New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings
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@paranoidrunner I have the SR now for little bit over three weeks. In the first week sleep tracking was completely off every night, same as for you. But starting in the second week it got better and better. In the last two weeks the performance of the algorithm was about the same, as I have seen with other watches in the past. Sometimes it’s a bit off, but most of the time awake times look pretty good. I cannot say anything about light/deep/rem. For me those are just gimmicks which cannot be measured properly on the wrist.
During this time, the only things I have changed was activating blood oxygen measurements during the night and I am using a nylon band now (the one from the Coros Pace 3). And I have updated my resting hr to my real resting hr. On other Suuntps I had a fantasy value there to make resources work. But according to Suunto resting HR has no longer an impact on sleep or resources.
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Love the Titanium with the SUUNTO 22 MM URBAN 7 Watchband OCHRE SIZE S
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@lexterm77 Unlikely to happen but I agree, the heat maps would be a stellar addition!
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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Hi. I have been using the Suunto Race for a week now and are having a hard time connecting to a heart rate chest strap to the watch. I have tried two different Suunto Smart Heart rate belts. They are around 5 years old as I got them with the Suunto spartan. New batteries. The pairing is just fine but when starting an activity the watch rarely finds the strap. Anyone else with similar experience?
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@Brad_Olwin said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:
y to happen but I agree, the heat maps would be a stellar addition!
Heat maps like S7 would be a must in amoled Race screen!
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@Hwolfff just my personal experience: I bought a second hand Suunto belt which was a bit small for me. It worked fine for a few weeks, but suddenly started acting up. The strap was one of those older versions which were notorious for losing connectivity as time goes by. I bought a new strap and I’ve been using that second hand button thingy happily ever after.
Others have reported same kind of problems, it is usually the strap’s fault.
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@wmichi glad you like the coros band - I’m really impressed by it!
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@Hwolfff try washing the belt and let it on a basin with some warm (not hot!!) water over night and add 1-2 drop of dish soap.
that worked for me
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I got the Suunto Race today and immediately after the setup there was an update. But on the update page there is no mentioning about that. What has changed?
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@jannis I got the same last week when i bought the watch. Only improvements and bug correction. It’s schedule a software update in the end of the month to solve some issues with auto sleep detection, differences between values on the watch and Suunto App,improvements on UI and zoom on maps from 500 meters to 2 kms. For now is the information leaked,if something else arrives i don’t know.
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@tiago Thank you, yes, I have heard about this coming update. I was just curious about this one, and if there is maybe a change log somewhere. But maybe it’s was so small that there won’t be any. But it took quite long to update, maybe half hour or so.
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@jannis just the standard update we all received when the watch arrive.
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@BrunoH thanks.
So the textile strap is the main problem? Not the round button thing? -
@thanasis thanks I’ll try that.
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@Hwolfff well nothing is certain, but that’s usually the reason. A fresh battery wouldn’t hurt either. I once had problems with a battery which was unused but expired.
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Today I had my first SR crash during a workout and since I’ve been using the Suunto for years. Fortunately during a workout and not a run :-D. There was also an erasure of the elevation history on the watch face :-(. It’s annoying and I hope it doesn’t happen again. Can this be prevented e.g. by periodically restarting the watch to empty the cache?
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@martintrail no need to periodically restart.
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Hello community and happy holidays.
For Christmas I gave the Race to my son and I must say that I really liked it.
Before singing its praises, I’ll immediately say what I don’t like, the same goes for the vertical, The strap is too short. It would have been better to add a second length to the package or give the possibility to choose the most appropriate size. I add a note, hoping it will be implemented, the lack of emojis. My students often respond with emojis and I wish I didn’t have to reach for the phone.
Well moving on to the advantages I would definitely say the screen which is fantastic. The battery is still early but, apart from the first few days where it ran out quickly due to the various updates and settings, at the moment I have a daily consumption of 5% without sporting activities with HF activated 24 hours and notifications. During bike rides I consume around 3% per hour. OHR works very well on me, the differences with the chest heart rate monitor are marginal, in the order of one or two beats.
When it comes to step counting, it underestimates about 25%. To give an example, yesterday my bionic knee after a walk showed 8200 steps and the Race only 6300. Not bad, also because no watch is capable of being truly precise, I believe the data serves only as a suggestion, nothing more .
In light of all this I would say super promoted, so much so that I exchanged it with my son who prefers the Vertical longer battery life and I the better visibility of the AMOLED screen. -
Hello everyone, I want to share my opinion about the Race after a month with it. First, a bit of history: I’ve been a user of training watches since 2003. I had one of those Garmins with huge AA batteries, and at some point, I ended up with a Suunto Ambit 3. Back then, Suunto was the reliable and reference brand for mountain activities, while Garmin was lagging behind.
That Suunto Ambit is the watch that lasted the longest for me (3 years) because, although I like to change and try new things, there wasn’t anything interesting for me at that time. Later, I switched to a Spartan for a very short time and ended up with Garmin. Over the years, I’ve had the F3, F5, F5x, F6, F6x, and F7. Garmin is (and this is my opinion) reliable and constantly improves functionalities. I always kept a close eye on SUUNTO (they’ve always had the most attractive designs), but the fact that they didn’t have maps placed them far behind other brands.
Until the Vertical came along, and I had to try it (incredible screen, amazing maps, incredible design, incredibly comfortable). However, I sold it shortly afterward. I couldn’t get used to a heart rate sensor that was 2 or 3 generations behind the competition and the instability of the firmware (it froze on me twice). So, I went back to Garmin.
And then came the Race. I did a lot of research, knowing that the heart rate sensor is the same as the Vertical, I decided to give it a try. After 1 month, I can say that I’m quite pleased. The visibility of the maps is impressive (much better than the competition), the design is undoubtedly (for me) the most beautiful on the market, the crown makes it easy to navigate, it’s very comfortable, the battery lasts me 15 days training 6 days a week with GPS, and the screen is incredible… not to mention the price, of course, a decisive factor compared to the competition.
Does it have flaws? Yes, of course. The most serious one is the Optical Heart Rate (OHR) sensor. I still don’t understand how a brand like SUUNTO includes a heart rate sensor like that in watches priced from 400€ to 700€, especially considering what the competition offers. The screens during structured training sessions are very difficult to read (text is very small), and there are some other issues… but I must say that the visibility of the screen, the maps, the design, and the comfort compensate for it (for now).
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Hi Everyone
Practicing running, hiking, gravel and mountain biking, I have been using GPS watches for quite a few years now.
Fervent user of Garmin from the Fénix 3 to the Epix Ben 2 since the beginning with a 6 month infidelity with Coros following the breakdown of my last Epix.
I have always looked with interest at Suunto watches. First of all, I have always loved design but I had never taken the time to change my training and usage habitudes.
I was ready to take the plunge when the vertical was announced but not being able to create complex training sessions, I abstained.
The race arrived and so I gave in at the beginning of December 2023 with the aim of doing my 2024 sporting season with this watch on my wrist.
Since sleep and HRV tracking technology came out, I wear my watches 24 hours a day. (I replaced the watch to the other wrist when I stay at the office to let it rest)First of all, I immediately found the Suunto application very easy to use. The data is clear and easily usable, well done for the work! The sleep tracking worked well, the HRV too but it was always lower than on my other watches (Garmin 33 on average, for Suunto 48 and 46 for coros).
During my running training sessions, I missed the beeps announcing the change of sequence as well as the repetition number. For the rest, everything was ok except the heart rate sensor.
From the start, I encountered difficulties. He showed me completely crazy values during the day. The night and sitting at my desk without moving, the value was ok (between 45 and 55). On the other hand, when moving, it is impossible to stabilize it with peaks at 120bpm. For training and sporting activities, I wear a heart rate belt.
I tried everything, tightening the bracelet more (to the point of leaving a nice red mark), a soft reset, two contacts with the Suunto chat, nothing solved the problem.
This generated completely false energy expenditure and recovery values.The watch returned to the store and they replaced it with a new one: same problem with the sensor.
I made the decision to sell it with a strong feeling of disappointment.I don’t know what to do, continue with a new Vertical….
Here is my feedback from the Race.
