Is my Suunto 9 Baro Defective?

[zhang965]

sometimes it’s better, sometimes worse

We call it a feature.

[sartoric]

Precision depends also on satellites and signal quality

[MC Hall]

@zhang965 if this is a genuine s9b, i don’t want it.

[vimegar]

@zhang965 said in Is my Suunto 9 Baro Defective?:

Congratulations, it’s a genuine S9b

, me too

S9B, the worst GPS I had ever

[pilleus]

I have a S9B and an Ambit 3. S9B with GPS+GALILEO is as accurate as GPS in Ambit 3. Downtown even better.

[zhang965]

@MC-Hall but you have already bought it

[Pierre L]

@vimegar said in Is my Suunto 9 Baro Defective?:

@zhang965 said in Is my Suunto 9 Baro Defective?:

Congratulations, it’s a genuine S9b

, me too

S9B, the worst GPS I had ever

Totaly true the Suunto 9 GPS is really not accurate, so sad when you see the watch price…

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

Hi all there is a GPS update coming end of month that should wipe out some issues there.

[Mi_chael]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

Only GPS update?

[MC Hall]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos “should” and “some issues”? Nice political answer that is very non-specific and lacking any commitment.

I, however, can be very specific and commit. If I see this update and it does fix my watch I’m still selling it and Suunto will have lost my business for the foreseeable future. I expected my upgrade to the Suunto 9 Baro to be an upgrade. I’ve had GPS watches 8 years ago that gave me better results than this.

[MC Hall]

@zhang965 doesn’t mean i have to keep it. Posting and see all of your wonderful feedback just gave me a clear answer to my question: Should I get a Garmin?

[freeheeler]

@MC-Hall
I think you can either go mainstream with garmin or wait a bit and contribute to make suunto a very nice watch

[nseslija]

@MC-Hall did you read Garmin forum…? I did… and have friends that have Fenix… and I still think Suunto is good choice…

[Brad_Olwin]

@zhang965 I am going to ask again that you attempt to keep your comments reasonable. Some, myself included find them quite negative and potentially offensive. Providing data to show YOUR S9b has poor GPS and the fact that you find that unacceptable is fine. However, the sarcastic comments as the one posted I am replying to are unacceptable. I am a moderator and I take that seriously. I have no issues with negative comments or problems that are justified.

[zhang965]

@MC-Hall said in Is my Suunto 9 Baro Defective?:

@zhang965 doesn’t mean i have to keep it. Posting and see all of your wonderful feedback just gave me a clear answer to my question: Should I get a Garmin?

It’s a question about yourself, I’m keeping my suunto because it has a fashion look, for me the gps accuracy is not the most important consideration ANY MORE,

We’ve tried to request too many things( firstbeat web interface etc) from suunto side, I think they have a lot of backlog now, Finnish they are people too, we should give them a break.

I cannot tell if you should get a Garmin, but if I give up one day with my suunto, I’d go with polar.

[zhang965]

@Brad_Olwin said in Is my Suunto 9 Baro Defective?:

@zhang965 I am going to ask again that you attempt to keep your comments reasonable. Some, myself included find them quite negative and potentially offensive. Providing data to show YOUR S9b has poor GPS and the fact that you find that unacceptable is fine. However, the sarcastic comments as the one posted I am replying to are unacceptable. I am a moderator and I take that seriously. I have no issues with negative comments or problems that are justified.

yes

[stromdiddily]

@MC-Hall if your main goal is to get the most accurate track possible, none of the new Garmin’s will fit that bill. Ambit series or Polar V800 if you really want to get away from Suunto

[zhang965]

@stromdiddily said in Is my Suunto 9 Baro Defective?:

@MC-Hall if your main goal is to get the most accurate track possible, none of the new Garmin’s will fit that bill. Ambit series or Polar V800 if you really want to get away from Suunto

It’s a good proposition.

All new age gps watch cannot offer you a ambit3-like gps accuracy, it’s almost impossible,

The new age gps watches are too complicated on hardware level, it’s much hard to tune the gps accuracy.

So either you stick with old ambit3 v800 or come back one day to the new age gps watch… (it’s maybe end of the October or …some years later)

[MC Hall]

@stromdiddily At the very least I need accurate distance and pace information. The s9b isn’t giving me this. Watches 3 years old and 1/3 the price of the s9b can give me at least that. Going through Strava data from my last marathon I couldn’t find someone else who ran the same race with less accurate tracking than my Suunto 9. Everyone with Garmin watches finished with more accurate pace and distance data.

[Brad_Olwin]

@zhang965 @MC-Hall I think the major issue is the antenna. Ambits, S5 and Trainer (I believe) have external antennae that likely provide better satellite reception than the antennae in the watch bezel. There are many other factors as well, the numbers of satellites, reflections for GPS signals, etc. But in the end I ask, what do you need accuracy for? Is it for accuracies sake? If so, no wrist device will provide accurate GPS tracks, they simply cannot do this. I personally do not think any GPS watches will provide the pacing you may need for accuracy. A footpod is a much better option. My S5 does give me consistently better GPS tracks than the S9. I think the S9 tracks will be improved but I doubt most GPS watches can provide pacing and distance that is “accurate”. Fellrnr argues this same point.