Stryd
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@loopylou72 I have the Suunto Race, Fênix 7 solar and forerunner 955 I use stryd with Garmin with stryd only for power, with Suunto I don’t even use stryd,the power numbers are almost the same with same height and weight.the only problem using stryd with Suunto is when you pair Stryd,pace and distance came from Stryd,and everyone knows how Stryd is inaccurate without calibration factor for every single pair of shoes and even pace.
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@tiago yes. That’s true. But isn’t it true that you can still use stryd when paired as a PowerPod? Then only power is used.
Is it right or wrong?
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@RightNow interesting it is different for different shoes! I did have ‘fast’ shoes on. I usually have trail shoes on. ‘Dual GPS’ - this is on the new Vertical?
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@tiago but pace and distance is only from Stryd is auto-calibration is off?
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@tiago I did not realise the Vertical had native power - so if I unpair the footpod/Stryd the watch will record power? I will try with both tomorrow and compare.
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@loopylou72 Vertical Supports Power. Yes. As always. The power values are different on every watch. But it’s accurate enough for me. Especially because the vertical has a very good gps.
Autocalibration is off. My Stryd is varying between a factor of 1.1 and 1.5! depending on the shoes.
My question was : if you are paring the Stryd foot pod as a power pod and not foot pod. It will only use the Stryd power value. Right? Then you can continue to use the power value from Stryd.
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@RightNow OK I will run tomorrow with the Vertical GPS and power and connect the Stryd to my Suunto Peak as a foot pod with auto-calibration off and compare!
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@loopylou72 make sure that the weight matches your Stryd pod weight
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Someone has news about Stryd SuuntoPlus app ?
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@RightNow didn’t try. I hask on stryd Facebook page if its possible only receive power from Stryd when connected with Suunto as Gus replied when paired with Suunto, distance and pace is from Stryd
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@loopylou72 in Suunto i don’t use stryd, because I don’t want to have to calibrate every single run,cause i have multiple pairs of shoes and each one have a different calibration factor. I use stryd only with Garmin because it allows use stryd only as a source of power, distance and pace came from Garmin. And what i found with the race,and i assume with the vertical is the same, they have great gps readings but Suunto is more reliable in instant pace and in pace changes is much more responsive than my forerunner 955 and Fênix 7. Kudos to Suunto, this is a great watch
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@tiago This is true. I don‘t miss Stryd with the Suunto because fusedSpeed is working great for me. Stable pace when no changes and fast enough reaction during my intervals. That’s not true at all when using my garmin
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So I was waiting to buy Stryd at BF, but now I don’t know if I should pull the trigger?
I would mostly use it for a better pace when on treadmill as this is bothering me a lot. The new solution when you can edit the distance at the end of the workout is probably fine for steady state running but should not work ok for intervals…
But if I buy it I would also like to use it on the road.
I use 4 or 5 different shoes.
Advice appreciated… thanks
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@Ketoohs there are a lot of other metrics Styrd provides that make it worth it if you are going to use it. If you are going to train with power zones and use the app and Power dashboard, programs for training etc. I have bever heard this about calibration and shoes. I have used Stryd for quite a few years and the only issues I have had with distance have been when I had auto-calibrate on. I am not sure what happened yesterday to get 300m extra in a 10km race! I also like it in the treadmill especially with Zwift.
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@RightNow weight of what?
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I’ve not used stryd much with Suunto as I’m new to Suunto (testing out the waters with a 5 peak). However, I have been using stryd with my phone and iSmoothRun for 3 years and base a lot of my training on power. Regarding distance from stryd I’ve always found it very good - it’s certainly more accurate than gps in summer on tree covered canal path routes, and in races the differences to the km markers are usually due to me taking a ‘racing line’ round corners. I’ve never attempted to re-calibrate between shoes but have noticed I need to drop target power ranges about 10w for sessions or races when running trails compared to road - could be the shoes, could be the surface, could be a bit of both. I do note that the latest stryd pod supports “profiles” so you can specify the kind of session you are doing and, I assume, the shoe you are wearing and it can adjust its algorithm automatically.
Stryd does offer a lot more than just power, pace and distance. I’ve not made huge use of the more advanced metrics and the Running Stress Balance scores are basically the same idea as the TP TSB so no gain there but the critical power curve, the race power predictions in the app and the website based course analysis and predictor calculator (which do require the subscription) are very useful both for mapping pace-based workouts to power and for planning a race. I’ve not used the stryd training plans but they also look decent (although I don’t think they sync to Suunto).
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@loopylou72 I think @RightNow is referring to the fact that your Suunto and your Stryd both need to know your current weight in order to calculate accurately.
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@far-blue thanks for your reply
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@tiago so I did the comparison runs, Vertical power and my old Peak connected to Stryd as a foot pod not calibrated. My weight the same on all devices. This time the Stryd gave less distance 6.25km with 155w (in the race I had more distance) and 9w more power than the Vertical 6.36km with 146w (mayeb due to the difference in distances). Was on a rocky trail but open on a ridge. In my miler I will use the Vertical GPS and the Stryd separately not connected to my watch and see what I get! Thanks for everyone’s help.
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@loopylou72 I use stryd uncalibrated on Garmin,but the distance and pace came from Garmin,is a big plus on Garmin we have that option and in all of my runs the difference between Suunto Race power and Stryd is about 1 or 2 wats most of the times,I even did a offline sync with stryd to check if the power numbers are the same provided by Garmin+stryd and in my 6 runs with both in the end the power was almost the same on both. The only situation where stryd could be more reliable as source of power is in runs where you have strong head wind, because Suunto doesn’t have wind detection like stryd.
