9 Peak Pro

Suunto 9 peak pro. My second Suunto watch. Excellent for mountains.

It doesn't really matter. No wrist sensor will be as good as a chest strap. So if you think to update only because of that it doesn't sound like money well spent. If you're happy with the Polar ecosystem, I'd stay with Polar. I use Suunto purely because I like its UI more, both the watch and the app

That's simply not true, i have a 9 peak pro, and it's still getting updates, all the new functions that appeared on the Vertical, Race and Race S got ported to the 9 peak pro. The Race 2 is a different, brand new, hardware plateform, and basically Suunto updates the whole plateform (as shown, the 9p

Suunto is a much smaller company that nearly bit the dust a few years ago and changed hands several times before turning things around under the current owners. As such, the changes and fixes will be coming at a much slower pace than Garmin. That said, I concur with one of the posters below: Suunto,

Hey there, Good call leaning towards Suunto. It's a fantastic choice if you want to avoid the feature-overload and app clutter of other brands and get a watch that's durable and easy to use. For your main activities – mountain biking and hiking – the choice between the two Suuntos you're looking at

Pretty much why I wear this 24/7 instead of suunto 9 peak pro. Not saying my Suunto is bad but why possibly damage at work or something when I can wear a 99$ tracker that does great. Now I just use my suunto for when I’m doing anything outdoor sport related.

I’ve got a 9PP and a FR955, which is very similar to the 255. The 9PP has much longer battery life when recording activities. Materials quality is higher (steel/titanium and sapphire vs plastic and gorilla glass). The 9PP is a bit smaller, though not lighter. I find the Suunto route planner much bet

Vertical is in the same boat as 9 Peak Pro at this point. Both nice watches, but once it ends its production cycle, Suunto stops actively testing its firmware on those models. E.g. the last FW update for 9PP came a month or so after it was already available on other watches due to "beta testing". No

i strongly recomend going second hand here, it's the best you'll get with your budget. I started with a second hand 50€ suunto ambit 3 peak, and eventhough i now run with a coros apex 2 pro, i'd have no problem picking it up again today. There's very good quality top tier second hand watches outhere

In terms of SW updates, Suunto is pretty reliable and regular, usually quarterly updates, unless there's an urgent fix needed. One example of the latter is the unresponsive HR from 9 Peak Pro users after the December update. Suunto pushed a hotfix for them last weekend so within 1 week. There's also