People who jumped from 9PP to Race S?

Tieutieu

@2b2bff so far with amoled watches you can navigate with touchscreen on map, but you can’t switch from a screen to another. You have to press the crown go from a screen to another.
With SV and S9pp you can unable touchscreen to navigate between screens (except to exit from map screen)

enriqueescoms

@Tieutieu Really? That’s a shame, I use the touchscreen switch on my 9PP most of the time. (The climate is dry and I hardly sweat.)

Tieutieu

@enriqueescoms unless I missed something, that’s still impossible yes. That’s one of the rare things I dislike on my SRs.

2b2bff

I’m the complete opposite, I would love to navigate the watch exclusively with buttons apart from dragging the map around. I’m used to this from Garmin…

Ecki D.

Speaking for me - Crowns and AMOLED keep me away from upgrading.
AMOLED would be okay but only with maximum battery life.

Most of the time I forget that there is touch too. Maybe because you always have to push a button before starting to use touch.

enriqueescoms

Taking advantage of Black Friday and an additional discount, I ended up buying the Race S. I received it yesterday and I’m going to see if it wins me over.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:

More comfortable than the 9PP. Surprisingly, despite being a tad bigger, it’s more comfortable on my small wrist. (Both are the steel version).
Although the click feel is less robust than on the 9PP, the experience is even a bit more pleasant.
Regarding readability, the improvement over the 9PP isn’t very significant. My expectations were higher.
Installing the maps was much easier than I thought.
I liked the more comprehensive sleep report that the Race S provides compared to the 9PP.
One advantage is that I can finally go back from the navigation screen! (The only downside is that I can’t swipe the screen using the touch function).
On the other hand, I’m still getting used to the screen going completely black.
Related to the above, the delay before the screen activates after a wrist turn is noticeably longer on the Race S; I prefer the 9PP in this regard.
I’m also getting used to the new way of operating the watch: 2 buttons + crown vs. 3 buttons. I’m still not sure which I prefer.
The premium feel is slightly lacking compared to the 9PP. In this sense, the more radically minimalist design of the 9PP appeals to me more than that of the Race S.
One curious thing is that I think the UI interface is smoother on the 9PP than on the Race S. Or at least, because it’s visually less cluttered, it seems more fluid to the eye.

Now all that remains is to put it to the test in real-world activities to thoroughly evaluate it.

2b2bff

@enriqueescoms said in People who jumped from 9PP to Race S?:

I’m still getting used to the screen going completely black.

I use AOD all the time. Can’t stand wearing a blank screen on my wrist. Never could with any make…

enriqueescoms

FIRST ACTIVITIES: (I will keep updating)

INDOOR POOL SWIMMING

The Race S screen is much easier to read. Good point!
I haven’t had any lap count errors, unlike with the 9PP since the last update.
However, one strange thing: the average pace doesn’t correspond to the division between distance and time; it’s incorrect as a mathematical operation. (1,350m in 36min doesn’t give an average pace of 3:01/100m)

2b2bff

@enriqueescoms There are two times, one for the whole activity and one for the time you actually swam - the watch will break your swim in intervals if you stop…

enriqueescoms

RUNNING AND TRAIL RUNNING

The screen is easy to read at both dawn/sunrise and dusk/sunset; the difference compared to the 9PP is noticeable. (I haven’t tested it in full sunlight yet).
Having maps instead of the 9PP’s breadcrumb display is also a significant improvement. Although I never had orientation problems with the 9PP, I think the Race S, with its maps, makes it much easier.
Viewing the different Climb segments is also much easier now with the Race S.
I really didn’t like the screen going black. In the end, I had to enable the Always On Display (AOD).
I also ended up putting the maps in dark mode. The slight lag when switching to the light map display was driving me crazy.
I really missed the distinct tooth color that the 9PP has; I think it makes reading the data easier at a glance because it visually structures it.