Time for an upgrade
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I have used both. Both are amazing. I am planning, like you, to buy a Suunto 9 Baro, but the Polar Grit X is one other watch I am looking at. I am still undecided about the Suunto 9 but I know the guy who wrote these Suunto 9 Baro review and Polar Grit X review and he was also torn between which one to go for as they are both so good…
In terms of features, they are pretty well matched. I would suggest, if can, to find a place that sells these watches and go and check them out. I think in the end it will all come down to looks as featurewise they are very similar… One has something over the other and vice-versa but in the grand scheme of things, they are quite evenly matched,
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Thanks @smartsp @suzzlo. I have actually gone ahead and got the s9 baro. Cracking watch and loving it so far.
I’m not very confident in the storm alarm though
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We’ve just had the mother of all thunderstorms and torrential rain and not a single alert from the watch.
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@gazaman77 the storm alert works, but in my experience is good with storms coming when low pressure sets, not just with rain. If a barometer could predict rain on its own, we would not need to spend millions on forecasts
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It usually works with sudden storm. If you can see it coming, the alarm doesn’t alarm you
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The thunder storm was about an hour and a half/2 hours ago
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@gazaman77
There is not a huge drop in pressure, so the watch doesn’t trigger the alarm
As your best friend say : https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Support/Product-support/suunto_9/suunto_9/valid-for-barometer-version-only/storm-alarm/ -
@sartoric
Maybe I’m reading this incorrectly but from my watch reading, the pressure has only risen within the last 4 or so hours!..no drop at all?!? -
@gazaman77 said in Time for an upgrade:
as only risen within the last 4
maybe the las 1,5 / 2 hours … anyway, no drop, so no alarm.
Did you record an activity or used the gps ? that could be due to a fix to the altitude
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No I wasn’t doing an activity or anything. My watch was in the house. Is that the issue…does it need to be outside? I understand the whole point of it is to alert you if your out and about but I assumed it would still work indoors like my old ambit.
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@gazaman77 mine also worked indoor in the past, but for big storms, i.e. those that get names.
