Suunto Vertical 2 General Discussion

Jan Suchánek

So according to reviews, there is nothing great instead of battery life and fast map. I like the design, but Garmin seems much better with OHR, sleep tracking, navigaton for the same price… And I have to say that even if I switched from F7 to Race.

runomatic

@Egika In summer, I have few problems with the OHR (whether Garmin or Suunto). In winter, we’ll see whether the Vertical 2 really offers an improvement.

I’ll be getting a SV2 to test soon. I’m really excited about it.

Tieutieu

About the strap : this new athletic 9 model looks very close to athletic 2 that equiped the SV1. Does materials have changed ?

isazi

@Tieutieu more stretchy and less stiff than V1

Jan Suchánek

Also in Czech review they said, that the flashlight is much weaker than on T-Rex 3 Pro and much more weaker than in Garmin F8.

Tieutieu

@isazi arggglll bad news I already have too much different straps…

Kurt68

I’m getting the titanium version for the price of the steel version, so I’ll take the risk. The package should arrive tomorrow

maszop

@Kurt68 This seems like a good price

Bogdan1921

Congrats Suunto but I still love my Race watch. Only for a flashlight and some other small features there is no reason to change. And I don’t need every new watch that gets released.

JonasLarsson

@Bogdan1921 said in Suunto Vertical 2 General Discussion:

Congrats Suunto but I still love my Race watch. Only for a flashlight and some other small features there is no reason to change. And I don’t need every new watch that gets released.

I love how you talk to yourself.

isazi

I used the watch since, I don’t know, May or something like that (not going to check, not that important).

It is a good watch, I climbed with it up to 4554 meters on Monte Rosa, mountain biked for 7 hours, did hiking, running, cycling, all the usuals. For me, it’s the watch I’d buy today if I had to change my watch (Vertical 1 titanium), but unfortunately I cannot justify replacing a perfectly functioning watch just because a new one is released. I’m sure Vertical 2 will become even better in the future, but it’s already very good. OHR for me is spot on, even mountain biking, and GPS is also good. The screen is fantastic, but I personally cannot still get used of having a black screen on my wrist, and AoD really reduces battery life a lot. But visibility is great, it wasn’t in the past, but I had no issues since mid July, even in Italy during summer.

I’m glad my watch is still being supported, and maybe in two years I’ll buy Vertical 3

tkernen

Does the Vertical 2 increase the number of Suunto App that can be concurrently loaded for a given activity? This is one of my biggest limiters in using my Vertical 1.

I have workout guide + a Sport App, but ideally I would like to have 2 or 3 Sport Apps alongside my workout guide. Ex: Workout Guide + Stryd + Train.Red + Core BodyTemp.

I’ve not found any information related to Suunto App changes for the Vertical 2.

Thanks

isazi

@tkernen dame as before, but new hardware may allow for that in the future. But no.

Brainicus

@isazi Does it have Lactate Threshold estimate like the Race?

larrybbaker

@Jan-Suchánek Interesting - DC Rainmaker said brighter… actually too bright on default setting

isazi

@Brainicus yes

Brainicus

@isazi Thank you. Product comparison didn’t include it a few hours ago and neither had DCR mentioned it while talking up race predictions in great details.

Can we say software wise Vertical 2 is now fully on par with Race line? No more feature gaps like naps, sleep phases, or LT heart rate?

isazi

@Brainicus yes they’re now the same, also for sleep stages and so on

BastMaSVSRS9PP

I think both Race 2 and Vertical 2 are great watches. However, what I find at least for now and for my uses it’s not worth upgrading from my Race and Vertical which is great because I can keep using them hopefully for many years to come

What I find disappointing thought that there are no new software updates as part of this release. What about a better weather widget, a tides app? Etc.

tas2581

@JonasLarsson
Bogdan1921 is right
Race2 is the same old Race1 without rugged crown with plastic body and plastic lugs + 1 new watchface,
while Vertical 2 is the same old Race1 with rugged crown, metal lugs, added LED torch,

two!! new watchfaces,
BUT without crown 🫢🫢🫢
@JonasLarsson
My Race2 TT black is on sale, may be you want it, at only 399EUR?
(purchased only 3 days ago )
-200EUR grab it
free delivery by fedex within EU, PLS chat
will prefer my old Race1 TT black