Time for an upgrade

smartsp

I have used both. Both are amazing. I am planning, like you, to buy a Suunto 9 Baro, but the Polar Grit X is one other watch I am looking at. I am still undecided about the Suunto 9 but I know the guy who wrote these Suunto 9 Baro review and Polar Grit X review and he was also torn between which one to go for as they are both so good…

In terms of features, they are pretty well matched. I would suggest, if can, to find a place that sells these watches and go and check them out. I think in the end it will all come down to looks as featurewise they are very similar… One has something over the other and vice-versa but in the grand scheme of things, they are quite evenly matched,

gazaman77

Thanks @smartsp @suzzlo. I have actually gone ahead and got the s9 baro. Cracking watch and loving it so far.
I’m not very confident in the storm alarm though .
We’ve just had the mother of all thunderstorms and torrential rain and not a single alert from the watch.
Gaz

isazi

@gazaman77 the storm alert works, but in my experience is good with storms coming when low pressure sets, not just with rain. If a barometer could predict rain on its own, we would not need to spend millions on forecasts

sartoric

It usually works with sudden storm. If you can see it coming, the alarm doesn’t alarm you

gazaman77

The thunder storm was about an hour and a half/2 hours ago

sartoric

@gazaman77
There is not a huge drop in pressure, so the watch doesn’t trigger the alarm
As your best friend say : https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Support/Product-support/suunto_9/suunto_9/valid-for-barometer-version-only/storm-alarm/

gazaman77

@sartoric
Maybe I’m reading this incorrectly but from my watch reading, the pressure has only risen within the last 4 or so hours!..no drop at all?!?

sartoric

@gazaman77 said in Time for an upgrade:

as only risen within the last 4

maybe the las 1,5 / 2 hours … anyway, no drop, so no alarm.

Did you record an activity or used the gps ? that could be due to a fix to the altitude

freeheeler

@sartoric
or inside a climate controlled building?

gazaman77

No I wasn’t doing an activity or anything. My watch was in the house. Is that the issue…does it need to be outside? I understand the whole point of it is to alert you if your out and about but I assumed it would still work indoors like my old ambit.

isazi

@gazaman77 mine also worked indoor in the past, but for big storms, i.e. those that get names.