No possibility to quit and resume the Trekking activity: so DISAPPOINTED

elbee

@jj-frl said:

I feel the same! And yes, I’m coming from Garmin as well. So weird you have to stop the activity to use the other (great) functions of the watch (Race 2 in my case). You can imagine there are a lot of situations where using the functionality of the watch during a session will greatly improve the over all satisfaction and usability of the Suunto.

User reacting: ‘do your homework’ or ‘I don’t need it…’ well, that’s not really the point. Not being able to use basis functionality while on a session is not clearly communicated on the Suunto website.The watch is great with lots of useful functionality. It is only crippled when on an activity.
Want to see battery status: nope
Want to see total steps: nope
Forecast: nope
Temp sensor: nope
Set timer: nope
Set alarm: nope
Use flashlight: nope
etc.
That is also disappointing to me…

“will greatly improve the over all satisfaction and usability” greatly? meh. I see the use of the function and I used it on my garmin. But not daily. Not even monthly.

And the other stats you like to see? I don’t see that. I don’t say your use isn’t right, I’m only saying, not everybody shares your views.

runyx17

@elbee Well, I would use it at least once a week. I would really appreciate this feature. If I could pick just one single thing for Suunto to add, this would be it. Well, except for bug fixes — I would like those even more.

jj-frl

Of course, it’s perfectly fine that you don’t need or miss certain features. Others do, however. The fact that you can use them on Garmin from time to time is because they’ve implemented it there. That way, as a user, you’re free to choose for yourself whether you think it’s worth using or not. Now, Suunto has made that choice for you. And for a watch costing €600, I’d personally like to be able to use all the features whenever I want, not when Suunto or a user on the forum decides whether or not it’s useful.

VoiGAS

@elbee I think the examples above give a good idea:
Multi Day Hike: As you cannot resume later, you maybe let the activity run paused. Then you cannot set the Alarm to get up early next day or use the torch to light the way to the toilette
Running/Hiking in the Dark: No Access to torch
Hiking: No weather forecast (Now solved with Gustin, thanks for that)

For me its also no problem, but for multi day adventures like UTMB - sponsored by Suunto - thats absolutely a great feature. Or something you for sure miss when switching to Suunto

elbee

@runyx17 @voigas
I’m not the one you have to convince.

I shared my opinion. I shared my experience how much I think it is used on a garmin. That’s all I do.

brechtvb

@elbee we all are puzzled on what the priority is. It would be interesting to see the results of the questionnaire that was sent out, and the delivery of features and bug fixes that came around.

dan21

Can I just ask why such a feature is needed? I had this on my Garmin when I did the Tour du Mont Blanc, which is a multi-day hike. I recorded each activity separately, as technically these are separate activities. Later on, I merged the GPX files to see the whole trek(just curious), but I prefer to keep them separate, as I slept between them, etc.

elbee

@brechtvb said:

@elbee we all are puzzled on what the priority is. It would be interesting to see the results of the questionnaire that was sent out, and the delivery of features and bug fixes that came around.

Oh, yeah. I would really like that. And why some bugs are left untouched for more than half a year. (and I think keeping a bluetooth connection to a heart rate sensor is some basic functionality)

aiv4r

@nico1234 You know what I am disappointed in? In people buying a watch for 600eur and coming here to complain that it does not have specific very important (for them) feature. You have 600eur to operate with, you can research which watch represents the things you would like to have and buy that one. You do not need to buy Suunto, you can buy Garmin/Coros/Polar that has the one function you need.

We all have the functions we need and the functions we do not need and I would never buy a watch that does not have features I really need.

elbee

@dan21 said:

Can I just ask why such a feature is needed? I had this on my Garmin when I did the Tour du Mont Blanc, which is a multi-day hike. I recorded each activity separately, as technically these are separate activities. Later on, I merged the GPX files to see the whole trek(just curious), but I prefer to keep them separate, as I slept between them, etc.

I do some social rides on a bike and we have coffee half way. It’s convenient to use your watch as a watch during coffee break. And the gps is turned off, which saves battery life.
Have to say, I recently bought a wahoo bike computer because a watch with oled screen isn’t the best for navigation on a bike. A mips watch I had earlier I could attach to my steer and the display would always be visible.

Also, during all day hikes, it’s convenient and saves battery, if you could stop the recording during lunch break. (If you pause and activity on a suunto, the gps chip is still active).

Personally, I would not use the resume later function for multiday events.

runyx17

Yes, I wouldn’t use it for multi-day hikes either. But my use case might be different from others. I often run and stop somewhere to handle something, talk to people, or buy a few things. That is when this feature would be useful for me. The same goes for cycling.

I used to have a Garmin where I used this feature, and I knew when I bought the Vertical 2 that it wouldn’t have it. I just wanted to say that this is the feature I miss the most, but I can live with it. Everyone is different and uses things differently.