First test with new suunto 7 firmware (small review)
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@Brad_Olwin The update arrived two days ago. My main grievance with my Suunto 7 had been that the battery was empty after 2 h of tracking my sea kayaking. I go on the same 14 km solo trip every weekend. Even when fully charged, the watch would go into power save mode 2 km before the end of my trip.
After the update, I set GPS update from 1 to 10 seconds. I found that tracking my cycling has reduced accuracy now, whereas it had been 99 % accurate before.
However, the new setting is perfect for paddling. Today, the battery was at 75 % after completing my trip. The map was as accurate as ever. This is absolutely phantastic! -
@marty313 thank you for the feedback.
Would be interesting to see, what you get with 1s GPS on your standard route.
The always on display that does not fire up the full machine with every paddle stroke should make a big difference already.
Maybe you can try this on the next weekend
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New firmware, no airplane mode, gps set to 10s, no map, (but with new firmware no notification on screen, only vibration), 2h21 trail running: start battery about 90%, end to 60%. About 13-14% for hour. Good job Suunto
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@marty313 I would expect cycling to be reduced accuracy as you are moving faster. The battery in 1s mode should last a long time cycling so I would not used FusedTrack unless necessary. Great news regarding paddling.
