Suunto ambit series watches are one of the most sophisticated gps watches on the market. The suunto ambit 3 peak can connect to your smartphone, and it delivers notifications when you receive a call, a text message, and even from the apps you use. Oct 25, 2018 learn how to install the latest software on your suunto 3 fitness, suunto 9, spartan family watches and other suunto devices using suuntolink. In this post i will explain the cause of this inaccuracy and offer guidance on best uses of the ambit. Suunto sports watches, dive products, compasses and. The suunto ambit3 peak for the adventurer gps watch with highly developed outdoor and multisport functions what counts is the journey to the top, whether its to the top of the mountain or the peak of your performance.
I have tried my share of watches with heart rate monitors. Ive not yet made the transition over to the suunto app from movescount, but i have a new phone coming next week and understand that the movescount app is no longer available so will have to do the migration. Find out which is better and their overall performance in the sports watch ranking. I acquired the suunto ambit to get gps coverage and also heart rate information. The new suunto ambit3 gps watches go on sale from today and the free suunto movescount app is also available to download. Having a huge gps watch in your wrist when you are wearing a suit is not ok. The suunto ambit3 peak is a gps watch made for those looking for adventure or involved in a variety of sports. When your device is connected to your computer moveslink window opens automatically. Apr 02, 2019 the suunto ambit 3 peak can connect to your smartphone, and it delivers notifications when you receive a call, a text message, and even from the apps you use.
No matter where you go, the suunto ambit3 peak is the ultimate gps watch for sports and adventures. Cestina dansk deutsch english espanol francais italiano nederlands norsk bokmal polski portugues suomi svenska. Suunto ambit 3 peak for a multisport upgrade, check out the ambit 3 peak. The app offers an easy way to record your sporting activity, follow your progress, and visually enrich, relive and share your adventures to make. Plan your own routes or download one from suunto movescount the wide variety of maps offers you the tools to plan the best journeys. Suunto ambit2 sapphire gps multifunction heart rate. With multisport functionality, features are specific to each activity, whether its running, biking, or swimming. Keep your watch up to date with synchronized settings, routes and optimized gps. Suunto in terms of the leading gps smartwatches from each brand, suunto spartan allows for anyone with a wrist size of 140 240mm. So now from next year in the eyes of suunto the ambit can be considered a piece of junk as wont be able to upload or download to it and with the peak am expected to fiddle on some mobile device to hopefully upload routes and download tracks where now i can do it on my 17 laptop and charge at the same time. Download and install the software on your computer, connect your watch and the software will do the rest even sync your exercises to suunto app. A few months after launch, the suunto ambit gps watch found itself in a predicament with some hardhitting competition from the lowerpriced garmin fenix.
Suunto, a global leader in sports precision instruments, is renaming the suunto 3 to better reflect its position in their sports watch portfolio, dropping the word fitness from its name. Use it as a standalone sports app or pair it with suunto ambit3 gps watches or bluetooth smart heart rate monitors. It will further strengthen especially the navigation and gps functionalities. The ambit differs from the garmin models primarily in the inclusion of wristmounted heart rate sensors. In addition to altitude and barometric pressure readings, it also comes with gps functionality and a plethora of other helpful datacapturing features. You can navigate a route you have downloaded to your suunto ambit3 peak. The authors have dissected at least enough of the communication protocol to allow to download moves from the watch and optionally upload them to movescount. Jan 28, 2014 gps watch is not classy because it has a digital display. I spent many many hours between moving locations, waiting for the gps lock, trying to fix the bluetooth link with the phone, trying sunny days, clear skies, etc. Jul, 2018 suunto ambit series watches are one of the most sophisticated gps watches on the market. Gps grids and position formats gps facing up and make sure you are in an open area so that the watch has a clear view of the sky.
Strap the suunto ambit2 sapphire gps multifunction heart rate monitor to your wrist for gps navigation, heart rate, weather info and suunto apps at your fingertips. The suunto ambit gps watch combines everything a backcountry skier and mountaineer would want in one timepiece. You can navigate a route you have downloaded to your suunto ambit2 from. Ambitsync is an app to download sport logs or moves from suunto ambit gps watch and convert them to gpx file right on your android device through the ambit charging usb cable. Additionally, the device claims smoothed gps paces using a new fusedspeed technology, as well as a 3d compass and barometric altimeter. Its integration with suuntos web site allows you to keep the operating system up to date and share all of your data with the world. Goodbye suunto, hello garmin suunto community forum.
Windows xp, vista, windows 7, windows 8, windows 10. Learn how to install the latest software on your suunto 3 fitness, suunto 9, spartan family watches and other suunto devices using suuntolink. When you update your suunto ambit2 software, all the existing. It consists of the suunto movescount app, the suunto ambit3 peak and suunto ambit3 sport gps watches, as well as the suunto smart sensor for heart rate. The suunto ambit 3 peak is a fullfeatured training device for athletes of all kinds. Its integration with suunto s web site allows you to keep the operating system up to date and share all of your data with the world. Suunto ambit2 s silver overview and full product specs on cnet. While the garmin forerunner 945 allows for a size of 220mm. How easy is it to download ambits gps data from and convert it into gpx format. They also ship the conversion script mentioned earlier in my post, but at the moment you would have to invoke this manually to convert your moves to gpx files. Its rare that a product radically changes my outdoor experience or gear systems. Suunto has made a name for providing highquality, expensive gps sports watches.
After activating the compass, the watch starts searching for a gps signal and. The watch also features route navigation and track back and realtime altitude profile navigation. Compatible with all mobileconnected suunto devices. You can find new routes easily wherever you go and share your progress with friends or likeminded communities. Connect your suunto watch to your computer with the provided usb cable. The suunto ambit 3 peak is a fullfeatured training device for athletes of all kinds performance comparison. In this kind of situation, what i do, is that i add a waypoint with the narrative that goes like turn left when the gps map shows a situation unclear. It is started automatically every time you start your computer.
I own the ambit 2, ambit 3, spartan ultra and now the suunto 9. Live a life of adventure suunto app is designed to help you live a more active and adventurous life by giving you a better understanding of your training, recovery and sleep. Suunto connected family with ambit3 the ultimate suunto. Gps and altitude if you are looking for a watch that you can take with you as you scale the highest peaks, then you should get the suunto ambit3 peak. Stay connected transfer from suunto movescount to suunto app. This made suunto ambit the first gps watch on the market to constantly evolve.
The future endstate of what is currently will be where ambit and. Updating your suunto ambit2 you can update your suunto ambit2 software automatically in movescount. The watch offers barometric pressure and altitude readings, in addition to the gps. Join the suunto movescount sports community with the free suunto movescount app. How easy is it to download ambits gps data from movescount. Theyre out and ready for adventure the new suunto connected family becomes globally available from september 1st. Personalize your suunto ambit with thousands of free sports apps. Resetting gps in case the gps unit cannot find a signal, you can reset gps data in the service menu. Suunto ambit gps multifunction heart rate monitor rei coop. I wear it more as a daily watch than i had expected. For the latter, he had been asked when suuntoday with bloggers and product manager suunto, to see if they manage to achieve. Suunto ambit2 uses global positioning system gps in determining your current position. With these feature differences forming the backbone. Download suunto and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch.
If you have one of these devices download moveslink2. The ambit omits a heart rate sensor in exchange for altitude and temperature sensors, which watches like the apple do not have. The resolution is given as a compound value, comprised of horizontal and vertical pixels. From hiking watches, the company further ventured into gps running devices in the form of watches.
The builtin gps receiver in suunto ambit2 is optimized for wrist use and receives data from a very wide angle getting gps signal. Apr 29, 2020 live a life of adventure suunto app is designed to help you live a more active and adventurous life by giving you a better understanding of your training, recovery and sleep. Until suunto integrtes their export, a workaround is to use the xml file thats stored on your pc only for some x number of days in the moveslink2 directory. However, both the finnish prime minister and the secretary of foreign trade of finland are using suunto ambit 2 to work but it looks ridiculous. Gps incorporates a set of satellites that orbit the earth at an altitude of 20,000 km at the speed of 4 kms. Summary of contents for suunto ambit page 1 recalibrate the compass 20. The suunto ambit3 run is a remarkably accurate activity tracker. Resolution is an essential indicator of a screens image quality, representing the maximum amount of pixels that can be shown on the screen. Since 2012 suunto has released 7 different suunto ambit watches.
The suunto ambit 3 run is big, bombproof, and very configurable, and if youre looking for a serious running watch then this should be near the top of the list, along with garmin and polar units. The gps accuracy of the suunto ambit3 peak and all other suunto gps watches, too, including all ambit2, ambit3, and spartan models can be set to. Suuntolink opens automatically when the watch is detected. Just a slight difference between the two, with the suunto spartan helping suunto to edge out as the better brand. I have used it as my regular watch for close to two month. That is the only reason i went with 2 over the cool colors of the 2 s. However, its vertical gain measurements tend to be quite a bit off. Suunto apps, a gamechanging concept from suunto, now enables the community to develop sportspecific features for suunto ambit users. Mar 10, 2018 ambitsync is an app to download sport logs or moves from suunto ambit gps watch and convert them to gpx file right on your android device through the ambit charging usb cable. Accuracy of suunto ambit3 peak at okay60second gps pings. The suunto ambit seemed like the ideal allround gps sports watch for both activiites.
Its heart rate strap measures within 2 bpm of actual heart rate. The suunto ambit3 peak is at the front of the pack when it comes to altimeter watches. Gps watch is not classy because it has a digital display. Check out the different gps watches that suunto offers for runners and the likes. Suuntos new ambit, billed as the gps for explorers, is the industrys most expensive gps watch. Known for its super long battery life 30 hours, the ambit 3 peak is a great choice for long distance trail runners in particular. The fourth member of suunto ambit3 gps family, the vertical has a robust feature set that emphasizes you guessed it vertical ascent and descent data. Ambit 2 has twice the battery life as the ambit 2 s. Original poster has an ambit3 and rants about its future support right, in fact i have invested 9 suunto watches and use in circulation besides two ambit2, ambit 3, vertical, traverse, trainerwhr, t3, quest trust me i care about this brand and was committed to it, that changed with yesterdays. Download the route to your ambit and navigate through it waypoint by waypoint. To sync your data between your device and your movescount account, just follow the step 2. Its gps has a 5second accuracy, while the distance is measured within. Just a slight difference between the two, with the suunto spartan helping suunto to edge out as the better brand for size. Suunto movescount app and suunto ambit3 gps watches ready.
The builtin gps receiver in suunto ambit3 vertical is optimized for wrist use and receives data from a very wide angle. I recently bought a suunto ambit, i used it once successfully, then put it away. Nov 06, 2012 suuntos new ambit, billed as the gps for explorers, is the industrys most expensive gps watch. Of all the watches tested, it consistently provided some of the best gps accuracy along with easytosee. Suunto 9, suunto 3 fitness and suunto spartan are joined. How to update the software of your suunto device youtube. From a functional standpoint, it occupies a middle ground between the peak and sport models. All these watches have one thing in common a powerful gps receiver that provides you with accurate navigation. Install the software to your computer by doubleclicking the download file.
Navigation with suunto ambit series gps watch best hiking. The key design innovation with ambit3 vertical is the new lowprofile gps antenna that eliminates the distinctive and bulky bump at bottom of the. Connect to movescount to get the latest software to your suunto ambit2, in case there is an update available. Like the suunto 5 and the suunto 9, the suunto 3 is more than just a fitness watch, with personalized adaptive training guidance and holistic 247 activity.