Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!

[A Former User]

@Brad_Olwin said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:

Vertical speed fields are good enough on S9b

I find vertical speed to be way too jumpy, at least when measured in ft/hour - that is what the default mountain running sport mode has.

Recently I realized that in custom mode an alternative vertical speed field can be used which shows speed as ft/min. @Brad_Olwin, is that the field you use?

[Brad_Olwin]

@silentvoyager I use ft/hr as most of the uphills that I do are very long. For SkiMo I find ft/hr useful and not jumpy but I also use speed so I can see if my downhill laps (typically during races) are equal or if I have slowed down. I would use ft/min if the hills were smaller. My hills are usually a minimum of 700m.

[freeheeler]

@Brad_Olwin
I use m/h for all my activities.
I’ve set it up for ascent rate on ascents only, ascent rate for the entire recording and ascent rate “now”.
depending if it’s a lot of ups and downs or long flats between ascents or only one long climb it’s very useful. I assume this is not possible with s9b?

[Brad_Olwin]

@TELE-HO said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:

@Brad_Olwin
I use m/h for all my activities.
I’ve set it up for ascent rate on ascents only, ascent rate for the entire recording and ascent rate “now”.
depending if it’s a lot of ups and downs or long flats between ascents or only one long climb it’s very useful. I assume this is not possible with s9b?

Stupid imperial system in USA, I use metric at work but tough to switch. The S9b allows all of this and you can have an elevation graph if you like. For example, you could have total elevation gain and ascent rate as well as total descent and descent rate as well as an elevation graph that provides altitude and shows the profile in real time. This is in addition to the route profile. One reason why I do not need the majority of apps I used on the A3P.

[A Former User]

@TELE-HO If the watch is configured in metric units the choices are m/hr or m/min. If the watch is configured in imperial units - ft/hr or ft/min.

[freeheeler]

@Brad_Olwin
my us workmates use metric, too.

good to know about the graph. today I’m still heavily in love with my apps… let’s see how all this turns out finally

[Kristen Maria]

@silentvoyager I have been wondering about that. I have increased my backlight brightness to 100% and still can’t read messages or see my watch face very well when indoors. Is there some way to remedy that? I bought the watch based on the photos I saw online where the watch face was easily visible!

[Mff73]

@Kristen-Maria
Have you check you don’t have DND mode, or powersaving mode on ?
100% backlight is huge.

[Kristen Maria]

@Mff73 I don’t have power saving mode on, but how do I get to DND mode? I’ve only had the watch for a day and have been trying everything to try to get the screen to be more visible.

[Mff73]

@Kristen-Maria
Long press middle button, and first option is DND mode (with a trigger slider)

[Kristen Maria]

@Mff73 oh, Do Not Disturb…no, both modes are off. I’m talking about visibility mode indoors. Outdoors I can see fairly well. It’s like the initial poster says, indoor visibility is very poor. There is very little change between, say 45% and 100% brightness. It is definitely not twice the brightness. Thinking about taking it to a store that sells Suuntos and looking at their floor models.

[Saketo Nemo]

@Kristen-Maria
if it is so hard to read the watch, enable the backlight in stand by

[Kristen Maria]

@Saketo-Nemo I have also done that. I’m thinking about doing a hard reset to see if that solves the issue. I feel like I have covered everything and I see nothing online that indicates this is a common problem. I want to wear the watch while training and also in daily non-training use, so it’s important for me to be able to see the time. Sport modes are very visible outdoors, so that is not a problem, fortunately.

[Saketo Nemo]

Forgive me if I insist, but I want to be sure there is no misunderstanding due to English.
I understand that you see it well during the sport. My advice was to turn the light on in standby mode in clock mode.
The specific because it seems to me impossible not to see the time with the backlight activated
Did I express myself well?

[Kristen Maria]

@Saketo-Nemo Yes, I understood your English well. Thank you for the advice!

[Saketo Nemo]

mmm…ok, I’m sorry it’s not served

[freeheeler]

@Kristen-Maria
could you please upload a foto (without flash in your usual ambient) to show the community how it looks?
maybe a close one and from usual view on the watch distance?

[Kristen Maria]

@TELE-HO

It looks a lot brighter in the photo. I’ve played with it a little bit and certain colors look brighter than other colors on the watch faces.

[freeheeler]

@Kristen-Maria
does somebody know the screen technologie s9 vs fenix?
I’ve had a fenix 3 couple of years back and never had an issue reading the display in lowlight

[sartoric]

Just for the sake of chatting … I’ve set backlight to 30
Of course not an S9, maybe it’s different.