Sensors full of Bubbles, Plastic peels off.
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@Renzo-Karsdorp oh that sucks
, for me it seems that the last repair (late june) is still holding up, the sensor is absolutely bubble less since 3 months -
Last week I sent my peak 9 pro to Lubiana for assistance (covered by warranty).
I receive it back afert 7 working days, they chenged the watch cover but I losted my personalization. -
Do we know if suunto addressed this issue in newer models like Race/Race S/Run ? Did suunto changed material of sensor cover? Did they found out cause of this problem? Wrong material choice or bad manufacturing process?
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@Tomas5 Using the Race S since 10 month for running, hiking, swimming and xc skiing. No bubbles so far
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@Tomas5 The bubbles issue doesn’t occur on every watch. Back in Feb ‘23 bought a 9PP - zero bubbles so far. Bought the Race in Nov ‘23 - beginning of April ‘25 got it replaced by Suunto repair center with a new one due to a problem with the digital dial - no bubbles on both Races. End of March ‘25 bough a Vertical, still zero bubbles. I guess I’ve been lucky.
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@Tomas5 You could guess that since this topic wasn’t updated at all in the last 8 month, that the problem got sorted out.
Yes, it would have been nice to know the cause, but since the sensor is supplied by another company, my bet is that even Suunto didn’t fully know what was happening. -
@Highlands yes i know that it is not with every watch, i hope it is just small amount of deffective units. Thats why i asked if someone know if suunto identified and correctly addressed issue or they just ignore it and do replacement when needed. Don’t buying right now but my wifes S5 got bubbles and it is out of warranty already som thats reason i started to read about this issue.
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@Elipsus hope so, but for example to my wifes watch was without issue for more than two years, already few days back we realised that it creating bubbles. It is around 30months from buying. So 8 months is just not enough to know if Race S for example will be without this issue.
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@Tomas5 I don’t expect to see Suunto share such information publicly.
Try contacting Suunto Support and see what solution they can offer for a device out of warranty. They might come up with a solution. Good luck
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@Tomas5 This has been fixed. It is no longer an issue.
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@Brad_Olwin thank you, great news
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@Tomas5 It’s certainly not just a small series of watches, as the problem also occurs in the Suunto Vertical, several years after the 9PP.
This concerns production at the factory in Finland and its supposedly high quality compared to Chinese factories. But the facts seem to suggest otherwise.
