Suunto Race S In-Depth Review: All The Differences!

Here's everything you need to know about the new Suunto Race S, from all the new features, to the accuracy, and plenty more! – Suunto Race S is a 45mm case size with a 1.32” AMOLED touchscreen – New optical HR sensor design – Manufactured in Finland (see notes below) – Added Suunto Climb Guidance (a ClimbPro-like feature) – Added three new watch faces – Added ability to customize watch faces, coloring, and complications (from the watch) – Added colorful emojis (as opposed to black/white stenciled emojis) – Increased from 300 emojis to ~1,000 emojis – Increased performance/responsiveness of the user interface (doesn’t suck anymore) – Added sport-mode-specific display settings (e.g., brightness/etc…) – Added new paused screen (lets you see workout data screens when paused) – Increased map zoom level up to 20KM (from 2KM) – Added more than half a dozen Suunto Apps as part of the June 2024 update (including Moxy sensor support) – Adding menstrual cycling tracking in the Suunto App (manual logging/tracking at this point) – Improved step counter to reduce misdetection (e.g. reducing teeth brushing steps) – Added Vietnamese language support – Increased map storage to 32GB (from 16GB for the stainless steel Race) – 28% lighter weight than the Suunto Race (60g vs 83g) – 14% thinner than the Suunto Race (11.4mm for S vs 13.3mm) – Has 50m waterproofing, instead of 100m on Suunto Race – Maintains 100% carbon offset inclusion – Maintains dual-frequency/multiband GNSS – Maintains same 22mm band/strap design – Glass is Gorilla Glass (versus sapphire crystal on Suunto Race) – Stainless steel bezel – Priced at $349/349EUR