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    GVW18380
    last edited by 11 Jan 2025, 11:23

    I am still hesitating to buy a Suunto Race or Race S.
    I like them looks but doubt the content vs Garmin.
    Who can convince me?

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      sartoric Moderator @GVW18380
      last edited by 11 Jan 2025, 11:33

      @GVW18380
      No one 😁

      Choose what you like and be happy

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        ChrisA Platinum Member @GVW18380
        last edited by ChrisA 1 Nov 2025, 13:15 11 Jan 2025, 11:50

        @GVW18380 if you want and believe in a lot of „scores“ that tell you how good your endurance, your sleep, your hill abilities or your total readiness your water intake etc. are, go for the Garmin and hope that it will work and judge your training and workout accordingly. For me that didn’t work and not only because sleep tracking was not working, but also it took away the „joy“ of working out and feel connected to my body and the nature around me. The „medium“ (the numbers and scores of the watch and the app) became the main important thing and not the training/workout itself. It felt not good!

        With Suunto there is a „choice“. You can have a lot of metrics but you won’t need to. You can turn off 24/7 HR measurement and sleep and use it as a pure sportswatch, concentrating on your training, feeling your body and how it reacts and works and still get a ton of data to improve your workouts, like Zonesense, which I really appreciate. And you can track HRV, Recovery and sleep but it won’t judge you and tell you you feel crap and should not train, if in reality you feel good.

        Besides that: You can get a Race S for 300€ atm which I don’t know any actual Garmin watch with similar features can compete with.

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          ChrisA Platinum Member @ChrisA
          last edited by ChrisA 1 Nov 2025, 11:59 11 Jan 2025, 11:58

          @ChrisA and just one more thing (feeling like Columbo 😀) - I consider the Suunto app MUCH better than Garmin‘s app. If I want to see how many km I ran, walked, spent time at the Gym in the last week, month, year (or any given time), grouped by day, week or months - no problem:
          IMG_5062.jpeg

          As graphic or as a table - there are many options and I am pretty sure you can’t do it in Garmin‘s app or even their website (at least last time I used it)

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            wakarimasen Silver Members @sartoric
            last edited by 11 Jan 2025, 13:19

            @sartoric said in Regret of Suunto purchase:

            @GVW18380
            No one 😁

            Choose what you like and be happy

            Great answer. I would only add: your research - if it shows that the watch does want you want!

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              Highlands @GVW18380
              last edited by Highlands 1 Nov 2025, 14:02 11 Jan 2025, 14:01

              @GVW18380 said in Regret of Suunto purchase:

              I am still hesitating to buy a Suunto Race or Race S.
              I like them looks but doubt the content vs Garmin.
              Who can convince me?

              It’s none of our business to convince anyone of anything. Buy whatever device you think suits you best. If you don’t like it, return it during the return window.
              Best of luck with your choice 🤞

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                Stavrogin @Highlands
                last edited by 11 Jan 2025, 14:34

                @Highlands I totally agree. Who are we to convince you to buy something so personal. If you are serious about your training, this is your training partner/coach.

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