SUUNTO 9 Baro: Rugged GPS Running, Cycling, Adventure Watch with Route Navigation

Upgraded from the Traverse to this watch and it is a world of difference. The battery lasts longer, the GPS signal is better and the watch is slimmer. Knocked the Titanium case a few times and so far it is holding up.

Nice and slim. I don't notice I'm wearing it. Very nice magnetic charging cord. Sync's nicely to the App on my phone and allows me to really follow my bodies stress & fitness level. I've had no problems with any functions and battery is great and charges fast.

It’s easy to figure out, it does so much. It’s big, but still wearable. It synced with my phone weirdly easily and it’s been super easy to operate from there. I highly recommend this watch. I got rid of my Apple Watch for this because of the upgraded gps. If you’re a hiker, you’ll love this one.

The watch bezel and clasps are blue but the band is black. Big contrast. It's not what the picture and ad really show. The band feels very cheap and hard. The reverse side of the band has a plastic type coating which leads to the cheap feel of it. The face is quite nice and would've stood out nicely with a better looking and higher quality band. I have the original Suunto Vector (still going strong after 20 years), the Peak 9 Titanium. Classy - just don't bump the silver bezel - it scratches way too easy. Unfortunately, Suunto couldn't, or wouldn't, help even within the warranty period. But sorry to say, this one's a dud.

Prior watch: Garmin Vivoactive 3 The vivo active 3 is a more fitness inspired watch but has many of the features contained in higher level Garmin's but is less robust overall. As my battery life in the Vivoactive dwindled over the last few years and became unable to consistently hold a charge through a weekend, I decided it was time for a new watch. I was able to snag the Suunto 9 Titanium on a good deal and I always wanted to try their product line. The good: Battery life is Amazing Once you get the watch set to your liking it's very functional Once you set the GPS to use multiple satellites it has good tracking I like the aesthetic of the Titanium better than the regular 9 Baro and better than Garmin The fine: Screen and responsiveness is fine. Some reviews suggest other wise but I have no issues.. The screen kind of locks when the watch has been out of use for a bit, and you need to push a button to wake. This is fine but not great. The meh: Sleep tracking is meh compared to Garmin. Does not seem to automatically know when asleep and the graphs and tracking are overly simple Watch faces are meh. Why is there no watch face that has the day, steps, and battery life on one screen without cycling through? Dumb. I also wish there were more / better faces. Initial set up was garbage. The default backlight set up, satellite set up, etc, were all set to more of a battery-oriented approach which is not practical for a day to day piece. So, not knowing this, my first run with the watch had awful GPS tracking (this was resolved when I turned on additional satellites). Heart rate tracking is maybe meh? Every time I run it tells me the heart tracking was not optimal, yet I wear it above my wrist (per instructions) and the readings themselves seem fine... So i dunno. This this is big... She got a donk. All in all it does what's needed so perhaps I'll keep it but I'm the whole I just feels very "almost". Like, it's so close to being very good in multiple categories but ultimately just ends up being ok. That said, there's nothing glaringly wrong once set up appropriately.