Some questions about Race 2
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Hi fans, as a newcomer to the Suunto platform (I’ve switched from Garmin), a few things have struck me about my Race 2. Perhaps these are deliberate design choices by Suunto, or maybe I just haven’t quite got the hang of how it works yet. Support isn’t replying to my emails. Maybe you lot can help.
- On my Garmin, I can swipe left during an activity to return to the normal watch interface. That doesn’t seem to be possible on the Race 2. As a result, during a long activity, I miss out on all those cool Race 2 features like the weather forecast, temperature, steps, timer, etc. How can I access them during an activity without stopping it?
- In the Suunto app on iOS, you can view activities from the past. However, these are often displayed in green, so you can barely see them on the map. They’re also shown in red on your activity overview, so I don’t really understand why they’re almost invisible here in green. Can you change that colour to red as well?
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@jj-frl For the first topic, you simply do not.
This is not a problem for me, as when I’m doing an activity, I’m busy doing the activity so I’m not going to interrupt my running, weightlifting, etc. to do something else like check the weather. If I’m done with my activity, then I end it and then can use other features of the watch. The only time this might be relevant for me is if I’m going for a walk which is low effort, and there, I will have my iPhone with me so would use that for other things.
I don’t understand the second question. What exactly is displayed in green/red? The “trace line” of your run for me is in red not green. Can you show a photo? Anyway, I suspect there’s not a way to change what you’re seeing.
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@raven Thanks for your reply
I understand not all users will use their watch the same way. When I’m on a long hike it’s handy to check forecast, total steps that day or even water temperature with the sensor on the Race 2. I would prefer to do so without stopping the activity.Or when I’m on the bike, I don’t like to get my phone out of my backpack to check stuff I could see on the Race 2. I feels weird that you have a watch with all this functionality, but you have to stop the training session to be able to see it.
As for the marking of the past hikes: can you see ll 9 of them?
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@jj-frl Ah, I see. I look more at individual session maps not a larger summary map. I just need to inspect a single session and not nine at once. So here’s an example of what I normally see, and again, I don’t think there’s options to change colors in either view. I also understand why you’d like to do other things but the watch simply doesn’t support that. I noted my own use just as a comparison that it’s the sort of thing some people like me won’t care about, but of course, others like you will.
When I want features like that without my phone, I look to my Apple Watch which has LTE and can get updated data without requiring me carrying a phone at all. If I have the phone, then I’m more likely to use it for the larger screen. Suunto is far more basic and more focused on doing the session. In some cases, you might get additional info through SuuntoPlus.
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@jj-frl Some of Suuntoplus app could be the solution for you question 1. Wheather, timer, sun, moon = sure. Steps, temperature im not sure
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