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    I'm I the only who believes Suunto 9 is more of a SIDEGRADE than UPGRADE to Ambit 3 peak?

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      A Former User @freeheeler
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      @TELE-HO said in I'm I the only who believes Suunto 9 is more of a SIDEGRADE than UPGRADE to Ambit 3 peak?:

      S9 is more of a smartwatch where the Ambit is the do-it-all and survive everything tough guy is.

      I would argue that Ambit3 is a “smarter” watch than S9. Ambit3 can run arbitrary apps in sport modes and has more customization. S9 is shinier with graphics interface and more comfortable but dumbed down compared to Ambit3.

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      • zhang965Z Offline
        zhang965 @Brad_Olwin
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        @Brad_Olwin

        I don’t get you, all s9 users should run ultras ? I even don’t do any sport, i use s9 as a dress watch,

        #2, I did say s9 is a watch with more modern elements than a3p, s9 is more adapted for nowadays.

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          Luís Pinto Platinum Member @zhang965
          last edited by Luís Pinto

          @zhang965 even people that don’t make ultras benefict with battery impact. Well is not battery but more less consumption of gps chipset. People with S5 is amazing to get 20 hours in performance mode.

          SR
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          • zhang965Z Offline
            zhang965 @Luís Pinto
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            @Luís-Pinto
            I still don’t understand the argument, I said odd numbers have more modern elements (eg battery improvements)

            my point was, Suunto odd numbers are not compatible with old ambit series, you cannot say apple is an upgrade of a coca cola, they are not the same stuff, the odd numbers are new beginning point for suunto.

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              Luís Pinto Platinum Member @zhang965
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              @zhang965 🤔

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                A Former User @Brad_Olwin
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                @Brad_Olwin said in I'm I the only who believes Suunto 9 is more of a SIDEGRADE than UPGRADE to Ambit 3 peak?:

                @zhang965 Seems like most of you do not run ultras. FusedTrack is the most amazing feature since having GPS track runs!!!

                I run ultras. I’ve never ever used FusedTrack because the battery life in Performance mode has been sufficient so far. There are very few ultras that might require 30+ hours to finish. So FusedTrack is a feature that I might use once per year or perhaps never. I would be far more excited if FusedTrack worked in Performance mode for better accuracy on switchbacks.

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                  @silentvoyager said in I'm I the only who believes Suunto 9 is more of a SIDEGRADE than UPGRADE to Ambit 3 peak?:

                  Ambit3 can run arbitrary apps in sport modes and has more customization

                  that is totally true! the ambit apps are top notch!!

                  living sideways

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                  • Luís PintoL Offline
                    Luís Pinto Platinum Member @Guest
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                    @silentvoyager who knows…

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                    • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                      Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager
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                      Apps apps apps ;-_)

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                      • mario_bM Offline
                        mario_b
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                        which “apps” are you all using on the ambit? an for what sport? (sorry of topic again 🙂 )

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                          freeheeler @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
                          S9ers are jealous about apps, right? 😜

                          living sideways

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                            freeheeler @mario_b
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                            @mario_b
                            I’ve got only few installed… but the first one listed I find priceless:

                            • 5min ascent rate (average of the last 5minutes ascent rate in meters per HOUR (!)…)
                            • ascent rate (transforms the normal ascent rate from m/min to m/h)
                            • hill grade live (shows how steep in percent you are climbing, for cycling)
                            • swissgrid x/y (swiss coordinste system)
                            • DH counter (for skiing, started using it for trials as we started skiing with the kids on the slopes, I went only backcountry until last year, will use this app more serious next season)
                            • not inuse at the moment: hours until sunrise/sunset at your last gps signals location

                            there are many more… like tonns of them 🙂
                            you remind me that I long ago wanted to scroll thru usefull apps again 👍

                            living sideways

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                            • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                              Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @freeheeler
                              last edited by

                              @TELE-HO apps can solve a big part of the problem. From race prediction to cooper test etc

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                              • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                                Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @freeheeler
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                                @TELE-HO I can even imagined a load app and adds an extra screen to your watch. Id love that

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                                • BulkanB Offline
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                                  I´ve been so close to buy and Ambit 3 because the apps… I’ve reading and playing with the simulator…

                                  Drills when I’m swimming are missed… yes and nobody’s swim here… or what?

                                  This being said, today exploring a new zone, created a route in the suunto app, transferred to my watch (dreaming about the POI but knowing that are coming), the navigation was perfect, ETA… When I’m traveling I don’t carry the laptop… so it is very easy to use.

                                  The UI of the Suunto 9 is very clean, the screen is gorgeous.

                                  I hope one day we could have, even vía partners, synced plans of training and structured workouts.

                                  But I agree with the statement “Ambit is over, Suunto 9 is the present and rocks”

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                                  • BulkanB Offline
                                    Bulkan Moderator @freeheeler
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                                    @TELE-HO

                                    Imagine:

                                    • RSS running.
                                    • Running effectiveness.
                                    • Race calculator
                                    • Stryd app with all the data, even the new one is coming in the new Stryd.
                                    • Gradient left.
                                    • ratio power/heartbeat
                                    • structured workout

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                                    • mario_bM Offline
                                      mario_b @freeheeler
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                                      @TELE-HO sounds good. i just read the docu of it. and tryed to write a few. it’s really ease to use. and much they’ve added much functions and variables.

                                      not inuse at the moment: hours until sunrise/sunset at your last gps signals location

                                      can you add them to non sports profiles too?

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                                      • freeheelerF Offline
                                        freeheeler @mario_b
                                        last edited by

                                        @mario_b
                                        I don’t think so, never tried…

                                        living sideways

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                                        • mario_bM Offline
                                          mario_b @freeheeler
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                                          @TELE-HO ah! i understood that wrong. i thought you mean, you can display the hours for example to sunrise on the watch display without being in an activity.
                                          greetings from the country neighbour right next to yours. 🙂

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                                          • zhang965Z Offline
                                            zhang965 @freeheeler
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                                            @TELE-HO I have 0 app on my ambit 3

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