• Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
  • Register
  • Login
Suunto app Forum Suunto Community Forum
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
  • Register
  • Login

Preference for a 3- or 5-Button Configuration?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Watches
55 Posts 28 Posters 3.7k Views 25 Watching
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • E Offline
    EzioAuditore Gold Members @TrailEyes
    last edited by EzioAuditore 5 Nov 2023, 12:44 11 May 2023, 12:42

    @TrailEyes 3. They are Garmin users hence the 5 button preference since they are used to it. When I had the f6 I found the layout so confusing that I wanted to throw the watch away immediately. Even polar’s vantage has better button mapping 🙂

    Suunto watches: Ocean (Sand), Race (Titanium Charcoal), Vertical (Titanium Solar Sand), 9 Baro (Ambassador Edition), Spartan Ultra (Copper Edition), Ambit 2, S6
    Suunto Wing

    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
    • V Offline
      v.sacre Silver Members
      last edited by v.sacre 5 Nov 2023, 12:42 11 May 2023, 12:42

      3 buttons definitively, more aesthetic !
      Rotating button, I really don’t like what have been made by Coros for example…

      A3S | S9B | S9P | S9PP | Suunto Vertical Ti
      Suunto Wing

      E E 2 Replies Last reply 11 May 2023, 12:45 Reply Quote 0
      • E Offline
        EzioAuditore Gold Members @v.sacre
        last edited by 11 May 2023, 12:45

        Oh and do not get me started on the quality of the button press (maybe off topic) but every button on garmin has different click feedback… that’s what cheep components do!

        Suunto watches: Ocean (Sand), Race (Titanium Charcoal), Vertical (Titanium Solar Sand), 9 Baro (Ambassador Edition), Spartan Ultra (Copper Edition), Ambit 2, S6
        Suunto Wing

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • E Offline
          Egika Platinum Member @v.sacre
          last edited by 11 May 2023, 12:46

          @v-sacre Coros’ (or in general competitors’) implementation of things should not be the benchmark.
          The benchmark should be usability

          t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal,
          Race S All Black - Titanium Courtney
          Run Lime

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • T Offline
            TrailEyes Gold Members @freeheeler
            last edited by 11 May 2023, 12:46

            @freeheeler Nothing wrong with being a man of few words 😀

            Suunto Vertical / 9 Peak Pro (gifted away) / 9 Baro / 5 Peak (lost on adventure) / Vector
            -----------‐-----------
            Trail Runner / Hiker / Kickboxer
            Instagram: @rytipps

            F 1 Reply Last reply 11 May 2023, 12:48 Reply Quote 2
            • T Offline
              TonyG Silver Members @Egika
              last edited by TonyG 5 Nov 2023, 12:49 11 May 2023, 12:47

              @Egika I have had the Coros Apex Pro, and the rotating button on that got gunked up with fine silt (work in intertidal sediments) and refused to turn, took only one outing in that environment to convince me that rotating buttons were not suitable for me 🙂 I currently use a Garmin and 5 button or three doesnt bother me either way so long as the UI can navigated with ease, if I had to Pick then Three with Touchscreen as per Suunto solution.

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
              • F Offline
                freeheeler @TrailEyes
                last edited by 11 May 2023, 12:48

                @TrailEyes
                🍻

                living sideways

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                • Ł Offline
                  Łukasz Szmigiel
                  last edited by 11 May 2023, 12:50

                  The only thing I miss from my S5 after switching to S9PP is being unable to cycle back screens during the workout. This is insane when having an active navigation, 3 screens and an S+. The way I used to operate S5 is by having the most useful data screen as the last one before the navigation, which allowed me to simply switch +1 or -1 for most of the time. I can’t do this with S9 series.

                  3 buttons is fine but I’d like Suunto to come up with a solution to this particular problem while having only 3 buttons.

                  S9PP 2.43.12

                  F A 2 Replies Last reply 11 May 2023, 13:08 Reply Quote 2
                  • D Offline
                    DMytro
                    last edited by 11 May 2023, 12:57

                    What some other people mentioned: dedicated ‘back’ button and switch to rhe previous screen in workout would be nice. Hence, 4 buttons for me I guess.
                    Or, what I’d prefer even more is a rotating crown, like Coros has. That opens up the other two buttons to be ‘select’ and ‘back’. If the crown is also clickable, then even more functionality would fit.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • F Offline
                      Freezer Bronze Member @Łukasz Szmigiel
                      last edited by 11 May 2023, 13:08

                      @Łukasz-Szmigiel @isazi in the current 3 button configuration a “medium” long press of the middle button could be used to move back a screen (up until you hold the button long enough to enter options).

                      Ł 1 Reply Last reply 11 May 2023, 13:19 Reply Quote 2
                      • K Offline
                        Kurt68
                        last edited by 11 May 2023, 13:09

                        3 👍 😀

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • Ł Offline
                          Łukasz Szmigiel @Freezer
                          last edited by 11 May 2023, 13:19

                          @Freezer I was also thinking about double click. But that would interfere with instances of clocking three or four times in a row.

                          But holding for back is not a bad idea. There’s an animation running when you hold the middle button. It could be redesigned to show what action a hold would trigger.

                          S9PP 2.43.12

                          ? 1 Reply Last reply 11 May 2023, 13:23 Reply Quote 1
                          • ? Offline
                            A Former User @Łukasz Szmigiel
                            last edited by 11 May 2023, 13:23

                            5 button for me

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • I Offline
                              isazi Moderator
                              last edited by 11 May 2023, 13:42

                              I do not have a strong preference for buttons, but I would not give up on touchscreen. Since moving to the S9B I realized that for many things a touchscreen is more convenient than buttons.

                              Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                              Blog: isazi's home

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                              • N Offline
                                northeast_trekker Bronze Member
                                last edited by 11 May 2023, 14:00

                                I have used watches with 3 button plus touchscreen (Suunto Spartan and S9B) and 4 buttons (S7) and 5 buttons no touchscreen (Wahoo Rival) and I can definitely say although I think the 3 button approach works for the traditional Suunto sports app UI with breadcrumb navigation, I much prefer the 4 or 5 button approach. Having that extra button or two helps in some very tangible and practical ways esp when you introduce maps and the zoom functionality that becomes that much more information-giving.

                                • dedicated backlight button is very nice, adds options for user to have more control over the watch

                                • dedicated back button is just nice when you don’t want to swipe screen. on older 3 button devices I never used the long middle button hold.

                                • adding a 4 or 5 button layout adds ability for hotkeys. whereas current 3 button really limits because long hold of upper right is dedicated to a soft reset, middle button hold is (or was in old UI) dedicated to a quick menu start.

                                I agree with the reviewers, Suunto needs to add more buttons to compete and open up their UI to be more flexible esp now with maps. having to long hold to zoom out seems like a pain compared to how S7 worked with map zoom.

                                H 1 Reply Last reply 11 May 2023, 14:15 Reply Quote 1
                                • H Offline
                                  Highlands @northeast_trekker
                                  last edited by 11 May 2023, 14:15

                                  @northeast_trekker I find the 5 buttons layout better for my personal needs. I use the touch when working with the maps.

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • D Offline
                                    Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager
                                    last edited by 11 May 2023, 16:02

                                    3 by far.

                                    Community Manager / Admin @Suunto
                                    Creator of Quantified-Self.io
                                    youtube.com/c/dimitrioskanellopoulos
                                    https://instagram.com/dimitrioskanellopoulos
                                    https://www.strava.com/athletes/7586105

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                                    • D Offline
                                      Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager
                                      last edited by 11 May 2023, 16:06

                                      Like every time I try to use a 5 button watch I am like WHY?

                                      Community Manager / Admin @Suunto
                                      Creator of Quantified-Self.io
                                      youtube.com/c/dimitrioskanellopoulos
                                      https://instagram.com/dimitrioskanellopoulos
                                      https://www.strava.com/athletes/7586105

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 4
                                      • M Offline
                                        mikekoski490 Bronze Member @Egika
                                        last edited by mikekoski490 5 Nov 2023, 19:43 11 May 2023, 16:13

                                        @Egika I had the rotating crown on the Coros Vertix 2 and it was only ok at first but after awhile was a bit of a pain. It has to be unlocked to work of course so it doesn’t inadvertently scroll, so to do any functions you had to press it in for 3 seconds first, THEN scroll. It would be like if Suunto buttons were always locked, and you had to hold one of them down for 3 seconds every time to use the watch. 🤷

                                        EDIT: I meant rotating crown not bezel (changed above)

                                        Past Suuntos: X-Lander/Observer/T6/X9/X10/X6HR/CORES/Ambits/Spartan/9P/9PP Ti/Vertical Ti

                                        Current: Suunto Race Ti

                                        Past other GPS watches: Polar Vantage V; Garmin 6X Pro Solar; Coros Vertix 2

                                        Suunto App running on Google Pixel 8/Android 14

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • B Offline
                                          Brad_Olwin Moderator @TrailEyes
                                          last edited by 11 May 2023, 19:34

                                          @TrailEyes It is hard enough to remember what the 3 buttons do after running a full day and night….5 are impossible. I would end up stopping my race or worse.

                                          Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing

                                          C 1 Reply Last reply 11 May 2023, 21:19 Reply Quote 2
                                          15 out of 55
                                          • First post
                                            15/55
                                            Last post

                                          Suunto Terms | Privacy Policy

                                            This community forum collects and processes your personal information.
                                            consent.not_received