Why I've shelved my Peak for a 9
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@mister-pyc GPS antennas are not just a piece of wire. To receive any signal at all from a satellite sized like a medium fridge that covers the whole earth with it’s transmission, is an art in itself. Bit rate is super low, but still a lot of cross correlation calculation is necessary to extract any data out of the noise.
So you can be sure that Suunto is not waisting any screen space if it would not be necessary.
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@egika we are on the same page … my point is super simple : if they succeed to place the screen into teh S8 PEAK that take all the watch, I’m sure they will succeed to place a bigger screen when it will exist into a S9 baro … may be will it be a S10 baro …
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@mister-pyc what makes you think, the screen in S9P takes the whole screen? Your assumption is wrong in the first place. S9P has similar antenna space as the other models.
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@egika Hey Hey !!! YOU ARE RIGHT !!!
I wrongly though that the 9 Peak was keeping the same screen as the 9 Baro but inside a smaller watch
Most of the time when I was looking to a S9Peak watch the dark background was the same as the external part so I got confused …
After your comment I went to search for some comparison pics and found this one where we see effectivelly a slight different color on the S9Peak external circle …
so I was totally wrong !!!Well … let’s still dream that there will be in that case some solution for Antena in future whch could allow a bigger screen … I dream of it …
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@mister-pyc
I don’t care about the size of the screen… it is just the watch that has to be BIIIG
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@freeheeler I actually prefer the smaller watch. It is by far easier to take off backpacks/ jackets etc with a smaller watch + I can wear it to work without feeling weird
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@theguyfromthesummit
I see the benefits for having a smaller watch, too…
…but: I want it BIIIG
…similar with the skies… I feel I should go even wider than my 105… would it be good for pow?! absolutely! would it be good for the slopes? no way… that’s why I stay on that size
everything within reason
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@bulkan Ah AH HA !!! for your info, with my wife we both went to eyes surgery 15 years ago to remove any glasses … and … we were super happy to not wear them anymore any glasses whilst skiing … the sole problem … now we have 12/10 on both eyes … but to see far … not to see from near …
Ok I know the next joke …
More seriously … the watch is perfect to read in perfect conditions … but in mountain or in refuge the conditions are never these ones … also when you are still asleep your vision is far from beign good
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@freeheeler humm humm … I have some ZAG H105 and ZAG H95 … I can ski in powder the same manner … my daugther who was in competition for many many years is abel to ski perfectly in powder even with her slalom skis (which for me is creasy) … all is a question of technic
best compromise in the alps is 95 mm bigger … you cannot ski super short turns on the slope, smaller it’s technical in the powder … 95 … perfect everywhere …PS : I dream of a bigger watch … not for adding more complexity of more information, just to see it much easier …
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@egika, I have the solution for the antenna : the ambit 3, Spartan Trainer and S5 design :
Unfortunately there’s still the black space between the screen and the bezel…
By the way, remember the outdoor model for the Spartan Trainer with the «minutes scale» to fill the black, perhaps not so useful but I love the idea :
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@juanph surely a solution, but one that most people (including me) don’t want.
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@isazi
this! and the minutes scale make the design less beautiful… -
@mister-pyc
and it also depends what kind of bindings you ski… i don’t ski ordinary bindings, hence everything is more difficult in my life -
@isazi of course the outside antenna would be a huge step back after the design of the S9 peak, I should have had
to the joke. And the minutes scale just a personal thought. -
@isazi said in Why I've shelved my Peak for a 9:
@juanph surely a solution, but one that most people (including me) don’t want.
Me neither. I had an Ambit that was like that and it never fitted comfortably on my small boney wrist
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@freeheeler
Deviating a “little” bit from suunto …
I have in fact 4 pairs of skis … don’t ask me my prefered I like them all for slight different reasons …
ZAG H 105 with Salomon S/lab shift
ZAG H 95 with Diamir Vipec 12
ZAG H 105 with PLUM
Atomic Drifter (95mm) with Dynafit speed radical …
Also the shoes is important … this year I bought some new ski shoes : K2 Mindbender 130 and I should say they are awesome, super easy to put, super comfortable, super precises …
All this to say … whilst I was thinking what could they still invent on skis ??? they made lot of progess on ski bindings and now with a sole set of equipement you can enjoy on the slopes as well as in ski touring … oK don’t ask me then why I have 4 ??? -
@mister-pyc
the valid amount of number for skis is the same as for bikes: n+1 
but I must confess that I prefer to have only one ski. I know how it works and even if I had another ski with a different shape, I am sure I will wish every now and then I had taken the other ski to the mountain… plus: skis aren’t cheap either
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@freeheeler Full ack to the number of skis and bikes
Every tool for its purpose: I have a 112 ZAG Bakan for pow surfing, a 104 Movement Conquest for Ski touring and an 88mm Salomon whatever for rare resort days and skiing with my kids, as those fatties are no fun on the groomers at all.
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@egika whaouuu 112 Bakan … super large … my dream was these one from ZAG
the H112 … with a nurse due to the 112 international rescue phone number …
but when I tested them … they are too rigid …
I discussed with the shaper as I leave not so far …After all my tests, I conclude that there is an ideal width : 95 … and they are not “nto so bad everywhere” the H95 or the dreifter which now is renamed backland sized 95 are really super good everywhere !!!