9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned
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@Elipsus said in 9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned:
it’s a really nice minimalist design and great functionality combo (that unfortunately doesn’t seem to exist “anywhere else” including in other brands)
Yes, this has me worried enough to consider purchasing a second 9PP as a backup. I agree with you that the design and functionality are just about perfect. I doubt we’ll ever see another fully-featured, minimal, MIP-based watch like it again, from Suunto or any other brand. The Coros Apex 4 was a nice MIP surprise, but I can’t get on with their design language.
and the battery life is definitely not 20 days anymore
Yeah, that ship sailed when the software moved to 24/7 HR recording. When the 9PP was first released, it recorded at 10 minute intervals, which saved a ton of battery. Personally, I find the daily HR readings meaningless, so I switch it off during the day. I turn it back on at night if I want to record sleep. Seems to add a few days to the battery life.
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Just noticed that the 9PP now has a max zoom of 2000 km. Not sure if this is a feature or bug, but I bet everyone with maps would like this.
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Here’s a quick video demonstrating how the touchscreen breaks when on the activity navigation screen. Added this to the list of bugs above.
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9 Peak Pro… ahh… 9 Peak was my first Suunto (and first sportwatch, not smartwatch). After 2 days I returned it and ordered 9 Peak Pro. Such a cool watch. I used it some time than there was discount for Suunto watches. There was bug that -40% or something was worked for Vertical 1 too (instead of older Suunto watches) plus I bought Refurbished one. I dont remember exactly price but it was like 1/2 for Refurb (came like brand new, just different box) I remember like after 24h they repaired that bug with promotion. I used Vertical 1 2 years, give my 9PP to my mom (she uses it to this day!). Moved to Race1 to try amoled, and decided to keep it, now using Race 2. That’s my Suunto story, but I’ll remember 9PP. Vertical was honestly my first watch I was so happy with (maps, so goood battery, tank build).
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D duffman19 referenced this topic
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I wasn’t suggesting that it will be abandoned anytime soon.
Well, I guess I was wrong.
I’ve still got my fingers crossed that there might be a Suunto employee with love for the 9PP who will come along and fix these little niggles. (wink wink @pavel.samokha @isazi)
I suppose the reality is that most 9PP users are out there in the world happily enjoying their watches and not nit-picking the details here on the forum. Good for them. Maybe I’ll join them…
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@duffman19 unfortunately I only volunteer some of my time to test Suunto’s products (hardware and software) and not work for them, but even then, I doubt the company would green light one of their developers maintaining a watch on their own. I guess S9PP does not make any money for Suunto anymore, and the hardware is so behind that every new feature would have to be designed specifically for this watch.
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@isazi Understood. Thanks for the reply and for all of your input across the forum. I guess this will now just be a 9PP appreciation post, which is just as well.
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Maybe we could start some sort of crowd founding campaign for a LTS 9PP
Further I think it would be cool if older products - not specifically Suunto, could gain a 2nd live by community driven development.
There is something similar around with cameras like magic lantern for Canon EOS: https://www.magiclantern.fm -
Love mine too ! It’s the perfect watch !
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9PP user here!
Great watch and amazing updates for a 3-year-old device, but the sound/vibration issue (with the latest update) is very annoying.
Also, in Trail mode with the Polar H9 heart rate belt, the heart rate zone indicator (the frame in each window) doesn’t work. I switched to Run mode and it started working again.
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@MirkoP said in 9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned:
Also, in Trail mode with the Polar H9 heart rate belt, the heart rate zone indicator (the frame in each window) doesn’t work. I switched to Run mode and it started working again.
possibly you changed intensity zones for your trail running to something different? Check for this in the options. E.g. If you changed this to ZoneSense, it will take 10 minutes to actually show something…
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@2b2bff you perfectly right! I’ve checked and I had zonesense for trail mode. Thanks a lot!
Instead yesterday night the ohr does not work and this cause a bad recording info for the sleeping data. I think it’s the first time after a lot of correct night!I would like to add the usually the data ara incredible align with the real info (I’m a father and when my son wake up in the night and I bring him in parents bed, the watch are able to capture this awake time)
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I’ve been wearing my titanium watch daily for three years. I love its look, its size, and its battery, which allows me to go on expeditions to mountain huts for several days without recharging. Unfortunately, the heart rate tracking during activities has never been very good, but it’s worse than ever lately and is almost completely unreliable. This is too frustrating, especially since my Suunto Smart chest strap just died. I dream of the performance of the Race 2, but the size and look of my 9 Peak Pro. Who knows…
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@mercierml in size and look Race S comes closest to S9 Peak Pro
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@mercierml I wonder if there would be at least bugfix releases for the 9PP while it is still on sale.
But I think that train is gone since the last update
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@Ecki-D. yes, for clear watch bugs there still can be fix releases.
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@Egika this is likely only the “everyone has their time offset” type though, as happened in 2020, right? Suunto has no prior history of issuing bug fixing only updates after FW updates are done.
If they do, I will absolutely make an effort to catalogue the myriad little bugs. But I can’t believe that to be true based on previous evidence.
Suunto Spartan Trainer Wrist HR / 9PP Refurb
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@The_77 I can’t remember the details atm, but I am quite sure there was a bug fix for watches that didn’t receive any regular updates anymore. I think it was related to security.
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@The_77 said in 9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned:
@Egika this is likely only the “everyone has their time offset” type though, as happened in 2020, right? Suunto has no prior history of issuing bug fixing only updates after FW updates are done.
This is just wrong. One example is Spartan Ultra receiving bug fix 2.8.32 long time after active development had stopped…
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@Egika said in 9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned:
yes, for clear watch bugs there still can be fix releases.
I guess the question is what would Suunto consider a bug? Like @the_77 mentioned we could probably make a pretty long list of things that don’t quite work as expected. But I’m guessing the nit-picky things won’t ever be addressed.
What about some of the big picture things, though, like the clearly broken activity navigation screen (touch doesn’t work, can’t scroll back to previous data screen, old/ineffective zoom function) or the constant phantom notifications? I would qualify these as bugs, but does Suunto?
