9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned
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9PP user here!
Great watch and amazing updates for a 3-year-old device, but the sound/vibration issue (with the latest update) is very annoying.
Also, in Trail mode with the Polar H9 heart rate belt, the heart rate zone indicator (the frame in each window) doesn’t work. I switched to Run mode and it started working again.
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@MirkoP said in 9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned:
Also, in Trail mode with the Polar H9 heart rate belt, the heart rate zone indicator (the frame in each window) doesn’t work. I switched to Run mode and it started working again.
possibly you changed intensity zones for your trail running to something different? Check for this in the options. E.g. If you changed this to ZoneSense, it will take 10 minutes to actually show something…
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@2b2bff you perfectly right! I’ve checked and I had zonesense for trail mode. Thanks a lot!
Instead yesterday night the ohr does not work and this cause a bad recording info for the sleeping data. I think it’s the first time after a lot of correct night!I would like to add the usually the data ara incredible align with the real info (I’m a father and when my son wake up in the night and I bring him in parents bed, the watch are able to capture this awake time)
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I’ve been wearing my titanium watch daily for three years. I love its look, its size, and its battery, which allows me to go on expeditions to mountain huts for several days without recharging. Unfortunately, the heart rate tracking during activities has never been very good, but it’s worse than ever lately and is almost completely unreliable. This is too frustrating, especially since my Suunto Smart chest strap just died. I dream of the performance of the Race 2, but the size and look of my 9 Peak Pro. Who knows…
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@mercierml in size and look Race S comes closest to S9 Peak Pro
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@mercierml I wonder if there would be at least bugfix releases for the 9PP while it is still on sale.
But I think that train is gone since the last update
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@Ecki-D. yes, for clear watch bugs there still can be fix releases.
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@Egika this is likely only the “everyone has their time offset” type though, as happened in 2020, right? Suunto has no prior history of issuing bug fixing only updates after FW updates are done.
If they do, I will absolutely make an effort to catalogue the myriad little bugs. But I can’t believe that to be true based on previous evidence.
Suunto Spartan Trainer Wrist HR / 9PP Refurb
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@The_77 I can’t remember the details atm, but I am quite sure there was a bug fix for watches that didn’t receive any regular updates anymore. I think it was related to security.
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@The_77 said in 9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned:
@Egika this is likely only the “everyone has their time offset” type though, as happened in 2020, right? Suunto has no prior history of issuing bug fixing only updates after FW updates are done.
This is just wrong. One example is Spartan Ultra receiving bug fix 2.8.32 long time after active development had stopped…
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@Egika said in 9PP Appreciation in 2026 / Things to fix before it's orphaned:
yes, for clear watch bugs there still can be fix releases.
I guess the question is what would Suunto consider a bug? Like @the_77 mentioned we could probably make a pretty long list of things that don’t quite work as expected. But I’m guessing the nit-picky things won’t ever be addressed.
What about some of the big picture things, though, like the clearly broken activity navigation screen (touch doesn’t work, can’t scroll back to previous data screen, old/ineffective zoom function) or the constant phantom notifications? I would qualify these as bugs, but does Suunto?
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@Egika this was exactly the bug I referred to in my post.
Anyway my point is that there is a difference between fixing watch breaking busy and niggles, so it would be good to know what to expect…
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Bought my S9PP right after christmas 2022, and right now, battery life is low, some bugs like stopped OHR in the middle of the night, connection between chest strap and watch sometimes gets lost, and some other minor things, I think it may be a good plan to buy another one at the end of year.
Still kinda hoping for am updated version of the watch and the form factor, because to be honest Race 2 will look to big on my arms and for wearing it 24/7 I guess it will be too big for me… I could use the S9PP for normal daily life and the Race2 for sports, but where is the point in this. Too much hassle.
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After a few weeks of difficult charging, my 9PP has completely stopped charging for the past two days. I’m hesitant to switch to Garmin, mainly because of the overly sporty look of their mid-range watches, and because I don’t really want to, nor do I have the time to, familiarize myself with a new interface, although I would greatly appreciate having more feedback in interval training (number of intervals, # remaining, beep for the target adjusted at each step). I finally ordered a Race S somewhat out of desperation. I know the GPS and heart rate accuracy will be better than on the 9PP, but I would have preferred to wait for a newer version. Who knows, maybe a Race 2S? I know that the 9PP and the Race S share the same charger. If by some miracle I can charge my old Watch, I’ll return the whole thing, simply order a new charger, and see how the models evolve in the coming year.
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How unfortunate that with the latest and last firmware, heart rate measurement stopping has become so much more frequent. Before it was extremely rare, at least for me but now it seems like it’s a weekly occurrence.
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I did indeed receive my Race S watch, and my old watch charges perfectly with the new cable, so I haven’t tested the new watch yet and I’m returning it now. Buy a new $70 cable is beyond reasonable in my opinion for a watch that’s barely 3 years old, and I absolutely don’t want to send my watch to the company and fight to avoid paying for the repair. So I went around my principles this time and ordered a cable from Amazon which works perfectly. My near vision requires a larger screen, so I haven’t chosen my next watch yet… To be continued…
