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    • Stoke80S Offline
      Stoke80 @vlado
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      @vlado & @ChrisA

      Does the screen never turn totally “black” when it is inactive?

      I think that could be disturbing to some people in the night?

      Suunto Quest / Suunto Ambit 3 Peak / Sununto Spartan Sport Wrist HR / Suunto 9 Baro / Suunto 9 Peak Pro / Suunto Vertical / Suunto Race S

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      • HighlandsH Offline
        Highlands @vlado
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        @vlado After a week or so, could you please share how the battery holds up during activity and out of activity? Thank you.

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        • martintrailM Offline
          martintrail Silver Members @Stoke80
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          @Stoke80 No, you can set the screen to turn off completely. I have it set that way.

          Vertical Titanium Solar

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          • Stoke80S Offline
            Stoke80 @martintrail
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            @martintrail said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

            @Stoke80 No, you can set the screen to turn off completely. I have it set that way.

            Is it a backlight setting? Or with dnt?

            Suunto Quest / Suunto Ambit 3 Peak / Sununto Spartan Sport Wrist HR / Suunto 9 Baro / Suunto 9 Peak Pro / Suunto Vertical / Suunto Race S

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            • martintrailM Offline
              martintrail Silver Members @Highlands
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              @Highlands I charged to 100% on Sunday and today I have 67% battery, about 1 hour of activity every day. I wear them 24/7, always on display off, mobile notifications off… But we’ll see in time, it’s a new watch with a fresh battery.

              Vertical Titanium Solar

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              • HighlandsH Offline
                Highlands @martintrail
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                @martintrail So far, sounds pretty good. Cheers

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                • martintrailM Offline
                  martintrail Silver Members @Stoke80
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                  @Stoke80 Under display settings there is an option “always on”

                  Vertical Titanium Solar

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                  • ChrisAC Offline
                    ChrisA Platinum Member @Stoke80
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                    @Stoke80 as @martintrail said: by setting the DND times it tunrs black in that time - completly black.

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                    • ChrisAC Offline
                      ChrisA Platinum Member @vlado
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                      @vlado said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

                      Sleep tracking much better, really accurate

                      Looks good for me too (just one night albeit), compared to Ouraring same hand

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                      • Stoke80S Offline
                        Stoke80 @ChrisA
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                        @ChrisA said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

                        @Stoke80 as @martintrail said: by setting the DND times it tunrs black in that time - completly black.

                        Thank you for the explanation.

                        Suunto Quest / Suunto Ambit 3 Peak / Sununto Spartan Sport Wrist HR / Suunto 9 Baro / Suunto 9 Peak Pro / Suunto Vertical / Suunto Race S

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                          vlado @ChrisA
                          last edited by vlado

                          @ChrisA yesterday it also picked up a afternoon nap, looked pretty accurate

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                            A Former User @vlado
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                            @vlado My life is marked by naps so good to know

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                            • ChrisAC Offline
                              ChrisA Platinum Member @vlado
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                              @vlado oh, thats cool - did not know this was already implemented 😀

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                              • ChrisAC Offline
                                ChrisA Platinum Member @ChrisA
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                                First run done - wrist HR seems accurate for me, but I never had major issues with wrist HR. GPS is very good, but I would say, that the Vertical‘s GPS is a bit more accurate, but will need more tracks to see if thats true.
                                Display outdoors is great - although you can’t have white backgrounds on the AMOLED display.

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                                • EgikaE Offline
                                  Egika Platinum Member @helgonet12
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                                  @helgonet12 said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

                                  @ChrisA do you think it is to bright in the evening? Or is it possible to adjust it so it is not to much at evening/ nights?

                                  There is an ambient light sensor built in, that adjusts the brightness. So in the evening it will be dimmed down more. The low, medium and high settings in the watch just set the base, from where it will then adjust,

                                  t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal,
                                  Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

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                                  • helgonet12H Offline
                                    helgonet12 @Egika
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                                    @Egika thanks, that is great news. A friend has epix2 pro and it is just to bright at evenings and night for my taste. If I recall correctly Epix2 do not have ambient sensor.

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                                    • pnevesP Offline
                                      pneves
                                      last edited by pneves

                                      Received mine yesterday, steel version. I really like the look of the same color around all the watch instead of two tone. Moreover I saved 100 euro 😂

                                      Delivery was very fast with order on 22 afternoon (Sunday) and received 24 at 12h through DHL here in Portugal.

                                      My first considerations. Previously I had a Garmin Enduro for some months that I really liked, but Garmin Edge computer drove me nuts with the sensor disconnection fiasco. Changed to a used Wahoo Roam v1 and really appreciate the screen legibility and reliability of connections and operation. I don’t run (I would love to love running but I hate it), sometimes a walk and really like to have notifications on my wrist. Tried also to live with an AW series 7 in 2021 and gave up after 3 days and 3 charging events. its a watch, not a phone that is easy to plug in! A watch one has to take it off and put it on…
                                      So the garmin had to go since even with RunGap sending the cycling activities the Garmin metrics were not updating. I searched for a proper replacement and found none that could take into account activities done on other devices, except Fitbit. Took the plunge on a Versa 4 and it was a nightmare, it counts steps while cycling even after the exported activity. The screen is very small and fonts very difficult to read for my 48 yo eyes. Had to return it.

                                      After some more research I came to Suunto. Previously I have used polar (V800) with satisfactory results so I was also on the eye for them. The V3 seemed compelling but was more expensive and the Gorilla Glass vs Sapphire made me jump on the Race, the first ever Suunto I have.

                                      Well, end of history facts. So what about my take on this wearable?

                                      The pros:

                                      • design and materials feel more premium than the Enduro, specially the screen and strap. yes, the fact that the strap end is secured with a pin instead of square easy to brake rubber strap rings take it to a whole new usability friendless for me
                                      • the screen is big, text is easy to read, slightly bigger than the Enduro
                                      • the app is very good, much better than GC
                                      • The maps are nice
                                      • The notification interaction is very good, if I want I can just read after without clearing, or just clear this one or all
                                      • The vibration is very strong and incoming calls vibrate as long as the call is getting through, something I hated the Enduro was not doing (only vibrated once)
                                      • The AoD display is simple, although I would like to see status icons on it
                                      • Fast operation, the Enduro lagged too much for my taste, this one is FAST!
                                      • The Digital Crown is superb! moreover it used the natural scrolling idea as the Mac does, so kudos for that also
                                      • The phone connection is very stable, but so was generally the Garmin (the fitbit was bad in this regard)
                                      • the step counter is conservative, something I prefer to the opposite. Garmin counted 500 steps while showering, fitbit was much worse
                                      • the time the GPS takes to get a lock
                                      • does not take system resources trying to guess if you are in activity, something that in my experience is useless on most platforms (Garmin, AW or fitbit)
                                      • battery life so far

                                      The cons (some I believe come form the watch being new and still needs further development):

                                      • very limited watch faces (ok with that), not being able to select individual the complications (more severe). for instance I am using the analog watchface that has 4 complications, 3 of them are fixed (date is good, steps is good, activity time is useless for me) and the final one can toggle between battery (super fine) and altitude (no interest for me whatsoever)
                                      • selection of the time the screen stays on. Sometimes it stays a minute, sometimes it just goes into AoD mode after a few seconds. Would like to control this. Also selection of time on DnD mode so that I can use the flashlight to go to a nature break at night and after using it the display goes immediately blank, don’t want to disturb my roommate
                                      • no status icons on the watch face for bluetooth phone connection and missed notifications, something I was used to on the Enduro and loved
                                      • possibility to automatically expand information (access the widgets) from the watch face with long press, e. g. when I press the steps counter
                                      • could not find any information about floors climbed, although the watch has barometric altimeter (could someone help here?)
                                      • the widget pin can be accessed though swipe left and central button press. A missed opportunity for a shortcut. Moreover, the swipe right does nothing
                                      • double tap or palm touch do nothing. Expected double tap to wake up without gesture and palm to immediately switch off the screen (something I loved on the fitbit)
                                      • possibility to select the fields and number of fields per page on an activity, something I really liked on the Garmin. However, I must say that Suunto thought this well, for instance Yoga has almost everything I would like to see (except breathing rate)
                                      • possibility to download maps without connecting to a charger!
                                      • app with dark mode (nitpicking here)
                                      • the minimum level of display brightness is very high (just turning on the display seems like a flashlight on complete darkness)
                                      • music on the watch (I don’t use but some of my friends love to run without a phone)
                                      • the interface sometimes uses a solid color over all the display without any need, e. g. when a notification is cleared. It stresses the screen without any need and impacts battery life. An image like a big check on black background can make the same effect while being more efficient in terms of resources

                                      The tests I haven’t done:

                                      • using the watch while cycling and checking the steps it counts. if it counts steps clearing them when a cycling activity is imported
                                      • Use the GPS to track a walk
                                      • real battery life with normal use (so far I have been stressing it with all the interactions and lost 25% on a day)

                                      Ideas for hardware on future products:

                                      • wireless charging instead of pin contact
                                      • wrist calls

                                      So far happy with the purchase and excited with the direction Suunto is going.

                                      Suunto Race owner since 24/10/2023

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                                      • EgikaE Offline
                                        Egika Platinum Member @pneves
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                                        @pneves said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

                                        Great feedback - all makes sense to me 🙂
                                        Let me add something you might have missed regarding this specific one:

                                        possibility to select the fields and number of fields per page on an activity, something I really liked on the Garmin. However, I must say that Suunto thought this well, for instance Yoga has almost everything I would like to see (except breathing rate)

                                        This is possible by customizing any sports mode using the Suunto App.

                                        t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal,
                                        Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

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                                        • sashaklepikovS Offline
                                          sashaklepikov Bronze Member
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                                          Received Titanium today and just made one small hiking workout.

                                          With 9PP I thought that screen can’t be better. I was wrong. Screen of SR is incredible.
                                          Information screen, route and map are very bright and clear.
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                                          Crown uses “the natural scrolling idea as the Mac does” - not very usual for me, I’ve already scrolled several times in the wrong direction.

                                          Not much to say more at the moment. I’ll test it in running workouts later.

                                          Garmin Forerunner 210 Black (ret.)
                                          Suunto Ambit3 Peak Black (gave it to my father)
                                          Suunto 9 Peak Granite Blue Titanium (gave it to a runner in our running chat)
                                          Suunto 9 Peak Pro Titanium Sand (waiting on the shelf)
                                          Suunto Race Titanium Charcoal (current)

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                                          • zhang965Z Offline
                                            zhang965 @sashaklepikov
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                                            @sashaklepikov said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

                                            Received Titanium today and just made one small hiking workout.

                                            With 9PP I thought that screen can’t be better. I was wrong. Screen of SR is incredible.
                                            Information screen, route and map are very bright and clear.
                                            PXL_20231025_113040250.jpg PXL_20231025_133843696.jpg

                                            Crown uses “the natural scrolling idea as the Mac does” - not very usual for me, I’ve already scrolled several times in the wrong direction.

                                            Not much to say more at the moment. I’ll test it in running workouts later.

                                            Nice screen!

                                            Winners Wear Winners

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