Suunto Race 2 General Discussion

Bud_T

@szleslie thanks. I tried straps like that but didn’t really like them. It is good to hear that Race 2 is different this way.

Egika

@Jeffrey-Tillack not possible.
As you might know, with the introduction of S9P, the GPS module was subject to break with the strong magnets and charging current at the same time.
That’s why the S9B magnet could not be used anymore.
The current solution with Race 2 is holding up very well!

tas2581

@Bud_T

Not only lugs decreased, all geometry changed. Race 2 have a higher point on the heart sensor, positioning watch fit on wrist much higher, improving access to all buttons also ventilation. I had no problems with lugs but had constantly autoclicking crown button in Race 1, that also have been resolved in Race 2

Jugger

How long does battery last in Race 2? Let’s say 7 hours of exercise per week with best GPS, HR and sleep tracking on. Also notifications and AOD on. Can you turn AOD off and how does that effects? Just want to compare against Vertical and possibly soon to be released Vertical 2.

Tomas5

@Jugger First charge of Race 2
Around 9-10h of excercise with GPS which included in

2h of AOD
5h+ of Navigation

24/7 HR tracking, sleep tracking, hrv, blood oxygen, …
Brightness (3days medium, other days low)

Battery went from 100% to 2% in 9,5 days.

Second charge:
After 4,5 day i have 72% of battery. All tracking enabled. Medium brightness. AOD disabled all the time. 1h and 20minutes of GPS activity.

I saw that while AOD enabled, GPS activity consumed more battery but i don’t have exact number. But it was noticable i thing. My fiend with Race S talks the same. Ask again after few weeks maybe. Overal battery is fine. It looks like with 1h of GPS per week i will be able to get 16days based on i had 75% after 4 days.

dulko79

@Tomas5 2h of AOD was that on a bike?

Tomas5

@dulko79 yes it was on bike becase without AOD it was hard to see anything. I tried it on my wrist and handle bars. With AOD it was fine but i noticed while on wrist that brightness changes based on my wrist angle. Probably based on light hitting watch display?

dulko79

@Tomas5 did you maybe track how much did the bike ride eat the battery?

Tomas5

@dulko79 i have this:
Unfortunately i didn’t write down battery status just before and after excercise. But it was somewhere around 10-12% during whole ride (2h5m) including AOD navigation, and some additional pause for around 30minutes in middle of excercise.

It was during first week with watch. I thing second week it discharge more slowly. Don’t know why. I will hope get some more rides with exact numbers but now is bad weather for whole week.

dulko79

@Tomas5 Great, thanx, keep us posted.

Jugger

@Tomas5 Thanks for the info. My Vertical is usually at 20% after 14 days of my mentioned use.

Mff73

@Tomas5
Battery % of each activity is contained in the fit file, no need to write them.
Export fit file, use any tools (online/offline) to view the content and you will see battery evolution per activity.

Tomas5

@Mff73 Thanks for info. I didn’t have idea about this.
@dulko79 @Jugger here is more info:

In all activites I had Rise to Wake enabled (except when AOD enabled). And all the time I have enabled everything possible, tracking HR, sleep tracking, notification, HRV, blood oxygen. I don’t use only weather widget on watch.

This is hiking, Best GPS, AOD off, Navigation on all the time (most of time i had map view, possibly consumes more than other views ?? Just guessing because it is harder to render map than just few numbers i think), Backlight low. Between 12:42 and 13:39 i had paused activity. It was on top of mountain and there was coffee bar

on average 2.8% per hour for this activity

This is walking activity (first day with watch so I was checking it during activity much more often than usually). Best GPS, walking activity, Backlight medium, AOD off. In the middle of walk i was for 15 minutes inside building. I think I had paused activity.

on average 1.6% per hour for this activity

And this is mentioned bike ride, Best GPS, Navigation, Most of activity with AOD on, 1/3 of activity backlight medium, 2/3 backlight low (I was testing different behavior so no exactly sure):

on average 4.6% per hour for this activity

Hope I calculated percentage correctly

dulko79

@Tomas5 great presentation. So for bike ride you had navigation enabled. If the navigation was been disabled, then battery drop would be less than 4.6 %.

Tomas5

@dulko79 from this three activites i see that AOD + Navigation is worst case, Just navigation is better, and only GPS activity without Navigation and without AOD is best.

Tomas5

@dulko79 if weather allows i will tomorrow try bike ride (around 20km) AOD + GPS without navigation. On wrist with HR active.

dulko79

@Tomas5 you ride on the asphalt road, no gravel? Wrist HR is good enough, you do not need a strap?

Tomas5

@dulko79 on the road it was good, on gravel downhill i think it wasn’t correct. But most of ride was on asphalt and it was ok i think. But i didn’t record with another watch and strap to compare so it is just by feel. I have suspition that while walk activity it is easy to fall in cadence lock, when i wear it really tight than i have lower HR (correct one i hope). I will check with S5 + strap as reference some day but don’t know when.

OutdoorMan

@Jugger @Tomas5 well I think not all users are that lucky. My watch was 42% when I woke up at 7:00 and now 11:18 it’s 38%. Zero activity, doing nothing. It’s been like this since I got it and cannot see any improvement.

tas2581

Expected titainium case and metallic lugs
Plastic body with plastic lugs is frustrating for titanium watch 🤬