@gone-troppo Whenever I see these types of post and the tone deaf responses, I often consider how some people don’t understand that different people pay a different price for the same item. What do mean? Well let’s say one person pays $600 for a watch and another person pays the same. Now also consider that one person is wealthy and has considerable financial freedom and the other does not. Since they both paid $600 which person is going to be more upset when the device malfunctions? Odviously the person who had the tighter budget is going to be more upset because 1) he believed the online hype (in this case, battery life), and 2) the cost indicated to him that the product would hold up for a reasonable amount of time. I’ve had my Suunto 9 Baro since 2017 and it’s still like new and works great with the appropriate firmware. I’ve taken really good care of it. I’m considering upgrading to the Vertical 2 but I question if it’s really necessary. The question is, “what does the new watch do that the one I already have doesn’t do?” So it’s understandable when these devices malfunction long before their ideal expiration date. If I do upgrade I’d expect the new watch to last as long as the 9 Baro. If it doesn’t, I’m going to be very unhappy.

@SamuelP I once had a problem installing watch faces, so I reset the settings. Now I’ve decided not to wait for the watch update after all, but to reset the settings instead. Of course, it’s a shame that I have to set everything up again, download maps, and wait for the HRV and ZoneSense ranges to be calculated. I’m curious to see how Suunto will resolve this issue—will the new software version help, or is the problem somewhere else entirely, meaning I’ll have to reset the settings anyway?

@2b2bff I think it was supposed to remember the external HR sensor per activity/sport, but it isn’t how it seems to work.

Have to say, what you don’t know you cannot miss. But last year, in a very dark hotelroom, the screenflashlight of my race s was sufficient for my wife to find something on the table while I could stay in bed. So, for now, I’m in “what’s all the fuss about” mode. The digital crown of my race s is complex. Just using it to scroll up or down through menus or items is hideous. The 5 button layout of my previous garmin was better, but with touchscreen I don’t use the buttons very often. But to zoom in and out in a map it’s great. Again with a but. I was used to zoom on the garmin and it was horrible. Complex and buggy as hell. So is the crown just better that worst case garmin or would a 5 button Suunto implementation beat the digital crown? Might. perhaps. Not unlikely. Have to say, the race s provides the features I want in the smallest possible case, so the vertical 2 wouldn’t be competition for my race s (for me). So 5 buttons or a digital crown wasn’t a consideration. Have to say, 5 buttons shouts a bit more outdoorsy and a digital crown a bit more watch like.

Does the Ocean really have all the features of the Nautic S? One thing I wasn’t sure is if Ocean supports Trimix - which Nautic S seems to do. And maybe Nautic S is lighter, but this could also just be the strap Edit: I forgot - also the Nautic S has no Trimix

@LGoSo said in A BIG BIG BIG THANKS and APLAUSE to SUUNTO Team both watch and IT designer ...: Digits after the decimal point have a meaning. 43 and 43.0 are not the same or better should not be the same: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_figures Not it this case. Battery meter resolution is 1%, with zero decimal places. So displaying this value with one, two, or whatever decimal places is complete waste of space and visual clutter.

@TiThion I have the same on the Race S and took it as an undocumented feature. Fast and easy to activate the screen during the run

The models of garmin that are testen in a scientific way (not by some sport gadget blogger) shows that hrv isn’t that accurate on those models. (See https://the5krunner.com/2026/05/05/forerunner-265-hrv-study/ , links to sources on that page) I have no reason to believe other models or other brands are more accurate.

@microniko Correct, the S+ app cannot change sport modes. While it should detect the changes it will still record only one activity. This S+ is kind of a legacy app. You can now define your own Swimrun sport mode. Please go to sport mode customization and select to create a Mulstisport activity -> Swimrun. Choose of your preferred running and swimming sport modes and select to repeat both until you stop the whole thing. It will then record a multisport activity.

@yassine-besbes If I remember correctly, the sensor indeed needs to be deleted from the watch and paired again. This came with the change in sensor management. Now I see that you have already tried to re-pair it. Have you deleted it before this? And then have you enabled the sensor in the exercise settings under “Sensor Data”?

@Steven-Hambleton haha welcome to the club And you should be proud, well done!

The reason this happens is because we can avoid unrelevant / bot users spamming the votes. If you post (which you are allowed) you get a couple of votes and then you join the game. Imagine if one would upvote on silly features and be a bot

Hi everyone, I think my problem was that I had configured the screens and synced them, but when I tried the mode without GPS, it wouldn’t start the custom views, and I only had a few bits of information. Yesterday, while sorting through my data, I got my custom displays. However, now in the Suunto app view, I have no details at all… just an error message… and the Strava sync, TrainingPeaks, tells me I only ran 6km instead of 10… Ugh… you chase one problem and another pops up. But so my original problem is solved… or at least it seems so. Thanks everyone.

@Manuel-Extreme I agree that V1 still is the best watch suunto has built in recent years. what distinguishes phones from watches is, that watches do not need security updates. V1 works perfectly well with the last release. of course we see new features on V2 and R2 that would be nice to have. if I hadto decide today for a new suunto I would still go for V1.

Bought my S9PP right after christmas 2022, and right now, battery life is low, some bugs like stopped OHR in the middle of the night, connection between chest strap and watch sometimes gets lost, and some other minor things, I think it may be a good plan to buy another one at the end of year. Still kinda hoping for am updated version of the watch and the form factor, because to be honest Race 2 will look to big on my arms and for wearing it 24/7 I guess it will be too big for me… I could use the S9PP for normal daily life and the Race2 for sports, but where is the point in this. Too much hassle.

@elbee hm, at least in my Vertical 2, the battery mode is not remembered. I set it to Endurance for an activity, but the next time I start this same sport mode, it starts over with Performance. @george-katsanos: Are your walks and runs so long, that the 50/60h of recording time in performance mode are not enough?

@2b2bff Super mega thanks !!!

@isazi Hi, I want to add my point of view. I have Suunto Race and I was testing the connection today, since a big race is coming. Until now, I was not using the HR sensor for races, but now I was curious. My HR strap is unfortunately not waterproof enough to wear during the swim. Therefore, I tested, if I can connect it after the swimming part. Once I ended the swim in Triathlon sport mode, I turned on the HR strap. The watch beeped and the strap seemed connected. But, when watching the HR, once I removed it from the wrist, HR vanished. This means, even if the sensor is apparently connected, it still shows the HR data from the watch optical sensor. That’s what I am asking: Is it possible to somehow change the settings to show the HR from the strap rather than watch? Thanks!!

@olaf-gottschalk has gone silent , update us if the work around helped you?