Suunto Race VS Suunto Vertical | A review of EVERYTHING you need to know! 🍿

Hi Gang! This video is about the brand new Suunto Race and how it compares to the Suunto Vertical ultra-running watch! 🔥 Let's go!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Start
0:15 - Intro
0:50 - Map Customization
2:40 - Flashlight BRIGHTNESS
3:09 - CUSTOM battery modes
4:50 - Touchscreen during Activity
6:01 - GPS accuracy
6:37 - Battery life comparison
8:30 - Build quality, Design & WEIGHT
10:29 - Environmentalism, Sustainability & GreenRunners
11:49 - Screen clarity
12:29 - Price, is it worth it?!
13:12 - Please support the channel
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[@ActiveIdeas]

Hey team! Please if you can drop a comment, like and subscribe! It really helps the channel and means I can but more time/money into making professional content 🔥🌟✌🏽

[@010MACS]

This is gonna be good, been waiting for this 💪

[@ActiveIdeas]

Oh yeah!! 🔥 🔥

[@hermanlopez2945]

Thank you so much for the review on both of these watches

[@ActiveIdeas]

An absolute pleasure ❤️

[@titi71]

Great video for finally very few difference between both. A question of needs and feeling

[@ActiveIdeas]

Top man! 🌟

[@azcrilez]

Great video, thank you so much

[@ActiveIdeas]

Thankyou!!! 👊🏽🔥

[@user-mb3oi1py6d]

always very good videos and very informative!I think you have the most accurate reviews!!!

[@ActiveIdeas]

Thankyou so much, means a lot to see comments like this mate ❤️

[@AlanT0ng]

This video is good and useful. Still thinking about which one to get.

[@ActiveIdeas]

Major thanks Alan!! Yeah, it’s a tough decision for sure! Just trust your gut instinct. Only major difference really is the battery life which are worlds apart, you either need the extra battery or you don’t.. apart from that, go with whichever one you feel is right 🌟

[@dialoguscompany2127]

Great stuff brother! Peace out!

[@ActiveIdeas]

Cheers brother! ✌🏽

[@victorquinones8723]

Im loving my suunto race so much! Cheers from México!!

[@ActiveIdeas]

Greetings México from UK! The Race is absolutely fire tbf! 🌟

[@MitchPlehn]

Excellent vid on the comparison! I'm leaning Vertical...well....Lol. Keep up the great content! Thank you.

[@ActiveIdeas]

Ooo glad I could help with the comparison! Time to make the big decision lol! Cheers man 🌟

[@MitchPlehn]

@@ActiveIdeas Finally pulled the trigger on the Vertical! (titanium solar, I live in Arizona so plenty of sunshine ☀) 😊 Battery life definitely was a major factor plus the navigation. Thanks again for the great comparisons. Cheers mate. 😁👊

[@ActiveIdeas]

Yesss mate! 🔥 Hope you enjoy it and have some good adventures! Would love to visit Arizona one day, you’ve got some awesome trails over in USA! Don’t forget to download the maps through the Suunto app onto the watch before heading out into the trails ;) An absolute pleasure mate, cheers again!

[@KingLifeTale]

Let’s gooo! 🔥

[@shaneskinderkorner3253]

Thank you! Can’t wait for your in depth Suunto Race review. Coming soon?

[@ActiveIdeas]

A pleasure Shane! It’s pretty much done, I originally planned to hold out for the Race Update which was suppose to be here about 3 weeks ago I believe but no sign of it so I’ll put a video out next week 🌟

[@thanhthanh831]

@@ActiveIdeas I'm from Vietnam and I see on our Suunto forum there have been some members starting to have updates for their watches

[@ActiveIdeas]

Cheers 👊🏽🌟

[@robsilv148]

Great comparison, wish there was away to change 24hr HR to every 10min to save battery life 👍

[@ActiveIdeas]

Cheers Rob! That’s a great suggestion so I’ll deffo mention it in my Race Review! ✌🏽

[@PLefleur]

As you review both. What do you currently prefer, Suunto or Garmin?

[@ActiveIdeas]

It’s like asking a mother which her favourite child is 😉 I like both for different reasons. For adventure I prefer Suunto, for daily tracking I definitely prefer Garmin. Right now I’m really enjoying Suunto Race. It’s refreshing, new, different.. breath of fresh air. But I am new to Suunto and have used Garmin for about a decade so I’m sure when Garmin come out with an Enduro 3, Fenix 8, Epix Gen3 I’ll be pulled to the other side of the court again 👍🏽 Cheers for the comment 👊🏽🔥

[@seanvk]

Nice comparison!

[@ActiveIdeas]

Cheers Sean!! 🌟

[@lanthonypedia2047]

Nice video. Thanks

[@ActiveIdeas]

Thankyou 🔥👊🏽

[@alikutay95]

Hello thanks for great video. I have a question. I heard somewhere Race traks your sleep and stress levels with more detail is that true?

[@ActiveIdeas]

Thanks so much for the comment Ali! Tbh, I’m really not sure what the differences are going to be.. any day (probably this week I’m expecting) a pretty big update is coming to the Race and I’m not sure if they will have the Race and Vertical performing similarly for things such as sleep, HRV (heart rate accuracy) and stress (Suunto call resources).. stay tuned though cause as soon as they drop that update, I’ll drop that comparison video 🔥👊🏽

[@anthonyrampino7734]

Great video! Do you have to keep turning your wrist to activate the Race while using the map?

[@ActiveIdeas]

You do indeed! Even with always on mode activated I believe. Although you will be able to see all the important information.. the contextual information (buildings, paths, trees, lakes) will appear when you turn your wrist 👍🏽 Thanks for the comment! 🔥🌟

[@anthonyrampino7734]

@@ActiveIdeas thanks for the info. It seems like it would be a bit of a pain to have to keep activating it vs the vertical. Do find that to be the case?

[@olaseanmann]

Hi,great video. But when you are comparing maps make sure both maps are on equal settings. The vertical was down to 200 meters and the race 500 meters. Just an observation.

[@ActiveIdeas]

Thankyou so much for the comment and honest feedback! It’s noted and appreciated 🌟 I was only really trying to emphasise that on vertical you have outdoor/high contrast/dark map modes vs Race’s Light/Dark mode so overlooked this.. I definitely should have made them the same zoom level for the viewers! Always learning 👊🏽🔥

[@marcteixido4789]

Is the RACE titanium worth for 100€ more?

[@lloydfrancis9149]

Fantastic watches

[@ActiveIdeas]

Agreed! 🔥 The more I use Suunto, the more I see it as the only option 🤭

[@syedmatni4148]

vertical battery performance is massive 🤯🤩😍👍

[@ActiveIdeas]

Being using the watch for nearly a year now.. it still blows my mind 🤯 Best battery life on the market 🔥

[@thegenuineman]

Hi, I was wondering if you could help me verifying something. I bought a Vertical and discovered a bug that makes me wonder whether it's a software problem or maybe it's something with my watch. So when I choose navigation to a POI in mermaid or snorkeling mode, there are like 5 progress displays that I can scroll thru, activity and the last 2 are the map and a compass showing remaining distance, but for some reason when I go from a map view to compass my screen goes totally black instead of compass, nothing else, after pressing middle button one more time compass shows for a fraction of a sec, and then goes back to 1st display. Do you by any chance have the same issue with your Vertical or its only mine? (Watch has updated software to the newest one, resetting doesnt help either) I will appreciate any suggestions. Thanks

[@ActiveIdeas]

Unfortunately there’s going to be absolutely no scenario in the near future where I’d use the mermaid or snorkelling mode … and especially not with navigation as I don’t have the balls to venture too far from the beach 🤭 Might be worth dropping this question on the website “Suunto community forum” where you might have more luck, plus access to software developers ❤️ Hope this helps 🔥

[@MaksKarjalaShatov]

Отличные часы👍Race с амолед экраном и плавной работой интерфейса выглядят потрясающе, но сейчас на вертикаль пришло обновление, тоже стали работать плавнее. Теперь дилемма, что же выбрать. Нравится и та модель и та👍

[@ActiveIdeas]

Это хорошая дилемма, ха-ха! Выбрать между этими двумя часами определенно сложно. Лично я рекомендую Вертикальный для гор и всего, что превышает 100 км. Я рекомендую часы Race спортсменам, участвующим в любом забеге на дистанцию ​​100 км и меньше. На самом деле, однако, оба варианта фантастичны, и вам понравится любой из них! С наилучшими пожеланиями.

[@adammillsindustries.]

Wouldn’t you take a Garmin Epix pro for the same price as a vertical though?

[@ActiveIdeas]

For the same price, definitely! The Epix pro 51mm is like a £1000 watch here in the UK. I’d love to test it but I can’t justify that price tag for that mediocre (amoled) battery life. The reason I’ve never tested an Epix on this channel is because when it comes down to what matters I personally prefer MIP screens with more battery life for my training/ultras 👍🏽 Hope this helps Adam 🌟

[@ginovanbelleghem8548]

Hello, i do also like you 100 milers or more and want ro buy the Suunto Vertical or the Coros Vertix 2 because of battery life. Which model of the 2 has the best map and navigation skills in your honest opinion? Thanks for advice! You're reviews are great! 👌👌

[@ActiveIdeas]

Hey Gino! The Suunto Vertical is a newer device and I think it shows 🔥 The weight and battery life ratio of the Titanium Solar Vertical is industry leading and the accuracy is unrivalled and hasn’t let me down yet! The app on Suunto is pretty impressive too, you can whip up a highly detailed GPX and have it sent to your watch in less than a minute. The Vertix 2 did extremely impress me with the battery life on the 268 mile spine race I ran for 5 and a half days, didn’t charge it once (didn’t track activity, only used maps when I needed to) and finished with 30% battery life on that watch 🤯 The comfort wasn’t great, it felt heavy, was awkward to fit around clothing and did make my wrist bleed. Another fantastic thing about Coros is their maps are already pre-downloaded. If you’re flying to obscure countries (i took like to Barbados for example) there’s a good chance you’ll get better detail on Coros. Suunto’s map do cover all of Europe, USA, all the big countries but I found some regions (like Barbados) were completely missing :) Good to bear in mind if you travel a lot. One more thing I’ll point out with Coros is that I’ve heard rumours of athletes being spotted with the Coros Vertix 3 and it seems like the release of Coros’ new watch is pretty much imminent at this point.. it’s a bad time to buy a Vertix 2. If you need a watch now, I’d suggest the Vertical for this reason or to wait ❤️ Hope this helps 👊🏽

[@ginovanbelleghem8548]

@@ActiveIdeas Thanks man! You're the best! Using now the 9 Peak Pro, also a great watch. So i know the Suunto app. I will go for the Suunto Vertical! 😉 Greetings from Belgium.

[@ActiveIdeas]

Yesss, I’d love to visit Belgium, I met a lovely lady-cyclist in Australia and only heard good things about the country! 🔥

[@TrungPham-rs4hg]

Is this due to the software on my watch? Do I need to take it in for repair? Also can't control volume like pause

[@ActiveIdeas]

The touch screen needs to be manually turned on for activities in the activity profile settings where you select battery mode. Hope this helps 🔥

[@jeanmaciel5619]

How do you put the same screen (race) in vertical (12:20)?

[@ActiveIdeas]

Hey Jean! Thankyou for leaving a comment and supporting the channel ❤️ So on all of Suunto watches there’s customisation settings. For this specifically just choose the “customise watch face” on the vertical and then scroll through until you find the race watch face or another watch face which you like 👍🏽 Hope this helps 🔥

[@dimitrrii6008]

Hi! Is the Race review ready yet? I can't decide between the Vertical and the Race until I see your review)

[@ActiveIdeas]

It is actually! But tbh this video goes through the main differences. It really is as simple as do you want more battery life or a nicer screen really.. along with the other things mentioned in this video. There’s not much else to it I’ve found from fully testing the Race 🔥

[@anthonyrampino7734]

Is the Race that you are using the titanium one?

[@ActiveIdeas]

Great question! Yes, yes it is 👍🏽

[@anthonyrampino7734]

@@ActiveIdeas thanks 👍

[@ActiveIdeas]

@anthonyrampino7734 a pleasure

[@anthonyrampino7734]

Do find it to be a pain with the race to have to keep turning your wrist while using the maps to keep it activated?

[@bashman59]

I have just recently purchased a Suunto Vertical after watching your channel I’ve updated it to the latest software,and I can’t find a way to change the weather from showing Fahrenheit to Celsius. looked at the instructions but have no units menu showing in the barometer or compass like it says. Could someone please advise

[@ActiveIdeas]

I won’t lie.. I just come to help you and spent 10 minutes looking for the setting myself 🤣🤯 That was bloody hidden… Go to Settings > General > Language > Unit System > Metric/Imperial Please let me know how you get on 👊🏽🔥

[@bashman59]

@@ActiveIdeas thanks for trying to help but mine was already set to imperial so that doesn’t effect the weather data I’m afraid it’s got me beat.

[@ActiveIdeas]

That’s because Celsius is metric.. you need to change it to metric for weather to change to Celsius 👍🏽

[@bashman59]

@@ActiveIdeas silly me thanks ever so much all sorted and keep up the good work Great Channel.

[@ActiveIdeas]

A pleasure 🌟

[@thanhthanh831]

If you were you would choose Race or Vertical? Is there any difference in quality when Race is made in China? Tks

[@ActiveIdeas]

Quality does seem very similar; both high quality.. Only thing I’ve seen, is a very small amount posts on forums of people apparently having dust stuck in the crown of the race but I haven’t experienced that myself at all so maybe that’s just a rare thing.. this past 5 weeks of testing the race have been a pleasure. Between the two I would choose the vertical simply for its battery life and the types of races I do.. but I definitely prefer the race due to its price, the screen, the weight and the crown actually is quite cool 👌🏽 Hope that helps 🔥

[@thanhthanh831]

@@ActiveIdeas Thank you very much for your consulting enthusiasm. This is one of the few KZbin channels that enthusiastically answers questions🎉🎉🎉

[@ActiveIdeas]

Hahaha, I appreciate it mate! I love it when I get a notification that someone’s commented. No matter how big the channel gets.. we’ll be striving to reply to every comment 🔥

[@devoncraft2677]

I can’t decide between the race and vertical still 😩

[@ActiveIdeas]

Such tough decisions!! 🔥 I would say.. don’t need more than 40 hours gps.. if you do get vertical.. if you don’t.. RACE 😍

[@anthonyrampino7734]

Cheers, do you know when you’ll have the new review on the Race?

[@ActiveIdeas]

The update came out finally today so will be shooting over the next 2 days 👌🏽 bring it on 🔥

[@anthonyrampino7734]

@@ActiveIdeas sounds good my friend, I’ll be looking forward to it! Since I’m not familiar with Suunto or Garmin apps which one do you think is the easiest to use?

[@ActiveIdeas]

@anthonyrampino7734 Garmin’s basics are easier to master but Suunto’s advanced features (routes and map planning) are easier to master 🌟

[@anthonyrampino7734]

@@ActiveIdeas thanks, I like the idea of the maps being easier. I’m leaning towards the Suunto.

[@anthonyrampino7734]

Do you think that you can do a comparison video of the two eco systems?

[@zieglerherman9040]

Bonjour, La Suunto Race a de très bonnes caractéristiques mais elle a 2 gros défauts. Elle n’est pas compatible avec Komoot, c’est vraiment décevant. Pire encore, on ne peut enregistrer que 15 fichiers gpx. J’ai renvoyé la montre .

[@ActiveIdeas]

Bonjour mon ami! Je n'ai jamais su ça à propos du Race! vous apprenez quelque chose de nouveau chaque jour 🌟 Je me demande si la limite de 15 gpx est également sur la verticale

[@ljubaandric8917]

I can not decide; Vertical all black for 420 eur or Race titanium for 450 eur?

[@ActiveIdeas]

That’s a tough decision mate.. If you don’t need the battery life I’d probably sway you towards the Race as it is a pleasure to use and tbh compared to allllll of the competition on the market .. it is the best value for money 💰You’re getting a device that other companies are charging at least €300 more for similar features, amoled screen, titanium casing, sapphire bezels. The battery life on the race is still great, you’ll get 40 hours GPS without charging. And can charge the watch during activities if you do any multi-stage ultras. Also, I think if you get a vertical you should at least consider the solar one as the solar technology in this watch makes battery life absolutely crazy.. if you don’t need solar, arguably, you don’t need the vertical ❤️ Hope this helps 🔥

[@ljubaandric8917]

@@ActiveIdeas Yes, you helped me a lot, bu I'm still a little worried about the fact that it's made in China, so I'm not sure how much it affects the quality itself? Or maybe it's just our prejudices... :)

[@ActiveIdeas]

I had those prejudices too tbh! But honestly the build quality is fantastic. Arguably, some might find it better, for example I really like that they engraved Suunto on to the watches bezel (south of the watchface)and added Suunto engraved onto the side (west of the watchface). Little attentions to detail. I also lended the watch to co-host Abie who is abit more chaotic (she’s always doing something mad like hyrox or scrambling up a mountain on the weekend) with her watches and it survived that without a mark on the screen, bezel and crown still spins smoothly. One thing to consider though is the environmental impact, I have no idea what the impact is on the race whereas Vertical is abit more clear, probably the more ethical choice ❤️

[@thanhthanh831]

Is the quality of the steel version much worse than titanium??? 😢😢😢

[@ActiveIdeas]

Quality is the same, only difference is the weight I believe 👍🏽 on vertical the titanium also comes with solar so there’s that to consider.. but I do like the colour of the Steel versions tbh .. the black steel Vertical looks 🔥😍

[@thanhthanh831]

@@ActiveIdeas many tks 🤩🤩🤩

[@ActiveIdeas]

An absolute pleasure! 🌟

[@mikehall6433]

I wasn’t considering the race but now I'm not sure 🤔

[@ActiveIdeas]

Happens to all of us 🙈 I won’t lie.. I had an affair with the race for a couple of months. I - loved - every - second. But sheepishly getting back with the Vertical recently whilst Abie tests the Race was a reminder of why Suunto’s Solar and MIP is sooo powerful. Battery life worries just isn’t a thing with the Vertical and in every day life, for me, it’s been a blessing. There’s no denying though that the Race, at its price point is the best deal in the market today 🔥

[@mikehall6433]

Still trying to decide 😂

[@ActiveIdeas]

It’s been 84 years! 💍 💎

[@mikehall6433]

@@ActiveIdeas I think I'll go race, just can't justify the price difference. Thank for your help and well done on the UTS again.

[@wheeljim627]

Amoled contre non amoled ! Point pas la peine de faire 3h dessus !

[@ActiveIdeas]

Haha ! Quand les gens dépensent plus de €700, ils veulent connaître chaque petit détail. Il existe davantage de différences entre ces montres AMOLED et MIP spécifiques.

[@wheeljim627]

@@ActiveIdeas c’est pas faux en même temps 700 euros dans une montre 😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ActiveIdeas]

@wheeljim627 haha! Beaucoup d'argent mon ami. Je suppose que les gens cherchent à garder leurs montres plus longtemps que quelques années 🤣🤣

[@wheeljim627]

@@ActiveIdeas👍❤️🙏

[@ActiveIdeas]

🔥

[@jduarte1506]

Great video, I have a question. The suunto vertical titanium is made in Finland and the vertical steel is also made in Finland.

[@ActiveIdeas]

Yeah, impressively, most Suunto watches that I’ve tested have been made in Finland.. both the Vertical titanium AND Vertical Steel being among the many watches made in Finland 🔥 Great build quality, and environmentally they’ve fully carbon compensated for this watch which is cool 😎

[@jduarte1506]

@@ActiveIdeas Thanks

[@ActiveIdeas]

@@jduarte1506 A pleasure bro!