9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned
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Just noticed that the 9PP now has a max zoom of 2000 km. Not sure if this is a feature or bug, but I bet everyone with maps would like this.
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Here’s a quick video demonstrating how the touchscreen breaks when on the activity navigation screen. Added this to the list of bugs above.
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9 Peak Pro… ahh… 9 Peak was my first Suunto (and first sportwatch, not smartwatch). After 2 days I returned it and ordered 9 Peak Pro. Such a cool watch. I used it some time than there was discount for Suunto watches. There was bug that -40% or something was worked for Vertical 1 too (instead of older Suunto watches) plus I bought Refurbished one. I dont remember exactly price but it was like 1/2 for Refurb (came like brand new, just different box) I remember like after 24h they repaired that bug with promotion. I used Vertical 1 2 years, give my 9PP to my mom (she uses it to this day!). Moved to Race1 to try amoled, and decided to keep it, now using Race 2. That’s my Suunto story, but I’ll remember 9PP. Vertical was honestly my first watch I was so happy with (maps, so goood battery, tank build).
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D duffman19 referenced this topic
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I wasn’t suggesting that it will be abandoned anytime soon.
Well, I guess I was wrong.
I’ve still got my fingers crossed that there might be a Suunto employee with love for the 9PP who will come along and fix these little niggles. (wink wink @pavel.samokha @isazi)
I suppose the reality is that most 9PP users are out there in the world happily enjoying their watches and not nit-picking the details here on the forum. Good for them. Maybe I’ll join them…
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@duffman19 unfortunately I only volunteer some of my time to test Suunto’s products (hardware and software) and not work for them, but even then, I doubt the company would green light one of their developers maintaining a watch on their own. I guess S9PP does not make any money for Suunto anymore, and the hardware is so behind that every new feature would have to be designed specifically for this watch.
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@isazi Understood. Thanks for the reply and for all of your input across the forum. I guess this will now just be a 9PP appreciation post, which is just as well.
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Maybe we could start some sort of crowd founding campaign for a LTS 9PP
Further I think it would be cool if older products - not specifically Suunto, could gain a 2nd live by community driven development.
There is something similar around with cameras like magic lantern for Canon EOS: https://www.magiclantern.fm -
Love mine too ! It’s the perfect watch !
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9PP user here!
Great watch and amazing updates for a 3-year-old device, but the sound/vibration issue (with the latest update) is very annoying.
Also, in Trail mode with the Polar H9 heart rate belt, the heart rate zone indicator (the frame in each window) doesn’t work. I switched to Run mode and it started working again.
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@MirkoP said in 9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned:
Also, in Trail mode with the Polar H9 heart rate belt, the heart rate zone indicator (the frame in each window) doesn’t work. I switched to Run mode and it started working again.
possibly you changed intensity zones for your trail running to something different? Check for this in the options. E.g. If you changed this to ZoneSense, it will take 10 minutes to actually show something…
