When will Suunto 7 be out of BETA

Vinay Menon

@Brad_Olwin If Suunto implement 1-3 I think we are well on to a pretty decent Sportswatch/Smartwatch compromise. Re: the always on screen - I think basic metrics (distance, duration, pace) while running would be great. These needn’t be refreshed every second. The kind of display that shows when showing the time in the always-on mode. At the moment, it is all or nothing.

Brad_Olwin

@Vinay-Menon Agree with you about the screen, I have also requested this. Good idea!

Bulkan

@Brad_Olwin The lack of support of Stryd makes very difficult to me use these watch running. I love it for almost everything.

I agree about the routes and data fields.

But say BETA state I don’t agree.

Vinay Menon

@Bulkan Good that we agree on something and absolutely fine that we don’t agree on others!

Michał Muszyński

@Brad_Olwin 4 - - I did tests using the SPORTYGO application and I did not notice that the watch would use a lot more battery than in Suunto mode. It always remains as the user’s choice

aeroild

I assume that the Suunto Wear app also can run on the main processor, then couldn’t using or not using an external sensor be the choice of the user? There could maybe be a warning that using an external sensor will greatly reduce battery life. I would use the integrated HR sensor when running and trekking in summertime and an external sensor when running and skiing in wintertime. And I would accept that the watch would run out of battery faster when using an external sensor.

Bulkan

@Michał-Muszyński That’s it, let us choice, specially the sensor support.

Michał Muszyński

Google Fit allows you to connect to an external heart rate sensor This is in the settings options

aeroild

@Michał-Muszyński Yeah, but this is a Suunto watch and I want to use Suunto

Michał Muszyński

Malicious attention to Suunto

Michał Muszyński

I did the test.

I launched “crosfit” activity in the Suunto app - time 45min battery consumption 5%

I started the “crosfit” activity in the Googel Fit application with an external Wahoo Ticker belt, the watch lay on the table - time 33min - battery consumption 4%

Bulkan

@Michał-Muszyński said in When will Suunto 7 be out of BETA:

I did the test.

I launched “crosfit” activity in the Suunto app - time 45min battery consumption 5%

I started the “crosfit” activity in the Googel Fit application with an external Wahoo Ticker belt, the watch lay on the table - time 33min - battery consumption 4%

What kind of magic are you doing?

Michał Muszyński

@Bulkan I do not understand ?

Brad_Olwin

@Michał-Muszyński said in When will Suunto 7 be out of BETA:

I did the test.

I launched “crosfit” activity in the Suunto app - time 45min battery consumption 5%

I started the “crosfit” activity in the Googel Fit application with an external Wahoo Ticker belt, the watch lay on the table - time 33min - battery consumption 4%

This is not necessarily that surprising, engaging GPS will dramatically change the outcome.

Egika

@Brad_Olwin why would GPS be engaged for a crossfit activity?

A Former User

@Brad_Olwin As will a screen lighting up… I’d imagine a watch display while sitting on the table will be blank, or close to it. Also, maybe it’s me but I find any watch normally draws less power when using HR over BLE than lighting up all those OHR LEDs. At the very least, they are about equal.

Brad_Olwin

@Egika said in When will Suunto 7 be out of BETA:

@Brad_Olwin why would GPS be engaged for a crossfit activity?

Exactly, I think an activity with GPS engaged using Fit will drain the battery much more quickly. My experiences with SportGo have been poor. A lot of connections dropped, inability to read altitude and poor visibility of the numbers in the app in general. The battery usage was much more significant with SportyGo.

pilleus

@Brad_Olwin said in When will Suunto 7 be out of BETA:

experiences

+1

There is no tracking or training app out there with a battery usage as low as the Suunto wear app on the S7. No doubt that Suunto did an excellent job here.

Michał Muszyński

@Brad_Olwin I did the test
Google Fit - Cycling - Wahoo Tickr - watch disconnected from the phone to make sure that it does not use the phone’s GPS. - 30 min activity - 6%
Unfortunately, the GPS track cannot be seen in Googel Fit. And what I see is a simple line from point A to point B
I will do the test with connection to the phone,

pilleus

@Michał-Muszyński said in When will Suunto 7 be out of BETA:

Google Fit

Fit will be an option when it comes to a data sync with third party apps (QS, Strava). But at the moment the way to export data is way too complicated (export via Google takeout and import the tcx file manually to another app, missing data).

And using the GPS of the smartphone is no option for a watch with standalone GPS. This can also be done with a cheap fitness tracker or any other WearOS watch for 25% of the price of the S7.

I do not understand why I buy a watch with OHR, a very precise OHR, and afterwards I use an external heart rate belt!? The OHR of the S7 while walking and cycling is awesome and differs up to 2% to a Polar H10 at the end of a 2,5 hour walk or ride.