Suunto Race S general discussion

Tieutieu

@isazi @szleslie I can confirm it works perfectly well on my SRs and IOs (also on my SV)
[edit : an active connection of phone to internet is needed with ios]

I use it a lot, and I tested it again right now to check

Scenario :

I have routes routes planned on SA, not used in watch => I Choosed one to use in the watch, not the other
started exercice using navigation on the route
after exercice started, went to SA to pin the second route to “use in watch” => route is synced, exercice still recording
went to navigation option in the current exercise still recording => I can change for new route
Went to SA to create another route, pinned it also to send to watch, then went to options => now I have the 3 routes that I can use

So it works perfectly fine.
The only situation I have faced a watch bug was : I have once tried to edit in SA the same route I was navigating ON => this case makes watch crashed.

szleslie

@isazi Great. I am on ios.

szleslie

@Tieutieu OK. I believe. I will order one and try it.

isazi

@Tieutieu oh good, this is new, always worked for me on Android but didn’t work on iOS in the past

Tieutieu

@isazi it as always worked for me on iOS as far as I can remember, on my sv and after that on my SRs, since beginning it was released

defencee

Can anybody show, please, how looks “Strength Exercises” from Suunto Plus.
And when will a full-fledged strength training designer with exercises be expected?

Egika

@Tieutieu correct.
It has been working with iOS for years.
The difference to Android is, that syncing routes from the phone needs an active internet connection with iOS.

Tieutieu

@Egika oh yes I forgot to mention that !

szleslie

I ordered a Race S Titanium to try it out. It is in my hand. Firmware 2.43.12, App 2.46.3. I am on iOS 18.5 with an iPhone 13 Pro Max. I will test it to see which one to keep (Epix gen 2 Sapphire or Suunto Race S).

Route sync works fine. I started an exercise with navigation using a route on the watch. Then uploaded a new route to the watch while it was recording the activity. Selected a new route without any issue. It works. Thx for your help!

(Just a side note. I am not interested any metric any more. I use my Epix for timekeeping/wake up alarm/countdown timer/activity recorder (heart rate strap+cycling power meter to control my load no training in the future, maybe I will do some but to do that I will need a computer.) and navigation. That map render, rotate, zoom in/out is much quicker and smoother. I ordered one at release but sent it back because it was so different from Garmin. I will test it and decide which one to keep. I hope this Race S will not be worse than the Epix regarding software stability. There is an other option, Amazfit T-Rex 3. I had it for some days at release. Sent it back for a same reason as Race S. Time will tell.)

Tieutieu

@szleslie using SRs since release last year, never had any issue