Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!
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I ran a 109k race recently and there was a Suunto 9 (me), a Coros Vertix and a Fenix 5 (two other runners) My observations were.
- Suunto 9, the distance was off by quite a bit. I had to probably minus 6-8k off the current distance on the watch to match the course. Saving grace was the navigation and course profile. The estimated time arrival was quite useful as well.
- Fenix 5, had the most accurate distance among the three.
- Coros Vertix, had the best battery life among us 3 at the 60km mark. I had to disable OHR and charge a bit half-way through the race and finished with about 18% after 29.5 hours. Whilst I vaguely remember the Coros has more than enough battery to get to the finish line without a recharge.
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@azeanic
never run out of battery says suunto…?! -
@azeanic said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:
Coros Vertix, had the best battery life among us 3 at the 60km mark. I had to disable OHR and charge a bit half-way through the race and finished with about 18% after 29.5 hours. Whilst I vaguely remember the Coros has more than enough battery to get to the finish line without a recharge.
Out of curiosity, was Coros using OHR and same precision (of course,not the same but equivalent) for GPS ?
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@azeanic which GPS precision did you use for the running ? I think it’s a problem with FUSEDTRACK
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@zhang965 Best GPS Mode.
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@sartoric Not sure what’s the precision but OHR was on based off his Strava logs.
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@azeanic
how does your s9 and garmin/coros track look compared in strava?
…despite that I noticed that strava shows a compressed trackline compared to SA and MC… -
@zhang965
you’ve got fusedtrack disabled? and better precision? -
@azeanic said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:
Coros Vertix, had the best battery life among us 3 at the 60km mark. I had to disable OHR and charge a bit half-way through the race and finished with about 18% after 29.5 hours. Whilst I vaguely remember the Coros has more than enough battery to get to the finish line without a recharge.
Coros Vertix is advertised to have 60 hours in the best GPS mode, but the accuracy isn’t as good as Suunto 9 from some discussions that I’ve seen so far.
Suuto 9 could have survived the entire race on a single charge in Performance mode if OHR was turned off from the beginning, but that would be a close call.
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@silentvoyager
does chest strap use less battery than ohr? -
@TELE-HO of course, chest belt requests less battery
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@zhang965 what makes you think so? Bluetooth/ANT+ consumes also energy and WHR is optimized to use also as less as possible? Just because chast Belt has it’s own battery for sensor and transmission?
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@johann-fuehrer said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:
@zhang965 what makes you think so? Bluetooth/ANT+ consumes also energy and WHR is optimized to use also as less as possible? Just because chast Belt has it’s own battery for sensor and transmission?
I didn’t think so, it just acts so,
try it yourself, in the same sport mode, s9 will show different estimated battery life.Winners Wear Winners
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@zhang965 ---- no chance — still on Ambit2 — waiting for improvements in the App and Firmware before wasting money again …
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@johann-fuehrer said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:
@zhang965 what makes you think so? Bluetooth/ANT+ consumes also energy and WHR is optimized to use also as less as possible? Just because chast Belt has it’s own battery for sensor and transmission?
It’s true.
WHR consumes more energy because the LED’s use way more than BTLE.
BTLE has an average current of ~0.05mA (depending largely on the chipset)
The high rate LED switching easily uses 10x as much power… -
@Egika said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:
@johann-fuehrer said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:
@zhang965 what makes you think so? Bluetooth/ANT+ consumes also energy and WHR is optimized to use also as less as possible? Just because chast Belt has it’s own battery for sensor and transmission?
It’s true.
WHR consumes more energy because the LED’s use way more than BTLE.
BTLE has an average current of ~0.05mA (depending largely on the chipset)
The high rate LED switching easily uses 10x as much power…Thx for the info!
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@zhang965
what is, by your experience, the battery life in best GPS mode?and another technical question: is it possible to get oxygen values with these LED’s or would it require a different sensor?
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@johann-fuehrer said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:
@zhang965 ---- no chance — still on Ambit2 — waiting for improvements in the App and Firmware before wasting money again …
It’s a wise strategy, I think suunto number line will never get the same (feeling ) as ambit line.
Personally I recommend you to get a second hand SSU if you don’t want wasting money, or garmin/polar stuff.
The difference between ambit and suunto number line is huge, I think as long as you stay with ambit, you will get harder to understand a new generation watch
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@zhang965 I had an “SSU Titanium Customized” until last week and dropped it because of issues … I’m now waiting where to go and stay with the A2 Peak Sapphire
And I had Also an S9 BARo & S9BARO Titanium which I also get rid of as long as I could get my money back. I’m not giving up, but I will not wait forever …
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@TELE-HO said in Pros/Cons of Suunto 9 BARO * ONLY * be fair and polite!:
@zhang965
what is, by your experience, the battery life in best GPS mode?and another technical question: is it possible to get oxygen values with these LED’s or would it require a different sensor?
I never did a long time activity, my longest move was a 12km 48min run, so for me the battery is enough.
It needs a different sensor for blood oxygen
