Suunto Run + New Strap

[raven]

@gerasimos said in Suunto Run + New Strap:

@Sascha-Domres I don’t believe that the Ocean is Suunto’s flagship watch.
It used to be the Ambit Peak, the Suunto 9 Baro, etc., but since the 2023 production line, each model (Ocean , Vertical, Race , Run ) serves a different purpose.
I think there isn’t one that is better than all the others. They are all excellent at exactly what they are designed to do and fitted in every demand/budget of users.
(Just my perspective)

Ocean - hybrid use Dive and multi sport
Vertical - rugged for extended outdoor endurance sports
Race - faster menu browsing when racing and “better” compact fit
Run - running simplest easier use

I like a lot this strategy and categories of Suunto!

I think we can look at this by how Suunto organizes their lineup. On Suunto’s USA site (if different elsewhere, I’m curious to know!), the models are organized like this:

Sports & Training

• Suunto Run ($249, last week, this first position was Suunto 9 Peak Pro)
• Suunto Race S (starting at $349)
• Suunto Race (starting at $399)

Adventure

• Suunto Vertical (starting at $499)

Outdoor Essentials

• Suunto Core ($219)

Dive

• Suunto Ocean ($899)

I can see the argument that Ocean may be considered the flagship based on price; however, that may just be a consequence of its specific functionality and possibly less overall popularity. One might consider the Vertical the flagship again, if it meets a combination of “highest price and quality” along with having a wider audience than the Ocean; I have no idea how much either sells.

On the other hand, perhaps the “flagship” here is the Race, as the most expensive watch in the category with the most models? I’m not sure how much the word flagship really means or what it should represent.

I do see Run, Race S, Race as ideally being almost a “good, better, best” lineup, although really Race and Race S are the same tier as it’s mostly just a size difference (and yes, the optical sensor, but in an ideal world these would have been the same, I’d expect a future “Race 2” series to be the same if two models were released concurrently). This is coloring some of my expectations; for example, in the Garmin world, if one compares the Forerunner 165 with the 265, are there features on the 165 not on the 265? I may be wrong but I don’t recall that. So with the Run / Race situation, viewed as a Venn diagram of features, you don’t have a clear “subset / superset” situation but instead a common middle area with both products having features the other one does not.

[martintrail]

Run is ok, but for me the most important question. What color “Run” strap to the Vertical Ti?

[raven]

@martintrail said in Suunto Run + New Strap:

Run is ok, but for me the most important question. What color “Run” strap to the Vertical Ti?

I’m still trying to figure out if “Coral Orange” is actually red? And “Lime” is yellow, not green, right?

[isazi]

@raven lime is yellow, I’ve got that one

[raven]

@isazi said in Suunto Run + New Strap:

@raven lime is yellow, I’ve got that one

Wouldn’t lemon be a better name then?

Thanks for clarification!

[Tami999]

@martintrail said in Suunto Run + New Strap:

Run is ok, but for me the most important question. What color “Run” strap to the Vertical Ti?

Im aiming for Coral Orange since my Vertical x Mammut is a bit used. Was thinking about black one too. Lime not bad, Frost Gray is meh…

[enriqueescoms]

@enriqueescoms said in Suunto Run + New Strap:

Suunto Climb Guidance is NOT available (at least initially) in this new Run

Okay, I answer myself.

Confirmed: Suunto Climb Guidance is NOT available (at least initially) in this new Run.

[AntoniusGaius]

Didn’t found it anywhere but, if this watch with the new OS does not support SUUNTO+ apps, how will be ZoneSense implemented? Or this will be discontinued in the future because minority of users are able to use it with some constancy? For me it works better than in the past but I still have a lot of doubts. What you think?

[isazi]

@AntoniusGaius ZoneSense is computed in the app after the workout, so it still works, for real-time it’ll probably come to Run at some point, and I think also for older watches it’ll be possible to have it natively without the S+ app

[cosme.costa]

@Tami999 I will go for the coral and the black one. I have read in one review that the straps will cost 29€ each.

[AntoniusGaius]

@isazi Good News Maybe SUUNTO will implement the most used S+ apps as native features in the watch. Which will be great. We will see.
Calculation after workout in the app does not have any sense, as it is real time effort measurement and you need it in real time. My opinion. And it differs between watch and the app. In the app it is presented very aggressively. In every graph it is on the first place no matter what you had as the last one. I use it on the watch in real time, and post workout I look only on HR zones.

[Stefano M64]

@cosme.costa said in Suunto Run + New Strap:

I have read in one review that the straps will cost 29€ each.

a reasonable price

[Tami999]

@cosme.costa said in Suunto Run + New Strap:

@Tami999 I will go for the coral and the black one. I have read in one review that the straps will cost 29€ each.

Good to know. With that price I’ll consider to get more than one

[isazi]

@cosme.costa I may get the coral too when available, let’s see. Damn I have too many straps

[cosme.costa]

@isazi Me too I will get two, my son has a S5Peak that is also compatible with the 22 mm straps and we will share them.

[JANTIKAINEN]

@cosme.costa
Except in Finland it’s probably 49€

[Łukasz Szmigiel]

@JANTIKAINEN yeah straps are also expensive here in Poland too

[SuperFlo75]

@Łukasz-Szmigiel @JANTIKAINEN how can you tell something about the prizes? I can’t find the new strap on the German website

[cosme.costa]

@JANTIKAINEN The silicone ones are also expensive in Spain (49€) but this ones seems that are going to be cheaper as per the review that I’ve read (in Spanish). I expect them also to be cheaper taking into account that nylon straps are quite cheap in Coros and around leaked price in Garmin.

[Łukasz Szmigiel]

@SuperFlo75 I mean Suunto straps in general, not the new ones in particular.