SatIQ vs All Satellites

As far as I know, from Fenix 7 logfiles written by one beta release (data of just 4 weeks or so), SatIQ only activates when it is _really_ necessary ("urban canyon" or other conditions with bad satellite reception or lots of reflections). And in my case that was nearly never. So I left it on "All+Multiband" all the time, also on my FR955. I am noticing a higher battery drain than I am used to lately, but I think that is due to the dark days of autumn and using the backlight much more often.

la mia breve esperienza con Satl Q :quando ho provato ad usarlo soprattutto in zone montuose, ricordo che non mi dava risultati soddisfacenti. non per quanto riguarda la durata del consumo della batteria, che secondo me è abbastanza simile all'utilizzo della massima precisione, ma piuttosto in modalità navigazione sembrava avere momenti in cui perdeva il segnale o comunque non era preciso nel darmi le indicazioni di svolta e dovevo basarmi sulla mappa.

Care to write in english in this international forum?

Yes, I know everybody can use a translator tool, but this is also true for you - so why don't you translate to english before posting, please?

Hi derek87,

I have not experimented with the settings, no.
Personally I use SatIQ for everything and I am quite satisfied with the results in terms of accuracy and consistency. A road track in the forest I run quite often all over the year in different conditions with the FR955 and SatIQ will be to 98% measured with 10,30 - 10,34 km which I find to be very accurate. This is below 0,25% deviation.

With my FR 245 (which had no Multiband and thus no SatIQ) the margin on the same track was higher, but still in 95% below 0,5%.

In terms of battery consumption I admit that I did not compare to "All satellites", "Just GPS" or even "Ultratrac" modes. But in the end, even if I go for my usual 2-3 hours bike ride, I find the consumption acceptable.
Only case I could imagine where I would use something different might be hiking, when I would plan for tracking for 6, 8 or 10 hours per day and would have no option to charge the watch.
But anyway, usually I will have a powerbank with me for the smartphone anyway, so on my past trekking trips I also used "SatIQ".

I have a forerunner 965 and gps should be about the same.

At first I tried satiq. But then I noticed it uses 10% battery for every hour of gps activity. I think that is quite high. I looked at the fit fileand noticed the watch was switching between gps modes like crazy. I live in super flat the Netherlands which should be hardly a challange for gps and multiband doesn’t add anything. 

Then I switched to all systems. Battery usage went down to 5% per hour gps activity. I think that is a big difference. The. i compared gps trails on different setting on the same route and hardly notice a difference. 
For instant pace when doing intervals both modes are quite useless. 

Have to say, my old watch, a forerunner 935 was already good enough for my usage. I know dcrainmaker has other experiences and I can only judge his reviews on forerunner 935 and 965, but I do notice he emphasizes things I don’t find important and don’t say anything about annoyances I experience, so I stopped reading his reviews.

But that’s just my experience.