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Review on Smart watches SUUNTO 5, white by Alvin Sia ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

No complaints, I recommend to buy.

In general, the impressions are positive, despite the jambs. I was very upset because of the failure of the date, I even wanted to take it. But the problem did not arise after turning off the zhps in the modes that are used indoors, so I left them. I'm waiting for the season to test in the mountains and run crosses. I bought it on lamod for 18.7k on black friday. Before that, I went to offline stores to try on and see. So - I do not advise Alpindustria in Aviapark for selection, consultations. It seems that they want to sell nines, and therefore they speak negatively about fives - so they told me that there are no cards in them, only thermal ones. Yes, the map is only in the application, but the thermal ones are also there. That you can't create a route, that there is no return to the starting point, that they run out of power quickly and are like "city only". Moreover, it was said like a brand specialist, with a suunto badge on his chest, and all my questions were met with a tired sigh and a rolling of his eyes, they say again it is necessary to explain the basics to newfags. I was still in Ekipione at Dynamo, where all the models can be measured independently on an open stand, and the consultant was quite polite, he himself wore the fifth model and showed some features on his watch. ate in a couple of months: the accuracy of track mileage measurements has improved after a few outdoor sessions with gps. but still, there is a discrepancy of 600-300 meters.

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Pros
  • I bought a watch for daily wear, training (running, functional, tennis) and outdoor, hiking. There is nothing to compare with, I did not have a gps-watch before. I chose the fifth model because of its small size and optimal price. Smart features are not needed. I wear three weeks in urban mode + training. Pros: Autonomy (a week with three hourly workouts without gps, notifications are disabled, heart rate only during training), gps accuracy, design, many types of training. Contrast screen in daylight and indoors. I did not compare the pulse with the chest sensor, but at first glance it seems adequate. I'll buy a sensor later and compare. Outdoors with gps, steps are counted the same way as a pedometer on an iPhone, the difference is small. The track writes well, corresponds to the route, the distance is adequate. It records a dream - a trifle, but it's nice, you can clarify how much time you personally need to get enough sleep. Looks good, I wear it every day.
Cons
  • The two most important points. 1. On the treadmill, the pedometer is lying quite somehow fiercely. On the track 3km, the clock counts 5km. And most importantly - it can not be corrected later in the clock. When synced, they transfer the same crooked data to suunto app and to Strava. In the Suunto app, you can at least edit the mileage, but not in Strava, and incorrect data also remains in the log on the watch. Accordingly, the analytics of this race is as oblique as possible, I even had a negative speed! 2. The date flew twice. Here, in general, a mega fail - it's a watch, hello! I wake up, look at the clock, it shows a plus hour with the phone. Then I looked at the date, they show December 1st. Actually, it was December 4th. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The explanation for this jamb, perhaps, is this - on the eve of the failure there was a training session in the gym (according to the Treadmill program) before which the clock was looking for gps, of course, they did not find it. Since this was one of the first workouts with the watch, I have not yet figured out how to turn off the search for satellites in advance. I suspect that the watch tried to ate the date based on the satellite data, did not receive data, and set a random date. Why does the track mode default to zhps? Mystery. All preset modes must be configured and edited by hand for yourself, as the default dials are uninformative or too overloaded with data. There is no notification about leaving the heart rate zone. It would be useful, when running, you have to constantly look at the clock. The application is crooked, usability is so-so, you have to get used to it. From time to time, when importing to Strava, data disappears, for example, several minutes of heart rate recording. Just a gap in the graph and that's it.

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