Suunto 9 Baro - Elevation profile issue

[Cédric Dodrimont]

@egika Thanks for your reply. We are wearing the watch in the same way, in top of clothes.

My last run this morning: I run 7km on a road then return by the same road.

My watch:

Friend’s watch:

Maybe the barometer is broken

[isazi]

@cédric-dodrimont if the watch is still under warranty, contact support, they can take your watch and check.

Also, search the forum for the “fridge test”.

[Pavlas]

@cédric-dodrimont I’d say the problem with the barometer is more likely your friend.

[Cédric Dodrimont]

@isazi Thanks, unfortunately the watch is no longer under warranty.

I’ve done a fridge test, but I don’t know what to conclude (The fridge has been opened after 3 hours):

[freeheeler]

@cédric-dodrimont
just to be sure: did you manually adjust altitude before your activity?

[Brad_Olwin]

@cédric-dodrimont yours is a Suunto9 non-baro model? The altitude will depend on GPS so try the best satellite system. However, you will not get the accuracy of a model with a barometer.

[Pavlas]

@brad_olwin He’s got an S9 Baro. According to the temperature graph

[sartoric]

@pavlas said in Suunto 9 Baro - Elevation profile issue:

@brad_olwin He’s got an S9 Baro. According to the temperature graph

Afair the temp sensor is not the barometer.

[Pavlas]

@sartoric Does the S9 non-baro has a temperature sensor?

[sartoric]

@pavlas
Well, that’s a good question

[Egika]

Easily answered by product website:

[Brad_Olwin]

@pavlas said in Suunto 9 Baro - Elevation profile issue:

@brad_olwin He’s got an S9 Baro. According to the temperature graph

So now I’m am at as much a loss as all of you.

[isazi]

OP says 9 Baro in the title

[sartoric]

@isazi said in Suunto 9 Baro - Elevation profile issue:

OP says 9 Baro in the title

Hidden in plain sight

So the 9 has no temp sensor ? I didn’t expect it

[Egika]

@sartoric yeah, temp sensor is technically needed to compensate temperature drift of the baro sensor. So it is kind of integrated into the baro sensor.

[Cédric Dodrimont]

@freeheeler For this one maybe I adjusted the altitude manually. I will try to do a new activity end of the day without adjusting it.

It’s a baro watch, when I look at my activities, it seems issues started the 4th of January. Before this date everything was fine.

[DMytro]

@sartoric it’s proximity to the skin makes sensor useless for any other purpose.

[Cédric Dodrimont]

@dmytro Except when swimming

[DMytro]

@cédric-dodrimont true dat

[Peter Tönz]

I have a Suunto 9 Baro since 3 years and the 9 Baro Titanium since half a year.

I have also problems with the altitude profile with both of my watches! The older was in the suunto service center a year ago and they did only a firware update! But the problem still exists (the watch recorded over 2000 meter evelvation change in 50 minutes cycling but it was only 300 meter!)
Thats why I bougth the Titanium and I have the same problem! Three years ago, the atlitude was really preceise. Now you can no longer rely on it! And that’s especially crappy when you make a 360km ultra trail with 26’000 meters elevation change!!!

I will try to record a track with both watches and write a separate topic! Hope this problem will be fixed. Not that I have yet to switch to a manufacturer that has this under control!

Media control, SuuntoPlus and so are cool, but the basic functions should not be neglected for that reason!

Edit: I will update both watches and do a test. Hope that the backlght issue is finally fixed!