Smartwatch for sailing: Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar in test
Suunto, the Finnish manufacturer known among sailors for its compasses, presents the Vertical Titanium, a water sports-friendly watch with an attractive design and impressive features. It comes with a map display and solar charging function as well as multi-band GNSS and a sailing function. Only the usability was not quite convincing.
Map display only with Fix
Land-based maps can also be downloaded for the Suunto watch and customised as required. Here too, the maps are free of charge. However, the download takes quite a long time and the map display requires a successful position determination
In summary, a solid multisport watch with map display and extensive features, but with weaknesses in usability
- + Good price-performance ratio
- + Rich equipment
- + Offline map display
- + Solar charging function
- - Weaknesses in usability
YACHT rating: ***
Technical data Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
- Price (RRP) incl. VAT: 799 Euro >> at Sport-Schuster available
- Diameter: 49 mm
- Height: 13.6 mm
- Housing weight: 56 g
- Bracelet (factory fitted): Silicone wristband (choice of four colours)
- Battery life everyday/navigation mode (according to the manufacturer): 30-60 days/60-500 hours (without solar charging)
- Test operation with active sensors without GNSS*: 54 days, 4 hours
- Test operation with multiband GNSS*: 80 hrs.
- Water resistance/diving depth: Waterproof up to 100 m
- GNSS (manufacturer's specification): GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS
- Special features/functions: Explicit sailing function
Further information: suunto.com
* Expected total runtime extrapolated over the measurement period on the basis of the capacity loss, in each case without solar radiation
