Suunto Race All black or Titanium 😜
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@Egika said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium
:@David-Lown I think this is mainly about you - have never heard of parkrun before…
At least I am pretty sure that there are many things on the list that are of higher priority for a bigger user base…hmm, there are approx 3 million parkrun runners worldwide
https://www.parkrun.com/about/#:~:text=parkrun started back in 2004,million parkrunners (and counting).should be enough of a user base / incentive for Suunto to at least look at, i would have thought.
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@TonyG to be fair, it would be useful, I’m forever losing the sodding barcode and printing it out again
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I went with the Titanium model. Main reason is the weight. It looks and feels lighter and less bulkier on the wrist as the Vertical Titanium. And to me the Titanium model looks better than the stainless steel (I never liked black watches). In my eyes the watch doesn‘t look like plastic at all, I really like the looks. But: beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.
The 16GB extra memory are not important to me.
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@Egika said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium
:@David-Lown I think this is mainly about you - have never heard of parkrun before…
At least I am pretty sure that there are many things on the list that are of higher priority for a bigger user base…Not too sure I agree with you about this - Parkrun may not be present/many where you live but Parkrun is possibly the biggest worldwide running movement.
As for priority, it’s possibly going to be on par with turning the face around, dimming display time at night etc.
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@David-Lown If Parkrun is managed the Suunto API is available commercially to create a SuuntoPlus app that would display a barcode. I think this would be an ideal use case for a SuuntoPlus app. I would enquire with Parkrun and see if you can get this started, not sure it would be implemented from the Suunto side.
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@David-Lown thank you for enlighting me! I read and tried to understand the concept.
Priorities are given by Suunto’s product managers, not by you or me…Anyway, I don’t really understand why I need a barcode, if the watch tracks the run with GPS. What is the difference to let’s say a Strava segment?
Could parkrun maybe use Suunto’s API to sync runs from Suunto App that happen at the designated time and place? Like syncing to other services.
QR codes seem to be a little analog in our digital world…t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal, Race S All Black, Race S Titanium Canary
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@Egika said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium
:@David-Lown thank you for enlighting me! I read and tried to understand the concept.
Priorities are given by Suunto’s product managers, not by you or me…Anyway, I don’t really understand why I need a barcode, if the watch tracks the run with GPS. What is the difference to let’s say a Strava segment?
Could parkrun maybe use Suunto’s API to sync runs from Suunto App that happen at the designated time and place? Like syncing to other services.
QR codes seem to be a little analog in our digital world…Barcode needed to get the result and the run. Trust me, once you start it gets quite addictive for a 5km at 0900 every Saturday!
Then add in some of the external challenges like alphabet, Cowell, various bingos and suddenly life revolves around it.
Well, at least that’s what my wife says……
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@Egika if I understood the Parkrun use case correctly, you need the code to register your personal result with the Parkrun organization and ranking list by beeping your code someplace. With Strava it would (probably) only be for your own bookkeeping.
Correct me if I’m wrong.
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@BrunoH said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium
:@Egika if I understood the Parkrun use case correctly, you need the code to register your personal result with the Parkrun organization and ranking list by beeping your code someplace. With Strava it would (probably) only be for your own bookkeeping.
Correct me if I’m wrong.
Absolutely correct - would also open Suunto a good market in the UK as we have over 760 Parkrun events every Saturday.
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@David-Lown I registered for Parking years ago… And never participated
I will forward this to Suunto, let’s see if having a barcode on the screen is feasible (Race should work, not sure about other watches)Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti
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@isazi said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium
:@David-Lown I registered for Parking years ago… And never participated
…you are one of the 3 million people
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@BrunoH right. Now imagine to have a park run S+ that would achieve the same just without the old school QR code
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@David-Lown said in Suunto Race All black or Titanium
:Barcode needed to get the result and the run. Trust me, once you start it gets quite addictive for a 5km at 0900 every Saturday!
Yes, definitely. I am with you. Just thinking around how this could be taken to the next level with GPS watches
I run every Saturday and Sunday morning with my partner while the kids prepare breakfast. Quite addictive too
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@isazi thank you from all the parkrunners! Now all I need to do is get an ‘X’ parkrun to have a full alphabet……
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@Egika I love that idea!
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Steel, because of black color first, and last but not least also because of the price. However I must say that coming from a Garmin Fenix 5X Plus (with a titanium body), I’m also happy with the weight after all. The Race looks and feels definitely lighter and smaller, even if specs talks about almost the same numbers. I can’t wait that the lava red strap is available again to buy it and so got the best looking match for the Race!
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@General_Witt Agree the gray cheapens it a bit. Did notice Suunto now states on their site that the Race Ti is Grade 5 titanium.
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@General_Witt I think it has to do with the antenna.
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I got the Titanium for a few reasons. The main reason is the storage. 32GB future proofs it a bit. File sizes tend to grow, and map sizes certainly do. I got an update to my state map recently that was 400 megs larger than the original. In fact, all of the maps I have downloaded grew. Second I like titanium, it looks cool and it is slightly lighter and it doesn’t feel like steel. I like that not just the watch case, but also the buttons and furniture are titanium. The center of the watch, which I’m guessing is also the movement/module clip is plastic, which is actually a good thing as it helps protect the movement/module from impacts and bumps.
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@GiPFELKiND I was worried about the size. I like the peak size so I bought the TI to make it a bit lighter. I’m really happy with it. Can’t almost not feel it on my arm.
