Suunto 9 Peak

[A Former User]

@lexterm77 You mean the US? I thought Canadian lady has sorted you out. The pre-orders are available in Mexico. Maybe I should plan a trip there and pick the watch up while at it. Just got a handful of Caribbean vacation emails…

[dulko79]

How much is titanium version resistant to scratches?

[surfboomerang]

@dulko79 until it has scratches

All jokes aside, there are different grades of titanium. Without exact specs it’s hard to tell I’m afraid.
But maybe an expert can tell us more.

[lexterm77]

@nickk

I was referring to s9b purchase when it came out, pre order button did not exist. Same problem now, why should I ping pong between voice mails when I should just click pay and wait!

[dulko79]

@surfboomerang that’s why I am asking.

[A Former User]

@lexterm77 No argument there. It’s as if Suunto didn’t want our money

[A Former User]

@dulko79 YMVV. My nearly 3 year old titanium S9B is like new, though admittedly it is almost exclusively used for street and simple trail running, nothing drastic. Only a few weeks of daily wear in total.

My Fenix 6X Solar has a number of scruffs, mostly invisible, after about 4 months of daily use and training, but this is due to it being silver bezel variant.

My Vertix Space Gray, on the other hand, has several scratches after just a month of daily use and training. Apparently, DLC isn’t all it’s cracked out to be.

No, I’m not a person who hits the walls and other obstacles with their watches… On a typical day.

Bottom line: if you get black or painted titanium, even DLC, expect scratches. Same goes for silver version, but scruffs will be far less visible there. Titanium doesn’t really offer much in terms of protection, more like less weight.

[lexterm77]

@surfboomerang

Grade 5 titanium is referred to oxide content must be less than 0.2% and alloys that do not cause you a skin rash like stainless steel with its nickel, it does not mean it is scratch proof. It is medical grade metal with great anti corrosive properties. If you want less scratches you need heat treatment, which would add to a cost but it is doable if you want to wait and pay minimum charge for a batch which is several times the cost of a watch at your local metal heat treatment plant/forge.

[lexterm77]

@nickk

Because they know you will go trough troubles to get it

[Bulkan]

@lexterm77 like the DCL than uses Garmin?

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@lexterm77 launch times are different per county

[lexterm77]

@bulkan

Thats not heat treatment thats cheap coating.

[A Former User]

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos I think what @lexterm77 is referring to is the same shipping start estimate of June 17, but with no pre-order button in the US or Canada (there’s one in Mexico). Around 7:00 EST there was also “out of stock” shown next to the watch…

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@nickk I asked for you guys , and the response was that preorders start later in some countries. I don’t know why.

[A Former User]

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos Much obliged! While we have your attention… Should we expect snap-to-track feature make it to S7 or S9B? Or will it remain exclusive to Peak?

[dulko79]

@nickk Thanx for comparison.

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@nickk technically it’s portable to the s9b I would assume (remember I don’t work at the watch OS).

I have good faith it will.

[Kiriakos Chaldezos]

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos we know if there will be suunto peak bigger size?

[freeheeler]

@dulko79
more than 1.5 years of daily use. not only skitouring and mountain bike, but also some planks on concrete…
I was pretty amazed when I noticed the first signs of wear
sorry for the bad pic quality… still waiting for my pixel

[dulko79]

@freeheeler Thanks. Looks great, minor scratches. If it was not black, you would not even notice.