Suunto Race 2 General Discussion

[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 🤬

[Egika]

@tas2581 said in Suunto Race 2 General Discussion:

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

Why did you expect something that is different from the specs on Suunto’s website?

[szleslie]

@tas2581 Other way around. It is a plastic watch with a titanium bezel and back plate. 52 grams with textile strap. Love it.

[tas2581]

@szleslie
perfectly noted!
@Egika
Yes, honestly expected a little bit more for the 0.6K bill by the end of 2025
My “old” Race1 TT charcoal with titanium lugs initially had the same description: titanium bezel, polyamide fiber reinforced body and titanium back.
Probably, to support longterm crisis that hit all of us, something near 429EUR of sympathetic “promotional” price drop for SR2, would be more than welcomed by the all Suuntos community,
could be justified with simplified mold and plastic body in mass production, instead of huge 50EUR increase for the same watch but in plastic body.
now looking for my beatifull and iqually “responsive” Race 1 TT, and after my own real review and comparison maybe Suuntos team will be sympathetic to accept return of my SR2 TTBlack with only 2 days of use? I will be happy accept credit voucher
600EUR to spend in full range of 22mm straps, completing my gilty wishes to have all colours of S+M (two straps) kits
Doubly frustrated with same menu, practically same display (torch display is much whiter and much brighter in SR1), same watch faces, same compications, nothing new, same watch with same performance from 2023’s but made of PLASTIC in 2025
I remember like it was yesterday, 2004, upgrade to Suunto T6C. Was super happy with plastic body, laggy buttons and comfortable strap
Since 2004 at the first time disspointed with upgrade.
Was victim of faked reviews and false anxiety to have someting better than already existing perfection of the Race1!
Maybe someone from here wants my new Race 2 TT B? I will offer free delivery within EU by Fedex and -25% OFF list price assured!
PLS chat me and

[Egika]

@tas2581 yeah, am a bit lost with this text.
Just a few comments:

• the word “plastic” does today’s material no justice.
  These materials surpass metal in some aspects. I remember the same discussion, when Canon was changing from metal to synthetic material for some of their camera lenses. Some people thought it would be inferior and started to rant about it…

• Race 2 is not just Race in a different housing. It is superior in so many aspects:
  it is slimmer
  it has the best WHR sensor available
  new charging connector that actually holds
  new LTPO screen
  redesigned lugs for better fit
  NFC built in (no idea for what this will be used in future - but if it wasn’t Suunto would not spare the extra cost)

[Tomas5]

@dulko79 you can check HR here https://forum.suunto.com/topic/13617/ohr-accuracy-of-owners-of-race-2/21 from todays ride.

And regarding battery:
Best GPS, OHR, Medium brightnes, AOD on, No navigation (map off, not even breadcrumb). But take into consideration it was relatively short activity only 1,5h. So it may not be as accurate calculation.

So it was around 3.7% per hour

Edit: Suunto 5 and 5 Peak i used today, both of them recorded 19.1km, by mapy.com it was 19.2km. Suunto Race 2 recorded only 17.7km. But it was caused by Suunto Bike Pod. Because looking just at GPS track. Comparing to satelite images on google map. Suunto Race 2 was much more precise than older Suunto 5.

[Bru974]

Would be great to have recovery percentage as a complication on the main watch face (or every watch face). That’s the only info I would like to see every time I see the watch face but it’s only available as a widget

[vjakub]

@Egika I read that Race 2 is faster. Can you tell any difference for example in raise to wake with AOD off?

[OutdoorMan]

Each day is a new experience. OHR failed somehow.

Edit: I checked the map and the reading stopped when I entered a building. I would expect the GPS to drop, not HR.

[Tomas5]

@vjakub i have no other amoled watch to compare. It is ok but still it is not instant. You can notice few miliseconds lag.