I have the V2, so a very similar watch and find it excellent. I walked around Lanzarote a couple of weeks ago, the watch was my only means of navigation and I had no issues with the maps. They are also super responsive and smooth in operations. Better than the last handheld GPS I owned. I can’t remember having any issues zooming out and loosing trails, I maybe didn’t zoom out that far, but certainly zoomed out more than 200 meters. Could be the Canary Map data is different or the disappearing trails are worse in wooded areas. I had no issues so didn’t really take any notice. I guess I also never lost the trail either. But in my opinion the maps are very usable. And I also really like the torch feature. I use it much more than I ever thought I would. So maybe something worth thinking about.

@Olaf-Gottschalk

@Kalb_Willi do you mean alarm during exercise? Theoretically you could set a target zone during a workout. Not sure if this is what you are looking for.

Taking advantage of the Black Friday deals, I got a RACE S at a very competitive price as a replacement for my 9PP. I was/am happy with the 9PP except for some reading difficulties due to my developing presbyopia and a few minor, irritating bugs. The RACE S is an improvement over the 9PP in some aspects, but it’s not a game-changer; in fact, there are some things I liked more about the 9PP. Anyway, no device is perfect. I imagine if you want to switch brands, the Coros Pace 3 would be the closest equivalent, although it looks cheaper and, in my opinion, outdated. Looking for an AMOLED at the 9PP price takes you to entry-level models; I might go for the Suunto RUN if you didn’t need to connect it to TrainingPeaks.

In my last training sessions this problem has come up, and I don’t know why. I haven’t changed or configured anything, and suddenly this started happening. When I try it at home while standing still, there’s no issue, but when I go out running in free mode, the screen doesn’t turn on when I move my arm. I can’t find the reason or the solution.

Well, a soft reset didn’t work. Neither did disabling and reactivating sleep tracking. Not even leaving a “blank” night. Nothing. The watch is still recording sleep data as it did on the “gap” of two nights ago. This means there’s no morning report, and the watch indicates no sleep tracking. However, the app correctly records both sleep and HRV data. Today I reinstalled the OS as a further measure to see if it fixes the problem (with the consequent loss of some custom sport modes; ugh). Has anyone else experienced this?

I had this problem, but could not re-create it since Dec 15. I had six alpine skiing activities since, three or four XC skiing, a bunch (almost every day) indoor exercises, and a walk. At the end of every alpine skiing I check for the problem (to send the logs, potentially), but it did not happen again.

@Audaxjoe correct; you can “force stop” the app (SA) and it helps. Btw. I had this problem for a while, but it disappeared around two weeks ago. Maybe, the new version of SA solved it

Hey same here also with a Redmi note 9 pro, MIUI 14.0.5 and android 12SKQ 1.211019.001.

Just to throw a thought in here, as a (newly minted) Run user: the barometer field needs some help. In Imperial units (which I as American have a love hate relationship with) it shows to the ones place for inHg—literally useless information because it would be the equivalent of showing only to the hundreds place hPa! And whats worse, the barometer trendline (far more useful, and a staple of suunto watches across decades of product lines) isn’t an option at all, despite showing up in the preview (alongside value, in the same field) for “Concentric Analog”. Not sure if that could be fixed faster since it applies uniformly to all existing watchfaces, but man alive is it annoying… As for needing new designs, I agree with many on this thread that have pointed out a lot of the designs work quite well, and a lot of it comes down to taste. However, as the OP pointed out, there’s some very minor tweaks that could help tremendously, including functional changes like my above noted barometer problem…