Suunto 9 Baro Screen Quality/Clarity

[Shvffles]

@hristijan-petreski Thanks for that really detailed overview - it’s definitely given me food for thought.

From my perspective, I’ve only gotten into fitness over the last several months. I’m 6.1”, 37 and before I started running (treadmill), I weighed 108KG.

I’m now down to 94KG and so, getting a watch (my first sports watch) is effectively a gift/motivator for where I’ve come from and where I hope to go.

Family and colleagues all use Garmin so that’s where the bias kicks in (I do like the size of the 6X).

But I think I kind of want something with my own stamp on it. I came across the configurator yesterday on the Suunto site and put together a pretty sweet design with a lime strap, silver bezel and engraving on the underside. It’s a little more expensive €499 but it’s mine (if you know what I mean), plus, this forum, and in particular, this thread has really made Suunto all that more appealing to be honest - a very welcoming and helpful bunch of people!!!

Going forward, I hopefully see myself heading outdoors and into the mountains and my new found love for fitness has me thinking about an ultra in a few years…maybe.

Decisions…

[isazi]

@shvffles the goal of this forum is to be a meeting place for the community of Suunto users, and I am glad you like the atmosphere here!

[EzioAuditore]

@shvffles You are definitely right. There is my weak point for Suunto. It is smaller but it feels like ‘family’. And I prefer to ‘support’ some smaller companies, otherwise in a couple of years the conglomerates will dictate everything (the next fenix will be north of 1k eur). If I hadn’t received the f6x I would never have bought it.
Make sure (from my experience) that there will be much more ‘looking eyes’ at your Suunto than your Garmin
Size between the 2 is almost identical as is the weight (especially if you go for the titanium version S9 is even lighter).
Plus when going outside: enjoy the scenery, the view, the surroundings, the companies and you will find much joy than blindly following the numbers on your wrist. Cheers and keep going, the s9 will surely help you achieve your goals, just do not force anything. I started with 7:30 min per km and HR of 170 to 4:30 per km and 140 in my late 30s so anything is possible

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@hristijan-petreski said in Suunto 9 Baro Screen Quality/Clarity:

I started with 7:30 min per km and HR of 170 to 4:30 per km and 140 in my late 30s so anything is possible

[Efejota]

@hristijan-petreski I understand now why you needed to recover from an injury. Just kidding

[EzioAuditore]

@efejota Actually the knee injury was basketball related. After a couple of months the running was making my knee hurt even more only to find out that due to the injury I was subconsciously putting more stress to my sick leg (thinking that in this way I will return it to normal). This is where the run dynamics from the Garmin HRM helped a lot. It showed me that I use the sick leg 55% longer on ground and the healthy one 45%. It took a lot of forced effort to bring it to balance.

[Likarnik]

@hristijan-petreski wow, that’s good to hear, I always thought that these things (like running dynamics - on watch/HRM, not in lab) are just a gimmick.

[EzioAuditore]

@likarnik Yes. While not medically accurate they indeed indicate ‘patterns’ to take into account.

[BrunoH]

@hristijan-petreski My wife works as a chief nurse in the Finland’s biggest hospital for artificial joint surgery (in case you should need replacement parts…)

[Efejota]

@hristijan-petreski impressive!