Wrist power instead of Stryd?
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Since the latest update I am really sure that my S9PP shows the power from the watch/wrist instead of the power from the Stryd sensor even when the sensor is shown as connected on the landing page of the workout. Maybe a bug came in here?
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@jschmidt can you elaborate what makes you think so?
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There are many points that make me think so: The power values are less responsive (they feel more like 10s than 3s), they are about 10W lower, I see drops (the value goes to zero and goes again up to its former level). I’m using Stryd for many years but never saw such reactions.
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There is a known issue with the drops to 0w originally reported for the Race S but I think now also reported for the Race and the Vertical. I know what you mean regarding the 10s response time with the in-built power but I’ve not noticed this (or the 10w difference) on my Race S even though I am seeing the drops to 0w. I’ll pay more attention to power rate of update on my run tomorrow. There’s some confusion whether the issue is a display bug or a bluetooth problem or something else. I’ve tried to test whether it’s related to the environment but have not found any patterns. FYI, the original issue on the Race S was reported very quickly after the latest firmware update so the conversation about it is in that topic.
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@far-blue Should not be a Bluetooth problem as it also happens with inbuild power
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@jschmidt as others said, sounds like the known issue related to power drops to 0 that’s is there in the last couple of software updates… Validate power avg values between Suunto app vs Stryd app specially for structured workouts. If there’s a big difference in watts in the manual laps, this confirms the known issue.
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Thank you guys for all your answers! I did a search on this forum before I made this post but it looks like I missed that this is a known issue. I’m wondering a bit why I didn’t notice this during all of my running sessions in the past. But anyway, maybe I began to watch at my wrist too often… Finally I resume that I have to wait for (one of the) next update to get out of this minor trouble.
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I checked on my latest run and the power values are updating as rapidly as I’d expect from stryd so my gut feeling is that the stryd is being used.
Yeah, we are all just waiting now for Suunto to identify the bug, fix, test and release an update. In the mean time, the consensus is that the recorded data is fine or, at least, good enough so the issue shouldn’t impact your stryd dashboard, the Suunto App or any 3rd party services you use.
