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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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    • Luís PintoL Offline
      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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        • freeheelerF Offline
          freeheeler @Guest
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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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                • freeheelerF Offline
                  freeheeler @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                  @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
                  S9ers are jealous about apps, right? 😜

                  living sideways

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

                                living sideways

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                                  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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                                      A Former User @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Exactly, a lot of requirements and customization can be solved via apps. I miss the apps…

                                      @mario_b you can found a lot at the Suunto Apps Library and also make your own code: http://www.movescount.com/apps for your A3P.

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                                      • mario_bM Offline
                                        mario_b @Guest
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                                        @flypg i know, thanks, i allready read the documentary for it and scripted a few. for example, heart rate zones depending on my lactate threshold with alarm. as working as a system admin, its kind of a quick and easy option to script yourself what you want. 🙂 👍

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                                          chrish Bronze Member
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                                          So just an anecdotal backing of the Ambit3 series.

                                          Coming from ABC watches like the Essential, I started in GPS watch land with an Ambit3 Vertical then switched to the Spartan Sport WHR Baro. Vertical was a GPS nightmare. But apps and onboard POI were nice features and I very much missed them moving to the Spartan. With Movescount going away in 12+ months and no guarantee or specifics about what will and won’t be supported, I just bought an Ambit3 Peak today. I can get it configured in the hopes that it’ll be supported. But if it never gets full support in the Suunto App, at a minimum I’ll have it app-ed up in the next 12 months and I can also navigate without a phone app or any syncing by using the POI feature on the watch. IMO, it’s the only Suunto product that truly can meet this particular use-case and it can pretty much do it and never be connected to a phone app or the web by using it stand alone.

                                          Could have bought an S9 at 3 times the price. But given my usage, the Ambit3 is still going to be the superior device until I see more commitment from Suunto for true back-country use rather than sport/training analysis.

                                          The Spartan is going to be relegated to less that Fitbit status as a HR capable fitness tracker. And my Suunto Essential will still be my daily driver.

                                          The market is ripe for some company to take all of Suunto/Garmin’s backpacking, hiking, mountaineering business.

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                                          • freeheelerF Offline
                                            freeheeler @zhang965
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                                            @zhang965
                                            yes, you’re using your watch as a jewellery to look good, not for sports… you don’t need apps to look good 😉
                                            sarcastic mode off:

                                            I was surprised when I listed my apps for Mario how few apps I actually use, but I know that they’re there (still… hope to be continued in SA…???) and if I miss anything I search for it and maybe copy and adapt it… I will never program it myself… I saw the instruction, I tried, I awefully failed… I’m too stupid for that stuff… I’m a mechanical engineer, I’m used to gears and threads…
                                            But to have the possibility to create an app that simply converts a (for me) useless unit of m/min into m/h is really really great!! …when I’m tired of skinning a new track in deep pow, I am not able to calculate m/min -> m/h…

                                            living sideways

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