Suunto 9 Peak (review and specs)
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Just my two cents, as I see a lot of opinions here.
I think it’s important to have here the following picture
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to say that S9P is not a replacement for S9B but two form thee S9 collection now. They will exist and be sold side by side (you remember, that S9B recently got a facelift, right?). That’s up to you decide which one suits you better.
For many Suunto users who already have S9B there is probably no reason to change it for S9P. But it’s not a reason to be disappointed - I honestly think just the opposite - it’s meaning you’ll have more FW updates.
On the other hand - I was also quite skeptical about new design and size. I am okay to wear big watches even though I have small wrists. But now, after some time using it - Oh, I love it.Regarding the price:
Feature-wise Suunto watches always cost premium to some chinese brands (and I’m talking not only about Coros, but there are others as well, Huami or Huawei are making incredible devices) - it’s up to you if you’re okay to pay that premium for long-lasting made in Europe product focused on outdoor or you’d better go for another brand or you wait for a bargain.P.S. As usual - all being said is my personal opinion as a customer.
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@sky-runner stay with the Garmin. So you won’t have any issues with any Suunto.
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@dimitrios-kanellopoulos said in Suunto 9 Peak (review and specs):
This is a big thank you to all testers that made this happen.
Special thanks to @Saketo-Nemo @isazi @Joaquin @Hecke and @Brad_Olwin (our own guys here )
You guys must have had a lot of fun on this forum, reading all our wildest speculations about a potential new watch and guessing about the phrase “silence of the mind”
I can imagine it’s sometimes hard not to intervene.
Nevertheless, thanks for testing and doing all the hard work guys!
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I think this is the best time for being a Spartan user. I have no problem to decide that S9P will be my next one.
- Design is incredible
- The reviews are promising (even DCR seemed happy)
- Improvements compared to Spartan are huge
- SA is getting a resilient pace of imrpvements
- My Spartan is more that 4 years old
So, thanks Suunto
Suunto: Race, S9Peak, Spartan Sport Wrist
Garmin: FR745, Edge 530
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@suzzlo Excellent design - excellent materials - good option in change HR sensor - good gps implementation. Suunto Team should be proud in this product!
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@suzzlo said in Suunto 9 Peak (review and specs):
I think this is the best time for being a Spartan user. I have no problem to decide that S9P will be my next one.
- Design is incredible
- The reviews are promising (even DCR seemed happy)
- Improvements compared to Spartan are huge
- SA is getting a resilient pace of imrpvements
- My Spartan is more that 4 years old
So, thanks Suunto
I could have written the exact same words.
In my case, S9P will be my wife’s watch for our common outside activities (I will continue using SSU) and my day life watch for rest of time.Small form, baro, good GPS, and… Suunto brand
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@bulkan I owned 3 different Suunto watches in the past and still have one of them. I wouldn’t had upgraded if I was unhappy with Suunto. I am a demanding user but mostly because the terrain here in mountains where I live is notoriously difficult for GPS watches. Until a few years ago if you went to any trail ultra race in Washington, half of all runners at the start would wear Suunto watches because they provided much better accuracy than competition. I was actually quite interested in S9B and will certainly consider future models of Suunto. But an attitude like that (telling me to stay with Garmin) is certainly not helping.
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@sky-runner
I understand @Bulkan just confirmed what you said: this isn’t a watch for me. You explained why and in my very personal opinion such comments about a newly developed and presented product is condescending.
Think about what people feel who were waiting for this release and even worse: all the people who were involved in developing, testing and producing it.
I assume there will be no Suunto watch that meets your demands in the next bunch of months, right? -
@sky-runner good words.
Without wanting to get your money (because actually I wont be getting them)
what about using the S9P as a casual watch and training vs ie the Garmin Enduro or F7 that might have 1000h of GPS tracking for the actual race? -
@sky-runner Suunto is a company that try to make money selling products. They decide their features and roadmaps, so they take decisions. We as consumers, can try to influence in Suunto’s decisions (win this forum) and then, we can chose between different brand and products.
I agree with @Bulkan: “if you are not going to be happy with a Suunto, just don’t buy”.
But it’s same for anything: “if you are not going to be happy with this BMW, just don’t buy it”Life is short, try to be happy
BR
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@sky-runner said in Suunto 9 Peak (review and specs):
@bulkan I owned 3 different Suunto watches in the past and still have one of them. I wouldn’t had upgraded if I was unhappy with Suunto. I am a demanding user but mostly because the terrain here in mountains where I live is notoriously difficult for GPS watches. Until a few years ago if you went to any trail ultra race in Washington, half of all runners at the start would wear Suunto watches because they provided much better accuracy than competition. I was actually quite interested in S9B and will certainly consider future models of Suunto. But an attitude like that (telling me to stay with Garmin) is certainly not helping.
you expressed here yourself very clear here and in other social communities. And for what I’ve read I don’t think what you want/need/imagine/demand exist with the current technology. And when things aren’t as you want/need and you’ve told that more than once we will have again a post hijacked.
That’s why I recommend you don’t use a Suunto. You won’t be happy and we will know it.
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@bulkan and the others… I am quite surprised by the outcry against @sky-runner … Everyone adds a layer, doesn’t he have the right to speak? He gives his opinion (and that can be understood).
I thought this forum different.
If the only possibility is to go into ecstasies, well, let’s go into ecstasies, like that, in fact, we will all be happy … -
@rob33 you are right, but other members are right as well. There was a lot of conflict here between the users in the past.
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@sky-runner said in Suunto 9 Peak (review and specs):
Lack of customizability of the app and the watch, which I assume remain mostly unchanged. For example, I really have to have Monday as first day of training week, but I am unwilling to change my phone’s locale for a number of reasons. I also really prefer to have mixed units. These are all small things that should be trivial to make more customizable (Ambit / Movescount had that), so I really don’t understand why it is so hard to do the same in the new platform?
FYI we are changing this asap on Android in regards to the first day
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@rob33 I’m not saying, don’t post in this forum. Any idea or comment could add value, but I think that @sky-runner requirements and S9P features will not match so… just don’t buy seems to be a good advise (at least for me)
BR
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@dimitrios-kanellopoulos
not only the conflict, everyone has the right for his/her opinion and freedom of speech. but frequent and constant negative vibes and unrealistic demands made users and moderators helpless IMHOliving sideways
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I don’t think this should go further. I don’t see where is the hostility. Is a user with a strong opinion about what needs, I respect that, and I have my opinion “He won’t be happy”. We don’t need 30 post of 2.000 words to express this.
I prefer to talk about the new Suunto 9 peak rather than what don’t have and from there Suunto app, histeriesis… bla blab bla bla like is happening.
Suunto 9 peak!!
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@freeheeler yes perhaps but the opinion of each one is respectable, as much as his.
And it is through these constructive exchanges that there can be development aid and define an extended range corresponding to different expectations.In any case, I see it like that, otherwise, for me, not much interest to exchange with people having strictly the same opinion …
Disagree?OK, Subject closed
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@dimitrios-kanellopoulos said in Suunto 9 Peak (review and specs):
@sky-runner good words.
Without wanting to get your money (because actually I wont be getting them)
what about using the S9P as a casual watch and training vs ie the Garmin Enduro or F7 that might have 1000h of GPS tracking for the actual race?On my side, for now it is what I will do.
Still undecided about F6SS or something cheaper…
The thing I “want” regarding garmin is training load focus (mainly from edge 530, but I want that the casual runs add to it)
On the day suunto app calculates it (like it now does for training load) even with other devices activities I can only have one watch.
Although maps in F6S are fun and andy, it is not something I trully need.
I prefer ease of use and confort, which is now something the F6S is not for me. (still don’t know if the S9P will be, but hope so!) -
@Brad_Olwin is the standby battery improved with the options with the auto backlight etc from S9B? I assume with some hardware updates even with smaller battery size, maybe that has gone up? Can you give a sense for what you get with 1hr GPS per day etc? Thanks!
