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    Why I've shelved my Peak for a 9

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    • freeheelerF Offline
      freeheeler @surfboomerang
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      @surfboomerang said in Why I've shelved my Peak for a 9:

      Nah… THIS is what you really want

      you nailed it!!! 🍻

      living sideways

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      • ___Alejandro____ Offline
        ___Alejandro___ @surfboomerang
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        @surfboomerang I think I read somewhere that the bezel hides the GPS module, which sits underneath it in a ring-shape board… Or I could have imagined it!

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        • freeheelerF Offline
          freeheeler @___Alejandro___
          last edited by

          @alejandro
          that makes sense 👍
          and brings me back to an old topic that I do not find anymore… does anybody know where we can find teardown pictures of S9B?

          living sideways

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          • ___Alejandro____ Offline
            ___Alejandro___ @freeheeler
            last edited by ___Alejandro___

            @freeheeler I think it’s coming back to me… that’s how they were able to remove the GPS “bump” that’s on the strap of the A3P.

            I believe (but please don’t quote me on it!) that’s why the A3P was perceived as more accurate – as long as the bump was facing up toward the sky. ;–)

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            • freeheelerF Offline
              freeheeler @___Alejandro___
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              @alejandro
              It’s nice when you notice that you can be part of improvements.
              I’ve criticized a couple of times the position of the baro holes and now S9P looks pretty nicely improved for this issue 😀

              living sideways

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              • TonyGT Offline
                TonyG Silver Members @Egika
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                @egika said in Why I've shelved my Peak for a 9:

                @foxster Thank you for sharing your insights.
                For me other advantages of the Peak are:

                • big improvement in the wrist HR measurement
                • super quick charge

                I would also add the

                • adaptive light function, I think it works great 👍
                • clicky buttons 👍
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                • MiniForkliftM Offline
                  MiniForklift Platinum Member
                  last edited by MiniForklift

                  I tried out the Polar Grit X Pro for a month before going back to my S9B, main thing was the screen size. The Grit X Pro is actually 4mm larger than the Peak but it still seemed quite small after using my S9B for nearly two years; like you I struggled to read the numbers whilst running and it ended up being the straw that broke the proverbial camels back

                  S9B Vs Polar Grit X Pro ❆ REVIEW

                  Now back with my trusty gold S9B, happy days 👍

                  SV Titanium Solar Forest

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                  • suzzloS Offline
                    suzzlo Moderator @surfboomerang
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                    @surfboomerang

                    shut-up-take-my-money.gif

                    Suunto: Race, S9Peak, Spartan Sport Wrist
                    Garmin: FR745, Edge 530
                    SA topics:

                    • Guides - https://forum.suunto.com/tags/guides
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                    • freeheelerF Offline
                      freeheeler @suzzlo
                      last edited by

                      @suzzlo
                      me when Suunto releases S9P XL (or whatever they’ll call it…)

                      living sideways

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                      • suzzloS Offline
                        suzzlo Moderator @freeheeler
                        last edited by suzzlo

                        @freeheeler I’m waiting to have planned workout and structured workouts, then Spartan and Garmin 745 will go directly to the shelve and buy S9P or S9P XL or S5P Baro (let me dream)

                        BR

                        Suunto: Race, S9Peak, Spartan Sport Wrist
                        Garmin: FR745, Edge 530
                        SA topics:

                        • Guides - https://forum.suunto.com/tags/guides
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                        • sky-runnerS Offline
                          sky-runner Silver Members @Foxster
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                          @foxster said in Why I've shelved my Peak for a 9:

                          Baro for me is not that important as the accuracy of the GPS altitude is fine for my trail running and hiking.

                          Accuracy of GPS is fine for the absolute altitude but not for calculating total ascent / descent. Non-baro Suunto watches have a rather large threshold so you’ll see total ascent / descent values noticeably smaller than actual.

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                          • DMytroD Offline
                            DMytro @sky-runner
                            last edited by

                            @sky-runner only if you hike small hills. If I go up a mountain with 600-1000 vertical meters, elevation is spot on with map/baro version. Elevation is only no good for hills.

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                            • MiniForkliftM Offline
                              MiniForklift Platinum Member @DMytro
                              last edited by MiniForklift

                              @dmytro Agree with this. Roling hills not so good but decent climbs are not far off. Feel like it’s got a bit better over the last update; I used to be way off compared to my training partner who uses a Garmin Enduro, now it’s pretty similar. Happy with this as my S9B always used to massively under report elevation gain

                              I do believe there’s a full fix coming in a future update 👍

                              SV Titanium Solar Forest

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                              • DMytroD Offline
                                DMytro @MiniForklift
                                last edited by

                                @miniforklift I mean the non baro version, but alright 🙂

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                                • MiniForkliftM Offline
                                  MiniForklift Platinum Member @DMytro
                                  last edited by MiniForklift

                                  @dmytro said in Why I've shelved my Peak for a 9:

                                  @miniforklift I mean the non baro version, but alright 🙂

                                  Oh, sorry. Yeah well the same seems to apply for the Baro version too, something Suunto is aware of and working on

                                  SV Titanium Solar Forest

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                                  • DMytroD Offline
                                    DMytro @MiniForklift
                                    last edited by

                                    @miniforklift I hope there is some research going into non baro algorithms as well, I think a lot can be done with algorithms to compensate for noise from GPS data.

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                                      Soylent Yellow Bronze Member @freeheeler
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                                      @freeheeler said in Why I've shelved my Peak for a 9:

                                      @foxster said in Why I've shelved my Peak for a 9:

                                      Of course, the ideal would be a Peak with a larger display. Hopefully that’s something Suunto is considering

                                      ✊ ✊ ✊
                                      would be my potential next watch 🤞

                                      It will be called “Ambit 4”

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                                      • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                                        Brad_Olwin Moderator @DMytro
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                                        @dmytro I think that the non-baro versions are being improved. I can get very good altitude gains from non-baro watches on big climbs. Eventually, when GPS altitude is more reliable we can do away with the baro sensor for altitude as it has problems too. Running into major head winds with a baro gave me at least 5-fold greater ascent than the actual ascent.

                                        Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

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                                        • DMytroD Offline
                                          DMytro @Brad_Olwin
                                          last edited by

                                          @brad_olwin you mean improved in general or in an upcoming releases? Sure, I’m more than satisfied with the performance of my watch, the only problem for now are hill repeats with undercounting and cloudy days on flat terrain with overcounting.

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                                          • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                                            Brad_Olwin Moderator @DMytro
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                                            @dmytro both I hope. I imagine that with antenna and satellite improvements this will happen.

                                            Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

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