Review on 💪 SUUNTO 9 Baro White: The Ultimate Smart Watch for Your Active Lifestyle by Agata Wiatrowska ᠌

Name: 💪 SUUNTO 9 Baro White: The Ultimate Smart Watch for Your Active Lifestyle
Item: 💪 SUUNTO 9 Baro White: The Ultimate Smart Watch for Your Active Lifestyle
Rating: 4

April 12, 2023

Reliable product for all occasions, quality on par.

In general, I am satisfied with the watch. In an outdoor or indoor pool (without GPS) it measures the distance clearly, BUT, if you changed the style from breaststroke to crawl at 1 distance, then the watch considers that you have started the next track and will add 25 m to you (well, or 50, depending on which pool is set in settings). The pulse in the pool is certainly inaccurate. The chest sensor for swimming is also not suitable, as it washes off with every turn.
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Pros

Lots of evidence outside of training. Pulse throughout the day and real time, pedometer, display of notifications from the phone (if connected via BT), Sunset / sunrise, barometer (it will be useful for hikers). Sleep tracking. Several different (non-manually configurable) preset screens (colors can be changed). A lot of different indications during training. Pace, altitude, distance, heart rate + heart rate zones, etc. There are no complaints in this regard.

Cons

Positioning accuracy compared to Ambit 2 is relatively the same. Didn't feel a difference. So the vaunted Valencell does not work much better than the 8 year old ambit2. And this is with GPS tracking every second. The pulse measures well until the arm becomes sweaty, then it either loses the pulse altogether, or goes off scale to 220 . (I run in the pulse zone 150-160 bpm . Therefore, use a chest sensor, it is accurate, there are problems with it not noticed.