Suunto 7

JorgeFD

The last test i did was a total disaster and this what it makes me to return S7

62’ minutes playing my own music in play music. No connection to phone. I didn’t check much the watch and didn’t use maps. Total battery drain was 35%

A Former User

@jorgefd78 Did you check where the drain came from?

JorgeFD

@NickK the day before I did the same test but without music. Same track. Same time. Same checks. (maybe a little bit more) and the battery drain was 20%.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@jorgefd78 do you have screen always on?

A Former User

@jorgefd78 This is Wear OS for you. Yesterday after the run I was checking battery usage. Pandora came up at 1% even though I haven’t touched that app in 48 hours and I think even rebooted my watch at some point. Since the app is a total PoS on the watch, I simply promptly uninstalled it. But I’m sure there can be more, starting with Wear OS itself. Google Play itself is a strange and buggy animal.

JorgeFD

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos nop

A Former User

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Suunto 7:

@jorgefd78 do you have screen always on?

I did AOD vs non-AOD and frankly, I’m not seeing that much difference. Does the screen even go blank when in Suunto app? Every time I look at my watch, Suunto app displays ambient screen with music buttons.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@jorgefd78 that is really low to be honest. (or very high consumption). Should not like so.

JorgeFD

The battery consumption during the day was freaking awesome but not running. After 4 tests running I realize that I don’t want to test more and decide to go with a suunto 9. When SA accepts more than one watch in a easy way I will buy again. The watch is awesome

RichJod

Is there a way to set an alarm with sound? I can only set it to vibrate. Did I miss something? Thanks.

pilleus

3:10 h mountain biking, a lot of notifications from the phone, 30 minutes AOD

Battery 75 % -> 49 %

Altitude perfect, ascent (820 m) and descent (817 m) perfect, minimum and maximum altitude exact, Ambit 3 or any other Suunto watch can’t be better.

S7 rocks!

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

And btw don’t forget to review your S7 from where you bought it ! (you can also at Suunto.com I suppose)

A Former User

@RichJod said in Suunto 7:

Is there a way to set an alarm with sound? I can only set it to vibrate. Did I miss something? Thanks.

The watch doesn’t have a speaker. So unless you fancy sleeping in headphones or pairing with Bluetooth speakers, the answer is no.

Bulkan

@pilleus this works for me. Please Suunto add Stryd support

touarec

Hey Guys, I was thinking of acquiring a Suunto 7 for Marathon-training, however I couldn’t find any information on Spotify Offline integration, since I would like to leave my phone at home during training. In the video of DC Rainmaker from January it was a confirmed feature, however I cannot find it now in the product-specifications. Does anybody use Spotify offline with this watch?
Cheers
Nick

pilleus

@touarec Play Music from Google can be used offline and standalone. For Spotify there is the official app, which is just a remote control of the app on the smartphone. And there is a modded version, which is a standalone app for the S7, in the full version there is a download mode integrated:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/wear-os/development/app-spotify-lite-scaled-standalone-wear-t3815680

touarec

@pilleus Dankeschön / Many thanks for your detailed info! Seems to be working with the workaround, will be grabbing a Suunto next week.
Have a great weekend!

A Former User

@Bulkan said in Suunto 7:

@pilleus this works for me. Please Suunto add Stryd support

Have you looked at Sporty Go? I know I keep plugging it, but it does work fairly well with all sorts of sensors. Heart rate, Stryd, bike. I just did recovery spin bike session and it handled speed/cadence and HR sensors just fine. Battery drain is extremely manageable, about 6% per half an hour with AOD in ambient mode. It has configurable screens. Runs just fine in the background while you use another app, like an interval timer or music, in the foreground.

I’d say a perfect alternative to Suunto’s own until Team Finland realizes most people rushing to drop $499 on a Wear OS watch are probably looking for more than a Fitbit Ionic experience sports-wise.

PS I talked to Stryd support the other day. Sadly, they have no plans for Wear OS app, not even anything basic like their ConnectIQ apps for Garmin. Their current recommendation is to use Sporty Go. But the dev of that app is working towards deeper Training Peaks integration, possibly including structured workouts, so… Support the good dude!

Bulkan

@NickK I’ve read about it, I hope to have a S7 soon, here in the island I live aren’t atm available.

I think Suunto initially is not targeting for the users who uses sensors in sports with this watch IMHO. But maybe the feedback can open new features. This watch should be able to manage a marathon +4 hours, which are more in the scope of this watch.

vlado

@NickK How was your experience with Sporty Go and Stryd, did you manage to test that?
Also, once your are done with your run or ride what happens with activity, where is it logged, does it stays inside Sporty Go and you can later see it only there or it can be exported to Google fit or even better Suunto app?