around 4% per day. During the daytime, it drops about 1% over 7–8 hours, while overnight it drops around 2%.

I’ve also experienced it dropping only 1% over 10 hours when I was mostly staying indoors.

I keep my phone’s Bluetooth and watch notification turned off and manually sync my watch less than 10 times a day. Sleep tracking is turned on, and 24/7 wrist HR is also enabled.

VoiGAS

@Jeffrey-Tillack You did not recharge during a four day activity? What were your settings? Sound great for multi day hiking

Brad_Olwin

@stromdiddily said:

@Brad_Olwin what’s on your wish list for it?

Just contour lines at all zoom levels. The watch does everything I need.

Tieutieu

@Brad_Olwin for me last climb guidance enhancements of my SRs are missing on SV1 : when there is waypoints on route specifically.

KSGravelJunkie

@babychai By calibrating, you mean letting it run till empty and then fully charging it? If so, yes, I’ve done that a couple times.

I could try turning off Bluetooth to see what that does. It’s been a few months but I tried putting it in airplane mode overnight to see if it slowed battery drain, it did not.

Question, are the numbers above for a Vertical? My results are on a Race 1. I was curious if others are seeing good battery drain numbers on a vertical 1. If you are using a vertical, those numbers are good, about 25 days if my math is right? That’s pretty darn close to nameplate battery life of 30 days and makes it tempting to buy one on sale.