Suunto's newest watch is the 5 Peak

northeast_trekker

@vinay I had a spartan sport whr and it had a compass.

ChrisA

@andré-faria I read that too, but I can’t really follow. Here’s another pic together with a Garmin Forerunner 245, which is similar in size in daylight and with backlight

For me there’s no huge difference 🧐. The S5 Peaks backlight is dimmer in the dark though when you raise your wrist and perhaps that’s what he refers to? Tried to capture it with the phone

It’s okay and I can read it without glasses (being 52) but it would be nice if you could adjust brightness (e.g. from low - medium - high)

ChrisA

Changing the excellent, but rather heavy band of the S5 Peak for an aftermarket nylon strap (used this with the Polar) drops the S5s weight with band to under 30g making it really hardly noticeable

And makes it lighter than the Coros Pace 2 (29g) for which Coros states it’s the lightest GPS watch in the market .

Bulkan

@chrisa wow that’s a very low weight, I need that strap . I agree with your comments there is no problem reading the watch.

A Former User

@chrisa said in Suunto's newest watch is the 5 Peak:

@andré-faria I read that too, but I can’t really follow. Here’s another pic together with a Garmin Forerunner 245, which is similar in size in daylight and with backlight

For me there’s no huge difference 🧐. The S5 Peaks backlight is dimmer in the dark though when you raise your wrist and perhaps that’s what he refers to? Tried to capture it with the phone

It’s okay and I can read it without glasses (being 52) but it would be nice if you could adjust brightness (e.g. from low - medium - high)

Thanks for sharing your feedback.
I saw on the video (and asked to confirm) and the S5p still continues to be slow on some menus.
At the time I had the FR45/245/F6SS and they were all much more imediate than the S9P.
It was already explained here the motive (stability), but on my side, I think it degrades a bit the experience.
But one thing is for sure…the design and confort of S9P and I beliee the S5P is amazing.
If the new algo proves to be reliable for non baro devices, I think it can lead to good sales. Hope so!

DMytro

@andré-faria one thing at a time I assume. Suunto has already improved the design, next alti algorithm, next structured workouts maybe, who knows if watch UX design is on the way.

A Former User

@dmytro said in Suunto's newest watch is the 5 Peak:

@andré-faria one thing at a time I assume. Suunto has already improved the design, next alti algorithm, next structured workouts maybe, who knows if watch UX design is on the way.

And I think they are doing good. The algo was something, that on my vision should be wildly spreaded, because it is countless time we see all over internet comments like “ditch suunto, the algo on s9b is a mess” “ditch suunto, non baro watches don’t measure well altitude”, and now a great work was done and implemented.

DMytro

@andré-faria as if other brands do good without baro XD

isazi

@dmytro what is different is that most other brands automatically correct your data when you sync your watch. So in the app you see good data.

DMytro

@isazi ahh, I see. Tbh I wouldn’t mind seeing this in SA too, at least as an option.

Łukasz Szmigiel · S9PP 2.40.38

@dmytro I think that’s a good idea. After all - it’s the app that we rely on for analytics, not the watch. That would be helpful, ie. for altitude for non-baro devices. That would help in automatic fixing absurd errors with 100+ meters of ascent in first 30 seconds of workout. And some others as well, like fake ascent / descent when GPS signal weakens in parks / urban canyons.

isazi

@łukasz-szmigiel pretty sure there is a feature request for this.

A Former User

Anyone here has some “real” pics of the S5P Cave Green?

ChrisA

@André-Faria

Thanks for sharing your feedback.
I saw on the video (and asked to confirm) and the S5p still continues to be slow on some menus.
At the time I had the FR45/245/F6SS and they were all much more imediate than the S9P.
It was already explained here the motive (stability), but on my side, I think it degrades a bit the experience.
But one thing is for sure…the design and confort of S9P and I beliee the S5P is amazing.
If the new algo proves to be reliable for non baro devices, I think it can lead to good sales. Hope so!

Again - I don’t find it that big of a difference. Made a quick video comparing FR 245 and S5P. The S5P is a bit slower, but nothing that I would consider to be too slow.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/018rf2P_Coy782-oGngCKzwJQ