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 have a Suunto 9 peak pro I use for running and swimming about 1.5 years old. I have never used it for recover metrics because the app is not great and very complicated. I have a whoop (pre Suunto) that I have always used for recovery metrics. About 3-4 months ago the battery started to go and lasts 1-2 days depending on activity levels. My next watch will not be a Suunto.

I’m likely getting a Garmin Forerunner, 265 or one model up which I believe is the 500 series, but for me probably not worth it. I have the Garmin HRM and the Edge 840 so it’ll work well with my integrations. The running watches have multi sport functionality so for me, the 265 will do more than enough to supplement the whoops recovery metrics. The watch will mainly be used for running and swimming with the edge for bike. Keeping whoop for the recovery metrics, since I’m a data nerd, and it’s the least cumbersome to wear 24/7 in my opinion, unless I were to switch to an Oura ring, which I have no plans to do.

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.

My Suunto Peak 9 Pro give me 37hrs in Performance mode, 67 in Endurance Mode and about 300hr in Tour mode. It fits my small wrists similar to the Pace 3, and just recently seen it on black friday sales for banger deals.

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.

I suggest to give a try to the Suunto 9 Peak Pro, it's a smartwatch launched at 550$ now sold at 199, with an extra discount you can get it for 189$. It has everything you ask, made for hiking and basically every sport, can detect height because of the barometer and altimeter, it has a lot of sensors, and a sapphire screen that you basically can't scratch. I bought it but had to return it because it was totally focused on the sport and it was not a good daily smartwatch. So i had to return it because i need a daily smartwatch that eventually can be good at tracking sport, but that watch was the opposite. I think that now at 189$ the suunto 9 peak pro is the only smartwatch that offer that much build quality and sensors. (it is a discount tho, it would cost 350 at the moment without the discount)

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

What are you eyeing? Like you I also have a 9 peak pro and the hrm is very iffy.. can be accurate at time and inaccurate at times. I have also had whoop (currently using that new helio strap - which is ok) I would like to find something with the accuracy oh whoop but the GPS of my Suunto