People who jumped from 9PP to Race S?

Tieutieu

@enriqueescoms Hi !
I not “directly” use the 9PP, but my wife does. And on my side I use SV1 and SRs.
For me you can consider the SRs as a mini SV1/2. Display is far better than S9pp, bigger, brighter of course with amoled. Maps on SRs are really awesome and are an absolute game changer compare to S9pp (screen resolution is great in comparison with SV)
Construction is lest builky (no sapphyre) but it’s still very good.
S9pp suffer is age and miss some late updates (like bip countdown and rep counter with structured workouts ; not implemented yet…I begin to doubt it will be).

The things I “regret” comparing my SRs with SV/S9PP are linked to amoled /HW:

I don’t like the crown
no personnal battery modes (touchscreen navigation not possible in sports modes)
no AOD unless big battery loss
autonomy of SRs for daily use : HR and sleep tracking, with some exercice, backlight to low, AOD off and raise to wake ON, SPO2 ON, is a little under S9pp (in exercice battery life is excellent, better than S9pp).

For the rest, the SRs is nice, very confortable and I use it a lot as a daily watch

fv4500

@VoiGAS thanks for the heads up. For similar price tags the Vertical 1 seems severly outdated compared with the Apex 4, feature wise. Thinking about it… For me, AMOLED is not an option.

2b2bff

@Tieutieu said in People who jumped from 9PP to Race S?:

touchscreen navigation not possible in sports modes

What do you mean with that?

VoiGAS

@fv4500 You are right, personally I would choose the Nomad if I would have to decide now.

Tieutieu

@2b2bff so far with amoled watches you can navigate with touchscreen on map, but you can’t switch from a screen to another. You have to press the crown go from a screen to another.
With SV and S9pp you can unable touchscreen to navigate between screens (except to exit from map screen)

enriqueescoms

@Tieutieu Really? That’s a shame, I use the touchscreen switch on my 9PP most of the time. (The climate is dry and I hardly sweat.)

Tieutieu

@enriqueescoms unless I missed something, that’s still impossible yes. That’s one of the rare things I dislike on my SRs.

2b2bff

I’m the complete opposite, I would love to navigate the watch exclusively with buttons apart from dragging the map around. I’m used to this from Garmin…

Ecki D.

Speaking for me - Crowns and AMOLED keep me away from upgrading.
AMOLED would be okay but only with maximum battery life.

Most of the time I forget that there is touch too. Maybe because you always have to push a button before starting to use touch.

enriqueescoms

Taking advantage of Black Friday and an additional discount, I ended up buying the Race S. I received it yesterday and I’m going to see if it wins me over.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:

More comfortable than the 9PP. Surprisingly, despite being a tad bigger, it’s more comfortable on my small wrist. (Both are the steel version).
Although the click feel is less robust than on the 9PP, the experience is even a bit more pleasant.
Regarding readability, the improvement over the 9PP isn’t very significant. My expectations were higher.
Installing the maps was much easier than I thought.
I liked the more comprehensive sleep report that the Race S provides compared to the 9PP.
One advantage is that I can finally go back from the navigation screen! (The only downside is that I can’t swipe the screen using the touch function).
On the other hand, I’m still getting used to the screen going completely black.
Related to the above, the delay before the screen activates after a wrist turn is noticeably longer on the Race S; I prefer the 9PP in this regard.
I’m also getting used to the new way of operating the watch: 2 buttons + crown vs. 3 buttons. I’m still not sure which I prefer.
The premium feel is slightly lacking compared to the 9PP. In this sense, the more radically minimalist design of the 9PP appeals to me more than that of the Race S.

Now all that remains is to put it to the test in real-world activities to thoroughly evaluate it.

2b2bff

@enriqueescoms said in People who jumped from 9PP to Race S?:

I’m still getting used to the screen going completely black.

I use AOD all the time. Can’t stand wearing a blank screen on my wrist. Never could with any make…