9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned
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I’ve been wearing my titanium watch daily for three years. I love its look, its size, and its battery, which allows me to go on expeditions to mountain huts for several days without recharging. Unfortunately, the heart rate tracking during activities has never been very good, but it’s worse than ever lately and is almost completely unreliable. This is too frustrating, especially since my Suunto Smart chest strap just died. I dream of the performance of the Race 2, but the size and look of my 9 Peak Pro. Who knows…
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@mercierml in size and look Race S comes closest to S9 Peak Pro
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@mercierml I wonder if there would be at least bugfix releases for the 9PP while it is still on sale.
But I think that train is gone since the last update
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@Ecki-D. yes, for clear watch bugs there still can be fix releases.
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@Egika this is likely only the “everyone has their time offset” type though, as happened in 2020, right? Suunto has no prior history of issuing bug fixing only updates after FW updates are done.
If they do, I will absolutely make an effort to catalogue the myriad little bugs. But I can’t believe that to be true based on previous evidence.
Suunto Spartan Trainer Wrist HR / 9PP Refurb
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@The_77 I can’t remember the details atm, but I am quite sure there was a bug fix for watches that didn’t receive any regular updates anymore. I think it was related to security.
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@The_77 said in 9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned:
@Egika this is likely only the “everyone has their time offset” type though, as happened in 2020, right? Suunto has no prior history of issuing bug fixing only updates after FW updates are done.
This is just wrong. One example is Spartan Ultra receiving bug fix 2.8.32 long time after active development had stopped…
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@Egika said in 9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned:
yes, for clear watch bugs there still can be fix releases.
I guess the question is what would Suunto consider a bug? Like @the_77 mentioned we could probably make a pretty long list of things that don’t quite work as expected. But I’m guessing the nit-picky things won’t ever be addressed.
What about some of the big picture things, though, like the clearly broken activity navigation screen (touch doesn’t work, can’t scroll back to previous data screen, old/ineffective zoom function) or the constant phantom notifications? I would qualify these as bugs, but does Suunto?
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@Egika this was exactly the bug I referred to in my post.
Anyway my point is that there is a difference between fixing watch breaking busy and niggles, so it would be good to know what to expect…
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Bought my S9PP right after christmas 2022, and right now, battery life is low, some bugs like stopped OHR in the middle of the night, connection between chest strap and watch sometimes gets lost, and some other minor things, I think it may be a good plan to buy another one at the end of year.
Still kinda hoping for am updated version of the watch and the form factor, because to be honest Race 2 will look to big on my arms and for wearing it 24/7 I guess it will be too big for me… I could use the S9PP for normal daily life and the Race2 for sports, but where is the point in this. Too much hassle.
