Manual lock of touchscreen in time mode S9baro

DMytro

@vio112 ok, I see. Btw I’m not sure shower gels, shampoo etc ist good for the watch in the long run.

freeheeler

@дима-мельниченко
I think chlorine is worse… and it only has to last until the release of S9P+ titanium bezel special edition

vio112

@дима-мельниченко
I have also Suunto D4i Novo and use them as daily watches also in shower for 6 years and have no problem… just hope they add the possibility to manually lock touch screen because I do lot of water sports and it is BIG shame for Suunto that you buy high-end smart sport watches water resistant to 100m and you can not use them properly in water (also in shower or during raining weather). It is like you buy high-end smartphone without lock button, it is absolutely annoying and no go zone for me. I am thinking of to return this S9B black and buy another brand - it is a huge disappointment from Suunto.

vio112

So I wrote review for this watch:

And I get answer from them:

Could somebody explain me what does it mean please?

Egika

@vio112 it means that you can deactivate the touch screen (and unintentional button presses) while recording an activity. Actually touch is off by default and has to be enabled in the settings if you would like to use it.

Just as you found you cannot do so in time mode.

inkognito

@vio112 So, create a custom Shower sport mode Not only you will be able to lock the watch, but you’ll get valuable metrics Statistics like how much time you spend in the shower every month, if it was a relaxing shower (how much did your HR decrease)… You can even set an autolap like every three minutes to remind you that you should stop wasting water or at least start singing a new song (Sorry for this )

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@vio112 like really?

You S$% on the review because there is one thing missing?

DMytro

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos well, customer reviews are supposed to be subjective, don’t they?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@дима-мельниченко let me correct that.

@дима-мельниченко said in Manual lock of touchscreen in time mode S9baro:

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos well, customer reviews are supposed to be subjective, don’t they?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@дима-мельниченко To me to give 1 star to a device because 1 thing is not working for you , I dont know how to express it…

Was this review helpfull ? No. Apparently there are people that know how to review a product.

DMytro

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos well, that depends. For me the absence of the locking function is not important at all.
But picture this: you love your watch and find it to be the best thing that ever happend to you. But you have use cases where you constantly press the button which wakes up the watch and it starts to go bananas. First you try to modify your use cases, try asking for the feature, etc - but nothing helps. Now wearing this watch you swore by is turned into a torture.
Maybe a little exagurated, but you get the point XD

Mi_chael

I had got a Spartan Ultra, WHR Baro, S9 Baro and i haven’t had an issue when i take a shower or whatever like this.
The touchscreen is disable after 1min or 60s of inactivity. You must press a button to reactive it.

vio112

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos
It is exactly as @Дима-Мельниченко wrote.
Look, I paid lot of money for super high-end sport watch mainly because of battery life and I spend lot of time in the sea just hanging out and I want for example check the temperature of the water, check the date, battery status etc…but I do not want to record any exercise.
For me it is super important to have this feature and at the end of the day you can extend the battery time with it which should be for the Suunto best reason to enable it.

So in the other words, you have super high-end watch BUT in the daily use mode (time mode) it can not gets wet until the screen automatically lock itself. Otherwise it will not work properly…

There are so many ways how it could be easy fixed:

Holding “down” button for 3 seconds
In shortcuts could be “Touch screen” Enabled/Disabled, same as “Do not disturb”
etc…

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@vio112 yes that is understandable but the action is not…

I have seen many users rating bad ie an app etc because 1 thing does not work for them thinking that this will make their wish come true etc.

The only thing it does is to harm, garbaging a product because it does not have a lock button for when hanging out at the warm months of summer in the sea.

Sure its a thing well requested here and discussed and I am sure it’s not a show stopper. You can actually measure the temp without looking the screen or unlocking the watch. You cannot anyways see the screen if it’s >0.5m depth so most probably this is done in some pond etc or shallow waters.

With all my good intentions coming here in a community and after a lot of discussions saying

Look I also made a super bad and angry review because I can does not show empathy at least to the people discussing here and trying to help

Egika

Yeah, for some people the world is black and white…

Me myself have never pressed a button when taking a shower or going into the water.

Anyway: Do you all know the cool feature of the S+ function “weather”, that it shows the temperature when submerged into the water?

vio112

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos

This is absolutely not angry review. This is just my opinion.
From my point of view it is big issue and I wrote at least two solutions how it could be easy fixed. So other users can vote for it and we will see, that’s all I just do not understand the answer on my review and I asked other users how they understand it.

BTW I work as a BI developer and I have lot of discussions with end users so I have a big empathy for them and main thing for me is their satisfaction so every time I help them and trying to find the best solution for them…

…and as I wrote “I wrote at least two solutions how it could be easy fixed”.

vio112

@egika
Of course I know, but you can not use it in time mode…or am I wrong?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@vio112 I am not really following.

You wrote 2 solutions ok. But in your review you say you most probably will return the product.

I also think those solutions (ideas) are welcome and common.

Anyways, enjoy or not your watch

vio112

@inkognito said in Manual lock of touchscreen in time mode S9baro:

@vio112 So, create a custom Shower sport mode Not only you will be able to lock the watch, but you’ll get valuable metrics Statistics like how much time you spend in the shower every month, if it was a relaxing shower (how much did your HR decrease)… You can even set an autolap like every three minutes to remind you that you should stop wasting water or at least start singing a new song (Sorry for this )

Very funny

vio112

@dimitrios-kanellopoulos

Due to all respect I do not want be offensive. I am very thankful for all of this answers and opinions.
I am just fighting with this issue because it is very important for me. On the one hand I have excellent product with GPS, Barometer, HR sensor and other cool features and on the other hand it is a big torture to use it in the water which predominate all features for me.
If this will be fixed I will immediately change my review to 5*.

And as I said I spend lot if time in water because I am freediver. For freediving I use Suunto D4i Novo watch, which is the best watch I have ever had but I do also other activities like swimming, cycling, hiking and so on …and I would like to use S9B in water as daily use (in time mode).

So I do not know if there is will in Suunto to enable this feature…if Suunto enable it I will use this watch in future because I am absolutely Suunto positive. Otherwise I will buy another brand which has this feature enabled.