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      darguelles Bronze Member
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      I use the Suunto Vertical for mountain biking. Especially on descents, the watch tends to bounce around a lot. That bounce + the straight angles on the watch have often cut into my writs leaving some interesting cuts (images attached).

      Has anyone else had this issue? If so, any fixes/ tips?

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      • surfboomerangS Offline
        surfboomerang @darguelles
        last edited by surfboomerang

        @darguelles on the last picture I see you’re wearing the watch very loose. I would suggest to tighten the strap a notch or two so that the watch is fixed on your wrist.

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        • mikekoski490M Offline
          mikekoski490 Bronze Member @darguelles
          last edited by mikekoski490

          @darguelles Maybe get a handlebar mount and wrap it onto your bars instead?

          There is no way the bouncing around you are doing is getting any type of accurate OHR so if you need that metric get an HRM.

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            darguelles Bronze Member @surfboomerang
            last edited by

            @surfboomerang yup, that picture I’m not even closing the strap. It was just to show what’s the part of the watch hitting the wrist. I do wear it as tight as it’ll go when biking

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            • freeheelerF Offline
              freeheeler @darguelles
              last edited by

              @darguelles
              bigger and heavier watches are in general not ideal for fast and long descents on bumpy, rocky and rooty trails (as you have mentioned in the other thread 😉)

              I don’t have this problem with my Vertical.
              but wrists are different. you could try a buff (maybe a modified one) between your glove and watch to reduce movement

              living sideways

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              • Mads Hintz-MadsenM Offline
                Mads Hintz-Madsen @darguelles
                last edited by

                @darguelles based on your cuts then it seems like you are wearing your watch so that it hits your wrist bone.

                General recommendation for best wrist-based OHR is to wear it so that there are two fingers width between your wrist bone an the watch, i.e. l, wear it higher up your forearm.

                Your arm is more round and potentially narrower there so that might help you.

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                • LechamoixL Offline
                  Lechamoix Bronze Member
                  last edited by

                  Nothing from my side 🙂

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                  • Martin VrskaM Offline
                    Martin Vrska @darguelles
                    last edited by

                    @darguelles I use the original Suunto watch holder 😉👍.

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                    • SuperFlo75S Offline
                      SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member
                      last edited by

                      I have no Problem with this after over 5 month using the SV

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                      • Stoke80S Offline
                        Stoke80
                        last edited by Stoke80

                        I unfortunately had the same experience, but not quite as bad and only the upper side.
                        I think it is not the button that presses, but the edge of the metal where the bracelet is fixed. I think these edges are quite “sharp”, especially on the downside.

                        Wearing the Vertical tighter during biking definitely helped me.
                        Since I always have a HR belt on anyway, it would probably be even better to attach the watch to the handlebars.
                        Then you do not always have to let go of the handlebars to look at the clock.

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                          nseslija Bronze Member @darguelles
                          last edited by

                          @darguelles Never wear the watch on the wrist while riding, always on handlebar…

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                          • ___Alejandro____ Offline
                            ___Alejandro___ @darguelles
                            last edited by

                            @darguelles You could wear it on your right arm instead. Should be much less wrist contact with the buttons.

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                            • Łukasz SzmigielŁ Offline
                              Łukasz Szmigiel @nseslija
                              last edited by

                              @nseslija basically this.

                              It’ll work like a bike computer and you’ll get better asc/dsc readings. However, you’ll need external sensor for HR.

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                                Andrew_ @darguelles
                                last edited by Andrew_

                                @darguelles

                                Hi there!

                                So, while I have not personally experienced this, I have read ONE other report of it doing the same thing to someone else. This resulted in them returning their watch.

                                As someone else mentioned, by the location of your marks, it appears you’re wearing your watch right on your wrist bone. Also rather high on your wrist, which may not be optimal for casual use… comfort… and especially sports.

                                Keep in mind with flexion of the wrist, naturally (especially when MTB) you’re going to experience discomfort anywhere space is expanding and contracting with something be in that zone.

                                I’d recommend wearing it below the wrist bone, especially if you plan on giving it another shot. I believe that’s the opportunity here, but that’s just my OP.

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                                  zhang965
                                  last edited by zhang965

                                  Sad to see this…

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                                    Olaf Gottschalk Bronze Member
                                    last edited by

                                    I have exactly the same problem with my Race… 😞 My marks and scars on my arm are identical to yours and I did not find any position the sharp metal edges of the SR are touching the wrist bone. Wearing it higher with 2 fingers space between the wrist bone and the watch - how should that work? It will always losen and move downwards and then be too lose to detect my heart rate.

                                    I think the overall design of these watches is flawed massively. 😞

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                                    • sartoricS Offline
                                      sartoric Moderator
                                      last edited by sartoric

                                      Yeah, sure.
                                      You know what is said “all wrists are created equals”

                                      😁

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                                        Mff73 @sartoric
                                        last edited by

                                        @sartoric
                                        and some are more equals than others 😉

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                                          Mauerwegler @Mff73
                                          last edited by

                                          @Mff73 @sartoric I don’t know what is so funny about the problem discussed in this thread that warrants your jokes. There are a couple of users who report problems with the lugs of some watches and clearly it is bad design. There is no need to have such sharp corners on the lugs. The users can’t return them anymore because they have had the watches more than 14 days. They have to deal with an absolute unnecessary, bloody annoying problem. It’s not funny.

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                                            Mff73 @Mauerwegler
                                            last edited by Mff73

                                            @Mauerwegler
                                            with all my respect, we can laugh about everything, but not with everyone.
                                            We are not mocking people nor their problems, we are making generic humour.
                                            Watch design is unique, humankind wrists are not.
                                            Sorry if it is not funny for you.

                                            PS : i have such wrist which is not equal to Suunto’s design, my SV is “hurting” me as well, but my wife’s sometime as well, i can’t return it/her neither 🙂

                                            PS2 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm
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