Feature request: Additional multisport modes
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Suunto Team,
I have been using my Suunto Race for some months now. Overall, I’m very pleased with the race, especially the great display, surprisingly long-lasting battery, GPS precision, etc. There is one glaring omission, though, that could be easily fixed, I suppose.
The Race has a predefined Triathlon mode, including transitions. That’s fine, but using the watch for other multisport activities is awkward, to say the least. To start the next activity, you have to fumble with the watch, trying to find the correct activity on the screen and then start it correctly, all while trying to concentrate on the ongoing activity. Furthermore, there are no transitions, which is a nuisance when competing in an offical event.
On top, this “fumbling around with the watch while competing” is outright dangerous, which I experienced during a recent Duathlon I participated in. It’s just not possible to get the running mode started while trying to get off the bike and not be a road block to competitors coming in behind you, at the same time. Did I mention that you lose transitions this way?
Come on, Suunto! It cannot be so hard to either provide pre-defined modes for further common multisport activities like e.g. Duathlon, Swim-Run / Aquathlon, and Aquabike, or to provide a configuration option with which users can set up their own multisport modes. Both options should be feasible, as the watch has more than enough memory and processor power.
The missing multisport modes or config options is the one thing that I really miss on the Race, coming from a Garmin Fenix 6, which I got rid of because of buggy firmware, poor sensor precision (especially GPS) and bad battery life.