@OutdoorMan i don’t understand why running should, walking/hiking shouldnt. I just know i don’t run because problems with knee for a long time. But still my previouse suunto watch (S5) did calculate this. How correct value was? I don’t know, but i know OHR didn’t worked well on S5 for me (lot of spikes and sometimes 20% of excercise it dropped to half of actual HR or it jumped to double which was even worse (like 200bpn while walk). So i assume this was really not calculated correctly since it is based on heart rate.

@Bigb0zz I am not aware of any other way to display the distance, sorry.

said in your honest thoughts: Let’s say I do have a preplanned route, but for whatever reason I have to take a quick detour while having the original route in view and merge into the original route a bit further. Again, that is not possible because as soon as I zoom out just a little bit all the trails disappear from the map. So I can no longer use the watch map as a visual reference. This is more common than you might think because detours might be needed for a number of reasons - trail closure, decommissioned trails that I didn’t know about at the time of planning, a need to refill water, etc. Just one day after my comment I’ve run into the exact case I described above. Today during my trail run I’ve run into a sign that told me that the trail ahead was closed and wasn’t passable and I now had to find a way around. This is how it looked on the watch while I was trying to connect a few alternative trails and still keep an eye on the original route. I am just 150 meters from the route and already I have no help from the watch to find the way around. [image: 1767058502746-pxl_20251229_231952308.jpg] Also, adding salt to the injury, the crown stopped working (zooming the map) shortly after I took this picture and didn’t resume working until I had finished the run. Just perfect!

@thanasis Yes, Suunto Smart for all the activities. I was afraid to ‘activate’ the battery drain using it, but no problems with current firmware

@prairiedog Well, at least I’m not the only one

@ChanOJ Have you tried restart before starting activity, by holding upper button for 12 seconds?

Last night my watch also stopped measuring heart rate in the middle of the night. I bought the watch only 6 days ago. A soft restart returned the heart rate. I have software 2.48.16

Last night my watch also stopped measuring heart rate in the middle of the night. I bought the watch only 6 days ago. A soft restart returned the heart rate. I have software 2.48.16

@mikajahkola Perhaps you could record this as treadmill running which allows calibration once you’ve stopped recording on the watch. After you’ve calibrated it, it should become more accurate.

@Tomas5 That’s what Strava Live segments are for - you can see how many seconds you are ahead or behind your best attempt in real time. Suunto watches do support Strava Live segments but you have to have paid Strava account to enable that on the Strava side. Then you can create a private segment on a route of your choice and keep repeating it over time using Strava Live segments S+ guide on your Suunto watch. You can also use one of existing public segments and see where you stand compared to others.

I’m still not sure it makes total sense, but anyway both Shimano Di2 and Shimano E-Bike systems (STEPS) were updated to support all bike/e-bike activities

@OutdoorMan i’m to lazy to keep pressing snooze each 10 minutes Anyway, there are other uses. I use it to remember me to take my medication, sometimes I know I will only be home in an hour. When that happens I dismiss the alarm. I don’t want to snooze each 10 minutes for one hour…

@gerasimos The original Suunto Vertical strap is quite durable anyway. The ones from the Suunto Race S are very poor quality – I used one with a Suunto Vertical and it broke after a few months. After a few weeks, I received a new replacement one, which also broke after a few months in the same way. [image: Photo-2025-12-29-01-14-25-PM.png] So, the price is premium, but the quality is shoddy, so I’ll rather buy a Chinese strap for a fraction of the price.

They’ve just given me the problem and the solution: apparently, the watch has to be in contact with the skin. If you wear it over clothing, the wrist-raise gesture doesn’t work.

I use the Race 2 with Wahoo HR strap and it works with no issues. The strap connects to my bike computer and the watch when I ride, or just to the watch when I XC ski.

@OutdoorMan this would be a workaround, but not a real solution. I would like to see an alarm that sounds a sound and vibrates to draw your attention to the fact that you reached (or exceeded) a target HR. I know that some of us want to reach a certain target zone when exercising, but some (other) of us need to watch the max HR (I don’t want to have a cardiac arrest when I am climbing ambitiously a hill on my bike ). Btw. it is available on many bike computers. On my Garmin Edge, the alarm will sound, but it is hardly noticeable (and the text does not even change colour). I am afraid that it is designed as an alert for reaching a target zone (as opposed to a real “ALARM” (“slow down or you will die” type).