Suunto's newest watch is the 5 Peak
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I found some photos:
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@inkognito
I thought it looks like an S5 squeezed into an updated S3 body
@cosme-costa
garmin released another flagship, but Suunto is targeting a wider group of people… maybe this release date was clever, because people see a new watch that costs a fortune and only few days later they see a nice new watch that is affordable -
i never get any S5, but i am wondering which functions are managed through the two additional buttons on S5P vs Spartan (SSU)/S9(B)/S9P, etc…
@freeheeler, a comment
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@mff73 there’s a dedicated back button and a function button.
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@dmytro and the back button allows to cycle left during the workout. It’s impossible (without touch enabled) on S9, as I’ve been told.
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@wmichi there is no light sports use, just real shit and I do not like playing grocery store. So the S9B is the real stuff anyway
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@łukasz-szmigiel Correct, to go back a screen or get a route overview in the S9 you have to enable touch.
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@mff73
I have no idea whatsoever what you are talking about
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I whish they made the case thinner, it is just S5 packed into the S3 case with some incremental updates…
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As many have pointed out already, it’s kind of wierd to add “peak” in the watch name when it doesn’t have barometer. All other suunto peak watches up until now had barometer. I will not call it cheating but some buyers might feel so after they buy it. Maybe it’s time for suunto to invent better naming scheme for watches?
Otherwise, watch looks nice, has good set of features and is super light. To me this watch looks like Suunto 9 (no baro) without touch screen and with full set of buttons (non baro 9 has been discontinued right?). Market will tell if that is enough to be a success story.
I’d say the price is too high for basically a facelift of a watch introduced 5 years ago, but it seems lately people are willing to hand out crazy amounts of money for sport watches and mobile phones, so taking that in consideration, it’s probably just right. Suunto 9 price has dropped to just about this price in the end if I’m not mistaken.
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Another review, in french: https://www.montre-cardio-gps.fr/test-suunto-5-peak-renouveau-sur-le-design/
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I didnt mean the compass was expensive, I meant it also does not have compass and materials are different
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I really like it! I don’t do mountain sports l and really like a lightweight Suunto for training and all day use. The old S5 is my all day companion but is a bit “heavy” and the new S5 really looks better in the office!
Preordered
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@chrisa
Hope I can post a similar screenshot, too… some day -
Congratulations to suunto team, another piece of art, just like the 9 peak was/is!
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@ierisch A lot to like about the monochrome screen
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For those of you discussing the lack of the barometer, the 5Peak does a much better job than the 5 for ascent/descent. On larger hills I found it works fairly well, on small hills it is not as good. This is the first watch without a barometer that I would be ok with in the mountains. I think Suunto did a great job working on extracting the vertical data from GPS positioning.
