Suunto Race 3S General Discussion

strain

@Egika said:

@aiv4r both the sensor and the algorithm has changed compared to Race 2. Suunto is now using their own sleep algorithms instead of licensing 3rd party.

Interesting. If this is the case then I do notice a slight difference compared to my race 2. For my race 2, it would never detect periods of being “awake”. For the first time ever I have noticed instances where it has detected times when it thought I was awake. I don’t know for sure how accurate it is but I do notice this

MLM31

@2b2bff Although it is not one of my main selection criteria, the sleep tracking works very well for me.

Tieutieu

First night at my wrist :
No issue, sleep and VFC values in my usual range
Lost only 2% batterie (with my SRs it was more around 5 to 7% lately).

Exact Same settings than on my SRs :

backlight to low
turn to raise display only
no notifications
auto DND on during sleep time
sleep time : 11pm to 7am

I’ll tested it on activity tonight, but for now I experience what I expected to : a much faster ui, improved build with ti (my SRs was not titanium) ; battery life seems also very promissing for now.

To be clear : I bought it for the potential, and also because I wanted my son to have a watch to follow his hr - I gave him my SRs (he is an athlete - lot of swiming, and he starts to run…but he is suffering benign tachycardia crises from time to time. Tracking ponctual crises is medicaly advised). (And also because I love the brand)

At this point I would not espacially recommand anyone happy with his SRs to do the switch, unless money is not a deal.
But It’s a very nice update.

But those searching for an older watch replacement (S9p, S9pp, S9…) , and searching for a small size, I would definitively recommand to go for this SRs3 instead of SRs (price considerations appart)

VoiGAS

@Tieutieu How about tha Always On display? Good enough to use it without raise to wake? Or more like the RaceS?

2b2bff

@VoiGAS said:

Good enough to use it without raise to wake? Or more like the RaceS?

I have no issues with the AOD on the Race S. Do you find it too dim?

VoiGAS

@2b2bff Yes, most of the time. If there is direct sun the light sensor increases brightness enough, but if not its to dark IMHO. Not the “actice” mode, but the “standby” mode.
Activating takes too long for me during running

2b2bff

@VoiGAS when running I use always on. Had no issues with this setting…

Tieutieu

@VoiGAS no idea yet, I didn’t tested aod. But raise
To wake works well

snow*

@VoiGAS said:

@Tieutieu How about tha Always On display? Good enough to use it without raise to wake? Or more like the RaceS?

yep imo (I’ve the Run 2 but it has same nits and way better than RS)

Tieutieu

Complementary feedback :

crown is definitely smoother and way much easier to use
turn to raise works well
night and daily battery consumption is more than ok (I would say around 6% for 24h)
labels on maps are too small for me except at 50m and zoom level. Unusable to me at other scales. No change on that point compared to SRs
great behaviour of labels so, following streets for instance when navigating on map
sleep algorithm for now gives quite different results than my SRs (unlike I said at first) : most of my night is light sleep, almost no deep sleep. Let’s see trends in time. That bother me that much. Overall night quality score doesn’t seems to be affected so.

fritzbt2013

Just got the race 3s and am wondering if it is normal that the beeps are now much quieter than the previous model and race 2. I’m thinking it may be a defect in my unit (or bug). Or is it a design choice to save battery. If others can share their experience with this I would appreciate it. I may return it and get another to see.

herlas

@fritzbt2013 same here, vibration is quite good and strong but the beeps is lower vs race S as you said. Well share if Support provides feedback.

Tieutieu

« Off” setting of media player is not remembered…it has to be disabled every new activity…pretty annoying unless I missed something ?

martintrail

@fritzbt2013 The Vertical 1 had the last really loud beep and vibration—it was just like the Nokia 3310 and it could wake the dead. Then, when I had the Race and the Vertical 2, they were already much quieter and more subtle. So I think it’s more of a design decision.

Egika

@herlas said:

@fritzbt2013 same here, vibration is quite good and strong but the beeps is lower vs race S as you said. Well share if Support provides feedback.

Yes, it is less loud.
Seems to be by design and not faulty units, as this is the same with all Race 3s.

Egika

@Tieutieu said:

« Off” setting of media player is not remembered…it has to be disabled every new activity…pretty annoying unless I missed something ?

Correct. You are not missing anything. This is not nice.
One thing you can do at the moment:
Disable the media player in Settings -> Training.

It will then stay off.
(Until you enable it in one sports mode. From there it will stay on again, until you disable it globally again…)

strain

@Tieutieu yes this is quite annoying and not like the race 2

Tieutieu

@Egika ~~oh very much thank you ! I don’t intend to use it so this option I had not find it perfect for me !~~
edit : nope false joyce it doesn’t work, “default player” is selected and comes back even in parameters/player

Egika

@Tieutieu said:

@Egika ~~oh very much thank you ! I don’t intend to use it so this option I had not find it perfect for me !~~
edit : nope false joyce it doesn’t work, “default player” is selected and comes back even in parameters/player

ok, then this has already changed with my test firmware.
I remember it always reset to on after opening any sport mode some weeks ago. This has already been extensively discussed with and acknowledged by Suunto. So up to then your only chance is to wait for a FW update…

Tieutieu

@Egika It seems to be a bug to me. Setting it off in general setting => when coming back it’s ON again