Conclusions about the Suunto Vertical

[EzioAuditore]

@zhang965 This is not really helpful although I know what you aim at. At the beginning I was ignoring it but I cannot say you are not right.

[surfboomerang]

@Hristijan-Petreski I still can’t figure out why some of us have crashes all the time while other never have crashes. I owned a S9B, S9P en now the SV. None of them ever crashed.

Suunto…if it is something of a magical mix of settings, please let us know so people can disable/change the conflicting settings and enjoy the watch without crashes.

[Łukasz Szmigiel]

@Hristijan-Petreski just kidding of course. It’s a pity that you’re having poor experience with Vertical.

I think that there’s something worrying going on with recent Suunto approach to firmware. Especially when the new interface has surfaced with 9PP and now, with Vertical. Old bugs being ported to new devices, some bugs not getting fixed for months, strange ideas for critical functionality like the backlight being changed between versions.

Yes, new features are awesome but if I was to choose - I’d choose stable and polished software than the one having lots of bells and whistles.

[Łukasz Szmigiel]

@surfboomerang it’s a complex device with a complex firmware. It’s impossible to test throughly with a small group of field testers. Never before there were maps or an interface so heavily dependent on JS in a Suunto device. Also, plenty of S+ apps now with ability to switch them during the workout.

[A Former User]

@Łukasz-Szmigiel said in Conclusions about the Suunto Vertical:

I think that there’s something worrying going on with recent Suunto approach to firmware. Especially when the new interface has surfaced with 9PP and now, with Vertical. Old bugs being ported to new devices, some bugs not getting fixed for months, strange ideas for critical functionality like the backlight being changed between versions.

I completely agree here, the update for the 9PP made me to put in a drawer & for sale and switch to FR255. Also reading this forum, Facebook groups etc made me completely forget about getting a new Vertical in the future. I mean why would you take away such a useful feature like raise to wake during activity only? Who asked for this? They still have only 1 alarm option in 2023 and they’re “improving” the already good and working functionality? Who cares if they have the best battery on the market if the watch crashes after 30 minutes of activity? And why would they deploy to production a version with a lot of known and reported bugs? Also about the beta testers, we’re not really beta testers. Yes, some of us installed the FW manually and I’ve expected a few bugs, but I never expected that the exact same buggy version of that firmware will be published as production to all users after a few weeks. Especially since this watch(9PP) did not get an update since the end of November 2022.

Kudos to Suunto designers, the watches look and feel good, but IMHO that’s all about them.

[EzioAuditore]

@Łukasz-Szmigiel I don’t know mate…. If external apps (plugins or Suunto plus apps as we call ‘em) crash your core than the problem is in the core SW rather that the apps. As I said, first I thought it was the laps of the TP guide (intervals) but this was not the case twice, so it’s not. I would also appreciate if there was a statement: hey do not use 2 apps or something else so I would know how to set the watch. All they do is they ask a logs from me (support) and then tell me the logs are not good and so on… I had better support experience with literally every other company. First time I have to contact the company I loved and I face the harsh reality others have been pointing out and I was telling them: hay it cannot be that bad! (I am really sorry and ask for apologies from these people). Today I might’ ve sounded harsh and not as I usually do, but there was a lot of fun made out of me and my Suunto and I had no arguments to say anything. A pity really cause I invested quite a lot in the whole ecosystem (Karoo, straps and years of persuading others to get Suunto). Well I guess I’ll have to wait for a better looking AW Ultra or some Forerunner at the end ;(

[A Former User]

@Hristijan-Petreski said in Conclusions about the Suunto Vertical:

@Łukasz-Szmigiel I don’t know mate…. If external apps (plugins or Suunto plus apps as we call ‘em) crash your core than the problem is in the core SW rather that the apps. As I said, first I thought it was the laps of the TP guide (intervals) but this was not the case twice, so it’s not. I would also appreciate if there was a statement: hey do not use 2 apps or something else so I would know how to set the watch. All they do is they ask a logs from me (support) and then tell me the logs are not good and so on… I had better support experience with literally every other company. First time I have to contact the company I loved and I face the harsh reality others have been pointing out and I was telling them: hay it cannot be that bad! (I am really sorry and ask for apologies from these people). Today I might’ ve sounded harsh and not as I usually do, but there was a lot of fun made out of me and my Suunto and I had no arguments to say anything. A pity really cause I invested quite a lot in the whole ecosystem (Karoo, straps and years of persuading others to get Suunto). Well I guess I’ll have to wait for a better looking AW Ultra or some Forerunner at the end ;(

It won’t solve your problem, but if you think the watch is not up to standards send it back, get your money back and enjoy the rest of kit you have that will still work with either your previous watches or other brand. Life is to short to be annoyed with something you paid for.
Even with logs and stuff, any brand can’t solve this “from one day to the other”, specially because they need to test it to make sure it won’t happen again. (I am not trying to defend Suunto on this). Also companies are not perfect…

The rest is just your expectation vs reality. Enjoy outdoors.

[EzioAuditore]

@André-Faria I think that was the the first hot release aimed at. Since at some point I was not sending logs cause the hot release is around the corner solving the crashes. I did not complain at all the first 4 times and also defended Suunto when others experienced crashes. But how can I stay positive when I cannot rely on something that should be robust and do the thing it’s supposed to do and costs this much? Will you be cool if while you talk your mobile crashes 40% of the time so you lose maybe important calls or whatever?! ‘Get your money back’: can you please tell me how can I communicate this to Suunto’s support without involving lawyers and what not (cause I’ve tried believe me). I will continue using the Baro until it’s done and then bye, I have no problem to switch to other brand but word of mouth spreads quite a lot in the training communities (and nowadays social cycles) so at the end it will not be me who suffers most.

[freeheeler]

@Hristijan-Petreski
I can recommend to create a repair request.
Your watch is clearly within warranty and I think the last thing Suunto wants is unhappy customers.

Please describe the crashes as good as possible, the amount, frequency etc and I don’t think they will reject your request.

I can’t say what they will do, because I’m not customer service. But what I can say by own experience: they’re fast and one of the best services I’ve ever experienced.

Hope you become happy in a couple of days

[EzioAuditore]

@freeheeler Thank you man. I will do that. Cheers.

[A Former User]

@Hristijan-Petreski said in Conclusions about the Suunto Vertical:

@André-Faria I think that was the the first hot release aimed at. Since at some point I was not sending logs cause the hot release is around the corner solving the crashes. I did not complain at all the first 4 times and also defended Suunto when others experienced crashes. But how can I stay positive when I cannot rely on something that should be robust and do the thing it’s supposed to do and costs this much? Will you be cool if while you talk your mobile crashes 40% of the time so you lose maybe important calls or whatever?! ‘Get your money back’: can you please tell me how can I communicate this to Suunto’s support without involving lawyers and what not (cause I’ve tried believe me). I will continue using the Baro until it’s done and then bye, I have no problem to switch to other brand but word of mouth spreads quite a lot in the training communities (and nowadays social cycles) so at the end it will not be me who suffers most.

Wasn’t aware you tried already to get your money back. Honestly don’t know how can I help. Like others said, warranty, see if it changes something. If not guess maybe someone from Suunto on the forum
can give a little push for a refund.
Regarding worth of mouth, it’s the company’s job to take care of it with their actions, not you. You should be enjoying what you paid for.

[A Former User]

@Hristijan-Petreski My Vertical is still in drawer. I got buyer’s remorse and regret not having returned it (my own fault, though). At least, I didn’t pay full price (company discount).

[MiniForklift]

I’d like to just say a quick couple of things. I was pumped when the rumours of a new Suunto watch started, and when the SV finally came to fruition I literally had to have one. The initial reviews generally were pretty positive and I don’t recall reading about any crashes, bad GPS, screen freezes, maps not working etc etc. So I ordered one, used it heavily and had no issues; I loved my old S9B and was half expecting this new outlier not to knock it of its’ pedestal, however it did and I could honestly say I’d never owned a better GPS watch

But while I love this forum I felt like I needed to step away for a little while as every time I logged in there would be new complaints, more crashes and issues that couldn’t be fixed with soft resets and reboots. I acknowledge these things are happening and that they are frustrating, but it feels like they’ve taken the shine off a watch that I got so excited over. What was previously viewed as one of the best watches on the market especially with regards to ultras and general adventuring is now ‘a pile of overpriced junk’ to many. FWIW I’m unsure as to whether this is now the general perception of the SV or if that’s confined to the pages and posts of this forum? Either way it feels like a massive fall from grace for Suunto whom no doubt have been working tirelessly for years to bring us this. I don’t know what’s going on, to me it feels like a good portion of the units produced have been faulty in some way and I’m one of the lucky ones to get a flawless piece of gear that I feel like I can rely on to do what I need it to

Anyhow, I hope the SV owners with problems get resolutions and I guess for me I’m going to try to search for the threads that don’t make me question what I put down a lot of hard earned money for!

[gone troppo]

@MiniForklift

Mine has been flawless as well in terms of crashes and map issues and battery issues and the other major issues that seem to pop up here.

I have issues with sleep and V02max and other small bit and pieces but the overall function of the watch itself is excellent

[Brad_Olwin]

@Hristijan-Petreski said in Conclusions about the Suunto Vertical:

@freeheeler Thank you man. I will do that. Cheers.

Let us know what happens and sorry for the major negative experiences you have had. Should not be happening.

[Tomas5]

This whole thread make me thing that right way of solving issues in this watch looks like this:

try {
… put all your code here
} catch (e) {
reboot();
}

[Tieutieu]

@MiniForklift I’m so happy with my SV, awesome piece of work, beautiful, very reliable.
I perfectly understand what you mean with your post.
Bugs issues and crashes exists (even if I didn’t had any reboot to do myself) , but probably related to few use cases.
Negative comments here don’t reflect reality, people express more their disappointment than their joy !
Hope that bugs and issues will be solved for those who experiment them…

[zhang965]

Vertical is the must hardcore hardrest Suunto watch

[jw cou]

@gone-troppo same for me, no bug, greatest watch I ever owned for my adventures

[Mff73]

Same for we, best adventure companion, maps are opening the wild in real time.

Had only one activity reboot, so I understand the feeling for those who experience it more often, if not detected soon enough, and had one map missing, but just when doing initial out of the box tests, soft reset solved it.