Suunto Race S general discussion

Jeffrey Tillack

@Brad_Olwin yes, the OHR is a non-issue for me as I’ve always worn a heart rate strap. I think people get a little too “over the top” about optical sensors (imho). It’s fine for hiking and general day to day life. Maybe it’s my bony wrists it doesn’t like .

Brad_Olwin

@Jeffrey-Tillack OHR is not good for me either, I do not like wearing my watch on my forearm. The Race S can give me decent values while running but not consistently.

laismaniko

Hi all, I bought Suunto Race S today. To my disappointment, I found that the vibration of the watch is significantly louder vs. Race or Vertical. For me, it’s too noisy. Can anyone tell me if this is normal or not? Otherwise, really happy with the watch.

far-blue

@laismaniko I’ve never had a Race or a Vertical but I can say the Race S is less loud when vibrating than my 5 Peak was. Noting that the Race S is smaller and lighter than the Race or Vertical if Suunto used the same unit in all three it would make sense it would be more apparent in the S because there’s less mass/bulk to vibrate.

dulko79

Does anyone know if Race S UMTB World Series will be restocked on Suunto website any time soon?

Highlands

@dulko79 No idea but I saw it available at
https://www.sport-conrad.com/en/products/suunto/race-s-sc-2.html

defencee

Is it possible to create strength training functionality in suunto app and into watches? muscle maps, exercises?

defencee

perhaps in the future it will be possible to build a route to the points (POI) ?

Sportsfreund

seriously? the Titan doesn’t have sapphire glass?

Egika

@Sportsfreund yes. Race S has Gorilla glass.
Has been discussed before.
Titanium saves almost 10g of weight.

altcmd

@Egika kinda makes the usecase for having titanium pointless. Just like how garmin did with the 965 - titanium frame handicapped by a cheap gorilla glass. So much for durability!

Ze Stuart

@altcmd except for people who have skin that reacts to stainless steel… (me!)

Egika

@altcmd again. Titanium is not there for ruggedness. Screen material is independent from body material.
All Verticals for example have Sapphire regardless of steel or TI body.
All Race S have Gorilla Glass regardless of steel or TI.

BTW. I have just ordered my TI Race S this morning. It will arrive tomorrow 🥳

altcmd

@Egika clearly - aesthetics over practicality.

Egika

@altcmd different offers for different users.

Sportsfreund

@Egika have fun with your gorilla glas. ‍

Egika

@Sportsfreund I don’t get the fuzz.
Have been wearing Race S steel with the same glass since February. Also for rock climbing, via ferrata etc.
No scratch whatsoever on the glass.
If I hadn’t tested the steel version successfully, I would not have gotten the TI

iqbal.twkl

hello i have using suunto race s about 3 weeks. and i have problem with auto pause. when i trail running it wont to start when i running it still paused so i lost about 3km in that trail running. and after that i using it for cycling, i had same issue about autopause, it jumped when i ridding about 50kilometers i stopped for buy drink, when i start again it jumped to 80km and when autopause traffic it jump to 100km, i still on 80km that time in garmin. i confussed about autopause trash, hope it fixed in next update software

freeheeler

@Egika
ordered the Race S for my wife, too.
I am very convinced by this model and its value to money ratio.
I’ve been using my one a lot, too in the past months and it’s still looking brand new.

Jeffrey Tillack

Had my Race S about 6 weeks now, and it’s been really fantastic.

However, the software hasn’t been as reliable as my old trusty Baro. Right at this moment I’m having to reset the watch for the 3rd time since purchase, deleting the 6GB of maps I have on it (which requires around 6 hours to load).

It seems on every occasion, the screen (on raise to wake) goes black, and requires a press of the crown to get things visible. Nothing fixes it. If I go to Display settings the AOD display check button is enabled, but the button is not available to actually change (the wording is greyed out) and as a consequence the button can’t be accessed. Man! it’s annoying.

Secondly, the oHR has been terrible. Almost as bad as my Apple Ultra 2 which is rubbish. However I always wear a strap so it’s not a deal breaker.

Other than the above, I love the watch. It’s just frustrating. I won’t bother reloading the maps, I just don’t have the patience anymore.