Suunto 9 Peak

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@nickk I asked for you guys , and the response was that preorders start later in some countries. I don’t know why.

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos Much obliged! While we have your attention… Should we expect snap-to-track feature make it to S7 or S9B? Or will it remain exclusive to Peak?

dulko79

@nickk Thanx for comparison.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@nickk technically it’s portable to the s9b I would assume (remember I don’t work at the watch OS).

I have good faith it will.

Kiriakos Chaldezos

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos we know if there will be suunto peak bigger size?

freeheeler

@dulko79
more than 1.5 years of daily use. not only skitouring and mountain bike, but also some planks on concrete…
I was pretty amazed when I noticed the first signs of wear
sorry for the bad pic quality… still waiting for my pixel

dulko79

@freeheeler Thanks. Looks great, minor scratches. If it was not black, you would not even notice.

herlas

“This forum is temporarily unavailable due to excessive load.” we’re excited about S9P I see

@wakarimasen well ya, Suunto has always overpriced their offerings on the front end. If I’m not mistaken the Suunto 7 was listed at 500 USD and is now 350 and most reviewers pointed out how 500 was way too high. Even now, you can go purchase the watch that this watch is priced equally at (Fenix 6s), with solar charging and a number of other features mind you, for the same price.

And I get it, people will say that people purchasing these watches have different interests. But I wouldn’t price a watch the exact same as a competitor’s if I didn’t want people to compare the two.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@zrumlow do you consider at all where the watch is produced how , company location etc ?

Sure there are many even bad ways to make a product cheap.

In the end, I am one of these people that I suppose raise the price ? Right ?

freeheeler

@zrumlow
you do know that Suunto is not a charity company and the employees have to feed their families, right?

Brad_Olwin

@stefan-kersting @sartoric Agreed!

Brad_Olwin

@surfboomerang said in Suunto 9 Peak:

Ordered the All Black version

wakarimasen

@zrumlow In the end, everyone has their own way of determining if something is worth the money, and no-one can really comment on that. For me, after three days of testing Polar-Garmin-Suunto models for some simple navigation, the Suunto came out on top. That means I’m selling the the other two, and have bought a used S9B a few days ago - simply because I was a little nervous about what the new Peak model would bring, and the fear of missing out! Prior to that, I was about to push the button on a custom S9B at £439, which is a price I’m comfortable with.
With regards to the new watch, I think £519 would be ok for me (if it were not so small, as I simply prefer a larger model), and I would not go for the Titanium version, as the additional price for the material holds no value for me.
A Garmin 6X Pro at £516 is of no interest for two reasons:

my own (wholly unscientific) test that I mentioned earlier
I really dislike the Garmin software environment, as it appears to try to do everything…except what I want it to do.

The price is only one part of the story, and comparing with other models is not always apples for apples.

@brad_olwin Thanks a lot for the photos. The black looks good, but I think I’m starting to lean towards something silvery after all. Then maybe not… Luckily, with no pre-orders in the US, I have plenty of time to agonize.

Brad_Olwin

@nickk The first watch I tested was the titanium model, I would argue for that one. It is substantially lighter than the steel. I will likely purchase a production unit as well, it will be titanium. The test watch I had was 48g on my scale…pretty dang light.

surfboomerang

@brad_olwin looks nice!

Although the titanium version also looks very nice, an additional 130 euro just for weight reduction wasn’t worth it for me.

Is the 7 data field screen still available despite the lower resolution?

Brad_Olwin

@surfboomerang Yes for the data fields.

@brad_olwin said in Suunto 9 Peak:

@nickk The first watch I tested was the titanium model, I would argue for that one. It is substantially lighter than the steel. I will likely purchase a production unit as well, it will be titanium. The test watch I had was 48g on my scale…pretty dang light.

Thanks for this comment. My fenix 6s sapphire comes in the kitchen scale at 64g and I find it heavier already.
Curious to see the weight with a nylon strap.
In fact, today in nylon straps I guess the garmin enduro one is a reference in confort, but only available in 26mm, so Suunto you can do a 22mm and win some market
Some people use coros or aliexpress nylon straps but I think they don’t have the same quality (I had one from aliexpress and stretched a lot and ended up braking in less than one month).
This S9P really demands to have some straps: nylon for confort in sport, silicone for daily and leather for fancy occasions

Aleksander H

Device looks really nice! Some interesting features as well. Snap to route would be pretty cool once races start again.

I’m way to fond of my S7 though. Don’t think I could switch to a non Wear device now.