Being the most important piece of information, the time is large and easy to read on the decently pixelated LCD screen. Looking at the dial in the default view, you have the time, permanent visuals for the sensor mode selection (with a digital circle around the selected one), as well as a variable information strip below. That way you don’t need to hunt as much for “what to do next.” While not perfect, I give the Suunto Core user interface system relatively high marks. One thing they do is have visual indicators on the LCD screen near the buttons that are available while in any given more or menu. Suunto does a good job at allowing you to work with the watch. So even if the key features of the watch aren’t all as easy to access as on a Casio (for example), the menus are a lot easier to use than on a Casio. Other similar watches don’t require that. Suunto has been doing that for years, and I am not really sure why. You need to go into a menu and choose which of the two you prefer to have easy access to. For example, you can’t easy see altimeter and barometer information. Half of the user experience is easy and logical, but there are some things that require some digging. The Core watch itself is pretty sweet, and if you are at all a tech savvy person, orienting yourself on how to use most of the features is pretty straight forward. But like I said, in addition to the interactive website, there are PDF versions of the guides you can download – which I recommend you do if you get any Suunto watch. Also, if you are “in the field” and need a quick reference, you most likely aren’t going to have any way of getting online to check things out. I think they want you to go online to learn more. The actual substance in the guide is limited. They come with relatively large manuals, but once you open then, you realize that they are so big because they are in like 30 languages. In fact, probably my biggest gripe with Suunto products is the documentation. It doesn’t let you interact with the watch completely, but there are a few “lessons” that show you what the watch does (in a nutshell) and how to do it. Suunto set up a decent website to showcase the features of the Core here. It is a limited edition version of the Core, with a look that reminds brand lovers of their popular big dive computer timepieces. Here is the relatively new Suunto Core Extreme Edition Silver. ![]() Now, several years later, the Suunto Core is fitted with a much better movement. People complained about battery life, durability, etc… Like many other watch brands with similar watches, and similar problems Suunto got to work on fixing these issues. The Core was an immediate hit, but like all complex computerized item, it has some issues. The concept seemed to combine everything people likes about Sunnto and multi-sensor watches together. It was to be a stylish, highly variable in design, multi-sensor watch for everyone. ![]() ![]() A few years ago Suunto first released the Core.
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