@Joaquin I did not pretend a comparison but to expone some points (starting with the user experience, and that is very important) and explained why the Komoot workaround needs a very serious rework. The notifications while better than in Coros or Amazfit, are not accurate enough. This is like in the previous generation and it is very clear that work and investigation needs to be done.
Keep also in mind that I throughly tested all brands but Polar in very long trail runs.
Said this, the fork shot you post is a very nice example, since:
It’s true Amazfit does not notify some forks
It’s true Coros notifies forks as right-left turn. While Coros’ approach is not perfect, is somehow valid since keeps you in the path.
It’s also true that the Komoot approach is not accurate enough, and this applies to all notifications of the whole track (not just and only the forks)
-And it’s also true that the Komoot workaround means the complicated user experience and that users are even forced to use a third party social network.
Even if some forks are left (in Amazfit but not Coros), what it happens in a very long trail run is that most notifications are just turns. Since with the Komoot algorythms It seems there’s an offset being the notifications not good enough, the feeling (for the whole trail run) while better with all the notifications, is less accurate. And this is important to note and should not happen.
But there’s something that has changed in Amazfit in the very last month (I don’t think they have still fixed those forks thought). The thing is I tested very recently the T-Rex Ultra 2 (not the T-Rex 3 Pro) and the navigation is incredible improved this very last month (as said, there don’t notify forks or roundabouts yet and there were some few forks left, like the one you show but with the T-Rex 3 Pro).
In my opinion they have rewritten everything. And the explanation is that they finally managed to add the routeable thing I was explaining. Have a look at this : https://youtube.com/shorts/jGDmJTFyGwk (there’s an english audio track) . This is the very last month, and there’s even a new update improving that.
I’m posting this, not to explain the routeable thing but to say they finally found a way to make everything A LOT more clever. So yes, in my opinion, this means they changed completely their turn-by-turn implementation (or my impression is that is greately improved). Now they are here, they are very likely fixing the remaining things very soon.
Again, this is not a comparison at all (personally, I don’t have now that Ultra 2 watch and I don’t recomend their watches at all because the so many bugs and issues), but what I mean is that their navigation at this moment, is a lot better that we could think just looking at those shots in a very concrete scenario.
I also had tested the Coros Nomad 2 months ago, and while I don’t like Coros navigation, their turn-by-turn are working perfectly fine, even if you change your direction (they only notify left and right turns)
As said, I’m here because Suunto is superior in many things. Triathlon now excels and navigation, while not perfect, I feel like maps are super fast and very good. But Komoot’s algorythms are not good enough (and the user experience is not either the best) and this should be notes because the Komoot approach is convoluted and is not good enough.
