We Review the New Suunto Race Smartwatch

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Basics

The Suunto Race is an excellent AMOLED touchscreen HRV-measuring smartwatch with robust navigation, performance, recovery, and sport modes and a respectable battery life—all for under $500.


Pros

  • Great AMOLED touchscreen
  • HRV measurement/tracking
  • Sleep tracking
  • Tons of tri-friendly sport modes
  • Excellent offline mapping
  • Great app for routing
  • 26 days(ish) of basic smartwatch, 40 hours of GPS battery life
  • Dual-band GPS, barometric altimeter
  • Price

Cons

  • Slow raise to wake/display refresh/processor
  • Light on customization
  • Offline maps can be huge/long downloads (though plenty of onboard storage)
  • Default settings need a lot of adjustments


Weight

83g

Price

$450


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