New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings

Frank Stefan

@Egika I got yesterday the new Race and the step counter seems much better than the algo on the Vertical. On the Race i have no recorded steps while brushing my teeths. The Vertical has counted around 400-500 steps haha.

SuperFlo75

Perhaps it would be better to use an electric toothbrush

ChrisA

Got the Race today . First impressions:

The box is completly different as usual:

Updating and installing maps worked perfectly and … maps showed up instantaneously after getting a valid GPS fix.

When hand is lowered the breadcrumptrail is still visible

AMOLED display is very bright and high contrast

Brightness set to Medium

Tami999

@Ollipolli Peak 9 Pro, after sleeping to 7 AM (reset on midnight) i had 900+ steps count

A Former User

@Tami999 said in New owner of Suunto Race - first feelings:

Peak 9 Pro, after sleeping to 7 AM (reset on midnight) i had 900+ steps count

Are you sure you are not sleepwalking ?

helgonet12

@ChrisA do you think it is to bright in the evening? Or is it possible to adjust it so it is not to much at evening/ nights?

ChrisA

@helgonet12 here are two pics on lowest brightness inactive display in the dark (as good as my iphone gets it 🫣)

And one with active display

I dint find them too bright, not brighter than other Amoleds like on the Apple watch. With do not disturb on, the display gets completely dark and only comes on when you press a button.

helgonet12

@ChrisA thank you so much for the pictures and describing what you think

A Former User

@ChrisA black is the color of my true love… really cool!

vlado

Here are some observations from my side, mainly in comparison with the previous watch which was Vertical:

GPS - as good as on Vertical
HR during run is better, no mora peaks where it goes to 200beats for no reason
Finaly option to clear all notifications
Better flashlight
Sleep tracking much better, really accurate
Scrolling much smoother
Steps count, more accurate, no steps while you are typing on pc, for example

These are just quick observations after three days use
Only thing that i dont like are these 22mm straps but those i will change for 24mm as i did on Vertical also

leafs93

@vlado how do you change from 22mm to 24mm strap? Isn’t the width fixed, and can only use 22mm strap ?

vlado

@leafs93 take the pins from 22mm, put it inside 24mm and with razor remove the extra silicone so that the strap can go inside, works perfect.

Stoke80

@vlado & @ChrisA

Does the screen never turn totally “black” when it is inactive?

I think that could be disturbing to some people in the night?

Highlands

@vlado After a week or so, could you please share how the battery holds up during activity and out of activity? Thank you.

martintrail

@Stoke80 No, you can set the screen to turn off completely. I have it set that way.

Stoke80

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

@Stoke80 No, you can set the screen to turn off completely. I have it set that way.

Is it a backlight setting? Or with dnt?

martintrail

@Highlands I charged to 100% on Sunday and today I have 67% battery, about 1 hour of activity every day. I wear them 24/7, always on display off, mobile notifications off… But we’ll see in time, it’s a new watch with a fresh battery.

Highlands

@martintrail So far, sounds pretty good. Cheers

martintrail

@Stoke80 Under display settings there is an option “always on”

ChrisA

@Stoke80 as @martintrail said: by setting the DND times it tunrs black in that time - completly black.