Suunto Ocean for non divers
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I am not a diver but I spend a lot of time around water. Is the Ocean worh it for non divers? I am trying to decide between the Coean and the Vertical.
Thanks.
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@NJ-Runner the two main questions for yourself are, do you want an amoled screen (if so, Ocean is for you) and are you Ok without/waiting for the latest updates (if no go Vertical). As a sports watch the Vertical has the latest and greatest of everything Suunto, we must wait for the Ocean due to its diving specifications making it more difficult to update. The other thing and purely aesthetic, the Ocean is a fine-looking watch!
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Absolutely. I got it and love it, no regrets.
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@NJ-Runner, if you are not a diver, ocean doesn’t make sense. Go for vertical or race.
Have in mind that Suunto sells much more non-dive watches than dive-watches, thus non-dive watches will always have a better support.
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@diogao13 I agree, I have the vertical, my wife has the race. Neither of us are affraid to get it wet (shower, swimming or the occasional soappy bath while washing the dishes)… Neither device has let us down. And I can only give praise to my vertical… and my wife so far has only praised her race. We are two very happy consumers.
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@SvenSchroeter @diogao13 I have to disagree but understand your viewpoints. The vertical and race do get better support and are great watches, we can see that already in the Oceans’s infancy. In my opinion the Ocean is capable of being Suunto’s flagship watch, it contains all the base elements to compete with the Fenix 8 and AWU. It is also (in my opinion again) the best-looking sports watch on the market right now, very important for something you wear every day. My hope is Suunto’s development team can keep up with the Race and Vertical updates within a reasonable timeframe. I am not a diver, but avid runner and cyclist and love the Ocean.
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Ocean is way heavier than Vertical Ti or Race Ti!
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@suuntastic by a few grams, and the dive band is mostly responsible for that (not the case itself), the ocean is actually slimmer than the vertical.
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@StuieD firmware update in Q4 should bring to Ocean all the current features of the other watches
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@StuieD I do like the look of the OCEAN ALOT! It could very well turn out to be the flagship model with a lighter weight version coming latre. Would love to see it turn out that way personally.
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@NJ-Runner said in Suunto Ocean for non divers:
Is the Ocean worh it for non divers? I am trying to decide between the Coean and the Vertical.
from a rational point of view it makes no sense to buy the Ocean if you are not a diver, since it costs about twice than the Race, which is it’s closer competitor (not the Vertical) between the Suunto models. Dimensions are similar, the amoled screen is the same, as all the non-dive features, in addition the Race has the digital crown, that I appreciate a lot, which is missing in the Ocean.
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after 1.5 year i can say Suunto Vertical its a rugged BEAST and best option if you are not a scuba diver or doing recreational spearfing.
in my opinion its the best watch out there, the main pros is powerfull battery, its almost have the double energy and matrix screen (im not a fun of amoled) the solar charge its an extra power option in that money price.
and last the rugged design of SV i think its more goodlooking and “sporty - adventure” than "elegance " OCEAN
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@isazi sounds fantastic!
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@isazi how is the new firmware testing? Does it still look likely for general release this quarter?
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@isazi how do you know about the planification of a new firmware ? Do you work for Suunto ?
I’m eager to see if you features arrive…or if I go to Garmin MK3
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@ogillot said in Suunto Ocean for non divers:
@isazi how do you know about the planification of a new firmware ? Do you work for Suunto ?
All forum members are equal, but some are more equal than others.
You just have to lurk on the forum for a while and then you’ll read that the Ocean will see less frequent FW updates than the other models (stricter testing required for dive watches), but some/all (I don’t know) features rolled out to the other models will also come to the Ocean.Vertical All Black
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@Mauerwegler said in Suunto Ocean for non divers:
@ogillot said in Suunto Ocean for non divers:
@isazi how do you know about the planification of a new firmware ? Do you work for Suunto ?
All forum members are equal, but some are more equal than others.
All watches are equal, but some are more equal than others…
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@Mauerwegler thank you for the advice.
However Ocean has the particularity to be a dive watch with specific features : we want some features that don’t exist on the others…such as customizable dive screen to have TTS/AI/NDL/dive time/depth (and maybe compass) on the same display.
