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Suunto Ambit3 Peak Black View product Suunto Ambit3 Run Black (HR) View product
Weight 89 g / 3.14 oz 72 g / 2.54 oz
Bezel material: Steel Polyamide
Glass material: Mineral crystal Mineral crystal
Case material: Polyamide Polyamide
Strap material: Elastomer Elastomer

GENERAL
Water resistance 100 m (according to ISO 6425) 50 m (according to ISO 6425)
Battery life in time mode 30 days 14 days
Battery type rechargeable lithium-ion rechargeable lithium-ion
Firmware upgradable
Time, date
Alarm clock 1 daily alarm 1 daily alarm
Dual time
GPS timekeeping
Countdown timer
Stopwatch timer
Languages EN, CS, DA, DE, ES, FI, FR, IT, JA, KO, NL, NO, PL, PT, RU, SV, ZH EN, CS, DA, DE, ES, FI, FR, IT, JA, KO, NL, NO, PL, PT, RU, SV, ZH
Backlight LED LED
Configurable backlight brightness / mode brightness / mode
Button lock customizable customizable
Invert display
Display type matrix matrix
Display resolution 128 x 128 128 x 128
Battery indicator percentage / icon percentage / icon
Metric and imperial units
Autoscrolling of exercise displays
Memory left indicator

SUUNTO APPS
Compatible with Suunto Apps
Max. nr. of apps per sport mode 5 5
Logging of app specific metrics
Most recommended apps by activity
Create own metrics with advanced formulas
Chrono, GPS, HR, weather and altitude data yes, excluding weather
Running, cycling, swimming data yes, excluding cycling power/swimming
Rich math functions, if/then-logic, sound, backlight, etc.

COMPASS
Digital compass
Tilt compensation full full
Direction scale degrees / mils degrees / mils
Needle north indicator north indicator
Compass accuracy 5° 5°
Compass resolution 1° 1°
Declination correction
Bearing lock with direction indicator
Bearing lock with orienting indicator -

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Operating temperature -20° C to +60° C / -5° F to +140° F -20° C to +60° C / -5° F to +140° F
Storage temperature -30° C to +60° C / -22° F to +140° F -30° C to +60° C / -22° F to +140° F
Recommended charging temperature 0° C to +35° C / +32° F to +95° F 0° C to +35° C / +32° F to +95° F

GPS TRACKING & NAVIGATION
Satellite systems GPS GPS
GPS recording rate 1, 5, 60 s 1, 5, 60 s
Battery life (GPS active) 20, 30, 200 h i
For more information www.suunto.com/software-updates
 10, 15, 100 h i
For more information www.suunto.com/software-updates
Coordinate systems WGS84 Hd.d°
WGS84 Hd°m' s.s''
WGS84 Hd°m.m
UTM
MGRS
British (BNG)
Finnish (ETRS-TM35FIN)
Finnish (KKJ)
Irish (IG)
Swedish (RT90)
Swiss (CH1903)
UTM NAD27 - Alaska
UTM NAD27 - Conus
UTM NAD83
New Zealand (NZTM2000) 		WGS84 Hd.d°
WGS84 Hd°m' s.s''
WGS84 Hd°m.m
UTM
MGRS
British (BNG)
Finnish (ETRS-TM35FIN)
Finnish (KKJ)
Irish (IG)
Swedish (RT90)
Swiss (CH1903)
UTM NAD27 - Alaska
UTM NAD27 - Conus
UTM NAD83
New Zealand (NZTM2000)
Waypoint and visual route navigation
Max. nr. of Points of Interest (POIs) 250 250
Find back
Track back
Track logging, viewing and sharing in Suunto Movescount.com
Route planning in Suunto Movescount.com in Suunto Movescount.com
Route points per route / POIs in watch 1000 / 250 1000 / 250
GPS track analysis
Route planning with altitude profile -
Route altitude profile navigation in real-time -

ALTIMETER
Barometric altitude -
GPS altitude
Combined GPS and barometric altitude (FusedAlti™) -
Altitude graph
Total ascent/descent air pressure based

GPS based

i

only available with best GPS accuracy
Vertical speed air pressure based GPS based
Altitude difference yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
 yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
Log recording rate 1, 10 s 1, 10 s
Resolution 1 m 1 m
Range -500 - 9999 m -500 - 9999 m
Automatic alti/baro profile -

WEATHER
Sea level pressure -
Sea level pressure graph -
Weather trend indicator -
Temperature -
Temperature display range -20° C to +60° C / -4° F to +140° F -
Sunrise/sunset times -
Automatic alti/baro profile -
Storm alarm -
Tide information yes** i

** available as Suunto Apps

 -
Pressure resolution 1 hPa / 0.03 inHg -
Temperature resolution 1° -
Max weather recording length past 26 hours -

SPEED AND DISTANCE
Distance based autolaps
Log recording rate 1, 10 s 1, 10 s
Chrono
Laps > 1000 > 1000
Autopause
GPS speed and distance Integrated Integrated
Foot POD support Bluetooth Smart Bluetooth Smart
Bike POD support Bluetooth Smart -

HEART RATE (requires HR belt or wrist HR monitor)
RR interval
Heart rate in beats per minute
Heart rate in % of max hr
Real-time average and max heart rate
Heart rate limits
Heart rate zones * i
* available In Movescount.com
EPOC & V02 max values * i
* available In Movescount.com
Heart rate graph in real time
Calories
Peak Training Effect
Recovery time
Real time EPOC yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
 yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
Log recording rate 1, 10 s 1, 10 s
Speed and heart rate-based guidance during exercise
Records heart rate in swimming yes, with Suunto Smart Sensor yes, with Suunto Smart Sensor

PLANNING
Interval timers
Downloadable training plans from Suunto Movescount.com from Suunto Movescount.com
Workout Planner i

For availability information check www.suunto.com/software-updates

 with Suunto Movescount App i

For compatibility information check www.suunto.com/software-updates

 with Suunto Movescount App i

For compatibility information check www.suunto.com/software-updates

PROGRESS
Fitness test yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
 yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps

TRAINING LOAD
Log summary on the watch with lap details
Training analysis in Suunto Movescount.com in Suunto Movescount.com
Training logbook with story and image support in Suunto Movescount.com in Suunto Movescount.com

SPORT MODES
Customizable sport modes and displays 10 modes / 8 displays per mode 10 modes / 8 displays per mode

MULTISPORTS
Change sport mode during exercise -
Preconfigured multisport modes -
Multisport exercise summary -
Post-analysis of multisport exercise by sport in Suunto Movescount.com -

RUNNING
Running pace
Suunto FusedSpeed™
Average pace in real time
Running cadence watch or Foot POD watch or Foot POD
Average stride length yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
 yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
Ghost Runner yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
 yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
Marathon End-time Estimator yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
 yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
Lap comparisons by kilometer/mile * i
* available In Movescount.com
Running Performance (Firstbeat™) i

For availability information check www.suunto.com/software-updates
Running power with Stryd sensor -
Foot POD calibration manual or GPS manual or GPS

CYCLING
Cycling speed based on GPS
Average speed in real time based on GPS
Multiple Bike POD support -
Hill incline in real time yes, available as Suunto Apps -
Bike Power (W), average and maximum (with power sensor) Bluetooth Smart -
Bike Power 3s, 10s, 30s (with power sensor) -
Bike Lap and Lap Maximum Power (with power sensor) -
Power distribution and graphs -
Peak Power Curve for peak power outputs -
Normalized Power (Suunto Apps / TM by Training Peaks) yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
 -
Aerodynamic drag in real time (with power sensor) yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
 -
Cadence POD Support Bluetooth Smart -

SWIMMING
Pool swim pace and distance -
Openwater swim pace and distance
Swimming time by pool length, lap, total -
Swimming stroke rate, count and type -
Swim styles detection with personal style teaching -
Stroke efficiency (SWOLF) -
Automatic intervals -
Dynamic lap table with stroke, pace and duration * i
* available In Movescount.com
 -
Records heart rate in swimming yes, with Suunto Smart Sensor yes, with Suunto Smart Sensor

CONNECTIVITY
Watch customization Wireless / USB cable Wireless / USB cable
Compatible with Suunto Movescount App
Data transfer Wireless / USB cable Wireless / USB cable
Connectivity (between devices) Bluetooth Smart Bluetooth Smart
Compatible with Suunto Movescount
Smartphone compatibility iPhone, Android iPhone, Android
Phone notifications on the watch with Suunto Movescount App with Suunto Movescount App
Phone as secondary display of watch with Suunto Movescount App i

For availability information check www.suunto.com/software-updates

 with Suunto Movescount App i

For availability information check www.suunto.com/software-updates
Compatible with online sports communities Strava, TrainingPeaks, MapMyFitness and others (available in Suunto Movescount.com) Strava, TrainingPeaks, MapMyFitness and others (available in Suunto Movescount.com)

SHARE AND RELIVE
Photos with watch data overlays with Suunto Movescount App with Suunto Movescount App
Suunto Movies with Suunto Movescount App with Suunto Movescount App

REST AND RECOVERY
Activity based recovery time
Sleep recovery test (Firstbeat™) i

For availability information check www.suunto.com/software-updates
Quick recovery test (Firstbeat™)

24/7
Activity monitoring
Step counter

daily steps

daily steps

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