Suunto Spartan Ultra GPS Watch Review

• PROGRESS BEYOND LOGIC Logic says we should not be here. It says it‚Äôs not logical to step outside when everyone else is still asleep. It says two minutes faster is not realistic. Logic tells us to rest when we are tired and to give up when it hurts. But we choose to ignore it because we are not logical beings. We are beyond logic. SUUNTO SPARTAN SOLUTION The long-awaited next generation of Suunto multisport watches is here. The Suunto Spartan solution for athletic and adventure multisport comprises of Spartan Ultra and Spartan Sport GPS watches, renewed Suunto's Movescount.com service and mobile smart phone applications for both iPhone and Android. COLOR TOUCH SCREEN OPTIMIZED FOR OUTDOOR USE Suunto Spartan watches use a state-of-the-art color touch screen with a wide viewing angle that offers great visibility outdoors, even in direct sunlight. The touch screen is optimized to withstand disturbances from the environment, and it can be locked fully if needed. During exercise, the watches can be operated using the three buttons. UP TO 26H BATTERY LIFE WITH GPS For demanding adventures, Suunto Spartan Ultra comes with up to 26h battery life with good GPS tracking accuracy. The lightweight Suunto Spartan Sport has a battery life of 16h with GPS. You can control the battery life of both watches yourself. ADVENTURE FEATURES For your sports adventures, Suunto Spartan watches provide rich route navigation including breadcrumb view* and digital compass to guide you through new terrain. Additionally, Suunto Spartan Ultra offers barometric altitude with FusedAlti‚Ñ¢. *Breadcrumb view will be added in a software update in fall 2016. UNRIVALLED DURABILITY Sapphire glass, titanium or stainless steel bezel and water resistance of 100 m (300 ft) ensure Suunto Spartan Ultra can take a beating and is ready for any adventure. Suunto Spartan Sport has a racing-inspired sleek design, featuring mineral crystal glass, stainless steel bezel and water resistance of 100 m (300 ft). Spartan Ultra and Spartan Sport watches are hand-built in Finland. 80 SPORTS TO CHOOSE FROM With 80 sport modes pre-installed in the watch, Suunto Spartan watches are ready to go for nearly any kind of activity right out of the box. Spartan watches provide sports specific metrics and rich ways to display it while training for sports like running, cycling, swimming, triathlon and various adventure sports, such as hiking or ski touring. Carefully designed sport-specific displays give you accurate feedback relevant to your sport. For most popular sports like running and cycling, dedicated purpose specific sport modes such as interval running, obstacle race running and treadmill are also available. In interval running, for example, you can see your latest interval times with average heart rate in the lap table display while running. ACCURATE SPORT METRICS Spartan watches accurately measure for example your pace, speed, distance, altitude, heart rate and calories, and provide support for running and cycling power and cadence (requires external power or bike sensors). Naturally, Suunto Spartan comes with swimming specific functions such as swimming pace, stroke count and SWOLF. Wrist heart rate measurement will be introduced to Suunto Spartan Sport later this year. TRAINING INSIGHTS Training insights in the watch and on Suunto Movescount let you follow your training load, rest & recovery and progress, and help you plan your next training. The watch monitors your activity 24/7, providing daily and weekly activity summaries along with training history. To follow your progress, Suunto Spartan watches keep you up-to-date on your personal bests by sport. Personal bests can be based on duration, altitude and cycling power – like fastest 5 km run or highest 20 min cycling power. Suunto Movescount offers you a full set of tools and analyses for more in-depth information on your training load, progress, rest and recovery or creating training plans*. *Training plans will be downloadable to watch in fall 2016. PROGRESS WITH PEER GROUP COMPARISONS Compare your annual and all-time personal bests with those of your peer group to see how good you are. For example, you can compare your open water swimming 1900 m personal best to see if you rank in the top 20% of your peer group, and how much faster you need to be to reach the top 10%. Suunto Movescount provides real facts on what type of training others, for example, in your age group have done to reach their targets. Compare your own performance to those training towards a similar goal, such as a sub 4-hour marathon, and get real data on how other people are preparing. PEER-TO-PEER COACHING You have an opportunity to invite your coach to access your Suunto Movescount training diary, to see all your training history and insights. Based on this information, the coach can give you online advice and create training plans for you to use and download to your watch. Connect online on Suunto Movescount and get started. DISCOVER NEW ROUTES WITH HEATMAPS Use heatmaps on Suunto Movescount and Suunto Movescount App to find the most popular places to run, ride, swim, ski and more. Heatmaps for more than 15 sports reveal the tracks frequently used by the Suunto Movescount community all over the globe, based on millions of Moves. You can plan your own routes on Suunto Movescount with the help of rich, topographic maps. Trace a heatmap, or go your own way. Connect to your compatible Suunto sports watch and navigate the route with your watch.
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There are several key considerations that we like you to think about when buying any product, these are designed to help you to get the most of your money and also to help you find the very best products from a number of options available. Our first piece of advice is to check out the key features of Suunto Spartan Ultra GPS Watch to ascertain what it is about it that stands out from the competition. We also recommend that you spend a bit of time comparing Suunto Spartan Ultra GPS Watch to other products from Suunto to see how it stacks up against similar products.

Then when you have spent the time looking at some of the key features, we suggest that you write yourself a list of things that your Watches product must have. These ‘must haves’ can vary from specific features that you’re looking for, or it may be that you’re only willing to buy from a retailer like Wiggle Online Cycle Shop or perhaps you only want a brand such as Suunto. This list will really prove useful when you come to narrowing down your choices and ultimately whether you decide to buy Suunto Spartan Ultra GPS Watch or an alternative option. We can’t stress this enough, once you have written your list, stick to it. So often we’re tempted by a good deal and end up straying away from the criteria that we set ourselves, which can mean we end up spending more, or buying a product that isn’t actually fit for the purpose we originally intended.