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    New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings

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    • lexterm77L Offline
      lexterm77 Bronze Member
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      I got SR today and now SV feels like a 2 years old watch šŸ˜•

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      • freeheelerF Offline
        freeheeler @lexterm77
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        @lexterm77
        really?
        I’m using both and I think they’re very similar, despite the screen technology.
        I’m frequently using other Suunto watches, too

        but we can’t discuss the fact away that the Race IS the newer watch šŸ™‚

        living sideways

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        • Marius Jacobsen EggerudM Offline
          Marius Jacobsen Eggerud Silver Members
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          Received my Race Ti today and I’m very impressed. Finally back to Suunto after a couple of years with Garmin and a few months with Polar! Will be doing a trail long run tomorrow.

          Suunto Ambit 3
          Suunto Spartan Ultra
          Suunto Race Ti

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            craigeggleton Bronze Member
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            First run under my belt with the race. Watch usage is very intuitive and easy to use. No major learning curves. Addition of the dial is a major win. The Race has been tweaked a little and does sit slightly flatter and the lugs do not dig into my wrist bone like the vertical which was my only reason for returning that watch. The watch feels high quality but it does not feel as substantial as the vertical. Not sure why that is. Not a bad thing but feels different. The screen is brilliant. Now for the lag…what lag? This watch is fine. I’m sure if I stared at the watch long enough I’d notice a flicker here and there. Like I’ve said before…stop staring at your watch and get your ass out the door and go for a run. I do also like how they have slightly rounded upper portion of the watch. The vertical looked a little too flat when looking at the watch. Overall great first impressions and excited for Suunto. I can now stop complaining about the shipping delays.

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            • freeheelerF Offline
              freeheeler @craigeggleton
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              @craigeggleton
              great to read and glad you’re happy.
              what do you mean by ā€œnot as substantial as Verticalā€?

              living sideways

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              • leafs93L Offline
                leafs93 Bronze Member
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                Just wondering… anyone find the scroll way too responsive ? I asked because I have been using the apex 2 pro and the suunto scroll is so responsive that I cannot land at the widget I want to see and often either overshoot or undershoot.

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                • renton82R Offline
                  renton82 Platinum Member @leafs93
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                  As i wrote here: https://forum.suunto.com/topic/9584/display-flipping-for-right-hand , the only thing i hate is that i can’t wear it on my right hand.

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                  • leafs93L Offline
                    leafs93 Bronze Member @leafs93
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                    @leafs93 sorry just downloaded the latest firmware and it’s all good now… phew…

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                      craigeggleton Bronze Member @freeheeler
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                      @freeheeler The Vertical felt very hefty in the hand and while I know the weight of the titanium Race and Vertical are almost identical, I swear the Race feels much lighter. After wearing to bed last night I woke up and almost thought I forgot to wear the watch. For the last month I’ve been wearing the Apple Watch Ultra exclusively and I can report the Race is much better to sleep with.

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                      • freeheelerF Offline
                        freeheeler @craigeggleton
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                        @craigeggleton
                        from the specs it is slightly lighter.
                        most of my watches are titanium, but some also steel. the weight difference between Vertical Ti and Race Ti is noticeable if you focus to feel it. but the difference e.g. between Vertical steel and Ti is significant
                        nevertheless I find the Race Ti a solid piece with a great haptic

                        living sideways

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                          surfratt
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                          Hello, for those that have the Race, how is sleep tracking accuracy and HR accuracy? I have seen some videos questioning the accuracy of these. I would mostly wear an external HR monitor during workouts, but am curious about the accuracy of these. Thanks stuck between Garmin Epix and Race.

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                          • RangoR Offline
                            Rango @surfratt
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                            @surfratt Hello guys, I had the Epix pro and switched to Suunto Race. I actually don’t regret it. The race looks and feels much nicer - ā€œtidyā€

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                              General_Witt @surfratt
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                              @surfratt Sleep tracking has worked very nice with me so far. Nailed the actual sleep and wake up time, while REM and deep sleep times seem reasonable (you can only measure those accurately in a lab).
                              Heart rate sensor works well in the everyday life, but with certain sports (weight lifting, riding a bike) there are moments when it fails to catch the heartbeat completely and then a moment later is fairly accurate, but I’d suggest a chest strap to get accurate measurement no doubt.

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                                David l @Rango
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                                @Rango said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

                                @surfratt Hello guys, I had the Epix pro and switched to Suunto Race. I actually don’t regret it. The race looks and feels much nicer - ā€œtidyā€

                                How do you find it compared to the pro and what’s better? I’m doing the same but not sure it’ll work!
                                Is there a lag on the wrist action when running?
                                Cheers

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                                • RangoR Offline
                                  Rango @David l
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                                  @David-Lown I’ve always worn a chest strap when running because the OHR is always out of order with all manufacturers. Since I have a fairly narrow hanging handlebar, the Race is actually more comfortable to wear than the Epix. I currently don’t regret the decision.

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                                  • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                                    Brad_Olwin Moderator @craigeggleton
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                                    @craigeggleton said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

                                    @freeheeler The Vertical felt very hefty in the hand and while I know the weight of the titanium Race and Vertical are almost identical, I swear the Race feels much lighter. After wearing to bed last night I woke up and almost thought I forgot to wear the watch. For the last month I’ve been wearing the Apple Watch Ultra exclusively and I can report the Race is much better to sleep with.

                                    I have an Ultra too and agree 100%. I find the Vertical a little uncomfortable due to the weight and my wrists are not large. The Race, despite a similar size feels much lighter.

                                    Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

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                                      lexterm77 Bronze Member @freeheeler
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                                      @freeheeler said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

                                      @lexterm77
                                      really?
                                      I’m using both and I think they’re very similar, despite the screen technology.
                                      I’m frequently using other Suunto watches, too

                                      but we can’t discuss the fact away that the Race IS the newer watch šŸ™‚

                                      Between S9P, S9PP there was a marginal improvement but SV felt much more modern and now SR with its amoled super responsiveness and customized buttons like on S7 as my ultimate everyday carry. I have however noticed my calorie consumption has lowered as much as 20% on same route with same personal parameters. I wonder if calorie includes basal metabolic consumption or just activity?

                                      My usual morning trail run SV vs SR with 2nd gen Stryd:

                                      IMG_1255.jpeg IMG_1254.jpeg

                                      These runs are day apart but look like months or years of base training ā˜ŗļø

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                                      • General_WittG Offline
                                        General_Witt @lexterm77
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                                        @lexterm77 Race uses new proprietary algorithms by Suunto. This should explain the difference in the consumption values.

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                                        • Kostas ZinelisK Offline
                                          Kostas Zinelis Bronze Member
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                                          Coming back from three years using Garmin products I am happy to say that this time Suunto with the Suunto Race really nailed it! Very good screen, precise gps tracking, and amazing snorkeling activity metrics ( I don’t think Garmin has snorkeling activity to it’s flagship watches). I’ve tested the watch at kayaking and hiking too.

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                                            SuuntoR Bronze Member @Kostas Zinelis
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                                            My favourite picks of the watch (there are many but just some listed here):

                                            -On my opinion the Suunto app is just the best of them all (I’ve tried every sports watch company and too many sport watches šŸ˜…) e.g. your stats weekly, monthly, yearly so clearly viewed. And different colors for different sports. Training metrics etc…

                                            -route planing with heatmaps and how easily those routes can be sent to watch

                                            -on activity the screen is a ā€œtrueā€ always on display, metrics view wont dim or go blank. The map will lose the map view if wrist is lowered, but super fast back on if you turn your wrist. And also wrist lowered screen shows at least your trail

                                            -quick buttons and multiple alarms, thanks Suunto for listening your users! 😊

                                            -screen is very nice and bright, hr metrics are better than suunto vertical, sleep monitoring improved

                                            Christmas is coming šŸ˜…šŸŽ…šŸ» So something to wishlist also if someone from Suunto is reading these posts:

                                            -fix for the training metrics not syncing correctly back to watch without turning the watch off and back on (more of this in another topic here in this website)

                                            -possibility to check the time at night without awaking the whole screen, suggestion: for example in do not disturb mode lower or upper button would just show the time like in normal aod screen saver mode and a press of the middle button would wake the whole screen.

                                            -adjustment to flashlight. E.g. with wheel scroll you could adjust the brightness of the light like in apple watch

                                            -the little lag when scrolling through widgets etc… I think it’s more precise when used with touch screen. Maybe the scroll wheel should be adjusted a bit to be more presice. Now it feels little like driving a Suzuki Jimny, turn the wheel and after a while also the car turns šŸ˜…

                                            -on map view and navigating: the next turn notification shows on the whole screen. If e.g. a route where lots of turns, the screen is showing all the time these notifications and then you can’t see the actual map, so maybe a smaller info screen for turns, so that the map would be also visible (even if smaller or something like that)

                                            -more watchfaces. Altough the new primary watchface for Race is quite nice.

                                            -is there allready your race time estimates somewhere or can’t I just find them…?

                                            -it would be great if they would get back the recovery hours like in vertical and also this to the app

                                            Overall a solid package and great value for the price. Liking a lot ā˜ŗļø

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