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    Preference for a 3- or 5-Button Configuration?

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    • freeheelerF Offline
      freeheeler @Tomas5
      last edited by

      @Tomas5
      you can operate the watch entirely without touch with few exceptions. the watch face complications can’t be changed/cycled by buttons.

      regarding touch screen only, I don’t see this coming any time soon. adventure watches need to operate in all kind of conditions. we use our watches not only on a sunny 30min tuesday evening run in the city… when weather gets bad, buttons are the way to go

      living sideways

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      • Mff73M Offline
        Mff73 @freeheeler
        last edited by

        @freeheeler said in Preference for a 3- or 5-Button Configuration?:

        @Tomas5
        you can operate the watch entirely without touch with few exceptions. the watch face complications can’t be changed/cycled by buttons.

        regarding touch screen only, I don’t see this coming any time soon. adventure watches need to operate in all kind of conditions. we use our watches not only on a sunny 30min tuesday evening run in the city… when weather gets bad, buttons are the way to go

        another exception (quite annoying in case of glove usage) : switching from zoom to full track view in navigation. Only single tap on the screen enable this

        Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
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        • freeheelerF Offline
          freeheeler @Mff73
          last edited by

          @Mff73
          that’s valid for previous touch enabled watches, yes. not for Vertical

          living sideways

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          • Mff73M Offline
            Mff73 @freeheeler
            last edited by

            @freeheeler
            How do you know it won’t be the case for Vertical ? Will there be a special button pressing to switch from zoomed path to full navigated track? 🙄

            Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
            Suunto Vertical all black
            Wife : S9PP
            SA: Always the latest beta :)
            Android 13, Galaxy S205G

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            • freeheelerF Offline
              freeheeler @Mff73
              last edited by

              @Mff73
              2 things:

              • 500m is max zoom level
              • when you touch the map it will be to pan the map
                this makes tap to view full route impossible, no?

              living sideways

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              • Mff73M Offline
                Mff73 @freeheeler
                last edited by

                @freeheeler
                We will see next week 😋

                Suunto Spartan Ultra (since 2016) FW: 2.8.24 (retired)
                Suunto Vertical all black
                Wife : S9PP
                SA: Always the latest beta :)
                Android 13, Galaxy S205G

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                • Tomas5T Offline
                  Tomas5 @freeheeler
                  last edited by Tomas5

                  @freeheeler thats great 😉 and there is no problem with touch screen when raining? I mean in watch mode, doesn’t rain create some problems?

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                  • freeheelerF Offline
                    freeheeler @Tomas5
                    last edited by

                    @Tomas5
                    in watch mode? I would say only as bad as with any other watch 😉 when no button is pressed, nothing happens

                    living sideways

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                    • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                      Brad_Olwin Moderator @Tomas5
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                      @Tomas5 I have not had any issues in watch mode with rain. However, I am not interacting with the watch two to three times per minute either….

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

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                      • mikekoski490M Offline
                        mikekoski490 Bronze Member @Tomas5
                        last edited by mikekoski490

                        @Tomas5 I just watched this really cool video review of the Vertical. It goes into some fantastic detail on the navigation features AND its done showing the touchscreen in the rain.

                        Shout out to this channel! I think I enjoyed it more than DCR or Desfit to be quite honest: Active Ideas:

                        https://youtu.be/Ldx_YPgU87c

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                        Current: Suunto Race Ti

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

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