Switch from peak to baro
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Hi all. I recently bought a 9 peak but I’m non 100% satisfied be ause of not accurate sleep tracking and sluggish software. If I switch to baro, it will be more fast in menus and at the same time keep all the other things from peak?
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@jacopastorius To my knowledge, the software on both watches is the same. The S9P has some extra features that support the light and oxygene sensor but that’s about it.
I doubt your concerns will be over once you switch watches.
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@jacopastorius said in Switch from peak to baro:
Hi all. I recently bought a 9 peak but I’m non 100% satisfied be ause of not accurate sleep tracking and sluggish software. If I switch to baro, it will be more fast in menus and at the same time keep all the other things from peak?
Sluggishness on the menus is known along the range. I wouldn’t expect sleep tracking to be any better.
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Thanks for reply. And what about ambit 9?
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@sartoric sorry i mean just ambit. But Washington reading this model does not have many features of the 9 line
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@jacopastorius I have both watches.
The software is the same in both watches except in the O2 saturation measurement and adaptative screen light (only in S9P). The main differences are in the hardware.I like the size and weight of the Peak (very comfortable for sleeping and running) and I like the screen size of the Baro (1,3" vs 1,2", much better for easy readings when running).
For sleep tracking and optical heart rate S9P is better because is lighter and have different (modern) sensor.Also I think that S9P has a more modern processor than S9B that allows to deploy new funtions over the time and is possible that S9B wouldn’t be able to accept those features due to hardware limitations (as has happened with Spartan models).
So, if you are happy with the S9P size I wouldn’t switch to Baro.
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@jjpaz than you for your detailed reply and clarifications. Between the two models seems that stick to peak is the right choice just because they are so similar and the peak is newer. But, what about suunto 7? It also has offline maps which are so useful to me.
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@jacopastorius it’s a tad old and hasn’t been received updates for over a year. Wear OS watches tend to age quicker. The S7 also has much shorter battery life that 9/9p. But it offers offline maps and oled display as well as all the smarts of wear OS.
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@jacopastorius S7 shares sensors with S9 and is similar in size.
The differences are screen, maps, sensors connectivity and… battery life.
S7 is basically a smartwatch with sport profiles/capabilities (with limitations). You can’t connect a heartrate or cadence sensor to S7 and battery life during activity is less than 12 hours, much less if you use the map screen (you can drain battery in 2-3h with the map view activated full time).
On the other hand, S9s are Sport watches with smartwatch (with limitations) capabilities.If you’re looking for a smartwatch rather than a sportswatch, S7 could be an option but take into account all the cons.
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@jacopastorius Comments here are quite informative. I have found S9Peak to be quite accurate for sleep. What are the issues with yours? For OHR, the Peak is far, far better. During exercise the baro OHR simply does not work for me, the watch is too large and often locks on cadence. This is not only a Suunto problem, Garmin has the same issues, the fenix7X series and Enduro suffer as the size prevents good OHR. When running with two watches, one paired to a belt and the S9Peak, they are often identical. My advice is not to switch. I think we can try to help you with the issues.
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@Brad_Olwin thanks Brad. The issue with sleep tracking is for example what happened this night. I woke up just for going to toilet at 3.30 am and then came back to sleep but the watch has recorded like I woke up at 3.30 so I just have few hours of sleep in the sleep record
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@jacopastorius said in Switch from peak to baro:
@Brad_Olwin thanks Brad. The issue with sleep tracking is for example what happened this night. I woke up just for going to toilet at 3.30 am and then came back to sleep but the watch has recorded like I woke up at 3.30 so I just have few hours of sleep in the sleep record
Typically for me, it does not recognize I got up. Did you press any watch buttons? If I press more than one button the watch will assume I am awake. Also, do you have auto-DND enabled and for what times?
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@Brad_Olwin maybe i just pressed the one button to activate the screen. What is auto DND?
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@jacopastorius I have my Sleep Tracking set from 10PM to 6AM, I typically fall asleep between 10:30-11 and wake up at 5:30. I have Auto DoNotDisturb set for 10PM to 6AM. This way notifications do not wake up my watch and I have sleep set for longer than my sleep times to ensure the watch will accurately record sleep.
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@Brad_Olwin I have sleep tracking set to 11pm to 7 am and auto dnd on. This night I fell asleep at 1am and woke up at 9am. But the watch tells me I did 16h of sleep. Maybe be because I left on the table during the afternoon?
Another weird problem is the altimeter that marks very low values when the barometer is low. I’m at sea level at the moment (and set 0m altitude manually) and there is a storm coming and the altitude marks -43m
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@jacopastorius said in Switch from peak to baro:
@Brad_Olwin I have sleep tracking set to 11pm to 7 am and auto dnd on. This night I fell asleep at 1am and woke up at 9am. But the watch tells me I did 16h of sleep. Maybe be because I left on the table during the afternoon?
Another weird problem is the altimeter that marks very low values when the barometer is low. I’m at sea level at the moment (and set 0m altitude manually) and there is a storm coming and the altitude marks -43m
Leaving the watch on the table should not matter unless you do this when you have sleep tracking on. Next time sleep tracking is wrong send logs immediately to Suunto and PM me in a chat. I will need your username only and the time logs were sent. I will file a bug report.
For altimeter, this happens to me as well since we have powerful storms my altitude can vary by 50m or so. First, you can set the watch outside and perform an auto calibration. This is found in the navigation menu.
For me, I don’t worry about it as I exercise outside every day and FusedAlti during an exercise will fix this as well. This is normal as your barometer is functioning correctly and will not happen with every storm.
I do not set altitude manually and doing so before an exercise will disable FusedAlti. I would use the auto calibration feature.
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As an ex-S9B user, I find the sleep tracking on the S9P much more accurate
