Well, I tried the Race.. and I think I’m selling the Vertical

Mazel

@isazi I’ve probably squashed my thoughts too much. I thought you wouldn’t recommend Race on the handlebars due to the necessity of having the screen on all the time, which would drain the battery a lot. Sorry for the confusion.

isazi

@Mazel sorry, it was more that the Race is too dim off wrist to be useful on the handlebars for me. With the screen always on and bright it would probably be very good, but I do not have data about how long the battery would last (probably more than I can ride).

Audaxjoe

It already been said but on the bike the Vertical is great. Easy to read no matter if it is dark or bright sunlight.

The battery is also amazing, 155k on Saturday for around 10% drop.

I also have an eBay special handlebar mount, and this is great if navigation is needed. I do keep it on the wrist most of the time

I have no experience of the Race.

Sezer Yiğit

@Audaxjoe said in Well, I tried the Race.. and I think I’m selling the Vertical:

It already been said but on the bike the Vertical is great. Easy to read no matter if it is dark or bright sunlight.

From this situation can we say that, while in sport action, it is always ok to take a quick look, you will see the screen?? whatever the action is…

wmichi

@Sezer-Yiğit It’s the same for daily use and sport activities: If you don’t raise your wrist, the screen is in a dimmed state (always on mode enabled) or completely off when always on mode is off. In the dimmed state it’s difficult to read. But for sports like running this is not a problem, because you raise your wrist anyway when you look at the watch.

Thanks, all went good. I didn’t kiss a tree

Have fun with the Vertical!

wmichi

@Sezer-Yiğit At least that was my experience with the Vertical. Always very good readability. I also found the backlight to be very good. It’s simply a MIP display of very high quality. That’s why this watch is so expensive.

Highlands

I have the SR (which I like very much, awesome piece of technology) but reading this thread makes me want to buy the SV as well.

Brad_Olwin

@Highlands Now you are hooked! I love the AMOLED screen when running! SkiMo is Vertical for me and I find the Race more comfortable for sleeping.

i5boi

@isazi get the Karoo 3 & problem solved!

Audaxjoe

@i5boi said in Well, I tried the Race.. and I think I’m selling the Vertical:

i get the Karoo 3 & problem solved!

If only it had decent battery life ‍️

isazi

@i5boi I have a Vertical and it is totally fine

Highlands

@Brad_Olwin

Iggge

I am curious about the race. I want the beautiful screen and better sleep analysis, as well as the extra “wheel”( What’s the correct English word for this?) The race offer.

But the Vertical just have to good batterylife. That’s by far the best thing with the Vertical. It’s amazing!

Audaxjoe

@Iggge English first language speaker here! I think rotating bezel would be correct. Bit not a hundred percent sure and know exactly what you mean

Love my Vertical and sticking with it ‍️

Highlands

@Iggge The SR has very good battery life and the SV has insane battery life

dreamer_

@isazi . Idea for Suunto. A clean solution for not mounting the Race on the handlebar is to have the possibility of broadcasting the data to the phone, as Coros did in their last update. This seems in fact very interesting for both the SR and the SV.

So you could have the Race on your wrist and the phone as a cycling computer on the handlebar.

I have found this thread because yesterday I was looking at the Race and as far as I like my SV Ti a lot, the Race has better firmware for now, with some fixes the SV has not yet.

I also like the idea of the wheel and despite I didn’t want the Amoled panel, after seeing It, It really looks incredible . The battery is also enough for a 100 Miller. So I’m thinking in buying an SR Ti .

But I have read the SV’s gnss accuracy it’s a bit better, just a bit (SR’s accuracy is very good too but the the reviews seem to say that SV’s one seems a bit better)

isazi

@dreamer_ I would actually like that, Suunto implemented the voice notifications via the phone last year, so the transmission of some data from the watch to the phone via Bluetooth is possible.

Egika

@dreamer_ possibly this is a good suggestion for an S+ app. Get watch HR data and send it via BT to other device (mimic a HR belt).
No idea if the feature set of S+ BT can do this… @Raimo-Järvi ?

fluca

@Egika I do remember with SA3 and movesount there was the possibility to mirror watch data to the app while training…

Raimo Järvi

@Egika I don’t think it’s currently possible with just a SuuntoPlus app. Sending data from watch to phone is possible as @isazi said, but I think it would require developing some new features in mobile app and / or watch.