@Cornell-Tsiang it has to have blue to green color before you start

@The_77 Well I deleted the beta app and installed the one from the appstore.
At the first sync it briefly said “sync activities 1 of 2”, but alas, that diseappeared quickly and both activities are still greyed out and unsynced…

You need valid data for any vo2 max estimation. If its “dirty” (detects anomalies) it won’t accept it whether it is gps or hr. If you see tracks are weird or wild swings in heart rate, thats the cause. Then you need more than 15 minutes of uninterrupted valid data from both. It rules out part of the garage in garbage out. You hr resting and max also have to be sane. Not sure if it actually take cadence, I think it does, it all needs to match, at least ballpark.

I used to run with OHR and it was really ok for regular flat runs. The OHR struggled to get a good reading when going downhill fast when there were lots of erratic hand movement in difficult trail runs.

So I went with H10 and I’m happy. For regular runs I don’t see that much of a difference (well, maybe first 10 minutes are sometimes weird with OHR) but when doing trails HR belt is pretty awesome. The reaction time with HR belt is amazing compared to OHR.

However, for hiking and regular walks OHR in S5 works well. I very seldomly get weird readings for no more than fifteen seconds.

Yes, maybe it is the hills. I introduced hills about 1-2 months ago. Its great for improving my fitness but probably games my VO2! Oh well, I think the sentiment that its just a metric is probably right. Had a fab hill run yesterday and fast so who cares about the VO2 😁

@aloha as a fellow hobby jogging fanboy I’m just glad Suunto has provided me a watch to run with at all.

I have Suunto 5 for few weeks. Step counter seems to work relatively fine when walking (but i never actualy counted my steps to be sure). But another think that bothers me that it counts step even when i don’t walk at all. While washing dishes and standing still it counted 200 steps just because of hand movement.

@smc123 I am almost sure that my watch are not faulty, because on bike I get really good accuracy. Only while hiking when there are hills and trees around, accuracy is worst. Maybe Ambit 2s was better thanks to compass ? If there was some algorithm to smooth track recording based on compass too ? It is just my guess.

@lars-erik-ulstein I am on iOS and there are no issues with the Custom Sport modes. I was able to configure a Custom mode with the Interval screen. You have a limit to the number of screens you may use. If the app is misbehaving you could try reinstalling SA but AFAIK there is no bug.

@PAWEL-Figurski said in Bugs in Suunto 5 nordic walking & calorie consumption:

I think it is a bug in a watch firmware.

So try to contact support, maybe they can give you more information or file a bug.

Out of curiosity are you nordic walking correctly ?
Opposite leg/arm, poles pointing back etc. ?

@zbyněk-volný No, I can see how it can frustrate that a workout always gets assigned wrong in Strava. In fact, every circuit training I did was passed on to Strava as a run. But I don’t use Strava anymore and it has solved my issue:)
But I really can’t see, how suunto or Strava can make an assignment correctly without adding an extra sports mode. Thus, I hope it will be added for your convenience.

@tomas5 on Android we don’t show distance as it’s too hard to calculate. We would need to interpolate those 50m lengths to speed etc.

It’s on the backlog but not so asap.

Ios will remove it I think.

So I talked to suunto custommer service via chat on website, they told me that if fog dissapears in few minutes it is considered OK. I should worry only if it persists for long time.

@qwerty01 said in SuuntoLink Win7:

Hi
Does anyone have a SuuntoLink installer that runs on Windows 7? The latest one supports 8.1 and it won’t run because of that

The latest one that runs on Windows 7 doesn’t allow for Ambit apps. I recall seeing that because I had a computer that runs W7.
Unfortunately I don’t have that pc with me to tell you the version…maybe 2.28.1

@sartoric
I’ve read the fff manual and I’ve used several different Suunto watches.

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Thanks, yes the S5 really seem to suit my needs. I really like it and all values seem to be very close to what I got from the S9B. I did the Nordic Walking on very hard underground without the rubber on the poles, what created a lot of vibration in the poles, which might have also generated a lot of disturbances. Will try with softer ground / rubbers while on street and see how it works. But Suunto really got me! I really like Suuntos interface and the reliability of the watches. Coming from a Polar Vantage, I am really satisfied with both the S5 and the S9B, but I tend to keep the S5 since I am not the Ultrarunner or mountain trail runner and therefore I do not really need all that extra features the S9B offers. Also a big Thank You for moderating that Forums in such a great way!
Cheers Christian

@ChrisA 😳

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos do you perhaps have the file for the 2.16.28?
Thanks and BR

@surfboomerang sure, and it is possible already to do that, and it achieves the result. So @sophievh would this work for you?

@дима-мельниченко thank you! Did not know that was possible. Great help!