Suunto Race 2 General Discussion

vjakub

Do you think Suunto will make use of LPTO technology for the watch face when it’s in AOD standby, similar to Garmin or AW?

helgonet12

@vjakub I really hope they do. This is the sad side of the watch. Since everything else looks really good it would be nice if the AOD screen also feels more usable and looks design wise better.

Tomas5

Order experience:
I ordered yesterday in the morning Suunto Race 2 from suunto.com. At evening, I already got notified that the watch left the airport in Helsinki. In the middle of the night, it got to Germany, and at morning, it was already in Slovakia. It got to me at around 12:00.

So make it clear. Since the order until delivery in less than 29 hours, that’s excellent.

Watch first impression:
Positive:
Really heavy, feels good quality.
Fast user interface.
Good charger cable.
Many new features compared my old S5.
Neutral:
Display has nice resolution and colors but MIP fetl somehow better, need time to get used to it.
Negative:
Strap feels less comfortable than one on S5. It is not so soft and one setting is too tight and next one too loose. I will see in few days, maybe will replace for Suunto Textile strap.

I will write more after few days of using it
Overall looks great.

Currently downloading maps which is too slow.

Highlands

@Tomas5 Congrats Awesome watch. The red strap looks terrific. Enjoy

peegee

@raven can’t agree with you more about NFC payments

peegee

@sky-runner hopefully it will happen

Steven Hambleton

@peegee What do you do if you need to call someone?

tas2581

Dear owners please kindly confirm what size of strap is delivered with Race 2?
Comes with 2 straps S and M or with only 1 size and same 25cm of overall length?
My old Suunto Race was delivered with only one size, it’s 25cm from the buckle point and it is the limit of comfort for my 19cm wrist.
Was bizarre, top of the range at 549EUR, UNISEX, but discriminately delivered with only one size strap; while as an option all straps sold with 2 sizes in a kit 🤬

Ars Vitae

@Jakub-Brzóska Same here. I would have similar questions regarding accuracy when swimming. If I were ever to consider purchasing a new Suunto, this issue would have to be resolved.

Ars Vitae

@Tomas5 Could you tell if the charger magnet is strong? Does the charger come off easily when you lift the watch or not?

safari

@Ars-Vitae
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpEoe4npYZM
This video at 2:18 will give you an idea. There is a third magnetic direction.

Ars Vitae

@safari Thanks. The charger is improved. But the video also reveals a decline in GPS accuracy, which is a shame.

safari

@Ars-Vitae
I use vertical solar.
Yesterday, I did my first extreme camping trip since the last FW.
Even though I was on the road (steep mountain on my right, cliff on my left), they told me I was off-route That was hilarious. There’s no other way, and this route was drawn with the Suunto app.
For reliability, I’ve also shared the route video and image.

https://maps.suunto.com/move/bilal10/68c6d107ede0761cd988f37a

Tomas5

@Ars-Vitae it is strong in my opinion.

Tomas5

@Ars-Vitae i have two activities only yet. Accuracy looks good. There are some few places where it is not 100% accurate but in most of track you can see clearly on which side of road i was riding/walking. I will see later when hiking under trees or some other harder conditions.
This is worst part i found on todays 16km ride.

Other than that it looks just fine. I see few other places where not exact but still very good.

Ars Vitae

@safari @Tomas5 Thanks guys:) I can live with that little inaccuracies on my SV but for the new one I expect something more.

Ars Vitae

Has anyone checked the discrepancies between the distances and elevations planned in the Suunto app and the actual distances and elevations recorded on the watch? They are noticeable on SV, I am curious how it looks in the case of the new device.

sky-runner

@Ars-Vitae Suunto App planned route distances and elevation gains (ascent values) have always been quite inaccurate for me compared to Race S and Race. Distances are typically 3-5% short. Ascent can easily be 10-20% off, typically on the low side but I’ve seen cases when estimated ascent was 15-20% more than actual. I am pretty sure the app map data is inaccurate and not the watches. The situation was similar when I owned Garmin by the way. However I should mention that when I plan a route in Strava, the estimated ascent is surprisingly accurate compared to Suunto or Garmin. I think that is because they improved their elevation data with data from real activities.

Ars Vitae

@sky-runner Thanks, you’re right, it’s hard to blame the watch for that, and now that I think about it, I have similarly good results with planning on Strava or Komoot, although the distance on the map is always shorter than in reality.