I'm I the only who believes Suunto 9 is more of a SIDEGRADE than UPGRADE to Ambit 3 peak?

Luís Pinto

@zhang965 even people that don’t make ultras benefict with battery impact. Well is not battery but more less consumption of gps chipset. People with S5 is amazing to get 20 hours in performance mode.

zhang965

@Luís-Pinto
I still don’t understand the argument, I said odd numbers have more modern elements (eg battery improvements)

my point was, Suunto odd numbers are not compatible with old ambit series, you cannot say apple is an upgrade of a coca cola, they are not the same stuff, the odd numbers are new beginning point for suunto.

Luís Pinto

@zhang965

A Former User

@Brad_Olwin said in I'm I the only who believes Suunto 9 is more of a SIDEGRADE than UPGRADE to Ambit 3 peak?:

@zhang965 Seems like most of you do not run ultras. FusedTrack is the most amazing feature since having GPS track runs!!!

I run ultras. I’ve never ever used FusedTrack because the battery life in Performance mode has been sufficient so far. There are very few ultras that might require 30+ hours to finish. So FusedTrack is a feature that I might use once per year or perhaps never. I would be far more excited if FusedTrack worked in Performance mode for better accuracy on switchbacks.

freeheeler

@silentvoyager said in I'm I the only who believes Suunto 9 is more of a SIDEGRADE than UPGRADE to Ambit 3 peak?:

Ambit3 can run arbitrary apps in sport modes and has more customization

that is totally true! the ambit apps are top notch!!

Luís Pinto

@silentvoyager who knows…

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

Apps apps apps ;-_)

mario_b

which “apps” are you all using on the ambit? an for what sport? (sorry of topic again )

freeheeler

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos
S9ers are jealous about apps, right?

freeheeler

@mario_b
I’ve got only few installed… but the first one listed I find priceless:

5min ascent rate (average of the last 5minutes ascent rate in meters per HOUR (!)…)
ascent rate (transforms the normal ascent rate from m/min to m/h)
hill grade live (shows how steep in percent you are climbing, for cycling)
swissgrid x/y (swiss coordinste system)
DH counter (for skiing, started using it for trials as we started skiing with the kids on the slopes, I went only backcountry until last year, will use this app more serious next season)
not inuse at the moment: hours until sunrise/sunset at your last gps signals location

there are many more… like tonns of them
you remind me that I long ago wanted to scroll thru usefull apps again

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@TELE-HO apps can solve a big part of the problem. From race prediction to cooper test etc

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@TELE-HO I can even imagined a load app and adds an extra screen to your watch. Id love that

Bulkan

I´ve been so close to buy and Ambit 3 because the apps… I’ve reading and playing with the simulator…

Drills when I’m swimming are missed… yes and nobody’s swim here… or what?

This being said, today exploring a new zone, created a route in the suunto app, transferred to my watch (dreaming about the POI but knowing that are coming), the navigation was perfect, ETA… When I’m traveling I don’t carry the laptop… so it is very easy to use.

The UI of the Suunto 9 is very clean, the screen is gorgeous.

I hope one day we could have, even vía partners, synced plans of training and structured workouts.

But I agree with the statement “Ambit is over, Suunto 9 is the present and rocks”

Bulkan

@TELE-HO

Imagine:

RSS running.
Running effectiveness.
Race calculator
Stryd app with all the data, even the new one is coming in the new Stryd.
Gradient left.
ratio power/heartbeat
structured workout

mario_b

@TELE-HO sounds good. i just read the docu of it. and tryed to write a few. it’s really ease to use. and much they’ve added much functions and variables.

not inuse at the moment: hours until sunrise/sunset at your last gps signals location

can you add them to non sports profiles too?

freeheeler

@mario_b
I don’t think so, never tried…

mario_b

@TELE-HO ah! i understood that wrong. i thought you mean, you can display the hours for example to sunrise on the watch display without being in an activity.
greetings from the country neighbour right next to yours.

zhang965

@TELE-HO I have 0 app on my ambit 3

A Former User

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Exactly, a lot of requirements and customization can be solved via apps. I miss the apps…

@mario_b you can found a lot at the Suunto Apps Library and also make your own code: http://www.movescount.com/apps for your A3P.

mario_b

@flypg i know, thanks, i allready read the documentary for it and scripted a few. for example, heart rate zones depending on my lactate threshold with alarm. as working as a system admin, its kind of a quick and easy option to script yourself what you want.