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    • mikelM Offline
      mikel
      last edited by

      Hi everyone,

      As a long time SUUNTO user I am very disappointment with the quality of the S9PP

      Already the 3rd S9PP is broken.

      1st S9PP (all black), bought 30th April 2023

      • After 4 month charging problems occurred. Send back to Amazon. Could not be repaid within 21 days. refund.

      2nd S9PP (titanium slate), bought 16. September 2023

      • GPS problems and random restarts after 12day usage. send back to dealer

      now i have just received the 3rd S9PP (all black)

      • excessive battery drain from the first day.

      I don’t understand what is wrong with SUUNTO’s quality. I have the spartan sports which is working for years. Happily I did not give it away, it is my fallback clock now. My wife have the S5P and my son S7. All watches were running nicely.

      So I have one screen protector for S9PP left. should I give it another try?

      The first S9PP left a really good impression. So sad that the charging problems occurred.

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      • zhang965Z Offline
        zhang965
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        Jamais deux sans 3.

        Winners Wear Winners

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        • Brad_OlwinB Offline
          Brad_Olwin Moderator @mikel
          last edited by

          @mikel said in Quality Issues S9PP:

          Hi everyone,

          As a long time SUUNTO user I am very disappointment with the quality of the S9PP

          now i have just received the 3rd S9PP (all black)

          • excessive battery drain from the first day.

          I don’t understand what is wrong with SUUNTO’s quality. I have the spartan sports which is working for years. Happily I did not give it away, it is my fallback clock now. My wife have the S5P and my son S7. All watches were running nicely.

          So I have one screen protector for S9PP left. should I give it another try?

          The first S9PP left a really good impression. So sad that the charging problems occurred.

          Check to see what the backlight settings are. With some of the updates the backlight is automatically toggled on and this will show as an excessive battery drain. Has happened to me more than once.

          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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          • mikelM Offline
            mikel @Brad_Olwin
            last edited by mikel

            @Brad_Olwin Hi Brad,

            Backlight is “off”, Raise to wake “off”, Brightness “Medium”, Backlight switch “off”.

            • Software update to newest
            • 2 times factory reset

            I have fully charged it at 12PM. 9 hours later it dropped to 66% without any workout today.I did just wear it. I set it up like the previous two S9PPs I had. There the Battery lasted for weeks. I will send it back tomorrow. 😞

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            • mikelM Offline
              mikel @zhang965
              last edited by mikel

              @zhang965 said in Quality Issues S9PP:

              Jamais deux sans 3.

              It was the 3rd 😬

              EDIT: Just ordered the 4th S9PP. This time a refurbished from Suunto. Hopefully this has received all revisions and is checked for problems. 🤞

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              • mikelM Offline
                mikel
                last edited by

                So here is a update about my 4th Suunto 9 peak pro

                It was running quiet good.

                • in the meantime the GPS accuracy problems at the start of the workout occurs (known issue).
                • additionally HR stops recording after 2 to 3 days. Also the light is not flickering anymore. After a restart it is running again for 2 to 3 days. It is also a known issue.

                The really disappointing thing is that the customer service (chat) is not reachable anymore. Not even during their working hours.

                A software Update should fix this problems but nobody could tell when it will be available.

                Now I am really so frustrated that I wish i could return the S9PP and have my money back. After all this years I am done with Suunto. No quality and no support anymore.

                This was definitely my last one.

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                • isaziI Offline
                  isazi Moderator @mikel
                  last edited by

                  @mikel an update was released today.

                  Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                  Blog: isazi's home

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                  • mikelM Offline
                    mikel @isazi
                    last edited by

                    @isazi said in Quality Issues S9PP:

                    @mikel an update was released today.

                    Thanks, I am installing it at the moment. Hopefully all problems will be fixed.

                    But it is still a shame that it is not possible to contact the suunto customer service anymore.

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                    • isaziI Offline
                      isazi Moderator @mikel
                      last edited by

                      @mikel there is a chat in the app to contact support.

                      Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                      Blog: isazi's home

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                      • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                        Brad_Olwin Moderator @mikel
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                        @mikel I have used the chat in the app and had no issues contacting support,

                        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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                        • mikelM Offline
                          mikel @Brad_Olwin
                          last edited by

                          @Brad_Olwin Yes, I know. I have tried the chat in the app today from 9am CET to 15pm CET and only a bot responded and posted a message about the working hours (during the working hours)

                          l have also tried the support on the home page. A chat should open there as well . But it did not open. I have tried Chrome and Firefox.

                          So lets hope that my problems are fixed with the update.

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                          • GiPFELKiNDG Offline
                            GiPFELKiND Silver Members @mikel
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                            @mikel today i had very big Problems with Support Chat…

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                            • mikelM Offline
                              mikel @GiPFELKiND
                              last edited by

                              @GiPFELKiND looks like my 4th s9pp is broken within a year ab the support is still not reachable via chat in the app.
                              Quality and service 1/10. As s long time user I won’t recommend Suunto anymore.

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                                last edited by

                                @mikel said in Quality Issues S9PP:

                                looks like my 4th s9pp is broken

                                😞

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                                  false Bronze Member @mikel
                                  last edited by

                                  @mikel 4th in a row… omg no way!

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                                  • mikelM Offline
                                    mikel @false
                                    last edited by

                                    @false i have now performed a factory reset, synced with the app and updated AGPS. Later I will go for a short run. If the GPS data is still bad I will immediately order a Garmin.

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                                    • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                                      Brad_Olwin Moderator @mikel
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                                      @mikel This is too bad, I have two S9PP watches and both suffered the peeling but one was a pre-production test watch stainless steel with peeling as an identified problem. The second is a titanium as this is still my favorite Suunto watch. I have no other issues with mine, the purchased model was bought day of release.

                                      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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                                      • C Offline
                                        cemoi71
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                                        @mikel I hope that you get the support in between…
                                        i purchased my s9pp since a year and never had big issues like these. The best product I have I’m really lucky with it.

                                        but sometimes I was aware of some thing usages which have brought the watch on some situations…
                                        And sometimes had to clean the phone, or restart (after updates), sometimes had change some options side phone, or suunto app or the watch.
                                        Ifind there are so much options possibilities for the phone, for the suunto app for the watch itself.

                                        But I would say, if you have a big issue and return it the first time, I would say unlucky you were the one of 1000 who get the worse one.
                                        A second one would be really a bad luck, but begin to be strange.
                                        By the third one I would say definitively that something on your side (not on the suunto hardware one) somehow works wrong.

                                        Do you have the possibility to test it on an other phone near of blank (less app and connected devices) and apply the factory reset for the watch and test it ?
                                        May I ask you where did you get the watches ? are they some brand you ones ? or 2nd hand?

                                        @Brad_Olwin yeah I confirmed and I love the titanium one 🙂

                                        suunto 9 peak pro
                                        Custom Android (LineageOS)

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                                        • mikelM Offline
                                          mikel @cemoi71
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                                          @cemoi71 I have just reinstalled the app on my phone, performed a hard reset. The first run was ok. But today the GPS data was again poor for the first 500m. Also hart rate was wrong today (>204 during warm up. it was ok for the last 6 month)

                                          About support: It was not possible to reach the support via app chat. The chat bot was working again. I was No7 in the row. It took long time and my phone switched the display off several times (waiting time over 30min). At the end I have missed the connection to the service agent.

                                          I have contacted Suunto on Instagram. The first Suunto employee gave me s…ty answer like “try using GPS in open area”. After that I have written a little angry and sarcastic answer. So another employee excused for the previous answer and gave me some instructions for soft and hard reset and then the address where I can open a repair case. So I will send it to the repair center. As i know from previous experience that it will take about 2 month, I have just ordered a Garmin Epix Gen2 and will try my luck after 5 Years with Suunto. The Spartan was such a great watch. My wife’s 5 peak is running great and my son has the Suunto 7 and he is still satisfied. I won’t give it a 5th try.

                                          @Brad_Olwin My 2nd S9pp was titanium and it lasted only 12 days when extreme problems with GPS occurred. luckily it was during the 14 days return period.

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                                            cemoi71 @mikel
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                                            @mikel hmmm I find it really strange…
                                            did you tried with an other phone ?
                                            maybe let your son and wife test the watch after the repairation…

                                            suunto 9 peak pro
                                            Custom Android (LineageOS)

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