In the recent Suunto SPARTAN Trainer review we looked at the first 5, ‘dressy’ variants. Suunto has reverted back to its outdoor heritage with 3 new OUTDOOR variants on the SPARTAN TRAINER. The SPARTAN Trainer is a great entry-level triathlon watch. Does this new OUTDOORs version do the same for al you adventurous types? This…
Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR Baro Preview The Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR Baro Stealth is certainly a mouthful but probably better than SSSWHRBS. I’m feeling sorry for myself today having just failed to get a 10 mile PB. Writing a full review takes a looong time so I got the camera out and enjoyed the…
Today’s announcement from Suunto signals, possibly, one of several incremental/upcoming additions to the existing SPARTAN range. It’s snappily abbreviated to SSSWHRB. Glad we cleared that one up. Like with the previous AMBIT series and its variants, I expect any further SPARTANs to be ‘tweaks’ to the exiting models. What is the SSSWHRB? It’s a mouthful,…
For those of you who don’t know about STRYD: It’s a running power meter and an accurate footpod For those of you who don’t know about the Suunto SPARTAN TRAINER (WHR): It’s probably the go-to tri-specific BUDGET watch of any current model. It’s a mean running watch too, by inference. REVIEW: STRYD FIRST THOUGHTS: SST…
Suunto Spartan Sport Review – Wrist HR It’s nearly a year since Suunto sprang the SPARTAN on an unsuspecting world (Summer 2016), here in this Suunto Spartan Sport review, we take a detailed look at the wrist heart rate (whr) version. We all were waiting for the AMBIT 4 and we got the top-end SPARTAN ULTRA. Then we…
OK here is a test from yesterday on my MTB on a trail. I was specifically looking at how optical HR handled a bumpy but flat hardened, mud/grass trail. The vibrations can cause problems for optical HR in general, so that is what I was looking at ie a demanding scenario. The Edge 820 is…
I’ve had the SPARTAN Sport WHR for a couple of weeks now and I have used it for lots of varied sessions, from 30 minutes to 4 hours, and probably well over 30 total hours of training. I’m still taking an overall view on the optical HR. I’ve been using either the SPORT (non-WHR) or the SPARTAN…
Just finished off a whole bunch of testing and then new firmware v1.8.26. Grrr !! 🙂 I need more pictures too don’t I? Just the one so far that’s any good !! 😉 Why take photos of beautiful watches when there are year-end accounts to do? (Not much to add up 😉 ) This firmware…
Garmin’s new 935 is currently priced at a near identical price point to Suunto’s Spartan Sport. Fix that in your mind and read on. The Spartan Sport has pretty awesome GPS and native STRYD support. I actually use it now for running most times I go out. I’m currently also using the WHR optical version…
I’ve had the SPARTAN Sport WHR (WHR = Wrist optical Heart Rate) for a couple of days now. For followers of the introduction of the SPARTAN series to the market there is nothing unexpected to write about at present. You knew it was coming and here it is. It’s real! It’s pretty much the same…
