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    New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings

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    • David lD Offline
      David l @mikekoski490
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      @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

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      • Brad_OlwinB Offline
        Brad_Olwin Moderator @mamertino1984
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        @mamertino1984 IMG_0640.jpeg

        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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          mamertino1984 @Brad_Olwin
          last edited by

          @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

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          • J Offline
            Jonathan C Silver Members @Brad_Olwin
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            @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?

            Current: Ocean, Vertical Titanium Solar
            Past: 9 Baro, Spartan Ultra, Ambit3 Peak Sapphire

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            • GiPFELKiNDG Offline
              GiPFELKiND Silver Members @Jonathan C
              last edited by

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

              If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you. #lifewithasthma #runwithasthma #nevergiveup #pushinglimits #adventurestartshere Suunto D9, 9 Baro, 9 Peak, Vertical Ti, Race , Race s Courtney, SA (Beta) Android🏃🏼🧗⛷️🚵

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              • Edoardo CoppolilloE Offline
                Edoardo Coppolillo Bronze Member @ChrisA
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                @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

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                • BrunoHB Offline
                  BrunoH Gold Members @Edoardo Coppolillo
                  last edited by

                  @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.

                  Compasses: M-311, A-10, SK-7
                  Diving: Finnlight Navy 90, Vyper
                  Sports: Metron, S7, S9B and Vertical

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                  • Edoardo CoppolilloE Offline
                    Edoardo Coppolillo Bronze Member @BrunoH
                    last edited by

                    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!

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                    • freeheelerF Offline
                      freeheeler @Edoardo Coppolillo
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                      @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

                      living sideways

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                      • BrunoHB Offline
                        BrunoH Gold Members @Jonathan C
                        last edited by

                        @Jonathan-C I revived my old S9B Ambassador nylon strap as described in https://forum.suunto.com/post/131776. I think those are still on sale for instance https://www.juwelen-binder.at/index.php/start-os/suunto-9/suunto-band-ambassador-limited

                        Compasses: M-311, A-10, SK-7
                        Diving: Finnlight Navy 90, Vyper
                        Sports: Metron, S7, S9B and Vertical

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                        • ChrisAC Offline
                          ChrisA Platinum Member @Edoardo Coppolillo
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                          @Edoardo-Coppolillo I have no experience with the Race on a Race, but as others have already answered, it seems to work 🙋🏻‍♂️

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                          • David lD Offline
                            David l @freeheeler
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                            @freeheeler if you have a planned route, it stays on the map page, and not breadcrumb page, whilst running. Or at least it did for me on Sunday.

                            Have to say, the route planning worked well except for when I wanted to change the data screen, and then it seems to want to tell me to go right rather than left. It did sort itself out, but would have been a bit disconcerting had I not know the route we were running.

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                            • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                              Brad_Olwin Moderator @Jonathan C
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                              @Jonathan-C Don’t know it was a gift from an employee.

                              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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                                Jonathan C Silver Members @BrunoH
                                last edited by

                                @BrunoH that’s some dedication 👍
                                I settled for the white and love it better than the original one, Suunto should make these standard issue!

                                Current: Ocean, Vertical Titanium Solar
                                Past: 9 Baro, Spartan Ultra, Ambit3 Peak Sapphire

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                                  Giancarlo Geroldi @Brad_Olwin
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                                  @Brad_Olwin Hi there, may I ask you where did you buy all that stuff??? I’m jealous 🙂 Thanks!

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                                  • Luís PintoL Offline
                                    Luís Pinto Platinum Member @Giancarlo Geroldi
                                    last edited by Luís Pinto

                                    Until now I’m happy with Race.

                                    Pros:

                                    • weight feeling;
                                    • Digital Crown very responsive;
                                    • amoled screen (contrast, maps are in another level);
                                    • HR seems less erratic than vertical (different fw?);
                                    • battery it’s enough (43h);
                                    • great UI, simple to find things;

                                    just 2 simple things to add:

                                    • more watchfaces;
                                    • in maps with routes a field to show how many km to reach endpoint.

                                    IMG_6356.jpeg

                                    SR
                                    Site (gr7vel spin): https://youtube.com/channel/UCfHM0mXWS8S61h70Rzj9mfA

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                                    • Santana Hakuba KikstraS Offline
                                      Santana Hakuba Kikstra @Luís Pinto
                                      last edited by

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

                                      Until now I’m happy with Race.

                                      Pros:

                                      • weight feeling;
                                      • Digital Crown very responsive;
                                      • amoled screen (contrast, maps are in another level);
                                      • HR seems less erratic than vertical (different fw?);
                                      • battery it’s enough (43h);
                                      • great UI, simple to find things;

                                      just 2 simple things to add:

                                      • more watchfaces;
                                      • in maps with routes a field to show how many km to reach endpoint.

                                      IMG_6356.jpeg

                                      Hi there, I’m a new user of the race. Loving it so far.
                                      Does anyone know how or where the Vo2 max is found after activity?

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                                      • HighlandsH Offline
                                        Highlands
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                                        Last Saturday: with 100% battery the watch gives me 45h of dual band. During 4 h 13 min, 20 km hiking the watch consumed 8% battery. For the same move my 7XSS (MIP screen) lost 13%.

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                                        • lexterm77L Offline
                                          lexterm77 Bronze Member @Highlands
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                                          • David lD Offline
                                            David l @Santana Hakuba Kikstra
                                            last edited by

                                            @Santana-Hakuba-Kikstra scroll down to CTL, enter that and it should be the one below

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