Software Firmware Update Suunto Vertical?!
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My two cents…
I had an Ambit 3 long time ago and after a short marriage with a Spartan, moved to Garmin (F3, F5, F6X, F7) for some years.
I received my Vertical last friday and I am happy. Has everything I need (maps are much better than Garmin maps IMHO) and do not has many functionalities I do not need/want. In addition, and this is another opinion, I think vertical looks better than any Garmin.
As mentioned… just my opinion.
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@isazi I mentioned before, one of my running friend owned or used to own a vertical . We ran together. I watched his watch restarted and to make it worse, I was the one advising him to buy vertical. He ended up very pissed, returned it and got another brand now and swore never to touch Suunto again. What makes him pissed because he need to pay for shipping back to return it to Amazon US
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@Kk2n-Kk I am sorry your friend had a bad watch experience, and I hope he is happy with the watch he has now.
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@isazi he is. I seriously really really hope Suunto will come back here. I loves Suunto despite my critical feedback. My first ever running watch was Suunto and it was awesome… ambit 3. I have sentimental feeling towards Suunto and wants it to succeed. Like I said, I even persuaded my friend to buy one… Unfortunately…it did not end well
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I don’t see major bugs on Vertical. Never crashed, never restarted, battery is amazing, maps also.
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@Luís-Pinto this actually really make me wonder. I have no doubt some of you never encountered issue,but on the other hand,some also do encounter very fatal issue . I wonder if there is a hardware batch affected or just software?
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@Kk2n-Kk i’m honest. Never experienced mandatory faults. Just personal experience.
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@Kk2n-Kk To be honest, I’m waiting for my watch to reboot with every activity that I record and so far nothing happened.
The only bug I have/ had is when zooming out on the map there are some black tiles for appr. 1 second.
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@Luís-Pinto don’t worry. I believe you are honest. I start to think that it is like there are really bad batch out there … and with varying scenarios. Nick for example encountered issue with maps and reset, while my friend did not but my friend encountered regular restart
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@lessthanmore now, my friend on the other hand, never encountered single issue with maps. However though, the restart was another problem
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@Luís-Pinto said in Software Firmware Update Suunto Vertical?!:
Never experienced mandatory faults. Just personal experience.
Not sure what you call “mandatory faults”. If you mean forced reboots… I did experience those on Suunto during activities and when starting activities, going all the way back to S9B. Do they happen often? No. But they do happen. And in all cases but one (last weekend), the reboot also resulted in data loss.
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@NickK Yes, for me major faults are restarts not wanted.
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@Kk2n-Kk said in Software Firmware Update Suunto Vertical?!:What makes him pissed because he need to pay for shipping back to return it to Amazon US
Ahhh…Amazon as a retailer is still selling Verticals though?
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@NickK Same here. Never experienced any reboots in my S9B, S9P and SV.
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@mikekoski490 Amazon USA , not even Amazon Sg. Unfortunately.
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@surfboomerang I wonder if it is weird cocktail of config mix or is there really bad hardware batch out there?
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@Kk2n-Kk said in Software Firmware Update Suunto Vertical?!:
@Egika my wish is simple. A watch that does not reboot in middle of my workout.
That is understandable. Now I still don’t get the point of posting this here.
The forum is not the wishing tree.
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@Egika I believe wishing for restart free watch is not a “wishing for feature”. And if not this forum, then where to feedback the issue?
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@Kk2n-Kk I think everyone here has heard you.
We get it. You don’t own a Vertical but you have heard from friends and retailers your anecdotal stories and wishes and dire warnings. Guess we can move on now? 
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@mikekoski490 Not heard… correction. I saw with my own eyes… we were running together and he bought it upon my recommendation as I am known as Suunto fanboy here