原文： I wish I could give this watch 4.5 stars. It's very good.
I had the Garmin Fenix 3 Sapphire for almost 2 years. That was a fine watch--sturdy, consistent, tough. But I hated the menus and the sluggishness. The GPS took forever to work, sometimes making me wait up to 5-8 minutes just t
o connect to a satellite. To Garmin's credit, they kept pushing updates every month or so--although not adding any new features that I noticed.
I've wanted a Suunto watch for a while, and when the Spartan Sport was available with HR monitor built in, I gave it a try. I'm glad I did. This watch is noticeably lighter than the Fenix. I can't say it feels as sturdy as the Fenix, though. Nevertheless, the Spartan appears to be well built.
The GPS function is significantly quicker than with the Fenix. The Spartan will connect to a satellite within 30 seconds typically. The tracking seems consistent, although with a deviation from the Fenix. Running the same trial I always do, I know the distance I travel in a given stretch. I know what my Fenix said a stretch was, and the Spartan has a slight deviation. However, it's nothing that would alarm me. The difference is not more than 20 yards, as far as I can tell.
The Spartan's menus aren't better than the Fenix's. The touch screen isn't great. It works, but clearly Suunto wasn't trying to create a true smart watch. The software is a little sluggish, too. It takes much too long to update my workouts through my phone. My Fenix would update the workouts within a minute of connection to my phone. This is not a problem with the Spartan's hardware. It's simply the clunky and problematic phone and watch operating systems. Suunto needs to make the process a lot faster.
Suunto will require you to open a Movescount account. It's essentially a website where you can view your synced workouts, have access to the Suunto community, can create and subscribe to workout plans. It's a good feature. It's particularly nice to pick someone else's workout plan and see if you can do it. Some are very tough, while others are beginner level. They appear to have plans for a plethora of supported sports.
Once you subscribe to a workout plan, you'll have to sync your watch. The real problem is that you can't start a planned exercise through the schedule screen. In fact, after consulting with Suunto, there's no way to just start the planned workout. You have to go through the exercise menus, select a workout, and then go.
For example, if today I have a 4 mile run at 1hr period scheduled, I can see that on my watch. I can even see the next few days' workouts. But I can't simply hit the "Start" button and begin my 4 mile run. Instead, I'll have to navigate to the general exercise menu, scroll through the exercises, and then select Running. The watch will NOT track me specifically for the scheduled plan. You can still set parameters manually before you start the run, but that's just extra steps you have to take.
Frankly, that is the biggest drawback to the watch. It's--once again--a software problem.
Suunto simply needs to refine their applications. If they make things faster and implement some new needed features, I would give the watch 5 stars. Regardless, it's definitely a worthy purchase.
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译文： 我希望我能给这只手表4.5颗星。它很好。
我有一个Garmin Fenix 3蓝宝石款运动腕表，用了将近2年了。这是一个很好的手表 - 质量很好，风格一致。但我讨厌菜单界面。 GPS需要永久工作，有时会让我等待5-8分钟才能连接到卫星。对Garmin而言，他们每个月都会推动更新 - 尽管没有增加任何我注意到的新功能。
我想买一个Suunto手表，当Spartan Sport配备内置HR显示器的时候，我试了一下。我很高兴我做到了。这款手表明显比Fenix轻。尽管如此，我不能说它和Fenix一样坚固。不过，斯巴达似乎已经更新完成了。
GPS功能比Fenix快得多。 Spartan通常会在30秒内连接到卫星。追踪似乎一致，虽然与Fenix有偏差。运行同样的试验，我总是这样做，我知道我在给定的范围内行驶的距离。我知道我的菲尼克斯说了什么，而斯巴达人略有偏差。但是，没有什么会让我感到震惊。就我所知，差异不会超过20码。
斯巴达的菜单并不比Fenix的菜单界面好。触摸屏不是很好。它很有用，但很显然，Suunto并没有试图创造出真正的智能手表。该软件也有点低迷。通过手机更新我的训练需要很长的时间。我的Fenix会在与我的手机连接一分钟之内更新锻炼数据。这对Spartan的硬件来说不是问题。这只是有点笨重和有问题的手机和手表操作系统。 Suunto需要使此过程更快一些。
Suunto将要求您打开Movescount帐户。它本质上是一个网站，您可以查看已同步的锻炼，可以访问Suunto社区，可以创建和订阅锻炼计划。这是一个很好的功能。选择别人的锻炼计划，看看你是否可以做到这一点特别好。有些是非常艰难的，而另一些则是初学者使用水平。他们似乎有计划支持过多的运动。
一旦您订阅锻炼计划，您必须同步手表。真正的问题是，你无法通过计划屏幕开始计划的练习。事实上，在咨询Suunto之后，没有办法开始计划的锻炼。你必须通过锻炼菜单，选择锻炼，然后去。
例如，如果今天我用1英里的时间跑了4英里，我可以在我的表上清楚的看见。我甚至可以看到未来几天的训练。但我不能简单地点击“开始”按钮，开始我的4英里奔跑。相反，我必须导航到一般练习菜单，滚动练习，然后选择运行。手表不会专门跟踪我的预定计划。在开始运行之前，您仍然可以手动设置参数，但这只是您必须执行的额外步骤。
坦率地说，这是手表的最大缺点。这又是一个软件问题。
Suunto只需简化他们的应用程序。如果他们加快速度并更新一些新的需要功能，我会给手表5颗星。无论如何，这绝对是值得购买的。
