Suunto Race 2 General Discussion
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Scratches are visible bothering myself. Much more visible due to the microtexturized surface of bezel.
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@tas2581 then a titanium watch is not for you, as it will simply scratch easily. That would be the case if you would have just one mechanical tanium watch as well. I know what you mean - men don’t have juwerly, our only accessories are watches, but this is a sports watch … you’ll do with this watch other things that you would with a mechanical watch - wear it in mountains, in a rugged environment, etc. Expecting to not get a scratch from a sports watch is like expecting to not get scratches on a beautiful sports car when you park it just outside on the street, where it belongs. Just my two cents
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Is there a way to set up notifications to only vibrate and not have a tone?
I’m aware of the settings: General -> Tones -> Buttons off / All on / All off.
I would prefer to have it set to “Buttons off” so I can have tones during an activity, but vibrate only for when a notification comes through.
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Lately, I’ve seen more people selling their second-hand R2 watches.
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@Alpha-156.42 to be honest I was trying to sell mine, nobody wanted it so I decided to keep it. There are so many Suunto watches online available for sale in my country, I was very surprised.
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I have two sensors of this type on my bike. One is set for speed and the other for cadence. I hope that they are two different types (speed type and cadence type) and that they could work simultaneously on the watch, but when I connect the speed sensor, it disconnects the cadence sensor and vice versa, so I suppose that unfortunately they are seen as a single type of sensor: a bike pod. Is that right?
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@fuxibaz that is right, if you search on this forum, you find other posts complaining of this problem.
golden nugget that suunto just drops. Reading a pre-acquired digital signal on bluetooth seems not to be suunto’s cup of tea.
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@brechtvb Damn, too bad for us. Sorry for the duplicate and thank you for your reply.
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The Race 2 is my first Smart/Sports watch and I am quite happy
I got a titanium version on a good bargain second hand and I like the look and feel (although I like the bezel of the Vertical or Race1 more).I am on my 10th day and the battery is at 25% with 24/7 HR measurement, sleep tracking and wake-on-rise with only display showing. So far in my 10 days I had 2 GPS activities and 4 non-GPS activities logged. I don’t know exactly if the battery life statement of 18 days includes logged trainings but I cant imagine how to reach 18 days but lets see
still happy with the battery.I think the crown moves too easily and would wish for more haptic feedback. Sleep tracking seems to be quite good, although it misses sometimes some short awake times.
I really love the screen and UI
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Question to V2/R2 owners who have had previous models:
Have you noticed if the new hardware measures less distance in activities than the previous watches?
In my case: I own the V1 and Race S. I’ve been testing the Race 2 for a few days comparing with my previous watches. In all activities, the V1 and RS were virtually identical in distance and kilometer markers. The Race 2 is measuring between 1% and 2% less distance than the V1 in the three runs I’ve done comparing the two watches.
On runs of 9-10km to 13-14km, the Race 2 is measuring between 150 and 200m less (it marks each 1km lap 4-6 seconds later than the V1 or RS). Even in the first kilometer, it “loses” 20-30m compared to everything I have measured, and during the activity, it accumulates more “loses”.
I also notice that the V1 tracks are more stable, as is the pace, especially in boulder fields or forests; it’s more stable in open areas.
To test this, I tried using distance correction on Strava for activities with both watches, and with the V1 and RS, there’s practically no correction. Strava gives the same distance as the watches did. With the Race2, Strava adds the 150-200m difference compared to the previous watches.Is anyone else experiencing this? I’m going to compare a couple more activities and see if I can compare tracks. Yes, I know that 1-2% difference is small, but it’s curious that the two older watches were so similar and this one deviates more. I suppose the hardware change has been more significant and could be the reason.
Another detail: when downloading the GPX/FIT of activities from Race2 and putting it into track viewers, the distance it gives is similar to that of activities with V1, and the one corrected with Strava, that is, with the 150-200m more.
Suunto T3D, Suunto Spartan Trainer, Suunto Spartan Ultra (retired), Suunto 9 Baro (retired), Suunto 9 Peak (retired), Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar, Suunto Race S, Suunto Race 2 Ti.
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@jjpaz I have had consistent distance from all my Suuntos. I have used both generations of Race and Vertical as well as the Race S. They have all been pretty much identical both in wooded and on asphalt. I have had complaints about the software, but GPS and distance accuracy have been spot on update after update for me.
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@jjpaz Distance accuracy is important enough topic to have its own dedicated forum post.
I don’t have V2 or R2, but when I initially tested RS against Garmin Fenix 7X with dual-band GNSS, which is very accurate, I noticed that RS distance was perhaps 1-2% longer than F7X distance - that is on twisty wooded mountain trails. Also I definitely noticed that RS tracks were less accurate with a bit more deviation from the map. For example when I did multiple loops, F7X tracks usually were more aligned on top of each other, but RS track show more deviation between multiple loops. The same applies to R1. When I compare both R1 and RS distances to distances recorded by others using recent Garmin devices, Suunto distances are consistently longer by the same 1-2%.
But to be fair, it is hard to tell, which ones are more accurate as it can be very tricky on mountain trails. It is quite possible that Suunto distances recorded by the previous generation of devices are more accurate.
The only objective result that I have is one local trail race route that is supposedly certified and measured by wheel to be 5.2 miles. Suunto R1 and RS both measure 5 miles, but other brands typically measure 4.75-4.9. So in this case Suunto seems more accurate.
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Just a daft question, as I’ve been going through the Forerunner 955 manual recently. Is the 3D distance active on the Garmin? This used to be an option on the Ambit 3 Peak, but I ‘think’ is built-in to the Race & Vertical models (@mods - please correct me). It’s not enabled by default in my Garmin, and could explain differences in distance measurement.
