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Suunto - Vertical Titanium Solar
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Based on 1 year's data from Mar 17, 2026 How it works
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"this thing has taken a beating, and still looks great."
"I think they look significantly better than the garmins, that's obviously subjective"
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"Or if you regularly do more, the Vertix gets double the battery life. ... Hiking and tracking 12 hours a day, a Vertix would almost get you 10 days."
"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?"
"My Suunto vertical titanium solar lasts about three weeks when I train five days a week with tons of GPS tracking."
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"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"
"best gps settings = 60hr battery"
"very impressed with the mapping"
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"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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"The newer ones seem to have overcome the HR sensor issue too."
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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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"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."
"The problem comes when those "important functions" do not work"
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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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"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."
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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"
bakaster 1.0I switched to a Suunto solar harvesting watch after my last watch wouldn't last past 10 hours. Their claim of ~60 hours activity time seems pretty close based on the shorter 6-10 hour runs and bikes I've done with it so far. Definitely doesn't have the ecosystem that Garmin does but it checked the 3 boxes I cared about: gps accuracy, battery life, and price (got in on sale for about 1/2 the price of a forerunner)
Immediate-Ad-8667 1.0Suunto Vertical (I have the solar one) best gps settings = 60hr battery
Lavanyalea 1.0Agree! I had used Suunto 9 for years and years and only switched to Suunto Vertical with solar panel recently, got it on Black Friday discount £200 off ❤️
lovrencevic 1.0I’m a big fan of my Suunto Verttical solar. Insane battery life and all the bells and whistles for my needs.
spenpee 1.0I initially went from a Series 8 to an AW Ultra and ultimately decided that I wanted to try something that was more of a dedicated sports watch, so I eventually got the Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar. In some ways it’s been a step backwards (it feels “old” compared to an Apple Watch, particularly the MIP screen and general pared-back functionality) but it’s also great for what I need. I mostly trail run, hike and gravel bike with it, so the mapping functionality is helpful. It’s super easy to create a route on the Suunto app (or Strava) and then immediately sync it to the watch. This is something that never really worked on Apple Watches, I know you can use 3rd party apps but it was just not easy or seamless enough for me. I also appreciate the ruggedness of the Suunto, I bang it around all the time and it still looks great, the buttons are nice and I like that it doesn’t look like an Apple Watch. The HR monitor kinda sucks if you are super granular about that data. It syncs to Apple Health but not as seamlessly as AW (some data doesn’t sync fully, like sleep stages). I think the data displays in the Suunto app could be refreshed too, it was a lot easier to digest data in the Apple Health app. Overall I think the Suunto hardware is great, but the software is just OK.
ThrowAway516536 1.0My Suunto vertical titanium solar lasts about three weeks when I train five days a week with tons of GPS tracking.
No, it doesn't play music. But as a serious tool it's pretty good.
ChickenPrestigious39 0.7almost my case. I still have garmin fr945, suunto 9 and vertical 1. both suunto have big troubles with hr measurement, sleep accuracy not good. for cycling I have wahoo bolt v2 and v3, for concept2 - only ErgData app. withings smart scales is more than enough for me. one thing for me what suunto is missing is “resume later” function, especially for walking or hiking. I like suunto maps and navigation. now I’m confused to choose vertical 2 or race 2. both have better (I hope so) hr measurement and… thats all. ok ok, vertical 2 have led flashlight. vertical 2 disappointed me without local music storage and without nfc. but I like suunto for menu design, because garmin UI looks like designed for childs - not solid.
Jef2609 0.7As an owner of 9 Peak, Vertical 1 and Race 2, buy Garmin without hesitation.
jinjusounds 0.7I 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.
Status_Monitor_4360 0.5I’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.