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

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    johann.fuehrer Bronze Member @freeheeler
    last edited by johann.fuehrer 10 Mar 2019, 07:49 3 Oct 2019, 07:49

    @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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      freeheeler @johann.fuehrer
      last edited by 3 Oct 2019, 08:15

      @johann-fuehrer
      good luck 😀 ✊

      living sideways

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        Saketo Nemo Moderator @freeheeler
        last edited by 4 Oct 2019, 07:47

        @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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          freeheeler @Saketo Nemo
          last edited by 4 Oct 2019, 08:03

          @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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          living sideways

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            freeheeler @Saketo Nemo
            last edited by 4 Oct 2019, 08:46

            @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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              stromdiddily Gold Members
              last edited by 4 Oct 2019, 21:04

              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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                freeheeler @stromdiddily
                last edited by freeheeler 10 Apr 2019, 21:24 4 Oct 2019, 21:13

                @stromdiddily
                the battery life of s9b is half of a3p in watch mode, that’s true and a bit of a drawback… my cellphone needs a recharge every 1 or 2 days… so I need to be around power or carry a powerbank anyway. this did not keep me away from taking the step to the future, even though I really love my a3p.

                I can’t judge about poi as I’ve never ever used it…

                a3p still is a brilliant watch but I also enjoy s9b with 5 to 7 parameters screen, dynamic battery life settings during activity, graphic HR zones etc

                living sideways

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                  freeheeler
                  last edited by 6 Oct 2019, 07:47

                  I tested route planning, sync and navigation yesterday. works great! I’m looking forward for vacation end of next week. I don’t have to prepare a hike or two that we might want to do already at home. I can do that spontaneous on site 👌

                  living sideways

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                    Brad_Olwin Moderator @freeheeler
                    last edited by Brad_Olwin 10 Jun 2019, 14:22 6 Oct 2019, 14:22

                    @TELE-HO The battery the S9b will last a very long time if you turn off 24/7 HR tracking and do not track sleep. It will last many weeks, much longer than the A3P but will lose some functionality.

                    Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

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                      freeheeler @Brad_Olwin
                      last edited by 6 Oct 2019, 14:33

                      @Brad_Olwin
                      then reality is better what suunto advertises about s9b? 14 days for s9b without sleeptracking and 24h HR… for a3p they advertise 30 days…

                      living sideways

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                        Brad_Olwin Moderator @freeheeler
                        last edited by 6 Oct 2019, 14:38

                        @TELE-HO I think it is at least two weeks but it seems better than that. I have two S9baros (don’t ask) and if one is not connected to the phone or tracking anything I am fairly certain I can get a month out of it.

                        But my charging solution was to simply buy another cable and put it in my car. I have a 40 min one way commute to work. Charging the watch while I commute once per week is all I need, plus if I am going on a very long weekend run I can charge on the drive there and be in good shape. For me as long as I get a few days of charge I am fine so I usually do track HR and track sleep.

                        Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

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                          Brad_Olwin Moderator @freeheeler
                          last edited by 6 Oct 2019, 14:44

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

                          I tested route planning, sync and navigation yesterday. works great! I’m looking forward for vacation end of next week. I don’t have to prepare a hike or two that we might want to do already at home. I can do that spontaneous on site 👌

                          I am flying home from Europe right now where I was at a meeting. While enroute to Europe, I planned 3 different runs in Copenhagen after looking up where my hotel was. It was so easy to use the heat maps and I probably mapped out about 10 runs just to see how long they were. I wanted one 10k, a 15-18k and a ~22k route. I synced them all to my watch and was ready to go when I got there. All I can say is the route planning on SA is the best on any mobile app hands down. Kudos to Suunto for their implementation of that.

                          Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

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                            freeheeler
                            last edited by 26 Oct 2019, 13:48

                            I tested today S9B vs A3PS in direct comparison on a family “hike” with a lot of playground and icecream pitstops…
                            what I notice is that A3PS has a calmer recording. I saw couple of times while just sitting in the sun (I did not hit pause by purpose!) that S9B keeps showing some speed and adds up distance.
                            In the end S9B recorded 5.27km and A3PS 4.8km which I consider more realistic. I think this is cause by FusedSpeed?!
                            Normally I don’t do so much pauses, so for me nothing to worry about.
                            When I look at the recorded track: yes, A3PS has better accuracy.
                            And for me the most important value was total ascent: it is a more or less flat topography and S9B recorded 110m while A3PS recorded 117m.

                            Here are the links:
                            S9B

                            https://app.suunto.com/move/skiingone/5db443f7124992b18f3d7361

                            A3PS

                            https://app.suunto.com/move/skiingone/5db447fb17683a1f54482a7f

                            living sideways

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                              freeheeler @freeheeler
                              last edited by 26 Oct 2019, 16:31

                              https://quantified-self.io/user/jBm0qOhihUMykVYD8HBJMshQrJc2/event/ytXCOE8cYyX48EswSwlk

                              and here’s the link for direct comparison of the track.
                              …and if you go into the graph you can clearly see that S9B seems to have an issue with the pace compared to A3PS. of course I did not press pause for our pitstops… but you can see pitstops in A3PS pace and S9B is just spikes… also during the entire activity…

                              apart from that: awesome tool @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos 👍

                              living sideways

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                                zhang965
                                last edited by 26 Oct 2019, 16:33

                                Knock knock
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                                Winners Wear Winners

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                                  freeheeler @zhang965
                                  last edited by 26 Oct 2019, 16:39

                                  @zhang965
                                  😂 I live in a neutral country, I just say what I see 😉

                                  from scientific point of view there is nothing wrong to check and compare the truth.
                                  Ok, it is not a representative analysis… this might take a bit longer.
                                  But it’s nice to have two watches and to check and verify what’s discussed in here.

                                  living sideways

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                                    freeheeler
                                    last edited by 1 Nov 2019, 16:14

                                    here’s another comparison of S9B and A3PS. Both watches in performance/Best GPS mode and GPS only.
                                    Both tracks have some offsets on different sections.
                                    During the pauses (they were quite short this time and pause button was not pressed) the watches did not freak out and started counting unwanted distance. S9B showed – in pace field during the my pauses while A3PS showed some min/km.
                                    I see that S9B still has some pace spikes during the activity and A3PS had one major pace spike. But it’s not as bad as with my last test. This is by the way not visible in Strava and SA. QS is very precise in this case.

                                    I think the best improvement is the total ascent. My activity was one big climb at start and then one slightely interrupted descent and then rolling terrain until the end. 7m difference is about 1% and more than acceptable for this type of profile in my opinion.

                                    https://quantified-self.io/user/jBm0qOhihUMykVYD8HBJMshQrJc2/event/sqZJQxrQ2Ufl53ioUXVe

                                    living sideways

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                                      pilleus @freeheeler
                                      last edited by pilleus 11 Jan 2019, 16:55 1 Nov 2019, 16:52

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

                                      here’s another comparison of S9B and A3PS

                                      And another one. A stop for the Ambit 3 is not a stop for the S9B. 4 minutes difference in moving time is not okay. And the difference in the ascent is not okay too. I recorded the ride additional with an Amazfit GTS and the results are quite close to the Ambit 3. Astonishing.

                                      https://beta.quantified-self.io/user/0ntwZkfvMLhji8GViw3t4alT3py1/event/oGjg8f0QmDgo5jmyIDXb

                                      https://www.instagram.com/moves.are.life/
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                                        surfboomerang @freeheeler
                                        last edited by 1 Nov 2019, 16:55

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

                                        I tested today S9B vs A3PS in direct comparison on a family “hike” with a lot of playground and icecream pitstops…
                                        what I notice is that A3PS has a calmer recording. I saw couple of times while just sitting in the sun (I did not hit pause by purpose!) that S9B keeps showing some speed and adds up distance.
                                        https://app.suunto.com/move/skiingone/5db447fb17683a1f54482a7f

                                        I think you face the same problem as I do with the S9 Baro. The speed wobbles a lot which, in my opinion, is due to a bad signal reception or GNSS algorithm. This adds some distance to the total track
                                        https://forum.suunto.com/topic/1711/suunto-9-highly-inaccurate-speed-readings/43

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                                        OnePlus Nord 4

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                                          freeheeler @surfboomerang
                                          last edited by 1 Nov 2019, 17:11

                                          @surfboomerang
                                          I see that it has improved. The distance is reasonable and differs minor to the distance of A3PS recording.
                                          It was an issue, it has improved. If it is good ebough, I will check in the next month with slow moving activity on skis.
                                          But for me it’s going absolutely in the right direction

                                          living sideways

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