New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings

ChrisA

@wmichi my VO2max is visible all the time (never vanished) but my running estimates and the lactate threshold number is gone. But I did not run outdoors for 10 days (just did some treadmill runs last week and didn’t run this week because of health issues), so maybe that’s the reason…

wmichi

@ChrisA do you also track other sports besides running?

ChrisA

@wmichi outdoors mainly walks with the dog. They show a VO2max after completion,so that maybe the cause, that its showing up all the time. The rest is Indoor treadmill running, strength training and martial arts, which all don’t show VO2max scores.

Brad_Olwin

@Highlands No do not unbox the watch…Let it fester in your mind until Monday:)

Brad_Olwin

@Highlands Ahhh too late…I find the strap on the Race gives me better OHR readings, when I change it for one with “SUUNTO” on it my OHR is worse.

Tieutieu

@Brad_Olwin waiting for those new straps in the Suunto store, not available yet !

Brad_Olwin

@Tieutieu They are available in the US. I ordered one.

mamertino1984

@Brad_Olwin quali sarebbero? Hai una foto?

Tieutieu

@Brad_Olwin said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

@Tieutieu They are available in the US. I ordered one.

Ok it should arrive then in other regions

mamertino1984

@Brad_Olwin nessuna foto?

mikekoski490

I just received the Ti Race yesterday at 2pm so good timing for Mondays update. Upgraded for the improved font readability and wow what a difference, plus a lot of other improvements due to the increase in pixels and brightness.

If interested in a first time start story, I was waiting for it to arrive as it was signature release, and I had to leave on my bike for a meeting 20 minutes after it arrived. I quickly plugged it in, and it updated just in time for me to head out. I put it on my wrist, had to wait a few minutes for the update to complete, but once did hit Cycling mode, it found satellites right away, and WHR good on off I went without a glitch.

Had one heartstop moment when I went to glance at the maps and it was the empty grid and I was like great - no map problem - but then realized I hadn’t downloaded any maps yet. 2 regions took about an hour no problem once I was home.

Some of the usual stock watch faces have improvements which is a nice touch.

Really like having a dedicated button for the flashlight and assume that will come to the Vertical. Night time sleep was exactly what I would expect it to be but couldn’t see a percentage sleep score like on the Vertical even though more sleep metrics are now shown.

If it wasn’t for the improved display I might not have switched from the Vertical. Still not sure about the battery life trade off but will have to see. Had to learn the new buttons and scroll wheel - I kept using lower right to scroll down and thought the watch was glitching lol as its now a back button. I do really like the larger buttons - will be good for winter and wearing gloves. I also like the silver contrast against the black.

I know on a different thread and DC Rainmaker review there was mention of the lack of emojis in texting. Not a big deal for me but assume it’s possible in the future as I received messages from Netflix, and in the message body on the Race there is a perfectly rendered Netflix red ‘N’ in the display.

The stock black strap does feel a bit thinner/easier to wear than my white Suunto Vertical strap. To me, wearing the watch feels the same as the Vertical size wise. The bezel difference is minimal.

Raise to wake and scrolling are very fast and regular in my opinion.

David l

@mikekoski490 glad you like it! Battery life for me has been great so far. 9 hours of activity, with OHR on continuously. 12 days in and when I put it on charge last night for a new map download, it was at 36%.

I think they’ve undersold the battery life but there might be some degradation over time that they’ve accounted for

Brad_Olwin

@mamertino1984

mamertino1984

@Brad_Olwin ti ringrazio,ma il bianco e rosso già ci sono anche nello store italiano,anche giallo, manca quello nero nella tua foto al.centro

Jonathan C

@Brad_Olwin I’d love that black strap in the middle with the Suunto logo, as I posted here.

https://forum.suunto.com/topic/9184/suunto-wristband/28

That’s not available on the store, is it Ambassador or tester only?

GiPFELKiND

@Jonathan-C @Brad_Olwin can you order this band perhaps!? Or say where we can buy it?

Edoardo Coppolillo

@ChrisA I’m considering buying the Race but your post made pause a little.
I will use the watch maps a lot while cycling, i.e.with the watch strapped to the handlebar and mainly on the maps screen while cruising on the bike off-road.
Do you have any experience of the behavior of the map screen in this scenario?
Will the maps disappear and then I will be left most of the time only with a breadcrumb trail, unless I actively push any button on the Race?

Thanks in advance for your reply

BrunoH

@Edoardo-Coppolillo I am using Vertical on my handlebar (see my profile pic) and my map has never disappeared, but of course Race has newer firmware.

Edoardo Coppolillo

Hi @BrunoH
Thanks for the reply for the Vertical! Useful indeed!
I will wait and see if someone else had a similar experience with the Race before choosing between the Race and Vertical

Thanks!

freeheeler

@Edoardo-Coppolillo
Race shows red breadcrumb only when tilted to the side what is the natural running position on the wrist.
if you put it on the handle bar you’ll permanently see the map as the watch is facing upwards