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New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings

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    paranoidrunner @wmichi
    last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 02:56

    @wmichi i have the same problem on my SR with Sleep detection … it thinks i have slept only 2hrs somedays and 3`4hr the other days!

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      mamertino1984
      last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 10:23

      Hello,someone have a news about firmware update for suunto race?

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        wmichi @paranoidrunner
        last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 10:28

        @paranoidrunner I have the SR now for little bit over three weeks. In the first week sleep tracking was completely off every night, same as for you. But starting in the second week it got better and better. In the last two weeks the performance of the algorithm was about the same, as I have seen with other watches in the past. Sometimes it’s a bit off, but most of the time awake times look pretty good. I cannot say anything about light/deep/rem. For me those are just gimmicks which cannot be measured properly on the wrist.

        During this time, the only things I have changed was activating blood oxygen measurements during the night and I am using a nylon band now (the one from the Coros Pace 3). And I have updated my resting hr to my real resting hr. On other Suuntps I had a fantasy value there to make resources work. But according to Suunto resting HR has no longer an impact on sleep or resources.

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          laufbursche7
          last edited by laufbursche7 21 Nov 2023, 13:54

          Love the Titanium with the SUUNTO 22 MM URBAN 7 Watchband OCHRE SIZE S

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            Brad_Olwin Moderator @lexterm77
            last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 13:58

            @lexterm77 Unlikely to happen but I agree, the heat maps would be a stellar addition!

            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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              Hwolfff
              last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 14:58

              Hi. I have been using the Suunto Race for a week now and are having a hard time connecting to a heart rate chest strap to the watch. I have tried two different Suunto Smart Heart rate belts. They are around 5 years old as I got them with the Suunto spartan. New batteries. The pairing is just fine but when starting an activity the watch rarely finds the strap. Anyone else with similar experience?

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                Luís Pinto Platinum Member @Brad_Olwin
                last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 16:23

                @Brad_Olwin said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

                y to happen but I agree, the heat maps would be a stellar addition!

                Heat maps like S7 would be a must in amoled Race screen!

                SR
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                  BrunoH Gold Members @Hwolfff
                  last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 16:28

                  @Hwolfff just my personal experience: I bought a second hand Suunto belt which was a bit small for me. It worked fine for a few weeks, but suddenly started acting up. The strap was one of those older versions which were notorious for losing connectivity as time goes by. I bought a new strap and I’ve been using that second hand button thingy happily ever after.

                  Others have reported same kind of problems, it is usually the strap’s fault.

                  Compasses: M-311, A-10, SK-7
                  Diving: Finnlight Navy 90, Vyper
                  Sports: Metron, S7, S9B and Vertical

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                    David l @wmichi
                    last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 17:47

                    @wmichi glad you like the coros band - I’m really impressed by it!

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                      thanasis Bronze Member @Hwolfff
                      last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 18:26

                      @Hwolfff try washing the belt and let it on a basin with some warm (not hot!!) water over night and add 1-2 drop of dish soap.

                      that worked for me

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                        jannis Bronze Member
                        last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 18:30

                        I got the Suunto Race today and immediately after the setup there was an update. But on the update page there is no mentioning about that. What has changed?

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                          tiago Bronze Member @jannis
                          last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 18:46

                          @jannis I got the same last week when i bought the watch. Only improvements and bug correction. It’s schedule a software update in the end of the month to solve some issues with auto sleep detection, differences between values on the watch and Suunto App,improvements on UI and zoom on maps from 500 meters to 2 kms. For now is the information leaked,if something else arrives i don’t know.

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                            jannis Bronze Member @tiago
                            last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 19:52

                            @tiago Thank you, yes, I have heard about this coming update. I was just curious about this one, and if there is maybe a change log somewhere. But maybe it’s was so small that there won’t be any. But it took quite long to update, maybe half hour or so.

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                              David l @jannis
                              last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 20:33

                              @jannis just the standard update we all received when the watch arrive. 👍

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                                Hwolfff @BrunoH
                                last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 21:22

                                @BrunoH thanks.
                                So the textile strap is the main problem? Not the round button thing?

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                                  Hwolfff @thanasis
                                  last edited by 21 Nov 2023, 21:23

                                  @thanasis thanks I’ll try that.

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                                    BrunoH Gold Members @Hwolfff
                                    last edited by 22 Nov 2023, 04:58

                                    @Hwolfff well nothing is certain, but that’s usually the reason. A fresh battery wouldn’t hurt either. I once had problems with a battery which was unused but expired.

                                    Compasses: M-311, A-10, SK-7
                                    Diving: Finnlight Navy 90, Vyper
                                    Sports: Metron, S7, S9B and Vertical

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                                      martintrail Silver Members
                                      last edited by 22 Nov 2023, 17:11

                                      Today I had my first SR crash during a workout and since I’ve been using the Suunto for years. Fortunately during a workout and not a run :-D. There was also an erasure of the elevation history on the watch face :-(. It’s annoying and I hope it doesn’t happen again. Can this be prevented e.g. by periodically restarting the watch to empty the cache?

                                      Vertical Titanium Solar

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                                        Egika Platinum Member @martintrail
                                        last edited by 23 Nov 2023, 02:55

                                        @martintrail no need to periodically restart.
                                        Probably next week Race will receive an update that fixes many rare but serious bugs.

                                        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

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                                          OnlyoneKenobi
                                          last edited by 28 Dec 2023, 11:43

                                          Hello community and happy holidays.

                                          For Christmas I gave the Race to my son and I must say that I really liked it.
                                          Before singing its praises, I’ll immediately say what I don’t like, the same goes for the vertical, The strap is too short. It would have been better to add a second length to the package or give the possibility to choose the most appropriate size. I add a note, hoping it will be implemented, the lack of emojis. My students often respond with emojis and I wish I didn’t have to reach for the phone.
                                          Well moving on to the advantages I would definitely say the screen which is fantastic. The battery is still early but, apart from the first few days where it ran out quickly due to the various updates and settings, at the moment I have a daily consumption of 5% without sporting activities with HF activated 24 hours and notifications. During bike rides I consume around 3% per hour. OHR works very well on me, the differences with the chest heart rate monitor are marginal, in the order of one or two beats.
                                          When it comes to step counting, it underestimates about 25%. To give an example, yesterday my bionic knee after a walk showed 8200 steps and the Race only 6300. Not bad, also because no watch is capable of being truly precise, I believe the data serves only as a suggestion, nothing more .
                                          In light of all this I would say super promoted, so much so that I exchanged it with my son who prefers the Vertical longer battery life and I the better visibility of the AMOLED screen.

                                          Suunto Ambit3 Vertical
                                          Suunto Spartan Sport
                                          Suunto Vertical titanium solar
                                          Suunto Race titanium

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