Suunto 9 Peak (review and specs)

surfboomerang

@brad_olwin If the OHR is really that good as you testers say, I get good hope to ditch the belt with the S9P.

Saves a lot of irritation like this week when the battery of the strap sensor died mid-run.

isazi

@surfboomerang because the firmware is not final yet, we cannot post comparisons, but for me this is the first watch where I can get reliable good data with wrist OHR running, cycling, and today even hiking. I will keep using a chest strap for climbing and strength training though.

surfboomerang

@isazi I mainly measure HR for running. Other sports not so much. I noticed the S9B is not very accurate with OHR in combination with sports that involve a lot of wrist movement.

A Former User

@isazi I am interested in the quality of the oHR measurements when using poles for trail running uphill. Up to now no watch could give me plausible values, always way too low.

ChrisA

@brad_olwin That sounds great though I already found the S7s OHR sensor very good. I tested the S7 OHR against a Garmin with Polar H10 strap and it did a very good Job :

Pretty close and really good enough for me as a beginner! But looking forward to S9P delivery to see if you‘re right and that sensor is even better

jthomi

@pavel-samokha Oh, thanks a lot for this picture. I own a blue Spartan Sport without WHR, and I was always hoping for a thinner model. Great comparison with this pic. Would it be too much to ask if you could make pics where you wear them? One with the SSS and one with the S9P?

Theo Lakerveld

The S9P is quite high on the list for replacing my 2016 SSU. One of the reasons for replacement is that the SSU tracks outdoor swimming verry poorly, compared to my buddy’s 945 and Fenix 6. 6X: link to strava.com SSU: link to strava.com.

I still like the Suunto design and I’m quite happy with and used to the app and watch interface. So a better tracking Suunto would be interesting.

Did anyone of you do some open water swimming throughout your (beta)testing, to see how it compares with better tracking devices like the the 945?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@theo-lakerveld a few testers did. Since it has the “same” Sony logic gps chip, it is pretty much the same with the normal 9. The f6 has the same chip with the s9 if not mistaken. The Sony chip has a special swim mode. As long as you don’t hold the hand for minutes inside the water it will quickly and accurately find the GPS on each stroke.

pavel.samokha

@jthomi 20210603_193031(1).jpg
I’ll clarify for someone who may encounter these photos without context - it’s comparison of Suunto Spartan Sport without WHR vs Suunto 9 Peak. SSSwoHR is also quite thin and lovely watch, but S9P is thinner, lighter, more premium and better looking watch.

jthomi

@pavel-samokha Thanks a lot!!!

dulko79

@pavel-samokha size difference is huge. Is the strap on Peak blue or black? Have you changed it?

pavel.samokha

@dulko79 the strap is from All Black

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

I find the white watchface for summer and brighter days brilliant

Mff73

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos
Please stop, we have to wait June 17th, it is hard enough .

Richard Thygesen

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos wow, the readability seems to be really good.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@richard-thygesen yes. And the magic is that it will be for all conditions due to the ambient light sensor. Combined with DND you can get a pitch black screen at sleep and a watchface always visible even in pitch black.

The above is a pic taken with no backlight. That is because the ambient light sensor didn’t need to light it up.

Dušan Ković

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos Is there a battery life difference between white and black theme?

ink357

@dulko79 said in Suunto 9 Peak (review and specs):

@pavel-samokha size difference is huge.

Agree, but the time is also readable and the size of the numbers looks very close

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

Theo Lakerveld

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos thanks for explaining that. I’m looking forward to seeing some reference tracks from the testers when these get available!