Suunto Race S general discussion
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And new altimeter in Race S (but is very good in the Race too). The only real difference that can be important is the tracking on openwater swimming. The Race has bad reports but the Race S has good ones. Don’t know after the latest update if that has been fixed for the Race.
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@Bexs2247 What did you not like about the color? Thinking of buying it for the wife? What is the bezel color like? Does it have any golden tint to it?
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Hello everyone.
I purchased a Suunto Race S last week.
And i am no lucky boy, sadly.
It’s the first time since more ten years of wearing Suunto watch with no issues.
But …
My Race S is entering in boot loop.
I tried to soft reboot with no chance. I tried to shut down the battery to 0% with no chance. I tried to downgrade the firmware with no chance.
If someone have a the solution to solve it, thank you !
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@Mi_chael as said in private message, if this happens more than one time, please contact support. They will replace the watch.
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Yes, thank you !
I’m waiting the opening time.It’s just to inform the community, no worries !
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@Ketoohs the pink strap was a bit of a wishy washy pink. The bezel was silver but kind of felt a bit cheap? I’m used to my Apple Watch I guess.
Why I’m thinking of either getting the black one or trying the race in the titanium version
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The bezel is the same than the Powder Gray.
It’s gold
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@SuuntoR I have the same problem. Very hard to rotate the crown with one finger, grinding sound, crown rubbing against the case.
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@wmichi I had this (grinding sound) after I changed the tires of my truck myself. Before the watch was flawless out of the box. Then some dust/debris must have gotten between wheel and case.
I pressed and turned to no avail, and then splashed the watch with tap water. This washed out whatever was stuck there and the wheel is good as before. Not freewheeling but easily turnable with one finger -
@Egika Well, mine did this right out of the box. I am already in contact with support.
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Hi All,
If I added manual activity (.fit file) into suunto app in example data from treadmill, will the activity data (i.e. step count, etc) become double since I’m wearing the Race S while treadmill but not record the activity.
Anyway, it’s a shame that suunto doesn’t have a HR broadcast feature.
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I am using now S9P. Would like to go to S9PPro, but Pro has no dual band GPS. Is it way better for scrambling / climbing? Now I have something like this with old S9P. Would like more accuracy for navigation during scrambling. Therefore Race S will be better than S9PP because of dual band? And I should go with the Race S? Is Race / Vertical even more accurate than Race S?
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@suuntastic All of them (dual band) should be more accurate. What I’ve observed in the trails (under big and thick forest) the Vertical shines. It’s better (for me) than the Ocean and the Race, maybe due to the design of the antenna? Maybe Ti plays role? not sure but it is the most accurate. Keep in mind not some huge differences but a bit better. Of course all of them are much better than what you shared
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@suuntastic I’d say its a bit on the noisy, not smooth side. I would prefer if there was an option to reduce the vibration.
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Been using the Race S for more than a week now and noticed the following scenarios where improvement is much appreciated:
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Whenever I land on some screen which is not the home/default screen, I would need to go back manually. It would be great if it can automatically revert to the default screen after x amount of seconds. This only applies when not in sports mode.
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Vibration strength should be configurable (low/mid/high)
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Enabling phone notifications would result with a vibration on every notification. Would be great if we can enable vibrations ONLY for calls while still receiving phone notifications on the watch.
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I noticed whenever I’m holding something with my watch hand and not swinging my arm while on a walk, steps aren’t counted correctly. This is annoying.
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More configurable watch faces are needed with more complications
slots. Or maybe allow users to create their own watch faces and upload on some common platform for others to use. -
I also noticed that breaths per minute and current HRV aren’t measured for some reason. These were some interesting metrics on my previous watch.
Not sure where to post these feature requests so I’m trying here first.
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@carabott said in Suunto Race S general discussion:
Been using the Race S for more than a week now and noticed the following scenarios where improvement is much appreciated:
- Whenever I land on some screen which is not the home/default screen, I would need to go back manually. It would be great if it can automatically revert to the default screen after x amount of seconds. This only applies when not in sports mode.
it does so. I go into the logbook and just wait -> watch returns to watch face after one minute or so. What exactly do you mean?
- I noticed whenever I’m holding something with my watch hand and not swinging my arm while on a walk, steps aren’t counted correctly. This is annoying.
I think this is physics. As the watch is worn on the arm, it can only guess that you are walking, by arm movement. If the arm is held still, there’s no way for the watch to know about your steps.
- More configurable watch faces are needed with more complications
slots.
Coming
- I also noticed that breaths per minute and current HRV aren’t measured for some reason. These were some interesting metrics on my previous watch.
HRV is a metric that currently is only measured during the night to check your recovery status. Respiration rate was a metric introduced with Ambit3. It is a value that can be read from the HRV. I am just not sure what it would be used for… What’s your interest on respiration rate based on?
t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal,
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@Egika said in [Suunto Race S general discussion]
I think this is physics. As the watch is worn on the arm, it can only guess that you are walking, by arm movement. If the arm is held still, there’s no way for the watch to know about your steps.
smartphone apps count steps on the base of the accelerometer measurements even if the smartphone is kept in a pocket or in the backpack and does not swing at all, moreover I noticed that the steps are about half the correct value if I walk with hiking poles, the arms swing but the arc they do is smaller in this case, hopefully the algorithm could be improved to detect steps in different situations
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@Egika thank you for your reply!
Most of my observations come from years of using a Garmin watch. So, apologies if my comparison is not fair or correct.
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Regarding the timeout, I don’t think I’ve every waited 1 minute maybe that’s why. Will try it out.
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Regarding the steps issue, not sure how Garmin managed, but it was accurate over there.
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Regarding the respiration rate, it was an interesting metric to observe while running (controlled breathing and all) and after sleeping. Sleep apnea related symptoms was a thing I was trying to monitor.
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- Regarding the timeout, I don’t think I’ve ever waited 1 minute maybe that’s why. Will try it out.
I believe it’s much less than a minute. For example if I go to the HR widget and rotate my watch away from me, it leaves in ~10sec. You can also swipe to the right (back) from every widget and go to the watchface or press the down button (back).
- Regarding the steps issue, not sure how Garmin managed, but it was accurate over there.
I have FR965, AWU and Race and I find the Race to count ‘active’ steps. These are steps where I literally walk not just goof around the house with minor movement. The FR965 can be tricked to count steps by just moving your arm, the AWU too but you need more simulation of movement so it’s more accurate for me. But for me the Race is much closer to the real (active) steps I’d rather count than count everything as a step.
- Regarding the respiration rate, it was an interesting metric to observe while running (controlled breathing and all) and after sleeping. Sleep apnea related symptoms was a thing I was trying to monitor.
Valid point.
Cheers.
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@carabott same for me for vertical. vertical is my dream watch, but it is sooo annoying, when using timer much or achieving some more messages… Vibration is so hard and little noisy. That’s why I use daily unfortunately more often S9P and vertical more for sports (bought very recently). Hard vibrations should be configurable (daily and sports). Coros Apex 2 also gets subtile vibrations. Why not Suunto? Can’t be that there are only few persons that saying…
