![]() ![]() The watch face is customisable with various digital and analogue displays and colours to choose from. That said, for a right-handed person wearing the watch on their left wrist, the start/stop button is where it should be at top right, and the buttons themselves have a positive, high-quality feel.Īs I've mentioned, the screen could be a little bigger for the size of the casing, and is consequently not the easiest to read on the move, especially if you want to use the maximum seven data fields. Paul Norman found the Suunto 9's touchscreen more intuitive (opens in new tab). The menus are not as intuitive as Garmin’s or Wahoo's which is a little frustrating at first, but since it’s on your wrist day and night you do get used to it. Operation is via five buttons – there’s no touchscreen. The Polar shared the Suunto's optical HR unpredictability, however. We found the Polar Vantage M (opens in new tab) screen at 46mm was bigger and brighter too – and it weighs 45g. This space might be put to better use by enlarging the screen. ![]() There’s a large stainless steel bezel around it that looks classy but serves no actual purpose – and then a black inner ring. The lighter Wahoo Elemnt Rival – which also has a more flexible strap for better wrist contact – for me has the most accurate wrist-based HRM, but even that's not 100 per cent immune to spikes and dropouts.įor the watch’s size, the screen is on the small side at 30mm. Optical heart rate monitors are not as accurate as chest straps, but I found the Suunto 5 particularly prone to dropping out and spiking due to moving around on my wrist. It’s when it’s being used for running that weight becomes an issue, especially if the strap isn’t snug-fitting enough, because heart rate tracking via the optical HRM is more easily lost. Obviously the extra grams don’t make much difference when you're cycling. The Coros Pace 2, claimed to be the world’s lightest smartwatch, weighs just under half that while the Wahoo Elemnt Rival (opens in new tab) weighs 53g – but the Suunto 5 is not the heaviest: the Garmin Fenix 6 Solar (opens in new tab) weighs 84g and the Suunto 9 just a little less at 81g. At 66g the Suunto 5 is quite chunky already.
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