Soon to be Suunto owner.
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@Thomas-Bolstad I switched from S9P to Vertical Solar. I have small wrist, but the Vertical doesn’t feel bulky at all. Having a map is a huge advantage over the S9P. Especially for hiking and trailrunning.
And the extreme battery life ofcourse
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@freeheeler
Thank you again.
I really have to go over everything one more time.
Function, size and material and in that order.
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@surfboomerang
Thank you
More things to consider, I really have much to go through now.
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@Thomas-Bolstad
If you are not too carbon footprint extremist, you could consider to buy both of your choices, and try side by side with enough trial days at home before returning.
Of course it requires also some extra bucks to ingest temporarily
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@Thomas-Bolstad
while you mention materials, based on my experience, I would recommend to go for titanium in any case.
I am not lightweight fanatic by any means (bikes, boards, gear etc.) but it is a noticeable difference with the watches -
@Mff73
Thank you
The cost are secondary for me, if it is really steep I always think it is one time investment over long time.
Two watches are although not an alternative.
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@freeheeler
I have titanium today and it just feels a bit better and smoother.
Weight difference is very small so …
Strange to describe feelings.
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@cjanevate
I like Rainmaker, he is brutal onest and can really express what he feel and means.
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@Thomas-Bolstad said in Soon to be Suunto owner.:
I have titanium today and it just feels a bit better and smoother.
Weight difference is very small so …i had both SV Ti and Steel at the same time while purchasing, and weight diff was huge in term of sensation. I kept the steel one thinking i doesn’t worth the extra buck just for this, but i am thinking each time that i may have made a mistake.
10g is not huge, but out of 60g, it is really noticeable.
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@Mff73
I can not argue about that, difference is difference.
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@freeheeler
A little OT…do you know if it is possible to import data from polar flow into SA as well? It could be amazing…
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@misu763 if you’re on iOS you can do this with ‘RunGap’ which also works great for importing workouts from the past. On Android you can sync from Polar flow to Suunto with Healthsync but I don’t know if its possible for workouts in the past.
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@ChrisA
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If you consider a Race or a Vertical, I would go into a shop and try them on the wrist. For some people the lunges dig in to the wrist bone, which can be painful (even bloody). It really depends on the wrist bone. At the same time, those watches don’t feel as big and heavy on the wrist, as the dimensions would suggest. The Race might be a little more comfortable.
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@wmichi
We are going to the mall tomorrow and I’am testing both Race and Vertical on the wrist.
In the front right now are the Vertical but it depends on the size.
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@Thomas-Bolstad this is the vertical on my 18.5 cm circumference wrist (don’t know what the average circumference for men is but I found it comfortable)
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@Thomas-Bolstad I had the S9B and before that the Garmin Fenix 5, both are in paper the same size as the Vertical. But for some reason the Vertical does feel smaller!
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@Thomas-Bolstad Good luck shopping!
I wish I had a local store that carried the popular models. It will be worth to actually try it on and decide which one to get.
For me, I needed one to that is reliable in the mountains (hiking, mountaineering) and for running (10k, half and full marathons). I narrowed down to Vertical and 9PP. Finally, it came down to price… $350 for 9PP vs $630 for Vertical. I went with 9PP and have been very happy the last 3 weeks. The battery on my 9PP has been lasting about 10 days.
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Update.
Due to share size neither Vertical or Race will be mine.
I simply have to small wrist.
I tested SPP and it fits just
Since they did not have the titanium in the shop I have to wait two weeks before they have it in store again.
One of them have the name Thomas on it.
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I may miss all the map functions in the two others but it must be comfortable.
Thank you all for input and help.
// Thomas
