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    New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings

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    • stromdiddilyS Offline
      stromdiddily Gold Members @lexterm77
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      @lexterm77 Please let this be fixed like the SR for all watches. Suunto way overshoots activity calories

      Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

      User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV :)

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

        @lexterm77 Please let this be fixed like the SR for all watches. Suunto way overshoots activity calories

        But that would make me lose weight.
        And actually do ultras. šŸ˜…

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        • ChrisAC Offline
          ChrisA Platinum Member @SuuntoR
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          @SuuntoR said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:
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          -is there allready your race time estimates somewhere or can’t I just find them…?

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          Scrolling down the progress widget šŸ˜€

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          • GiPFELKiNDG Offline
            GiPFELKiND Silver Members @ChrisA
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            @ChrisA didnt see this info on my Race… But did only 1 Run

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            • ChrisAC Offline
              ChrisA Platinum Member @GiPFELKiND
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              @GiPFELKiND don’t know when it started showing up - 5 runs/20 km in the last 10 days

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              • General_WittG Offline
                General_Witt
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                First real difficult scenario for the Race, a very steep path on the side of the mountain very close to the rocks.
                GPS behavior was very good, I didn’t think multi band would make such a difference.
                Map readability and brightness is a pleasure for the eyes, and the night version is really good in a night scenario provided you don’t point your frontal lamp directly on the screen.
                To my surprise the optical heart sensor gave very realistic values in a fast trail running descent (I was very late).
                a.jpg b.jpg c.jpg

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                • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                  Brad_Olwin Moderator @General_Witt
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                  @General_Witt Very nice!

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                  • macdavM Offline
                    macdav Bronze Member @Brad_Olwin
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                    As I remember on my S9P when I switch off vibration on the watch, I was able to have it only for notifications. On SR I have vibration on notifications and scroll wheel also. I can“t have it only on notifications, am I right?

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                    • FoleyRoseF Offline
                      FoleyRose
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                      Here are my thoughts from someone who was in the Garmin ecosystem for years and had a brief stint with Coros.

                      What I like:

                      • The build quality is great at this price point. I usually prefer velcro nylon bands but the standard one is great.
                      • I’ve had no issue with HR readings like some others, and my watch sits on a tattoo.
                      • GPS is very accurate.
                      • The app is very customizable. It’s still a bit confusing to me but I’ll get used to the layout.
                      • The screen is gorgeous. It’s my first AMOLED screen though, so I have no comparison point.
                      • Sleep tracking seems more accurate than either Garmin or Coros, at least regarding the times I fell asleep and woke up at.

                      What could be improved.
                      Keep in mind that I’m still finding my way around the watch and app, so I might have just missed some stuff:

                      • As many of us mentioned before, the fact that the watch goes from off to full wake mode at the touch of a button in DND mode instead of low light mode has to change.
                      • There needs to be an option to ignore notifications during an activity.
                      • I do not understand how the ā€œIntensity zonesā€ display works.
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                        I understand that the metric used (pace, HR or power) is chosen in the activity menu, but why are there 2 data choices and only 1 customizable data on the display?
                      • Speaking of which, the ā€œIntensity zonesā€ setting always defaults to HR. It would be better if it remembered the last option used.
                      • It makes much more sense to cycle between the activity displays by rotating the crown instead of pushing it as Coros does it. That way, you can go forward or back and it feels more natural.
                      • As a Stryd user, the ability to manually input a calibration factor would be a great help, or at least a way to see what the autocalibration factor was set to.
                      • The default watchface flickers rapidly between white and light pink on it’s low light state.
                      • The magnets on the charging dock are very weak.
                      • A dark mode in the app and a web interface would be appreciated.
                      • A countdown before a transition during a structured workout would help a lot.
                      • It seems to be underreporting burned calories during an activity compared to the competition. It seems to be around 30% less.
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                      • EgikaE Offline
                        Egika Platinum Member @FoleyRose
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                        @FoleyRose intensity zones: the first display is the circular and graphic gauge of the selected metric around the screen perimeter.

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                        Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

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                          suuntastic Bronze Member @General_Witt
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                          @General_Witt LaSportiva Shoes šŸ‘ šŸ‘ šŸ˜

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                          • wmichiW Offline
                            wmichi @Egika
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                            @Egika I think what @FoleyRose also refers to, is everything inside the gauge. I also have a question on this. Maybe you can help us.

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                            In this example I am in heart rate zone 1, current heart rate 126 and at this point I have been 1h 32min in this zone. The +12 mean that the next zone (zone 2) ā€œstarts in 12 beatsā€ (138 in my case).

                            But what I don’t know is, what the 00’00 mean (red rectangle). At this point I have been roughly 57min in zone 2. So I would expect that this value should be displayed there instead of the 00’00. I have set zone 1 as the intensity target for this training.

                            I also don’t unterstand the 04’13 below the highlighted part. I now for sure that I have not been below zone 1 for 04’13 during this workout.

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                            • FoleyRoseF Offline
                              FoleyRose @Egika
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                              @Egika sorry I’m still confused. In this picture’s case I have selected average HR as data #1 and duration as data #2. Where would those appear?
                              I tested it and it seemed to only show one of them with no way to manually switch between the two.

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                              • EgikaE Offline
                                Egika Platinum Member @FoleyRose
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                                @FoleyRose have you tried reading the manual?
                                https://www.suunto.com/Support/Product-support/suunto_9/suunto_9/features/intensity-zones/

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                                Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

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                                • ChrisAC Offline
                                  ChrisA Platinum Member @wmichi
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                                  @wmichi shows the right values for me (time spent in the respective zone). Actually this is one of the workouts screen I like the most (and is not available on other watches in that form)
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                                  • EgikaE Offline
                                    Egika Platinum Member @wmichi
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                                    @wmichi you are right. There’s something fishy with those times above and below the current value.
                                    I’ll report it.

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                                    Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

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                                    • herlasH Offline
                                      herlas Silver Members @FoleyRose
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                                      @FoleyRose long time Suunto-Stryd user here, we don’t have a way to see or set calibration factor as other brands, with Suunto watches the recommendation has always been to pair the Stryd and disable auto calibration once right before the first run, basically using stryd with default calibration. I’m used to it and works fine.

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                                      • V Offline
                                        vlado @herlas
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                                        @herlas this is ok approach if you stryd is on track but my mine was some 3% off and in those cases the thing to do is: go to an open area with best gps reception, put the autocalibration ON, run for some 20-30 minutes and the watch will calibrate stryd and those factors will remain in watch-stryd interface. After that every other run do with autocalibration OFF. The important thing is that one you do it with autocalibration ON GPS should be really good and without any opstacles.

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                                        • wmichiW Offline
                                          wmichi @Egika
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                                          @Egika That’s how this screen looks for me since the 9 Peak Pro. The same on the Vertical. I use this screen only for base endurance sessions, and in this case I always have target zone selected. Maybe that’s the reason. I will test it next time without a target zone.

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                                          • wmichiW Offline
                                            wmichi @FoleyRose
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                                            @FoleyRose I have set it up exactly as you, but only one field is visible (the bottom one), the top one is always the time of day. I cannot remember how this is on other Suunto watches, but I think this is a little bug.

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