@benedikt76 said in Suunto Race & Vertical: pair and save multiple sensors of the same type:
Now, 4 month later and we also have a new watch model - the Ocean- that also just became a firmware update. But what we still do not have is the possibility to pair mor then one sensor of the same type. Since I am talking about a new watch, I opend a new thread in the “Ocean” Forum, wich was kindly deleted, so I just want to pull this thread up again.
The argument of @Egika that only a small percentage of owners is using such a feature is misleading: you can say the same for a lot of other features as well, for example I absolutely do not need any map fuctionality, but the bottom-line is: how do Suunto watches perform in comparion to their peers? And as Suunto is obviously seeing their products, these are “premium multisport wachtes” - like, first of all of course, Garmin’s. In comparison to their watches Suunto is still lacking a lot: depth of data analysis, amount of data available, customization options in gerneral and especially for watch faces, web based access to trainings and data, music player… only to name a few.
I have great sympathy for Suunto as a smaller company and like their “produced with renewable energy” claim, but all watches I tried so far did not even get close to what Garmin offered. Now with the “Ocean”, I was again optimistic. Not that you get me wrong: a lot of things are pretty goog - GPS accuracy and heart rate is on the same level as Garmin from my perspective. But the details… thats a differnt story - and the ability to pair mulitple sensors is just one of them.
But perhaps we should be optimistic here: as said before even much cheaper chinese watches offer this feature, and since Suunto is chinese owned since 2022… who knows…
As a person that has done several long distance triathlons, if you are a serious biker, Suunto is not your brand (yet).
The reason is that you probably have speed, cadence and power meter sensors and it is very likely that you also have an smart trainer that also has those sensors inside. But it’s more. If you are a cyclist perhaps you also have several bikes (mix of btt, tri and/or road bikes). That is pretty common.
Bike power meter sensors do work but as far as I know are also not fully working because of this issue. You can also have several arm and chest straps and you will only be able to pair one (but this last thing is not so bad like the other things nobody can’t see here)
I sold my Race for this reason. I waited a lot (first with the Vertical) because I wanted to give an opportunity to Suunto. But it’s not coming and I need a working watch.
I’m tired so I ended finally selling it because at the end the watch is not working here. The other thing is that there are some silly issues that are not going to be fixed, like to not being able to put a wake up alarm using weekdays. A lot of people, like me, works from home 2-3 days per week.
Now I have my old Forerunner 935 (bought in 2017) that does not have those problems. Pairs everything perfectly (and has the custom alarms). Now it’s coming a T-Rex 3 to my home. A cheap watch that does not have those both issues (and It has the best screen of the market, also has contour lines in maps and WHR is very accurate).
But here with the sensors we are speaking about something very important and it seems that Suunto does not realize that the watches have a very serious issue here. And we need to say it because this is also feedback and it needs to be said so developers can understand the whys.
I’m sure Suunto will solve this and all the silly issues too but while the marketing team thinks that watchfaces are more important than fixing a serious problem for cyclists, your Suunto’s watch is not for you.
I’m pretty sure I’ll return to Suunto. They are working very hard (and it’s very exciting to read about all the incredible good things like the recent new metrics with the chest strap) but for now, until this issue is fixed, Suunto’s watches are not valid for cyclists and triathletes. Sad but it needs to be said clearly.
