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    Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race

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    • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
      Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @stromdiddily
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      @stromdiddily said in Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race:

      TBH - I recently put my S9 back on the shelf for my A3P and Apex. GPS consistency, which had it ahead of the others, just hasn’t been there with this latest update.

      I hear you and I do not deny that the last update has been great for the common public but not so well for “all” users. The cut corner issue is well known.

      Most of the users (statistically) that ‘have issues’ or are not pleased, are geographically distributed in common areas from my analysis. I don’t know why but I bet it has really todo with the stuff above us.

      The most funny part is that it has been like so since many years and many brands afaik.

      Typical scenario for me (the location/way I test) was that the accuracy of the Spartan series was far away from my expectations in contrast to the S series.

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      • stromdiddilyS Offline
        stromdiddily Gold Members @isazi
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        @isazi fair enough point. We are obviously a little more involved than the average user 🙂

        @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos region must have something to do with it. I look at tracks for folks in other places and often find much better results despite a seemingly common platform.

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        • isaziI Offline
          isazi Moderator @Łukasz Szmigiel
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          @Łukasz-Szmigiel so today I must have got one of the best GPS tracks ever in my home area using Galileo. Unfortunately it’s too close to home to share it, but I was very impressed!

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          • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
            Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager
            last edited by Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

            Perhaps if posting here we can revive mr SilventVoyager

            I can share that the latest FW for the Sony chip on both S9/S5 performs oustanding.

            Regarding distance, I always get more than Stryd , road or trail. Personal. But about 0.05-0.15 to A3

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            • Łukasz SzmigielŁ Offline
              Łukasz Szmigiel @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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              @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos you mean - unpublished firmware?

              S9PP 2.40.44

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              • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Łukasz Szmigiel
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                @Łukasz-Szmigiel yes I get (among others) Fieldtest SW to test.

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                • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                  Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @Łukasz Szmigiel
                  last edited by Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

                  @Łukasz-Szmigiel FYI that is not stable nor something a normal person would benefit from.

                  As soon, and as across countries and continents, we can pass several tests we can say that it’s a safe FW to go ahead with.

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                    nseslija Bronze Member @isazi
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                    @isazi now that you’ve mentioned, I also had one of the best GPS tracks this last weekend while hiking… with GLONASS although…

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                    • surfboomerangS Offline
                      surfboomerang @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race:

                      Perhaps if posting here we can revive mr SilventVoyager

                      I can share that the latest FW for the Sony chip on both S9/S5 performs oustanding.

                      Regarding distance, I always get more than Stryd , road or trail. Personal. But about 0.05-0.15 to A3

                      😳 😍 Can’t wait.
                      Are the speed spikes/wobbles also fixed on higher speeds? It got way better in the current firmware, but there is room for improvement as it still fails sometimes

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                      • Łukasz SzmigielŁ Offline
                        Łukasz Szmigiel @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                        @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos always good to hear that new firmware is being tested and its results are promising. Awesome!

                        S9PP 2.40.44

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                        • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                          Brad_Olwin Moderator @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                          @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race:

                          Perhaps if posting here we can revive mr SilventVoyager

                          I can share that the latest FW for the Sony chip on both S9/S5 performs oustanding.

                          Regarding distance, I always get more than Stryd , road or trail. Personal. But about 0.05-0.15 to A3

                          I can confirm way @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos as I have been Field-testing the new firmware. We both agree the GPS is much better.

                          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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                            azeanic
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                            Can confirm the latest GPS firmware is a lot better than previous iterations. I’m using Stryd for distance, so not sure about actual distance accuracy. But tracks are a lot cleaner and closer to where I’m actually running.

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                            • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                              Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @surfboomerang
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                              @surfboomerang I have not tested high speeds. Only up to 22km/h that is the fastest j can run.

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                                Maryn Silver Members @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos let’s hope that this version stays as a release canditate.

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                                  surfboomerang @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                  @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos I haven’t seen the speed wobbles in my running activities. Only on other profiles. I think it has something to do with a different log algorithm in the running profiles.

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                                  • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                                    Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @surfboomerang
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                                    @surfboomerang we don’t use anything different (algo) between types.

                                    It can be though the way you use your arms

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                                      freeheeler @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
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                                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
                                      like “shocks” from waves and fusedspeed becomes confusedspeed?

                                      living sideways

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                                        Shrek3k
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                                        I am ready for an improved GPS (+ ×) software, too.
                                        I a challenging environment (weekdays I am running in Berlin, approx 30% of the route(s) between rather solid and high houses) pure GPS and/or GPS+ Galileo/Glonass are quite often a real disaster and only offering a ‘wobbling’ track. And it does not even help to activate the exercise type and wait for a few minutes after the position has been found(yes, minutes, which currently is not too cozy 😉 )

                                        using a Suunto Vertical & Suunto Wings; mostly running (AKA stomping around) and cycling mostly through the northern german "wilderness"
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                                        • Fenr1rF Offline
                                          Fenr1r @freeheeler
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                                          @TELE-HO said in Suunto 9 with the recent GPS firmware was among least accurate GPS watches in today's 25K trail race:

                                          confusedspeed

                                          Bravo. Better than any Friday deserves.

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                                          • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                                            Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager @freeheeler
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                                            @TELE-HO GPS no. Speed distance yes though 😄 Only if GPS is off / lost / bad.

                                            There is also confusedTrack BTW 😄

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