Time for an upgrade

[gazaman77]

Thanks @smartsp @suzzlo. I have actually gone ahead and got the s9 baro. Cracking watch and loving it so far.
I’m not very confident in the storm alarm though .
We’ve just had the mother of all thunderstorms and torrential rain and not a single alert from the watch.
Gaz

[isazi]

@gazaman77 the storm alert works, but in my experience is good with storms coming when low pressure sets, not just with rain. If a barometer could predict rain on its own, we would not need to spend millions on forecasts

[sartoric]

It usually works with sudden storm. If you can see it coming, the alarm doesn’t alarm you

[gazaman77]

The thunder storm was about an hour and a half/2 hours ago

[sartoric]

@gazaman77
There is not a huge drop in pressure, so the watch doesn’t trigger the alarm
As your best friend say : https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Support/Product-support/suunto_9/suunto_9/valid-for-barometer-version-only/storm-alarm/

[gazaman77]

@sartoric
Maybe I’m reading this incorrectly but from my watch reading, the pressure has only risen within the last 4 or so hours!..no drop at all?!?

[sartoric]

@gazaman77 said in Time for an upgrade:

as only risen within the last 4

maybe the las 1,5 / 2 hours … anyway, no drop, so no alarm.

Did you record an activity or used the gps ? that could be due to a fix to the altitude

[freeheeler]

@sartoric
or inside a climate controlled building?

[gazaman77]

No I wasn’t doing an activity or anything. My watch was in the house. Is that the issue…does it need to be outside? I understand the whole point of it is to alert you if your out and about but I assumed it would still work indoors like my old ambit.

[isazi]

@gazaman77 mine also worked indoor in the past, but for big storms, i.e. those that get names.