Suunto - 9 Peak Pro

One word of caution with Suunto- I have a 9 peak pro, I love the system, super intuitive, easy to use, and awesome for the price. My battery life has tanked after around 14-18 months with the watch. I now get about 2 days with a full charge if I do outdoor GPS enabled workouts

I personally use a Suunto Nine Peak Pro with a Wahoo Trackr hr monitor and I don’t have any complaints. The ui is a bit more friendly than my previous Garmin and the integration between apps like Strava, Zwift, and iFIT is flawless. The battery life was more than enough for a 50k I ran with full gps. The watch and hr monitor currently would run you about $350-400 all in.

Smartwatch makers are just living in a different world, catering to a different consumer want and sportwatch manufacturers really can't hold a candle to their level of software integration. Partly, that's why I like Suunto, et al. I've worn sportwatches for over a decade and there have been a myriad of improvements which have come via hardware & software innovation. But, the world of sportwatches still feels like a walled garden when trying to integrate them with a smartphone. My Pixel Watch feels so much like my Pixel phone, while my Suunto 9 Peak Pro feels like a different entity all together.

As far as performance metrics, Apple doesn't hold a candle to Suunto, Garmin, Coros, etc.. but for those looking at lifestyle features, Apple and Google are tops. When it comes to training optimization a classic sportwatch brand is the obvious choice. Take for example, with Suunto you can track daily elevation gain (Mtn. running, skiing, mountaineering, etc...), it'll calculate GAP, they supply CTL, TSS, ATL calculations and more that a smartwatch brand is less focused on providing.

Yes. I wear my Suunto peak 9 pro for everything, 24/7 except for when it’s charging. Let’s just say it’s scratched 🤷🏼

Good Finnish company who sadly just sold to a Chinese tech, that being said I’ve had the 9 peak pro for a while now and it does everything I want

Suunto 9 Peak Pro, or anything Suunto, Better battery life & lifespan than any other brand

Hooray I'm a 1%er, Suunto Peak Pro representing.

The Polar Vantage M3 is on sale for 299€ where I live (Grit X2 378€) which is a good price and I bought it. I am happy with the purchase and can easily recommend it to especially all beginners (Fitspark, nightly recharge and overall an easy to use system). I have previously had the Pacer Pro (very good basic whatch) but like the M3 more. I have also a Suunto 9 Peak pro and the Race. Both Suuntos are good watches, but I wanted to try Polar again. No regrets so far and it will be interesting to see the comming software updates which are said to be released by the end of the year.

Last year I've been using Suunto 9 peak pro, before that some apple watch SE and before that Fenix 5. The suunto I used to take off all the time due to discomfort, the huawei is like the apple watch, comfy.

A bunch of people recommended Withings, I am a big fan of theirs. Had excellent support when I had issues. They are more health focused, were recommended to me by a college who is a heart patient and uses their watches for health monitoring. They look classy, like normal watches, but then also have a small screen for smart functionality. Not sure any of them have payments though. I recently switched to a Suunto, because I wanted a scuba diving smartwatch, and I also love that. Mine doesent have payment functionality as far as I am aware, but great for scuba diving :P One thing to note since this is BuyFromEU. Suunto used to be Finnish and manufactured there too. In 2022 it was bough by a Chinese company, and now I believe everything except the diving stuff is made in china. I havent heard any complaints over the other watches, and I still love mine. But just so you know its now Chinese.