Reviews & Ratings for Suunto Ambit3 Peak Watch — 4 reviews — Page 1

I am just beginning to learn all the many functions. I should say that there is no connectivity between this Suunto and my Android based phone but they say it is forthcoming. We'll see. Otherwise, HR function, compass, etc. all work great. Display is great, weight and fit are great and it looks good.

I use this for cycling, running, hiking, cross-country skiing, and indoor rowing mostly. It has been a stellar performer as far as tracking my exercise and seemlessly keeping a detailed log of my activity. Hugely customizable, I am able to get just the information I'm after during exercise, and look at detail in the app later. I bought this specifically for the altimeter because of my trekking adventures, and their "fused" altimeter has performed better than hoped. I calibrated the altimeter a year ago, and haven't had to touch it since. It somehow stays accurate, and I have never experienced that before. Tere have been occasional glitches when Suunto updates software, but they always resolve it in a few days, and the updates are actually useful.

I purchased this as a replacement for my old Garmin Forerunner 305 that I used to train for tri's and half marathons with. I went with this model for the versatility and application in darn near every adventure imaginable. I primarily use it to track my CrossFit workouts and running. It is sleek and has a tactical look, which appeals to the veteran in me. It measures time, distance, elevation, temperature, pressure, heart rate and respiratory rate. Has a digital compass, altimeter, storm alarm, barometer and can receive push notification from my phone. Every workout I do is logged to an app on my phone and then displayed on a website that allows me to view about 20-30 different parameters of my activity. And all of that is really just the beginning. Now, don't get me wrong, I love this watch. I fu**ing love it. But there have been numerous issues with its performance. Let's start simple: The storm alarm has alerted me to one storm since I've owned the watch. It has missed about a dozen. The one storm it actually alarmed on, the storm had already hit and was leaving. Not a great alarm in my eyes. Next: the push notifications and bluetooth connectivity absolutely suck. I was excited to have my texts and calls display on my watch, so I could determine if the inconvenience of retrieving my phone from my pocket was worth the effort. This feature only works about 40% of the time. It would lose the connectivity with my phone about six to seven times a day with no explainable reason....
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Was not shipped as advertised , missing heart sensor and belt, also did not maintain connection to phone as advertised I would not recommend this item. I liked the look and the quality but was disappointed with the missing heart rate monitor and belt and was disappointed with the fact that the watch would not stay connected to my I phone. I did not want to have to connect to phone every time I wanted to receive notifications on my watch