Suunto Vertical 2 General Discussion

[safari]

I think watches are no longer produced in Finland. Vertical 2 also says China.

[Tieutieu]

@safari I still hope for custom shop made in Finland like it is for vertical, S9pp, race and races

[runomatic]

@safari Even my Vertical 1 is from China. All those watches coming with this newer flat boxes are from there.

[safari]

@runomatic My vertical 1 is Finland. Yes, mine was a square box.

[tas2581]

@VoiGAS
Race2 as option? Why, it is plastic vesion of Race 1. But not “realy” lighter, it is less 5gr than Race1 but with plastic body and plastic lugs instead of metallic.
While Race 1 is a new vertical 2, with central button instead of digital crown.
If you are thinking about Race2, my black titsnium is on sale -25%, new never used, just tried
PLZ chat me and good deal would be done

[tas2581]

@Frederick-Rochette
I am in solidarity with you.
Race2 is even worth upgrade. It is new sensation for me, of an downgrade to older while aquired new model. Lucky owners of vertical 2 like you at least got “new” display and additional torch, when Race2 owners, like me, prefered digital crown, got laggy digital crown, darker display, plastic body with laggy firmare designed not for Race but for vertical 2 with touch and buttons control, but superslow for the superfast digital crown. Suunto race 1 is much precise and faster while use digital crown.
Suunto Race team spend 2 years of correcting bugs and had no time to work on the new features. finally launched new feature with race 2. Loved, suuntoplus Stopwatch, but it is continues laggy, fail to work properly in Race1 and also doesn’t work properly even pre-installed in the Race2. Simply autodisable in traning mode. Requires stop the exercise, than enter into menu and enable stopwatch again in suunto plus, works couple sessions than autodisable again and again

[VoiGAS]

@tas2581 I meant compared to Vertical 2 the Race 2 could be the better choice if you want a light watch for sports for a lower price.
Sounds like a good deal, but my Race S is even lighter - and cheaper. So none of the two are for me.
I agree on your comments on build quality. Suunto was always heavy, but buildt like a tank. The newer the watch, the closer it comes to Garmin plastic feeling

[v.sacre]

@JonasLarsson here you are, SV2 in Titanium Sage version:

Don’t hesitate to ask if you want specific picture

[Egika]

@v.sacre nice
Same design as mine (and I think the best color!)

[Jan Suchánek]

@v.sacre said in Suunto Vertical 2 General Discussion:

Don’t hesitate to ask if you want specific picture

You talk like nasty woman .
I was considering the purchase of same model about two minutes, then I ordered it. I missed the torch too much, used to own F7Pro. And hoping for better OHR.

[v.sacre]

@Jan-Suchánek
Torch is really a very nice addition. Very useful, but I guess it can be improved to be even more practical (like DC Rainmaker reviewed it).
Only did an indoor climbing workout yesterday (bouldering), and OHR seems better in comparison to SV1.
Will see in future workout how it goes.

[Jan Suchánek]

@v.sacre Exactly. When Garmin first talked about a flashlight, I thought, like many people on the forums, that it was the dumbest idea they could have come up with. What would you even use it for? Until I had it on my wrist.
Just checked the store, they have all variants but only the Titanium Sage is delayed. But I´m patient :-).

[Josaiplu]

@Jan-Suchánek people that consider flash light useless never use it, since my enduro 3 it became a key point in my buying process decision thus i ordered the vertical2 despite my love of MIP, I’ll give it a try due to the really good reviews and my love for this watch look (I always wanted to be able to wear a vertical as it is for me the best looking sport watch ever, They have redesigned lugs also and it was the reason why I sold my V1 and also my race 1
By the way not sure of any of you have pick this up in the Joaquim video but he say that end of year (maybe earlier) we will have offline maps in the suunto apps and could send route to the watch without any cell coverage : https://youtu.be/zrJHqpXZpqs?t=838

[Jan Suchánek]

@Josaiplu Great, I hope some Suunto plus apps will be natively in watch in future. Like live track.
Also routable maps with more details like path colors, cities name, road labels will be fine. I used it in Garmin, if you know that you have to go on red path, it´s easy to check on watch. It will be great on 1,5" display like this. But Garmin has much more better country specific topo maps.

[Josaiplu]

@Jan-Suchánek While I share your view I don’t think that routable maps are something easy to achieve, Being able to easily distinguish road and trails, elevation curves, zooming out and keeping the trails visible while maintaining the current level of performance would be already awesome
I also think they will increase the number of s+ due to the new hardware (maybe to 4)
We’ll see what the future bring but I kept skeptical on routed maps (from the watch).
Maybe they could leverage the app that have offline maps to do routing and then send it to the watch while offline could be a neat pick

[Jan Suchánek]

@Josaiplu said in Suunto Vertical 2 General Discussion:

We’ll see what the future bring but I kept skeptical on routed maps (from the watch).

Yes, the next step, if it will ever be, will be the labels, POIs and maybe colored paths.

[maszop]

In my opinion, routable maps on watches are overhyped. The screen is too small to check or improve automatically generated routes. While this might not be a problem in the city, it’s worth checking routes on a larger and more responsive phone screen when outdoors.

Of course, they’re nice to have, but a much more serious problem with Suunto is the SuuntoApp lack of a true offline mode. You can’t download and edit routes, create a route, or share it with others, and you can’t use previous activities saved in the Logbook without first syncing them — which requires an internet connection.
This is a real problem.

[Josaiplu]

@maszop Did you check the youtube link I have posted ? it seems that this offline mode will came before end of year according to Joaquim. I never used the routable maps on my enduro 3 TBH so i will not miss the feature that much and I always run/hike/bike with my phone

[maszop]

@Josaiplu After assurances about contour lines and map updates “by the end of the year”—I don’t remember which year that was — I’m taking such assurances with a grain of salt. They’re currently nonexistent, and that’s a serious problem for watches designed for outdoor use.

[Josaiplu]

@maszop Understood ;D hope this “end of year” will be realistic so