Suunto 9 Peak Pro?

Greetings to all Suunto 9 Peak Pro owners!
First of all, I would like to say that I am very satisfied with the watch - route recording, battery life, etc… But one thing bothers me a little: the step counting, which is very sensitive, so much so that you just raise your hand while sitting and the steps jump, or at least a step. Can this sensitivity be adjusted somewhere? Do you have a similar experience? Couldn’t another update fix this? Thanks for your opinions.

zhang965

@Martin-Vrska said in Suunto 9 Peak Pro?:

Greetings to all Suunto 9 Peak Pro owners!
First of all, I would like to say that I am very satisfied with the watch - route recording, battery life, etc… But one thing bothers me a little: the step counting, which is very sensitive, so much so that you just raise your hand while sitting and the steps jump, or at least a step. Can this sensitivity be adjusted somewhere? Do you have a similar experience? Couldn’t another update fix this? Thanks for your opinions.

Hello Xperia 10 eye eye eye user,

Yes, it’s the tradition since S9, the old story is S9 line has no such context sensor so the step counter is less accurate than S3 or S5 .

My suggestion is, just forget it, don’t look it, be an ostrich.

Martin Vrska

@zhang965 Thanks for your quick reply and explanation. Yes, I can confirm that the wife’s S5 does not load steps like this, and I think your head-in-the-sand tutorial is an excellent idea. Thanks.

suzzlo

@zhang965 uhmmmm I’m usually running above 150-160HR, and rise to wake usually works well…but, sometimes during nights, I found imposible to trigger correctly… my point here is that, from my viewpoint, the functionality deppends in body position.
This is at least my impression

BR

Brad_Olwin

@Martin-Vrska I think that Suunto prioritized step counting with the 3, 7 and 5 series as the individuals purchasing and using those would be more concerned with step counts. The 9 series is I think is more focused on the athletes and at least in my sphere of friends not a single one pays attention to the steps, they pay attention to hours of exercise, intensity, etc.
I do not know if enhancing the step detection in the 9 series would affect other functions or if the development is deemed not sufficiently worthy.

Ultrawalker

Has the 9PP a resume later function like Garmin and Coros? Or is it coming soon? That would be great when you have a longer break.
When pausing sports activity your watch still uses gps and more battery i suppose?

isazi

@Ultrawalker said in Suunto 9 Peak Pro?:

Has the 9PP a resume later function like Garmin and Coros? Or is it coming soon? That would be great when you have a longer break.

This functionality is not present, but it has been requested.

When pausing sports activity your watch still uses gps and more battery i suppose?

Correct.

Ultrawalker

@isazi Hope Suunto will listen to our request!

Quick question: When restarting the watch (off -> on) the watch shows 02:00 AM / Jan 2nd and will only show the correct time after a sync with the App.
Is that a bug or a feature?

If I do not have my phone with me and need to restart the watch, I cannot use it or am I wrong?

sartoric

@lessthanmore said in Suunto 9 Peak Pro?:

If I do not have my phone with me and need to restart the watch, I cannot use it or am I wrong?

Maybe in that case a gps fix it’s enough

@sartoric I’ll give it a try but it’s surprisingly the very first watch not “remembering” the time. Very odd.

taziden

@lessthanmore i’ve just tested on mine. You can set the date and time manually in the setting after reboot.
Skip the “sync with the app is recommended” screen, then general settings, there you have the Time/Date entry in the menu, and you need to deselect “Automatic time update via Suunto app” in order to set the date and time manually. It will try to get a GPS fix and then suggest to set manually.