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

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    • freeheelerF Offline
      freeheeler @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
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      @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
      why? it doesn’t consume noticeable battery

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      • freeheelerF Offline
        freeheeler
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        after using my s9b for the first time the first thought I have is why is it not possible to toggle the use of satellite systems? I see you can select gps, gps+glonass and gps+galileo… it would be nice to use galileo alone or galileo+glonass

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        • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
          Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @freeheeler
          last edited by Torbjørn Høstmark Borge

          @TELE-HO i know, but a minor group (including me), are a little bit more prone to addictions than others. Reaching 40k steps each day is a killer. It really helps when you can turn that feature off.

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          • freeheelerF Offline
            freeheeler @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
            last edited by freeheeler

            @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
            😁 then you better leave it switched on and face your addiction to overcome it 😉

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            • sartoricS Offline
              sartoric Moderator @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
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              @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
              Lower the goal to 100 😄

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              • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @freeheeler
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                @TELE-HO impossible ☺️. Seriously, it’s not something you want to experience.

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                • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                  Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @sartoric
                  last edited by

                  @sartoric 100 steps a day?🤓. I’m more l kind of a 1-point-something-million…

                  But it should be possible to turn it off.

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                  • freeheelerF Offline
                    freeheeler @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
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                    @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
                    I’m working in an office and try to move in my free time a bit… sometimes I don’t even get 5k steps 😉
                    but maybe you can place this request in the firmware update/feature suggestion rather that in this thread?

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                      ianshowalter @pilleus
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                      @pilleus There’s actually a reason expensive watches with built in OHR tend to have worse readings than cheaper fitness trackers: weight. The heavier that one-sided weight is on your wrist, the more likely it is to bounce around a little and mess up the HR data. So, yes, generally that base-model activity tracker is going to track your heart rate during activities like running better than an S9 or a Fenix. It’s paradoxical, but it’s a limitation of wrist-based HR.

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                      • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                        Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @freeheeler
                        last edited by

                        @TELE-HO Thanks for your advice, I’m new to this forum, so after reading a bit here, I thought this was the best place

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                        • freeheelerF Offline
                          freeheeler @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
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                          @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
                          no worries!
                          Johann has created this thread to give people the chance to compare a bit more between older watches and the S9B…
                          it finally made me buy the S9B 😀

                          living sideways

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                          • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                            Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @freeheeler
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                            @TELE-HO great 🙂.
                            I’ve always seen myself as a Garmin man, but I’ve used a lot of watches since I’m reviewing them for my website. Over the last months I’ve started to miss the Suunto 9 Baro. Garmin has so many more features, but there was something about Suunto 9 that made me feel that it was “bombproof”. I could have walked into a storm and found my way out.

                            I great thing about Suunto 9 though, is that it seems to have such great hardware that it doesn’t get old very fast. It just depends on the firmware. Really thinking of buying another one. Again 😇

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                            • freeheelerF Offline
                              freeheeler @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
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                              @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
                              a second S9B? …yes, why not? …Suunto offers special editions every now and then.
                              I remember an Ambit3 Peak Nepal… or like my Red Bull X-Alps version 🙂

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                              • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                                Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @freeheeler
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                                @TELE-HO yes, I’ve had plenty of them actually. I bought the Red Bull X-Alp Edition, but you know, white makes me look more tan, so I sold it immediately 😅.
                                I think I will buy either the standard white one, or a customised one.

                                Not sure though how the internal hardware like processor and storage compare to other devices like new Garmin, Polar and Coros watches, or older Suunto models like the Ambit 3 which is legendary, or the new Suunto 5. I hope Suunto 9 is so “powerful” that it can keep up with newer devices for a long time.

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                                  johann.fuehrer Bronze Member @freeheeler
                                  last edited by johann.fuehrer

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

                                  Johann has created this thread to give people the chance to compare a bit more between older watches and the S9B…
                                  it finally made me buy the S9B 😀

                                  Maybe this get’s me an invitation to #SUUNTOSUMMIT 🎅

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                                  • freeheelerF Offline
                                    freeheeler @johann.fuehrer
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                                    @johann-fuehrer
                                    good luck 😀 ✊

                                    living sideways

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                                    • Saketo NemoS Offline
                                      Saketo Nemo Moderator @freeheeler
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                                      @TELE-HO said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:

                                      it finally made me buy the S9B 😀

                                      I do not believe it, I do not believe it at all !
                                      enjoy it ! 😉

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                                      • freeheelerF Offline
                                        freeheeler @Saketo Nemo
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                                        @Saketo-Nemo
                                        sorry, it’s not the best pic… but that’s all I can do with left arm in splint…

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                                        • freeheelerF Offline
                                          freeheeler @Saketo Nemo
                                          last edited by

                                          @Saketo-Nemo
                                          I really like it!
                                          …but I don’t use notifications as I don’t want to get even more distraction, I don’t use 24/7 HR as it is inaccurate with my preferred strap tightness and I don’t use sleep tracking as I am not wearing a watch at night normally 😉
                                          the rest is great and I enjoy it 🙂
                                          …of course some things could become improved or added… but we’ll see…

                                          living sideways

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                                          • stromdiddilyS Offline
                                            stromdiddily Gold Members
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                                            Lucky enough to have tried the gamut of recent sport watches and my ultimate conclusion is that none of them have enough bells and whistles to pull me from the accuracy and reliability of my A3P.

                                            The S9 was really close but the everyday wear battery life (even w activity tracking turned off) and lack of POI functionality are absolute killers for me.

                                            Always carry a flaggon of whiskey for snakebite; and furthermore, always carry a small snake.

                                            User of pretty much every watch since the Ambit 3 Peak. Now back in the family w SV :)

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