The Suunto Ambit3Peak - Pros and Cons
Suunto comes from the Nothern European country of Finland. It was born more than 75 years ago when Tuomas Vohlonen came up with a massive production method of the liquid-filled compass. I personally knew Suunto because of their awesome dive watches. However, Suunto has made its way to all sorts of adventure sports including triathlon. Nearly one year ago, I was given the Ambit3 Peak (sapphire) to test the heck out of it and talk openly about its pros and cons. This review does not intend to cover in depth the functions of the watch. It is more like a take-home-message after intensive daily training and racing usage. Enjoy and don't hesitate to chip in your opinion: Pros Amazing battery life! ~ 30 whole hours with 5sec GPS accuracy Heart rate during swimming - hurray! More Features than you'd ever need: compass, altitude, weather info, tens of pre-set sports Unscratchable surface (the sapphire version - totally worth it) Simple and clean easy-to-read display Baby-sof...