Suunto Vertical is here

isazi

@vlado if you get your watch before May the 16th, please be aware release software is not final, it will only be after the 16th.

renton82

@vlado I didn’t read so many positive feedback about “xxxinn”, so I never trusted to buy there.

vlado

@renton82 i bought there once couple of months ago, did not have any issues, let’s hope it stays like that

@renton82 said in Suunto Vertical is here:

@vlado I didn’t read so many positive feedback about “xxxinn”, so I never trusted to buy there.

Already bought there lots of time never an issue. My issue was just with gls at the time.

renton82

@André-Faria good to know! However, i have already placed order on Suunto Shop.

surfboomerang

@isazi How is it possible for them to send the watch before Suunto does? Is Suunto sending the watches with beta firmware to those retailers?

vlado

@surfboomerang I suppose so, remember that first leak/picture from that austrian shop…Watch is out, it does not matter at this point who sends it first

Egika

@surfboomerang said in Suunto Vertical is here:

@isazi How is it possible for them to send the watch before Suunto does? Is Suunto sending the watches with beta firmware to those retailers?

The watch is sent out to shops with a certain fixed firmware.
If you start it up it will download and install the most recent firmware as part of the initialisation and personalization of the watch.

mikekoski490

I ordered my Suunto Vertical Ti/Canyon from Amazon Canada the day before official launch (May 8th) as it showed up then (based on a poster here on this forum).

Amazon confirmation says:

Release date: Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Arriving 22 May - 23 May

Our biggest local outdoor equipment retailers do not show them stocked at all.

elliott

The Vertical looks great! Almost certainly going to get one. The only thing I worry about is the map zoom level only going up to 500m. Sounds fine when following a route, but if I’m not and just want to see where on earth I’ve got to on the trails, I’d definitely want to see higher. Not sure if it’s that way due to an issue with rendering details at higher levels. Anyone know why this might be, and whether higher zoom levels might perhaps get added in future updates?

surfboomerang

@elliott isn’t there a full route overview option like on the S9 series by tapping on the navigation screen?

freeheeler

@elliott
just as a sidenote (maybe it’s clear anyway…) 500m zoom shows 1km diameter as 500m is the radius, plus you can pan in all directions.
no idea about the rest…

elliott

@surfboomerang Good to know, thanks, although I was thinking of the circumstance when a route wasn’t loaded.

@freeheeler Stupidly, I hadn’t realised that, so really glad you mentioned it, thanks!

freeheeler

@surfboomerang
apparently not… as navigating on the navigation screen will change from S9 to SV

surfboomerang

@freeheeler I can imagine someone wants to see an overview of where they are on the entire route for orientation purposes.

DMytro

By the way, do trails on the new maps indicate terrain difficulty? I.e. by color or dashed vs dotted, etc.

freeheeler

@surfboomerang
agree, I’ve used that several times, too.

@DMytro
do you mean like road surface as in SA maps?
it’s similar to topographic maps and just shows trails, no surface indication…
edit: topo maps show trail width as I understand, no difficulty

DMytro

@freeheeler I mean like the screenshot you’ve attached, dashed line is some difficulty and dotted line is another difficulty.

freeheeler

@DMytro
I will check once I get the chance and let you know

DMytro

Btw, there were also some mentions of live tracking/satellite communication in some past surveys. Guess this didn’t make it to this watch.