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19.18 - Solar edition - Battery life

PJohann
over 1 year ago

This week I had to reset my watch to factory defaults because a few of bugs.

First of all, I'm always a long way from reaching Garmin's battery life limit.

As a good case, I had a trail running race 9h30 between 1600 and 3000 of altitude under 100% sun.

Activity mode with All Systems mode and wrist-based heart rate ==> Up to 34 hr. with solar from Garmin website.

The result is 50% depleted after 9h30!

Activated a course to get ClimbPro, this is the only screen in my race.

There is a gap between 19 and 34 hours!

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to PJohann

    Yes, i'm trying to decide which one buy between FR 955 and Suunto Vertical (mainly for hiking). Garmin is definitely more complete, but Vertical's battery is impressive.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to Flaffo

    In my opinion, the question is not about the watch, but about the ecosystem you choose. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, which you have to define according to your needs. Personally, I tried the Suunto Race for two months at the beginning of this year and I came back to Garmin.