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    Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!

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    • Jonas ImholzJ Offline
      Jonas Imholz
      last edited by

      I am not happy with the height measurement of the barometer, this is usually far off even if I calibrate this each time at the beginning of a hike.

      Therefore, I would like to know if there is an option to measure the height via GPS

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      • Brad_OlwinB Offline
        Brad_Olwin Moderator @Jonas Imholz
        last edited by

        @Jonas-Imholz You have a separate thread for this, can we keep one conversation and not two?

        Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

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        • freeheelerF Offline
          freeheeler
          last edited by freeheeler

          first short evening hike with my new S9B… so far, very nice watch! 👌
          the track is not too accurate but for slow activity like hiking acceptable… i’ll check all settings tonight… I only had time to setup the sport mode before the hike

          living sideways

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          • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
            Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
            last edited by

            I understand those who wants 24/7 tracking and OHR but I would love to see the possibility to turn off step counting. At this point, only Garmin allows you to turn this completely off. It shouldn’t be too difficult.

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            • freeheelerF Offline
              freeheeler @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
              last edited by

              @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
              why? it doesn’t consume noticeable battery

              living sideways

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              • freeheelerF Offline
                freeheeler
                last edited by

                after using my s9b for the first time the first thought I have is why is it not possible to toggle the use of satellite systems? I see you can select gps, gps+glonass and gps+galileo… it would be nice to use galileo alone or galileo+glonass

                living sideways

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                • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                  Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @freeheeler
                  last edited by Torbjørn Høstmark Borge

                  @TELE-HO i know, but a minor group (including me), are a little bit more prone to addictions than others. Reaching 40k steps each day is a killer. It really helps when you can turn that feature off.

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                  • freeheelerF Offline
                    freeheeler @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
                    last edited by freeheeler

                    @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
                    😁 then you better leave it switched on and face your addiction to overcome it 😉

                    living sideways

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                    • sartoricS Offline
                      sartoric Moderator @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
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                      @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
                      Lower the goal to 100 😄

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                      • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                        Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @freeheeler
                        last edited by

                        @TELE-HO impossible ☺️. Seriously, it’s not something you want to experience.

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                        • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                          Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @sartoric
                          last edited by

                          @sartoric 100 steps a day?🤓. I’m more l kind of a 1-point-something-million…

                          But it should be possible to turn it off.

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                          • freeheelerF Offline
                            freeheeler @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
                            last edited by

                            @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
                            I’m working in an office and try to move in my free time a bit… sometimes I don’t even get 5k steps 😉
                            but maybe you can place this request in the firmware update/feature suggestion rather that in this thread?

                            living sideways

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                            • ianshowalterI Offline
                              ianshowalter @pilleus
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                              @pilleus There’s actually a reason expensive watches with built in OHR tend to have worse readings than cheaper fitness trackers: weight. The heavier that one-sided weight is on your wrist, the more likely it is to bounce around a little and mess up the HR data. So, yes, generally that base-model activity tracker is going to track your heart rate during activities like running better than an S9 or a Fenix. It’s paradoxical, but it’s a limitation of wrist-based HR.

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                              • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                                Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @freeheeler
                                last edited by

                                @TELE-HO Thanks for your advice, I’m new to this forum, so after reading a bit here, I thought this was the best place

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                                • freeheelerF Offline
                                  freeheeler @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
                                  last edited by

                                  @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
                                  no worries!
                                  Johann has created this thread to give people the chance to compare a bit more between older watches and the S9B…
                                  it finally made me buy the S9B 😀

                                  living sideways

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                                  • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                                    Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @freeheeler
                                    last edited by

                                    @TELE-HO great 🙂.
                                    I’ve always seen myself as a Garmin man, but I’ve used a lot of watches since I’m reviewing them for my website. Over the last months I’ve started to miss the Suunto 9 Baro. Garmin has so many more features, but there was something about Suunto 9 that made me feel that it was “bombproof”. I could have walked into a storm and found my way out.

                                    I great thing about Suunto 9 though, is that it seems to have such great hardware that it doesn’t get old very fast. It just depends on the firmware. Really thinking of buying another one. Again 😇

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                                    • freeheelerF Offline
                                      freeheeler @Torbjørn Høstmark Borge
                                      last edited by

                                      @Torbjørn-Høstmark-Borge
                                      a second S9B? …yes, why not? …Suunto offers special editions every now and then.
                                      I remember an Ambit3 Peak Nepal… or like my Red Bull X-Alps version 🙂

                                      living sideways

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                                      • Torbjørn Høstmark BorgeT Offline
                                        Torbjørn Høstmark Borge @freeheeler
                                        last edited by

                                        @TELE-HO yes, I’ve had plenty of them actually. I bought the Red Bull X-Alp Edition, but you know, white makes me look more tan, so I sold it immediately 😅.
                                        I think I will buy either the standard white one, or a customised one.

                                        Not sure though how the internal hardware like processor and storage compare to other devices like new Garmin, Polar and Coros watches, or older Suunto models like the Ambit 3 which is legendary, or the new Suunto 5. I hope Suunto 9 is so “powerful” that it can keep up with newer devices for a long time.

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                                          johann.fuehrer Bronze Member @freeheeler
                                          last edited by johann.fuehrer

                                          @TELE-HO said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:

                                          Johann has created this thread to give people the chance to compare a bit more between older watches and the S9B…
                                          it finally made me buy the S9B 😀

                                          Maybe this get’s me an invitation to #SUUNTOSUMMIT 🎅

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                                          • freeheelerF Offline
                                            freeheeler @johann.fuehrer
                                            last edited by

                                            @johann-fuehrer
                                            good luck 😀 ✊

                                            living sideways

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