It's 2024 - Anyone Still Training Only With An Ambit?
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Still using an Ambit2 for ski activities. Simplicity and robustness.
I don’t run anymore with it, a 9PP is much better for everything now but I think of using again the Ambit in 2026 for ski. -
@overgrowntrail said in It's 2024 - Anyone Still Training Only With An Ambit?:
Battery life could be longer, but learned to arrange with 20-30 h.
I would strongly advise against using the extended 30h battery mode on Ambit. It simply doesn’t work as it should be, and I doubt that Suunto has ever fixed it.
10 years ago I used this 30h mode during my first 100 mile ultramarathon (which was the famous Western States). For a few hours the extended battery mode worked OK, although the distance accuracy was less than perfect. But during the run something has happened and the watch started being increasingly less accurate at measuring distance, and by the end it was consistently doubling the distance - adding 0.01 mile (16 meters) for every 10 steps that I walked when I took walk breaks and looked at the watch. After the race I had an exchange with Suunto support. From that it seemed that over the course of the race the amount of GPS errors accumulated and it switched to measuring distance from the accelerometer, but continued to also measure distance from GPS and adding both distances together, hence doubling the distance. Also, it didn’t even last 30 hours and the battery died at 25-26 hours.
So Ambit 3 Peak wasn’t flawless by any means!Also, at the time Ambit 3 Peak had a similar issue with double counting distance in tunnels - you’d go into a tunnel and it would switch to accelerometer based distance, but upon exiting the tunnel, once it regained GPS, it would add GPS distance too. I observed this when running Seattle Marathon. I wonder if this has been fixed in modern Suunto watches? I haven’t had a chance to test that.
Also, comparing distance measured by Ambit 3 Peak at the highest accuracy vs modern Suunto or Garmin watches, when running on trails in Pacific Northwest of USA, A3P distance was consistently short by 3-7%. Despite its large antenna, it wasn’t as accurate as people think. It was more accurate than most watches at the time a decade ago, but compared to modern watches with dual-frequency GNSS, A3P accuracy is mediocre.
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@sky-runner said in It's 2024 - Anyone Still Training Only With An Ambit?:
It was more accurate than most watches at the time a decade ago, but compared to modern watches with dual-frequency GNSS, A3P accuracy is mediocre.
Can’t disagree, but I still like them
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It’s 2026 and I start “training” with an Ambit 3 Peak.
As some of you may have seen I started vibe codding an app for these watches, and recoverd the workout feature that we had in movescount .So last weeks I start doing the couch to 5k running workout with it. Really a pleasure for me, simple, no frills, some beeps and let’s go.If it would vibrate would be perfect for my use
Plan to also start swimming, and from my testings apparently it will be possible to also follow swimming workouts with the Ambit 3 (I believe it was not possible before).
If anyone is still training with the ambit, and wants to test the app or a certain type of workout let me know.
My main sport is cyclind and for that I use a cycling computer, so real workout testing with the ambit may be slow on my side.And yeah I agree with @sky-runner, accuracy for today’s standards is not top notch, but for my use it is enough.
Ambit 3 Peak Sapphire | Kailash | Hammerhead Karoo 3
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@André-Faria accuracy in terms of elevation seems still better though than most . GPS , is indeed not as modern watches provide
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@thanasis I can’t tell you that, I live in a flat area ahhaa
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Ambit 3 peak. I do it also, from time to time. Have it for 10y almost. Works like charm from the day one.
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André-Faria said:
It’s 2026 and I start “training” with an Ambit 3 Peak.
As some of you may have seen I started vibe codding an app for these watches, and recoverd the workout feature that we had in movescount .So last weeks I start doing the couch to 5k running workout with it. Really a pleasure for me, simple, no frills, some beeps and let’s go.If it would vibrate would be perfect for my use
Plan to also start swimming, and from my testings apparently it will be possible to also follow swimming workouts with the Ambit 3 (I believe it was not possible before).
If anyone is still training with the ambit, and wants to test the app or a certain type of workout let me know.
My main sport is cyclind and for that I use a cycling computer, so real workout testing with the ambit may be slow on my side.And yeah I agree with @sky-runner, accuracy for today’s standards is not top notch, but for my use it is enough.
To get back to that, yes possible to do swim workouts. After years out of a pool, this big boy and the test made me get back to it
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@blabla It’s stories like these that make me appreciate this brand
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@André-Faria - Great, i was also looking to vibe code something for it.
@maryn - Yes, i cant believe that is working this good after almost 10y.
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@André-Faria - Great, i was also looking to vibe code something for it.
@maryn - Yes, i cant believe that is working this good after almost 10y.
check my app sommet maybe I can integrate something that may be missing to you.
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