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

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    • MiniForkliftM Offline
      MiniForklift Platinum Member
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      Thanks for the ‘hint’ Brad, happy to hear that there’s something in the pipeline for the S9B 😀
      FWIW, I had a COROS Apex for about 4 months. It is a good watch, the battery life is it’s main drawcard but aside from that I can’t knock it too much. Big difference in build quality between the S9B Vs the COROS, the COROS felt very plasticky and cheap. If you sat it alongside a $100 beginners watch you would struggle to tell which one was which. The other minor downside is that because the COROS is made in China the app is also the same. Some of the translations aren’t great and it just has a slightly unfinished feel to it. A big negative for me was that you can’t customise the workouts as you can in the SA, you’re stuck with what you are given.
      Soooo… I ended up coming back to the S9B once again and with this insight I have to say I’m pretty happy. The small things that could/should be improved hopefully will in time, but I really do believe as a top-end high performance GPS watch the S9B is as good as it gets. If Suunto can find any way to improve the battery life so it’s more on par with COROS then that would be the icing on the cake!

      SV Titanium Solar Forest

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        freeheeler @MiniForklift
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        @MiniForklift
        thanks for your reminders… I sometimes forget how well developed the Suunto products are! I see room for improvements here and there but basically, these are simply great watches!!! 👍

        living sideways

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          tomahawk5000
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          Did you know how turn off our watches on latest fw? I tried but it’s turned off and then automatically watch on

          Kind regards,
          Tomek

          Suunto 9 baro + Android

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            cosme.costa @tomahawk5000
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            @tomahawk5000 said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:

            Did you know how turn off our watches on latest fw? I tried but it’s turned off and then automatically watch on

            Turn off the watch🙄 ? Suunto’s watches can’t be turned off 😂 .
            Seriously, they can’t be turned off, not even my ambit vertical could.
            How do you tried to turn it off? Maybe you were doing soft resets??

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              tomahawk5000
              last edited by

              He he I thought that upper bottom can turn off watch

              Kind regards,
              Tomek

              Suunto 9 baro + Android

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                Mi_chael Bronze Member @tomahawk5000
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                @tomahawk5000
                Long press (12s) upper button is for soft reset.

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                  Mi_chael Bronze Member @cosme.costa
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                  @cosmecosta
                  Ambit can be turned off. There is an option into the service menu.

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                    cosme.costa @Mi_chael
                    last edited by

                    @Mi_chael Yes, it could but I remember that was very difficult to find and if I recall well it was not in the manual, could be? I had to send my vertical back and I had to check everywhere how to turn it off.

                    Anyway, Spartans and S can’t be turned off.

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                    • Mff73M Offline
                      Mff73
                      last edited by

                      There is a trick to turn off S watches, but it is to put the watch in “shipping” mode, then surely hard reset at the turning on.

                      Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
                      Suunto Vertical all black
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                        Mi_chael Bronze Member @Mff73
                        last edited by

                        @Mff73

                        Can you explain how?

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                        • sartoricS Offline
                          sartoric Moderator @Mi_chael
                          last edited by sartoric

                          @Mi_chael
                          I’m sure it was explained in some thread. Search it 😁

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                            Mi_chael Bronze Member @sartoric
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                            @sartoric

                            Read 8 threads but not found…

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                            • sartoricS Offline
                              sartoric Moderator @Mi_chael
                              last edited by

                              @Mi_chael
                              But … did you search ? 😉

                              https://forum.suunto.com/search?term=shipping mode&in=titlesposts

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                                Mi_chael Bronze Member @sartoric
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                                @sartoric

                                When i used the research fonction, i’ve founded 8 topic.
                                But you’ve found 9. The answer is in the last topic.

                                Thanks man

                                🤘

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                                  Jonathan Schwarz Bronze Member
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                                  I think one of my biggest grievances with the S9B right now is how custom sport mode don’t save the last used configuration (ie the WHR, sensor syncing, SuuntoPlus option, etc).
                                  I would really love to see that implemented as it would make starting an activity much smoother and faster (ie not having to go into the settings to adjust things before starting)

                                  Suunto Race Steel All Black -
                                  Suunto 9 Baro (retired)
                                  Suunto Ambit 3 Vertical Lime (retired)
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                                  • MiniForkliftM Offline
                                    MiniForklift Platinum Member @Jonathan Schwarz
                                    last edited by

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

                                    I think one of my biggest grievances with the S9B right now is how custom sport mode don’t save the last used configuration (ie the WHR, sensor syncing, SuuntoPlus option, etc).
                                    I would really love to see that implemented as it would make starting an activity much smoother and faster (ie not having to go into the settings to adjust things before starting)

                                    I agree !! Would be nice to just hit Start without having to scroll down and adjust each time.
                                    Or alternatively if you choose a setting say 3 times consecutively it would remember that and default to it. For example I always have to scroll down to turn the Wrist HR off as I don’t use it, would be nice if it ‘realised’ that and turned it off until I decide that I do want to use it. Sounds simple enough to implement

                                    SV Titanium Solar Forest

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                                      freeheeler @MiniForklift
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                                      @MiniForklift
                                      not sure if you’re using a chest belt instead? if so, WHR is switched off automatically.
                                      I think too settings should be stored, unless the backlight. sometimes I run at day, sometimes at night…

                                      living sideways

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                                        Jonathan Schwarz Bronze Member @freeheeler
                                        last edited by Jonathan Schwarz

                                        @TELE-HO is that confirmed that the watch shuts off WHR if chest strap is paired? That was something I always wondered - say if the chest connection was lost for a period - would it switch to WHR instead. I always turn WHR offjust to be safe

                                        Suunto Race Steel All Black -
                                        Suunto 9 Baro (retired)
                                        Suunto Ambit 3 Vertical Lime (retired)
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                                          isazi Moderator @Jonathan Schwarz
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                                          @Jonathan-Schwarz for what I know, the OHR is shut down if you have another heart rate monitor paired. And I don’t think it does turn on again if you lose the connection.

                                          Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

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                                          • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                                            Brad_Olwin Moderator
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                                            @Jonathan-Schwarz @MiniForklift @TELE-HO I too think the start menu is way overly complicated and I have been telling Suunto this every possibility I have. So have other testers. We are there with you. Hopefully Suunto will do something to change that, I just don’t know how difficult those changes are to implement. I suspect they are not trivial.

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