Suunto's newest watch is the 5 Peak

Brad_Olwin

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.

DMytro

@brad_olwin is this algorithm coming to S9 via firmware update?

isazi

@DMytro

DMytro

@isazi alright, time will tell

isazi

And a review in Italian, from our own @Saketo-Nemo!

https://saketonemo.it/suunto-5-peak/

dulko79

@isazi he has the best pictures in reviews compared to other reviewers.

Tomas5

I was excited when i found out about S5Peak. But now when i read specification, i am disapointed. With name peak i expected S5 hardware + at least barometer. But it looks like only benefit compared to S5 is OTA updates and lower weight. But battery in in-time mode is 2 days less. Glass material is plastic. And price is higher than S5. Water resistance dropped from 50 to 30m rating. So in the end it is just worst watch for higher price. Really good work Suunto!

freeheeler

@tomas5
I agree, I am a Suunto fan, but I think “peak” is raising expectations.
For me it is somehow like a branding, like cars have with AMG, M-Tech or Cupra.

TrailEyes

@dulko79 To be fair, most (or maybe all) of the photos in his review are the lifestyle images supplied by Suunto, so they probably look more professional than a typical reviewer taking shots with his camera phone.

Bulkan

@traileyes Sorry, not right, @Saketo-Nemo took his photos and used some of Suunto’s. To be fair. And he has the best photos.

TrailEyes

@bulkan Apologies for my mistake. I hadn’t sorted through them well enough to realize he had so many of his own shots. Sorry.

dulko79

@traileyes I remember he had beautiful photos also in S9P review. It did not come on my mind he could have taken them from Suunto, but also I don’t remember seeing the photos elsewhere.

Ray’s opinion https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/suunto-5-peak-in-depth-review.html

ChrisA

@tomas5 but wouldn’t that what you asking for actually be the S9 Peak (barometer, Saphire glass, etc.) I find it’s a good decision to offer a S9P like version of the S5, even if there are no real new hardware options. I don’t know if you ever wore such a light sportswatch, but I really like this, since I made the experience that especially wrist based HR readings are usually better with lighter watches (not to speak about wearing them while martial arts training, where heavier watches like the S9B are not suitable). And I really like the “normal” easily swappable band of the new S5 Peak against the bulky band of the old S5

DMytro

@andré-faria it’s even not that bad as I thought XD

isazi

@chrisa and BTW the GPS chipset is new, so is the HR sensor (both compared to the original S5). And the original S5 is still being supported.

ChrisA

@isazi oh thanks for the information - that sounds promising. Just read DC Raymaker’s review and he finds GPS and especially altitude data pretty accurate (like @Brad_Olwin also stated)

Brad_Olwin

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

@chrisa and BTW the GPS chipset is new, so is the HR sensor (both compared to the original S5). And the original S5 is still being supported.

I find the OHR on the S5peak as good as the S9Peak or better. Obviously this will vary for individuals but it is far, far better than the old S5.

Tomas5

@chrisa S9P has blood oxigen, bigger battery, better water rating, and could be made from titanium, saphire glass etc. I don’t think that barometer is only benefit of S9 line up. But S5P are worst than S5. In S5 there is some kind of crystal glass and some polycarbon plastic. In S5P it is by specification just plastic “glass” and plastic body. Even buttons changed to plastic one. It has worst water proff rating. S9 has 100m, S5 has 50m but new S5P has only 30m. Lightweight is only real benefit here. But don’t understand 50-100€ higher price when specs are worst.
Even in times of ambit watch, there was A2R, A2 (with compass added), A2P (with baro added) but S5 and S5P don’t have compass too. So at least something could be better in S5P. Not just new fancy design.

DMytro

@tomas5 but it has the same GPS chip, same straps - that’s cool too, right?