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@Egika Hi, my wife would probably disagree with you.
Itās true that a sufficient amount of light (intensity Ć spectrum Ć time Ć distance + individual sensitivity) is needed for a significant melanopic (circadian) effect, but the statement āa watch display will never have a melanopic effectā is too categorical and cannot be valid as a general statement.
A watch will usually not have a comparable melanopic effect as strong HCL lighting.
I should probably modify my comment something like this:
āThe melanopic (circadian) effect depends on the light dose - intensity, spectrum and exposure time. A watch display usually delivers a much smaller melanopic dose to the eye than HCL lighting in a room, so its effect tends to be small. However, it can still disturb sleep at night (brightness, notification, activation), and at high brightness/near distance the melanopic effect may not be completely zero.ā
And quality sleep and recovery is what weāre all about, donāt you agree?
Iām sorry, but this is probably not for discussion here and with me
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@Petr-Manek Most women disagree with men, but I donāt understand one thing. Watches have a perfect night mode, nothing lights up, nothing disturbs your melatonin production. If the watch lights up, you did it yourself, you are awake and active, and you are limiting your own production because you created stress. A very theoretical debate at the placebo level, I think. At night, I move around in the mountains with a headlamp, preferably white light, because no one really walks with red light. In real life, theory and practice are often two different things.
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@UjcoCZ but what about when you want to check the time (or whatever)? thatās the issue - getting a blast of full spectrum OLED to the retinas at 4am rather than a subdued red display. iām not an eye scientist or whatever, but itās unpleasant.
ā¦hence essentially every other smart/sports watch or smart phone has some kind of night mode, which is either redshift or some other tonal shift that is less harsh on the eyes. not sure why thereās a debate - itās a good feature to have. youāll like it.
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@UjcoCZ Sorry, but I absolutely disagree. The watch definitely doesnāt have a perfect night mode. During the night, we can experience brief micro-awakenings (mikroarousal). But I donāt think that will interest you.
I use the same watch as you. Suunto markets it as an āAdventureā watch. Trust meāthere are plenty of active situations where you really donāt want white light in the mountains or in the forest. Most of my friends walk in the woods with a red light, use a red theme on their phone, on their watch, etc. The moment I look at red light, my eyes adapt to the dark much faster and I can see. I donāt disturb wildlife, and nobody can spot me from hundreds of meters away.
I believe that if you hike in the mountains with white light, you donāt need this feature
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+1 this is a must. Lack of night mode causes temporary blindness when in pitch black conditions.
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Agree wholeheartedly with the OP here. Red, and Green, would be AWESOME. Both are important, as red works with natural night vision, and green typically works with night vision goggles so military folks can use it tooā¦
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@Arju-Ambin this is a smartwatch feature, which Suunto doesnāt give a flying **** about. Suunto cannot even keep up with sports features.
Itās all very sad, yet, I completely agree with you. This is part of DND mode.
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Suunto Software update Q1 (2.53.42)
maybe laterā¦
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I isazi moved this topic from Polls
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Hi @isazi, does moving this topic mean that this feature will not be implemented? And was the voting pointless?
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@Petr-Manek Suuntoās company policy is not a democracy. Voting for ideas gives the product managers hints. But there are also other sources to make a BC out of the various ideas.
This means:
- voting is never pointless, but also no guarantee for implementation
- there is almost never a āwill not be implementedā. Just Suunto does not share their road map.
