Battery Life of Ambit 3 Peak
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I still have my Ambit 3 Peak available as a back-up. Every now and again I pull it out of the drawer to see if it needs charging. It is in time mode, and never switched off, but it goes almost 3 months between charges, compared to the 30 days it says in the manual. Pretty good I think!
Hoping my Vertical maintains such life after nearly 8 years…
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I am a late Ambit3 Peak user, got it on 2020 I think, and I am very pleased with it.
It’s exactly what you expect from a company’s flagship product. Every capability featured is almost perfect, it provides good quality data (except the step count but don’t care, it’s just a 5% of the features) it’s reliable, very good battery, it’s built like a tank.
I was a hair-close to get the Race or the Vertical but I won’t.
If I am buying a flagship model, I expect it to be almost perfect for the capabilities that the current tech can provide.
There are huge issues with Vertical and Race, and I am not talking about software issues that can be fixed, because Suunto has shown with the Digital Service transition that they are very well supporting their products software-wise.
Depending on an unreliable OHR, both data-wise and physically (see the bubbling issue) is completely unacceptable.
Having unreliable data regarding HR, renders all the new capabilities (sleep tracking, HRV etc, much more than just the step count on A3P) useless in the long term, so what’s left is the better screen and maps to be a major update from A3P.
Don’t even want to think having the sensor bubbling after a couple of years, so I am staying with my Ambit, it’s a pity that it’s not fully supported by the great SA, see here.
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@mlakis said in Battery Life of Ambit 3 Peak:
Depending on an unreliable OHR, both data-wise and physically (see the bubbling issue) is completely unacceptable
my previous watch was an A3P as well and I agree with you that it is still a wonderful gear, but as an owner of an S9PP I do not regret the upgrade at all. The oHR works almost perfectly for me although I prefer the chest strap during the winter season, and in any case, if the bubble problem occurs, the service replaces it (I read on the forum that it has been confirmed there was a defective batch)
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@mlakis I sort of get what you are saying, but I don’t think the Race or Vertical are as bad as you think (or even bad at all!). I get pretty accurate OHR readings for all 24/7 usage with my Vertical, and probably >95% for ‘light’ exercise use (hiking, gentle cycling etc) - which is better than my Coros Apex Pro.
For ‘proper’ activities, where the HR readings need to be more accurate more often in order to get meaningful results and analysis by the App, I wear a strap. DC Rainmaker accepts that even for the ‘best’ wrist OHR watches on the market, total reliability in readings is only possible with a strap. I agree that maybe the SV or SR aren’t the ‘best’ on the market for wrist OHR, but for my serious usage and, by inference, his too, a strap is the right answer.
There are 1 or 2 small bugs that are being ironed out, but I also remember a few of those during my time with Ambits (3 in total across quite a few years, including my still used Ambit 3 Peak).
In summary, I do consider the SR or SV to be a good upgrade from an Ambit, and no, I am not a ‘fanboy’ - I left the Suunto fold as I was unhappy with what Suunto were doing with Movescount / the Suunto App 3 or 4 years ago. I’m VERY pleased with my Vertical!
(Hope that hasn’t cast a spell on it!)
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@Swaddy61 said in Battery Life of Ambit 3 Peak:
@mlakis I sort of get what you are saying, but I don’t think the Race or Vertical are as bad as you think (or even bad at all!). I get pretty accurate OHR readings for all 24/7 usage with my Vertical, and probably >95% for ‘light’ exercise use (hiking, gentle cycling etc) - which is better than my Coros Apex Pro.
For ‘proper’ activities, where the HR readings need to be more accurate more often in order to get meaningful results and analysis by the App, I wear a strap. DC Rainmaker accepts that even for the ‘best’ wrist OHR watches on the market, total reliability in readings is only possible with a strap. I agree that maybe the SV or SR aren’t the ‘best’ on the market for wrist OHR, but for my serious usage and, by inference, his too, a strap is the right answer.
There are 1 or 2 small bugs that are being ironed out, but I also remember a few of those during my time with Ambits (3 in total across quite a few years, including my still used Ambit 3 Peak).
In summary, I do consider the SR or SV to be a good upgrade from an Ambit, and no, I am not a ‘fanboy’ - I left the Suunto fold as I was unhappy with what Suunto were doing with Movescount / the Suunto App 3 or 4 years ago. I’m VERY pleased with my Vertical!
(Hope that hasn’t cast a spell on it!)
It’s exactly the same for me, my Vertical is wonderful !
