Suunto 7

isazi

@isazi if the water is poisonous, both sides of the river will have dead cows

In fact I said “too”

Jamie BG

@isazi amazing how the grass always looks greener on the other side and even if it is, sometimes by the time you get there it isn’t. Sometimes it is though and worth the cost of the change.

Learnt that lesson in sailing dighies that just cause a side is favoured, if you get caught on the wrong side, it isn’t always worth changing side straight away, sometimes the initial cost of transferring is worse than continuing on, however in some occasions staying on the wrong side is even worse and you have to cut your losses… The ideal thing is being able to judge and pick the right moment (and or hope we never end up on the wrong side).

But my personal opinion in Suunto vs Garmin is there isn’t a better side - they both have their good and bad - it really comes down to what works for you now. Ideally would love a marriage of the two i.e. Garmin’s health features in Suunto’s layout, Garmins complex training with Training Peaks training at top level (though that would be interesting as they aren’t really the same from what I can make out) and the Fenix 6x Pro Solar with all its features (smart included) with the S9 Peaks screen, and ability to manage customization in the app…

But unfortunately until that comes its what works for you best at this point in time.

isazi

@jamie-bg I agree, there’s no one size fits all. As I said already, I owned all Garmin Fenix watches (excluding the original one), 6 included. I owned more Garmin devices, and used them for more years, than Suunto ones

vr2udt

Solstice watch face on the Summer Solstice day

Nigel Taylor 0

@martin-vrska said in Suunto 7:

@brad_olwin Hi, This morning, after updating Google Play services in the watch, a GPS icon appeared that had not appeared before. Does anyone have it too? Thanks.

Yes - it annoys me!

Martin Vrska

@nigel-taylor-0 The icon disappears when turned off and on again. At least for me.

Nigel Taylor 0

@martin-vrska said in Suunto 7:

@nigel-taylor-0 The icon disappears when turned off and on again. At least for me.

I ain’t doing that after the pain I had yesterday!

Did a reboot because of other issues and ended up wasting about an hour having to fully reset and reconfigure the Watch the way I like it (and an hour recharging)

https://forum.suunto.com/topic/6632/no-continuous-hr-sleep-or-stress-then-further-issues

macdav

Some day ago, I realised this layers over. Has anybody same problem?

Martin Vrska

@macdav Naštěstí ne 🤨. Fortunately not 🤨.

Brad_Olwin

@macdav This is showing that there is a screen underneath this one as the overlay is a settings screen. There is nothing wrong here that I see.

@macdav said in Suunto 7:

Some day ago, I realised this layers over. Has anybody same problem?

It shouldn’t look like that. It looks pretty much like a burn-in.

@brad_olwin said in Suunto 7:

@macdav This is showing that there is a screen underneath this one as the overlay is a settings screen. There is nothing wrong here that I see.

Overlay of what over what? This below looks like a Solstice watchface.

Patrick Löffler

@isazi That is interesting that you owned many Garmin devices. Thanks for sharing that. What made you move to Suunto?

isazi

@patrick-löffler long story short, every new Fenix had more problems than the previous model, so after the Fenix 5 I bought an Instinct, GPS tracks were meh, the altimeter pretty bad, and one of the buttons broke. So while waiting for a replacement and having to move to a different continent for a while I bought a S9 baro. The ease of use and precision made me stay with Suunto after that.

Patrick Löffler

@isazi Thank you for your answer. Regarding features Garmin wins. E.g. fall detection, nightly SPO2 tracking, easy changing and syncing data over several watches… but the actual usage is somehow more pleasant and more motivating with Suunto. I am very surprised because I never had Suunto on my radar. I enjoy it a lot too. One point actually are also the people in the forum. Seems Suunto has a good crowd! And it seems there are some features in the making which could lead up to being closer to Garmin regarding features.

DMytro

@patrick-löffler probably not enough users so central limit theorem doesn’t apply XD.
(Basically independent of distribution adding independent variables = amount of “friendly” users approaches normal distribution for amount of variables -> infinity)
I’ve noticed it in smaller communities compared to larger ones.

Steff

Unfortunately this is the state of wearable technologies in 2021

@steff Smartwarch wearable technology, you should add With love from Google and Qualcomm.

Garmin Enduro, COROS Vertix, and even Suunto 9 Peak beg to differ!

@patrick-löffler said in Suunto 7:

@isazi nightly SPO2 tracking,

You can do 24/7 SpO2 and see your Fenix 6 turn into Apple Watch

easy changing and syncing data over several watches…

Sadly, training load doesn’t sync fully from watch to watch, only the summaries. So, if you train with one watch, then switch to another, there will be a break in your 7-day loads (and you still have to select a specific watch if you want to see it in the app). Neither does Body Battery sync between watches.

For practical purposes, multi device sync is still a work in progress.

MiniForklift

@steff
It’s funny, I remember a number of years ago when I was running a 100km race and I had to take a little battery bank with me (as did everyone else). Nobody thought much of getting to the 60-80km mark and having to plug in and charge our watches back up

Nowadays runners and endurance athletes won’t even consider a watch unless it has at least 20+ hours of battery life! Have to ask how many of them actually need that amount for their training and racing

@miniforklift said in Suunto 7:

Nowadays runners and endurance athletes won’t even consider a watch unless it has at least 20+ hours of battery life! Have to ask how many of them actually need that amount for their training and racing

I think it’s not just the race though. Longer GPS battery life means longer life, period. More time between charges even with heavy training. Should you displace your charging cable while in a faraway land, your watch continues to function because it has all the juice it needs.

We are surrounded by devices nowadays, each with their own set of little routines. The fewer routines the better I’d say. Roam free! So, yeah… I love myself some battery life.