Hi and welcome to this first training capsule to help you on your next trip.
Today I want to talk about an essential object that I use since long ago,
in all my adventure and even in all single moves.
Whether cycling, walking or even on mountain, I never go out without it.
My watch…
But it's not just a watch...
It's a Suunto.
Suunto is a Finland based company specializes in watches design for
highest mountains explorer, to the deepest oceans diver.
I just want to say that I'm not paid by Suunto to talk about them ...
Yet…
Yes, because if someone at Suunto is listening to me and wants send me some new watches to test well...
I will not say no...
But hey, I'm talking about them because it's an essential element in all the adventures that I do.
The smallest and the biggest.
This little object,
it's an altimeter,
a barometer,
a thermometer,
a pedometer,
a stopwatch,
a cardiometer,
a compass,
a storm alert,
a calorie counter,
an activity monitor, a GPS
and a watch.
It is thanks to her that I can venture in megacities like Tokyo with confidence,
without being afraid of getting lost.
When I arrive in a city, I already have an idea of the places I want to visit.
I speak a little to the local people.
Generally they know their city even better than any website I've visited.
Often it changes my plans.
After that I go to the Suunto's website, and I'm recording all the places
that I want to go visit on the map.
I find the place on the map, I click on it,
I give a name to the point of interest and record.
I transfer all that into the watch, and I'm good to go.
It's that easy!
As soon as I leave the hotel, I ask at my watch to point me to the first destination
I want to visit.
Whether it's the one World Trade Center,
Eiffel Tower,
Skytree,
a park,
the laundry,
the Mont Blanc summit,
or a restaurant,
she points me the goal and tells me the distance I am.
I do not even have to look at all the names of the street being afraid to go straight.
No, I only have to follow the arrow until I reach my destination.
At the end of the day, I go back to the hotel the same way.
For most places, it's great.
By cons in cities like Venice, it's terrible,
unless you like to swim.
Venice is a real labyrinth.
We are trying to get back to the hotel ...
Every street we take are dead end or alleys that end up on water.
Like this one! :)
Hahaha !!
We have to go there.
When I'm in the mountains, I do not have to fear to get lost in the woods or in a snow storm.
I once get lost in the forest because I went out of the trail on few hundred
meters without realizing it.
I tried to retrace my steps, but
I have never been able.
I think I was getting lost even more.
Luckily, the watch has an option that allows to display the path I have just walk.
From the moment I used it, it was not too complicated to retrace my steps.
Thanks to her I also reach out of a storm on a mountain summit with a friend.
When we came back, our steps in the snow were totally erased, we could barely see
two meters ahead of us.
Once again, I had just to follow my steps as shown on my watch.
While coming back down, we even met someone who was walking in circles for a while.
He was completely lost.
In that cold weather, it would had probably finished very badly for him if we had not found him.
With the built-in altimeter, I always know how high I am.
It is very convenient to estimate the remaining distance to reach
the summit or to come back at the bottom.
She also tells me how much time I have left before sunset.
That way I know if I have enough time to stop and take a breath or if I have to increase the pace.
For example in Japan by bicycle, By starting the activity in the watch she was telling me
that I had 10 hours before sunset, and I knew that I would have to ride about 120km.
From there I knew that I had to maintain an average speed of 12 km/h to
arrive at destination before sunset.
Yes, it's still the watch who calculates the average speed.
While I was in Switzerland alps,
I could judge with the watch if I had enough time to reach the other side village
or if I had to turn around to not get stuck in the dark.
It's not complicated, I really use it all the time.
On the website, I can set each parameter that I want to see on the watch
for each of the types of activity I want to do
I can see my speed,
my average speed,
my pace,
the covered distance,
my heart rarte,
my burned calories,
altitude,
the number of meters I climb up and drop,
my vertical speed (the number of meters climb per minute),
atmospheric pressure,
temperature,
the time elapsed since the beginning of the activity,
my pace,
the oxygen level,
the time before sunrise or sunset,
my satellite position,
the degree of inclination of the hill i'm climbing
But the most impressive ...
It even indicates the date and time.
Awesome right!?
And there is also the strom alert.
Ok, there is a lot a false allert but she never misses one.
Yes, the time I wasn't able to see two meters ahead, she had seen it coming.
But I felt confident to reach at the summit thanks to the watch.
I would never have done it without her.
I dit not say it was smart to to venture to the top of a mountain in
a storm like that but ...
Sometimes with our older friends we do stupid things.
But there must be some cons to this watch!?
Not really…
Maybe some very small cons, but very slight.
There are some who will complain that we can not display a map on it.
But for real, would you really like to look at a map on a screen like this one?
Oh yes I see...
The river the river yes yes the river she's right there in front yeah yeah.
Otherwise the altitude is estimated according to the atmospheric pressure.
And as the pressure varies from day to day and well...
It must be recalibrated from time to time.
The watch keeps its charge about a month if you do not use GPS, or about 16h with GPS.
So if you go on a trip for more than a day, carry a USB battery.
Some people will say that she is big.
Personally it is the watch format that I like.
There is so much more biger than this this one.
The only point that could stop more than one is the price.
To have everything I just talked about, you need an ambit 3 Peak,
like this one.
Because there is other models of Ambit 3,
But be careful, this one is a model that I have personalized,
Normally the bracelet who comes with him is black,
I put a blue bracelet because,
I ordered another one.
It's a personalization.
On the other models the battery is much smaller see almost half
and she has no barometer.
And as the altitude is judged by the atmospheric pressure well there is no altimeter
available at all times.
She is still capable to make one by the GPS but...
So for an Ambit 3 Peak We are talking about $ 675 Canadian or 500 euros.
But at that price, the screen is not scratch proof.
It must be pretty frustrating to have a watch at this value with scratch in the screen.
That's why I recommend the model with the sapphire crystal glass.
$ 800 Canadian, or 600 euros.
It's expensive, but it's really worth it.
For me it's a tool that I use all the time.
This one I use it since the last 3 years since, I run with it in mud,
I ran with it in the water, she fell on the ground, I hit it against rocks
I even felt on bike.
By jumping on a side walk I lost my balance, and fell against a bridge,
I ride at least five meters on my watch on the metal railing.
She is still very beautiful.
So it's definitely worth taking a crystal sapphire glass.
In short, she is really robust.
Moreover, it is one of the rare electronic devices that you can still be purchased
today that is not made in China or Taiwan.
Suunto built all there watches in his country it's country, in Finland.
Also, I have reloaded it hundreds of time, and the battery still holds its charge.
It's been 5 years that I use the product and I still love it so much.
This is my second watch at Suunto.
Before, I used an Ambit 2 peak, I decided to buy the 3 because ...
My Ambit 2 Peak still works very well, I still wear it every day at work.
So yes it's expensive, but tell yourself that you buy a product that will follow you everywhere for years.
Also, if you're a little geek, you'll love to see the graphics of all your activities.
You can see everywhere you have go on the map and compare on the charts
your speed with your heart rate,
elevation with your breathing,
or anything with anything.
It's really awesome.
In short, I think you understood why I recommend it.
It's not just a greay travel tool who will allow you to free your mind
giving you the confidence to know exactly where are you and where you
have to go to reach your destination or come back home.
It's a watch that will follow you for a long time in all your movements and that allows you
to make a good follow-up on your performances.
Finally I will not go further.
The idea here was to make you discover a product to allow you to be more
confident on your next trip.
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