Suunto 7

olymay

@Steff just add to what @Brad_Olwin has already mentioned about Good GPS, I did a two hour walk today, through some twisty residential streets and some open fields, all while using Good (10s) GPS. The track was SPOT ON!! This was my first time using Good GPS and I am amazed at how accurate it is! I think I will be using this mode a lot more in the future.

I think you can be confident that it will be plenty good enough for what you are after

Luís Pinto

Suunto 7 questions from users experience until now:

How many hours hiking/running/cycling with navigation on, battery at beginning 100%, wrist hr on, best gps ?
How many hours hiking/running/cycling with navigation on, battery at beginning 100%, wrist hr on, fusedtrack gps on?

Mi_chael

@luís-pinto

5-7h
GPS set to Good? 15-17h but if you use navigation the watch set GPS to Best.

Nigel Taylor 0

@mi_chael said in Suunto 7:

@luís-pinto
2. GPS set to Good? 15-17h but if you use navigation the watch set GPS to Best.

I’ve found it works just fine on Good for running (might be less usable cycling and covering more ground in the 10 second intervals) - in fact I’ve ended up defaulting all my running profiles to Good.

pilleus

GPS set to good is no option for cycling. It is cutting corners and the GPS track is not really good. My opinion.

Mi_chael

For me « Good » work pretty well for running, trail running and hiking.

Brad_Olwin

@mi_chael said in Suunto 7:

@luís-pinto

5-7h

GPS set to Good? 15-17h but if you use navigation the watch set GPS to Best.

Why set to Best for navigation? I use Nav in Good fix.

Egika

@pilleus said in Suunto 7:

GPS set to good is no option for cycling. It is cutting corners and the GPS track is not really good. My opinion.

I have tried good for cycling and my tracks were just fine.

Jeremiah Dudek

@nickk I picked up an open box excellent one on Amazon for $247. Gotta say I am really impressed. I have a Galaxy Watch 3 also but also wanted a Wear OS watch. I personally don’t see this being a $399 watch. Now Suunto has been doing more than anyone by far and it’s without a doubt a premium watch. Unfortunately the fossils of the world and lack of Google support have given the OS the bottom of the barrel impressions. All Suunto can do is keep doing exactly what they are doing with the support and features and keep supporting it for a couple more years to build a long term fanbase rather than forget about it when the next one comes out. They certainly have done well so far. It’s the only reason I even bought it.

pilleus

The notification screen changed and shows now other messages. The message “no notifications” changed to “ready” or “nothing found”.

Google announced this some days ago.

giuliosq

Hi everyone. I have a question since I’m new to S7. I tried it today for a run to track a route somebody else did I added to my watch. The question is:

is it possible to use the GPS from the watch without the support of the phone? I mean, with my old Ambit 3 when i uploaded a GPS track on my phone I could trace that with the watch GPS without the need of WiFi or the phone, since the GPS - I guess - was autonomous from external devices. it seems to me that the S7 - and im saying that cause I mainly use that in the mountains with previously tracked paths but with no WiFi or phone covereged - always needs the support of the phone for the GPS usage. Is that correct? Was I clear? Like if a add a track in my watch (with no offline map) and then I get to the place where it starts, if I have no phone coverage the watch wont be locating itself autonomously with ist GPS. The arrow today (not linking it to the phone) was nevere getting white, like it couldnt position itself on the map.

pilleus

@giuliosq said in Suunto 7:

S7

uses the internal standalone GPS and do not need a connected smartphone.

Make sure that GPS is enabled in the general watch settings (WearOS).

Additional you can choose in the settings of the Suunto wear app (where you load your track/route) between best and good GPS mode.

Enjoy your route!

giuliosq

@pilleus Thanks! Sorry to bother but from where? from the watch itself or from the phone? Cause in general watch setting from settings (in the phone) I only have two options which are: “Show notifications” and “automatic multimedia controls”. Sorry I feel stupid but Cant find “activate GPS”

pilleus

@giuliosq on the S7 press the left upper button to open the launcher. Choose settings - connectivity and there you will find the location settings to enable GPS.

giuliosq

@pilleus thanks. That’s what I was doing. But in connectivity there is only Bluetooth, WiFi, nfc, airplane mode and “geolocalization” but this only with the option “from phone and watch”. Is it that? I thought that meant “connectivity gps from phone”. It might be the AND that triggered me

pilleus

@giuliosq said in Suunto 7:

“from phone and watch”. Is it that?

Yes. Enable it and all will be fine.

giuliosq

@pilleus thanks thanks. Feeling dumb. Cool, cheers

Maryn

Hi,
I haven’t looked at the forum in a while . Recently I’ve been thinking about buying an S7.

Do you know if it is already possible to set up your own HR zones?
As an iOS user, I have to deal with a lot of limitations compared to Android? And last question, after deleting notifications on the watch, will they still be available on the phone or not? If they are still on the phone and let’s say I move away from the phone, the watch loses Bluetooth connection will I get those notifications on the watch again as new notifications when the Bluetooth connection is restored?

thanks!

Ps. Strava wearOS. Has anyone tested how this app works and what battery life you can pull out?Is it possible to connect an external hr belt?

isazi

@mar-byr said in Suunto 7:

Do you know if it is already possible to set up your own HR zones?

Hopefully soon, not as today.

And last question, after deleting notifications on the watch, will they still be available on the phone or not?

If you delete on the watch, it deletes on the phone on Android. Not sure about iOS.

pilleus

@mar-byr said in Suunto 7:

Strava wearOS

Is possible, but very poor. No external sensors. Not configurable, no usage of the barometer.

Ghostracer is the alternative to Suunto wear app. With Ghostracer you can use various maps and styles, routes, configurable screens, external sensors and the internal sensors of the Suunto 7 (barometer, altimeter with calibration).