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

freeheeler

@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

Torbjørn Høstmark Borge

@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.

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

freeheeler

@johann-fuehrer
good luck

Saketo Nemo

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

it finally made me buy the S9B

I do not believe it, I do not believe it at all !
enjoy it !

freeheeler

@Saketo-Nemo
sorry, it’s not the best pic… but that’s all I can do with left arm in splint…

freeheeler

@Saketo-Nemo
I really like it!
…but I don’t use notifications as I don’t want to get even more distraction, I don’t use 24/7 HR as it is inaccurate with my preferred strap tightness and I don’t use sleep tracking as I am not wearing a watch at night normally
the rest is great and I enjoy it
…of course some things could become improved or added… but we’ll see…

stromdiddily

Lucky enough to have tried the gamut of recent sport watches and my ultimate conclusion is that none of them have enough bells and whistles to pull me from the accuracy and reliability of my A3P.

The S9 was really close but the everyday wear battery life (even w activity tracking turned off) and lack of POI functionality are absolute killers for me.

freeheeler

@stromdiddily
the battery life of s9b is half of a3p in watch mode, that’s true and a bit of a drawback… my cellphone needs a recharge every 1 or 2 days… so I need to be around power or carry a powerbank anyway. this did not keep me away from taking the step to the future, even though I really love my a3p.

I can’t judge about poi as I’ve never ever used it…

a3p still is a brilliant watch but I also enjoy s9b with 5 to 7 parameters screen, dynamic battery life settings during activity, graphic HR zones etc

freeheeler

I tested route planning, sync and navigation yesterday. works great! I’m looking forward for vacation end of next week. I don’t have to prepare a hike or two that we might want to do already at home. I can do that spontaneous on site

Brad_Olwin

@TELE-HO The battery the S9b will last a very long time if you turn off 24/7 HR tracking and do not track sleep. It will last many weeks, much longer than the A3P but will lose some functionality.

freeheeler

@Brad_Olwin
then reality is better what suunto advertises about s9b? 14 days for s9b without sleeptracking and 24h HR… for a3p they advertise 30 days…

Brad_Olwin

@TELE-HO I think it is at least two weeks but it seems better than that. I have two S9baros (don’t ask) and if one is not connected to the phone or tracking anything I am fairly certain I can get a month out of it.

But my charging solution was to simply buy another cable and put it in my car. I have a 40 min one way commute to work. Charging the watch while I commute once per week is all I need, plus if I am going on a very long weekend run I can charge on the drive there and be in good shape. For me as long as I get a few days of charge I am fine so I usually do track HR and track sleep.

Brad_Olwin

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

I tested route planning, sync and navigation yesterday. works great! I’m looking forward for vacation end of next week. I don’t have to prepare a hike or two that we might want to do already at home. I can do that spontaneous on site

I am flying home from Europe right now where I was at a meeting. While enroute to Europe, I planned 3 different runs in Copenhagen after looking up where my hotel was. It was so easy to use the heat maps and I probably mapped out about 10 runs just to see how long they were. I wanted one 10k, a 15-18k and a ~22k route. I synced them all to my watch and was ready to go when I got there. All I can say is the route planning on SA is the best on any mobile app hands down. Kudos to Suunto for their implementation of that.

freeheeler

I tested today S9B vs A3PS in direct comparison on a family “hike” with a lot of playground and icecream pitstops…
what I notice is that A3PS has a calmer recording. I saw couple of times while just sitting in the sun (I did not hit pause by purpose!) that S9B keeps showing some speed and adds up distance.
In the end S9B recorded 5.27km and A3PS 4.8km which I consider more realistic. I think this is cause by FusedSpeed?!
Normally I don’t do so much pauses, so for me nothing to worry about.
When I look at the recorded track: yes, A3PS has better accuracy.
And for me the most important value was total ascent: it is a more or less flat topography and S9B recorded 110m while A3PS recorded 117m.

Here are the links:
S9B

https://app.suunto.com/move/skiingone/5db443f7124992b18f3d7361

A3PS

https://app.suunto.com/move/skiingone/5db447fb17683a1f54482a7f

freeheeler

https://quantified-self.io/user/jBm0qOhihUMykVYD8HBJMshQrJc2/event/ytXCOE8cYyX48EswSwlk

and here’s the link for direct comparison of the track.
…and if you go into the graph you can clearly see that S9B seems to have an issue with the pace compared to A3PS. of course I did not press pause for our pitstops… but you can see pitstops in A3PS pace and S9B is just spikes… also during the entire activity…

apart from that: awesome tool @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

zhang965

Knock knock
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freeheeler

@zhang965
I live in a neutral country, I just say what I see

from scientific point of view there is nothing wrong to check and compare the truth.
Ok, it is not a representative analysis… this might take a bit longer.
But it’s nice to have two watches and to check and verify what’s discussed in here.

freeheeler

here’s another comparison of S9B and A3PS. Both watches in performance/Best GPS mode and GPS only.
Both tracks have some offsets on different sections.
During the pauses (they were quite short this time and pause button was not pressed) the watches did not freak out and started counting unwanted distance. S9B showed – in pace field during the my pauses while A3PS showed some min/km.
I see that S9B still has some pace spikes during the activity and A3PS had one major pace spike. But it’s not as bad as with my last test. This is by the way not visible in Strava and SA. QS is very precise in this case.

I think the best improvement is the total ascent. My activity was one big climb at start and then one slightely interrupted descent and then rolling terrain until the end. 7m difference is about 1% and more than acceptable for this type of profile in my opinion.

https://quantified-self.io/user/jBm0qOhihUMykVYD8HBJMshQrJc2/event/sqZJQxrQ2Ufl53ioUXVe

pilleus

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

here’s another comparison of S9B and A3PS

And another one. A stop for the Ambit 3 is not a stop for the S9B. 4 minutes difference in moving time is not okay. And the difference in the ascent is not okay too. I recorded the ride additional with an Amazfit GTS and the results are quite close to the Ambit 3. Astonishing.

https://beta.quantified-self.io/user/0ntwZkfvMLhji8GViw3t4alT3py1/event/oGjg8f0QmDgo5jmyIDXb