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Review on Smart watch SUUNTO 5, graphite copper by Mateusz Grzesiak  (M ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Not a bad purchase, worth the money.

Despite the snafus, most people seem to have a favorable opinion. I was heartbroken by the failed date, and I almost went on another one. The issue persisted, though, even when I disabled the zhps in the indoor modes. I can't wait to start mountain testing and doing cross-country runs. On black friday, I purchased it on lamod for 18.7k. Before this, I would have to visit brick-and-mortar stores to look and try on. As a result, I do not recommend Alpindustria at Aviapark for the purpose of selection or consulting. I was told there are no cards and only thermal ones inside since they are trying to sell nines and are being nasty about fives. You can only access the map within the app, but the thermal images are also included. 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". They repeat again that is vital to explain the basics to newfags, and the guy who said it was wearing a suunto badge like he knew everything there was to know about the brand. The consultant was very cordial; he wore the fifth model himself and demonstrated several functions on his wristwatch; and I was still in Ekipione at Dynamo, where each model may be measured separately on an open stand. After a few months of using a GPS outside, track distance measurements have become more precise. there is still a mismatch of about 600-300 meters.

Pros
  • I needed a watch for outdoor activities like hiking, running, and functional training. As I've never owned a GPS watch before, I have no point of reference. The fifth model was my pick because of its compact form factor and reasonable cost. Adding intelligence is unnecessary. Three months of metropolitan garb with workout attire. Advantages include gps accuracy, design, a wide variety of training options, and autonomy (a week with three hourly exercises without gps, notifications are disabled, heart rate only during training). Adjust the screen's contrast both outside and inside. Although I have not compared the pulse to the chest sensor, my impressions are that it is sufficient. I plan to compare later after purchasing a sensor. When used in the outdoors, a GPS device counts steps in essentially the same way as a pedometer on an iPhone. The distance covered is reasonable, the track is nicely written, and it follows the intended itinerary. Little, but nice: by keeping track of your dreams, you can determine how much sleep you actually need. It's stylish, therefore I wear it constantly.
Cons
  • Both of these are crucial considerations. First, the pedometer on the treadmill is aggressively lying. The clock goes 5 kilometers on a 3-kilometer track. And most crucially, once the clock has ticked, it cannot be undone. When paired, they provide the same inaccurate information to the suunto app and Strava. It's possible to rectify inaccurate data in the Suunto app's log but not on the watch itself, unlike Strava. Hence, the race statistics are as skewed as they can get; I even clocked in at a negative speed! This was a double-flight date. In this case, the epic failure is obvious: it's a watch. When I first open my eyes in the morning, I see that my phone has gained an extra hour. I checked the date and saw that it was December 1st. To be precise, the date was December 4th. ¯\ (ツ) /¯ This may be explained by the fact that the clock was trying to locate GPS signals just before the failure occurred, as part of a workout at the gym (per the Treadmill program) but failing miserably. This was one of my first exercises using the watch, so I didn't know how to preemptively disable the satellite search feature. I think the watch was trying to determine the current date using satellite information, but it was unable to do so and instead settled on a date chosen at random. Why does zhps become the default while playing a track? Mystery. The default dials are either too cluttered with information to be useful, or they don't provide enough information to customize the preset modes properly. Leaving the target heart rate zone does not trigger any kind of warning. You should have one because you are always checking the time when you go for a run. The software is skewed and has mediocre usability; you'll have to get used to it. Data, such as several minutes' worth of heart rate recording, sometimes vanishes during import to Strava. A void in the graph, nothing more.