Suunto Vertical 2 General Discussion

Bogdan1921

Congrats Suunto but I still love my Race watch. Only for a flashlight and some other small features there is no reason to change. And I don’t need every new watch that gets released.

JonasLarsson

@Bogdan1921 said in Suunto Vertical 2 General Discussion:

Congrats Suunto but I still love my Race watch. Only for a flashlight and some other small features there is no reason to change. And I don’t need every new watch that gets released.

I love how you talk to yourself.

isazi

I used the watch since, I don’t know, May or something like that (not going to check, not that important).

It is a good watch, I climbed with it up to 4554 meters on Monte Rosa, mountain biked for 7 hours, did hiking, running, cycling, all the usuals. For me, it’s the watch I’d buy today if I had to change my watch (Vertical 1 titanium), but unfortunately I cannot justify replacing a perfectly functioning watch just because a new one is released. I’m sure Vertical 2 will become even better in the future, but it’s already very good. OHR for me is spot on, even mountain biking, and GPS is also good. The screen is fantastic, but I personally cannot still get used of having a black screen on my wrist, and AoD really reduces battery life a lot. But visibility is great, it wasn’t in the past, but I had no issues since mid July, even in Italy during summer.

I’m glad my watch is still being supported, and maybe in two years I’ll buy Vertical 3

tkernen

Does the Vertical 2 increase the number of Suunto App that can be concurrently loaded for a given activity? This is one of my biggest limiters in using my Vertical 1.

I have workout guide + a Sport App, but ideally I would like to have 2 or 3 Sport Apps alongside my workout guide. Ex: Workout Guide + Stryd + Train.Red + Core BodyTemp.

I’ve not found any information related to Suunto App changes for the Vertical 2.

Thanks

isazi

@tkernen dame as before, but new hardware may allow for that in the future. But no.

Brainicus

@isazi Does it have Lactate Threshold estimate like the Race?

larrybbaker

@Jan-Suchánek Interesting - DC Rainmaker said brighter… actually too bright on default setting

isazi

@Brainicus yes

Brainicus

@isazi Thank you. Product comparison didn’t include it a few hours ago and neither had DCR mentioned it while talking up race predictions in great details.

Can we say software wise Vertical 2 is now fully on par with Race line? No more feature gaps like naps, sleep phases, or LT heart rate?

isazi

@Brainicus yes they’re now the same, also for sleep stages and so on

BastMaSVSRS9PP

I think both Race 2 and Vertical 2 are great watches. However, what I find at least for now and for my uses it’s not worth upgrading from my Race and Vertical which is great because I can keep using them hopefully for many years to come

What I find disappointing thought that there are no new software updates as part of this release. What about a better weather widget, a tides app? Etc.

tas2581

@JonasLarsson
Bogdan1921 is right
Race2 is the same old Race1 without rugged crown with plastic body and plastic lugs + 1 new watchface,
while Vertical 2 is the same old Race1 with rugged crown, metal lugs, added LED torch,

two!! new watchfaces,
BUT without crown 🫢🫢🫢
@JonasLarsson
My Race2 TT black is on sale, may be you want it, at only 399EUR?
(purchased only 3 days ago )
-200EUR grab it
free delivery by fedex within EU, PLS chat
will prefer my old Race1 TT black

Stefan Kersting

@isazi I totally agree, very satisfied with my SV1 solar, if I don’t mention the last update and the battery drain. But anyway for me the only difference is the amoled and actually sleep tracking with the different sleep phases. Would like to have it on my SV1. But as you said, I can’t justify en expense of several 100 euros to get this feature. So I have to wait for the next generation when there are maybe som other new features included .

Sportsfreund

Is the training plan beta working on the V2? On all others it don’t.

isazi

@Sportsfreund what do you mean, it is not on the watch, it is an app feature

Sportsfreund

@isazi After every 2 weeks in training plan there is no more sync. But there is a special thread to this I think.

isazi

@Sportsfreund yeah but that’s not a watch issue, it seems to be an app issue. The training plans are still in beta

sky-runner

@sebchastang said in Suunto Vertical 2 General Discussion:

As advertised on SV2 pictures, elevation is displayed on the contour line.

I don’t see elevation displayed in the map screenshots in DC Rainmaker review.

Also, speaking about the above map screenshot, it is disappointing to see that the map continues to render trails as dark green on green background. That may look good on a computer screen when the image is enlarged, but in reality the contrast between dark green and green is poor and trails are difficult to see, especially when switching to a higher (200m) zoom level. Also, have you noticed how easy it is to confuse trails with that dotted circle that goes around the screen.

sorinus

Is vertical 2 band fitting vertical 1? This would be my vertical upgrade.

SergioB

@sorinus all Suunto straps since 9P (or earlier, I don’t remember) are 22mm, so yes!