Suunto - Vertical Titanium Solar
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Last updated: Dec 10, 2025 Scoring
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"battery life on the other hand, here suunto wins no question at all! ... on gps mode there is just too much difference IMO, garmin is more than 2x behind in battery. ... are you gonna do some multi day hikes or really some long lasting stuff like running 100km or you just in general wants more battery life?"
"Watch has amazing battery life - 3 weeks or so on average with daily use"
"Battery lasts about 2 weeks between charges during a normal training cycle ... during a hilly 50k in September the battery depleted by 9% with full navigation and zero battery saving modes on for the whole race."
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"the Suunto app is leaps ahead of Garmin for me. ... Largely because you can create routes directly in the Suunto app ... the “training zone” breaks down more info than Garmin which are nice features!"
"For intervals, I create them in the app, and that setup works perfectly for me."
"application on phone matters for me alot and there suunto is just better. they have one app for everything which imo is more user friendly."
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"this thing has taken a beating, and still looks great."
"It feels robust ... I enjoy wearing it."
"I think they look significantly better than the garmins, that's obviously subjective"
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"The Suunto Vertical is a masterpiece of precision, unmatched in its accuracy."
"Installing extra apps is also very easy from the app, the most important one for me is ZoneSense which is relatively new (a few months old) that tells you in real time what HR zone you’re in ... I’ve been using that to hugely improve my base the last few months - it’s been worth its weight in gold in that regard!"
"For CrossFit I primarily track time and HR."
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"The Suunto Vertical is a masterpiece of precision, unmatched in its accuracy."
"I took both my Suunto Vertical and Coros Vertix 2 to Chamonix a couple of summers ago. Each run/hike I relied on maps & navigation more than any other feature. I started out with Coros, but after losing the trail a few times at crucial intersections, I swapped out for Suunto. It performed much better in that environment."
"i can compare Vertical vs Fenix 7x pro sapphire on same route we logged 4,45km on Fenix vs 4,6km on my Suunto, I ve started my watch slightly faster soo there might be 50m. we also both logged slightly different alltitude gain, me with around 1065m alttitude gain vs my friend fenix 1059m allitude gain, my highest point on watch was more towards official readings of 1242m (it showed 1243m while my friend logged i think 1236m or similar soo yea, if you are like "well well, garmin for 800€ can't beat vertical from suunto i ve got for half the price" kind of attitude then sure, be my guest but in reality those re soo minor difference that if you re gonna argue on that..... yea. but just to show you what i ve meant"
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"they really solved that issues Vertical and Race have. ... but imo me as some1 who do more trail runs / hikes / bike rides i just took my polar h10 with me and this is by far most accurate data imo. still just to point out suunto issues"
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"I turned off auto update on my vertical because I get more bugs than useful features from their updates lately. ... Last year the watch got an update that made it not able to sync with the app after an activity. ... I find suuntos updates similar to coros in that they have no issue releasing buggy firmware"
"You can create a route in the Suunto app. The distance seems pretty accurate when you do that but the elevation gain and loss on a route created is wildly inaccurate."
"laps are not exported from app to Strava and fit file correctly - breaks runna ... unfortunately on hill repeats and anything else with an open lap, you have to :( ... Thats a bummer. I hope that gets sorted."
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"Suunto maps only do contour lines in meters. ... All of my trips are in the US. All of my physical maps and guides are in feet. Suunto maps only do contour lines in meters. I don’t know why I find this so frustrating, but if I knew that I would not have purchased."
"The watch and app also only display 1 route at a time. ... You can save multiple at once, but if you want to look at a map and see where you are and see multiple bail out or extension options then you need a different tool."
"on suunto you need to do that via your phone which can be annoying in areas where singal is questionable. ... suunto have no names on watch itself on map"
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"If it had just a few more data points, I probably wouldn’t have switched to the Fenix 8"
"suunto is really behind. ... you will get basic notifications with opiton to control music on your phone and call my phone function and function to turn down phone call with a SMS and thats pretty much it."
"suunto have less data"
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"I turned off auto update on my vertical because I get more bugs than useful features from their updates lately. ... Last year the watch got an update that made it not able to sync with the app after an activity. ... I find suuntos updates similar to coros in that they have no issue releasing buggy firmware"
"It really bugs me that even my Zwift training rides don’t show up in the Suunto app (I’ve tried some 3rd party apps to sync them and they just don’t work). ... It’s like I’m missing a huge part of my daily health metrics. ... I end up viewing everything in Strava, but then I have to check a separate app for steps, daily hr, and sleep."
"laps are not exported from app to Strava and fit file correctly - breaks runna ... unfortunately on hill repeats and anything else with an open lap, you have to :( ... Thats a bummer. I hope that gets sorted."
Solar Suunto and Garmin. Never charging my watch again.
r/GooglePixel • Which smartwatches would be best to pair with a Pixel? ->Suunto Vertical (I have the solar one) best gps settings = 60hr battery
r/hikinggear • Best hiking watch for multi-day trips without babying the battery? ->I’m a big fan of my Suunto Verttical solar. Insane battery life and all the bells and whistles for my needs.
r/Ultralight • So many new watches. Which watch is best for backpacking? ->For me it's a compromise. I wouldn't wear a smartwatch or mechanical one to a marathon or a wod and I wouldn't wear a sports watch with a suit, they hardly fit under a regular button down cuff. There are some less flashy looking sport watches though that I'd imagine wearing daily but the high end tends to gravitate towards tacticool with maybe the exception of Suunto Vertical Titanium.
r/crossfit • Smartwatches for CrossFit and life in general ->Vertical with a solar panel is nice. Goes for months while recording occasional runs and stuff.
r/crossfit • Smartwatches for CrossFit and life in general ->My Suunto vertical titanium solar lasts about three weeks when I train five days a week with tons of GPS tracking.
r/runna • Apple Watch Ultra - battery burn in half marathon ->No, it doesn't play music. But as a serious tool it's pretty good.
r/runna • Apple Watch Ultra - battery burn in half marathon ->As an owner of 9 Peak, Vertical 1 and Race 2, buy Garmin without hesitation.
r/Suunto • Race 2 Or Forerunner 970? ->I came from Apple Watch, briefly to Garmin, then got a Vertical (1 - steel solar) a year ago. I too thought it was a great looking watch which is why I bought it. I cant speak for everyone here bc the Suunto reddit group seems to be a place where people bitch about Suunto, so ALL YOUARE READING HERE IS COMPLAINTS. I am here to tell you that the experience with the app and the watch is great and it is a better looking watch than anything the competition has and... isn't that part of the point of a watch? Though admittedly I am not an elite athlete or anything but I do bike/hike/run a distance of 50-80 miles per week (according to watch) with the occasional loooong bike ride and it seems just fine for me. Software and sensors seem just as good as the Garmin I had. I way prefer the Suunto APP to the Garmin app and drawing bike routes on it is great and better than strava, which I still use for some reason.
r/Suunto • Like the look of the Vertical 2 but is the software really that bad ? ->I’ve been wearing a Suunto Vertical titanium for about a year. I have very few complaints about it, this thing has taken a beating, and still looks great.
r/Firefighting • Looking for a decent smartwatch to use on shift ->100%. I took both my Suunto Vertical and Coros Vertix 2 to Chamonix a couple of summers ago. Each run/hike I relied on maps & navigation more than any other feature. I started out with Coros, but after losing the trail a few times at crucial intersections, I swapped out for Suunto. It performed much better in that environment.
r/Suunto • Suunto Race S review, and why I am forced back to Garmin ->Edit: original comment I replied to just said "Because the battery dies after a day". Maybe for an Apple watch? Really inaccurate for any modern watch designed for the activity. My Apex 2 Pro lasts for about 3 days straight tracking my location, and I don't need to track when I'm stopped or sleeping. It realistically gets me 5 days of use between charges. If I ever do more than that, it's battery is so small it barely affects my power bank. Or if you regularly do more, the Vertix gets double the battery life. Garmin or Suunto have similar options and capabilities too.
r/Ultralight • So many new watches. Which watch is best for backpacking? ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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