Suunto 3 Fitness Tracking For Everyone

Sunnto 3 is More than just a fitness tracker, the optical heart rate-powered adaptive training and recovery advice make this a interesting consideration when looking at your smart tracking fitness enabled wrist accessory tracking device, got to be a better way to say that. There is, it’s a fitness watch for beginners. Today we are gonna rif a little on the Sunnto 3. A robust and smart fitness watch for training and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

The Great

• Impressive value
• Good battery life
• Simple adaptive training

The Not

• No GPS
• App sync often fails
• Strap can pinch

The Conclusion

With optical heart rate-powered training plans and a sleek wear-it-everyday design, the 3 Fitness is Suunto’s attempt to bring some of its sports tracking skills to the masses but misses big key features.

The new Suunto 3 Fitness smartwatch looks like its trying to hit the sweet spot right in the middle, straddling the line between these two categories. The high-priced niche gadgets that serve only one specific audience or the do-it-all smartwatches that aim to give every type of exerciser something to love. It misses on both and fails to impress in the middle ground

Its Got the Look

It comes in the basic two-tone hues (in Sakura pink, Ocean green, and black) for $199 or the more luxe all black or gold version at $229, you’re getting a good looking writ accessory. The watch is slimmer and lighter than you might expect from a company like Suunto, which typically packs a ton of tech onto the wrist with its devices, and it doesn’t dominate your entire forearm when you slip in on. Its sleeker, with a nice stunning round face. I like a round face smartwatch, but I like the apple watch better. We could go on about the looks but its easier to just look at the picture above. That is why its there.

Where Suunto Misses

Ill start with what I do like about the Suunto. It has a feature that based on your fitness level and recorded training history, Suunto 3 Fitness creates a 7-day training plan with optimal duration and intensity for each exercise to improve your fitness. It has the activity, sleep, stress and heart rate tracking that are essential to a smart tracker. Its water resistant and gps enabled. It has the basics covered and thats it.

Compared to other Suunto models, like the Spartan Trainer Wrist HR, the 3 Fitness doesn’t have a built-in GPS unit or a touchscreen. You have to use the five buttons located around the watch face to navigate through settings, log a workout and see your training plan for the day. When charging, I found the battery to be a bit finicky. I had to clip and un-clip the charger a few times to get the watch to recognize it. Take that with a grain of salt though, since I was testing one of the first available models.

The Final Thought

Its a poor swing an big miss. Nothing stand out or essential. The only people who will be rocking this are the ones that receive it as a gift.