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Suunto Ambit2 Sapphire View product Suunto Ambit2 S White View product
Weight 92 g / 3.25 oz 72 g / 2.54 oz
Bezel material: Steel Aluminum
Glass material: Sapphire crystal Mineral crystal
Case material: Polyamide Polyamide
Strap material: Elastomer Silicone

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, DE, ES, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, SV EN, DE, ES, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, SV
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

CONNECTIVITY
Data transfer USB cable USB cable
Connectivity (between devices) Suunto ANT, ANT+ Suunto ANT, ANT+
Compatible with Suunto Movescount
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)

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
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
Bearing lock with orienting indicator
Compass accuracy 5° 5°
Compass resolution 1° 1°

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) 16, 24, 50 h 8, 12, 25 h
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) 100 100
Find back
Track back
Track logging, viewing and sharing
Route planning
Route points per route / POIs in watch 1000 / 100 1000 / 100
GPS track analysis

ALTIMETER
Barometric altitude -
GPS altitude
Combined GPS and barometric altitude (FusedAlti™) -
Altitude graph
Total ascent/descent air pressure based GPS based
Vertical speed air pressure based GPS based
Automatic alti/baro profile -
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 - 9000 m -500 - 9000 m

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 Suunto Foot POD / ANT+ Suunto Foot POD / ANT+
Bike POD support Suunto Bike POD / ANT+ Suunto Bike POD / ANT+

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

PLANNING
Interval timers
Downloadable training plans

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
Training logbook with story and image support

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

RUNNING
Running pace
Suunto FusedSpeed™
Average pace in real time
Running cadence watch or Foot POD watch or Foot POD
Foot POD calibration manual or GPS manual or GPS
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

CYCLING
Cycling speed
Average speed in real time
Multiple Bike POD support
Hill incline in real time yes, available as Suunto Apps yes, available as Suunto Apps
Bike Power (W), average and maximum (with power sensor) ANT+ ANT+
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
 yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
Aerodynamic drag in real time (with power sensor) yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
 yes** i
** available as Suunto Apps
Cadence POD Support Suunto Cadence POD / ANT+ Suunto Cadence POD / ANT+

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

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