Suunto Ambit2 Sapphire GPS HRM Sports Watch

The Suunto Ambit2 Sapphire GPS HRM Outdoors Sports Watch is the very special top-spec Ambit2 for all outdoor enthusiasts as well as multi-sports athletes, featuring all the outdoors functions for hikers, explorers and climbers Suunto have developed expertise in over the years as well as full GPS functionality and an extensive set of training functions based on heart rate for swimmers (indoors and outdoors), cyclists, runners and triathletes.

The Suunto Ambit2 Sapphire version is a limited edition ultra-tough Ambit2 that features a thick and durable sapphire crystal glass over a glass-fibre reinforced body and steel bezel to form an outstandingly impressive outdoors sports and adventure watch that looks as good as it performs.

The Suunto Ambit2 Sapphire provides you with GPS navigation, altitude, heart rate, weather conditions and speed as well as a range of sport-specific functions.

Now you have access to a thousand-plus Suunto Apps that can add new functions to your Suunto Ambit2 Watch and a shiny new Movescount.com community site on which to share your experiences with like-minded others, to offer your training schedule ideas and to learn from their discoveries.

Despite all its features, the rechargeable Suunto Ambit2 Sapphire GPS HRM Outdoors Sports Watch offers you a battery life of up to 50 hours while giving minute-by-minute GPS updates or 30 days without GPS use.

Suunto Ambit2 GPS HRM Outdoors Sports Watch Features

Outdoor Functions

GPS

• Full-featured GPS (SiRFIV)
• Adjustable GPS fix rate (1 sec, 60 sec)
• Location in multiple coordinate systems
• Waypoint and route navigation
• Find back
• Track logging, viewing and sharing in Movescount.com
• Point of interest creation
• Route planning in Movescount.com

Altimeter

• Barometric altitude
• GPS-corrected barometric altitude via FusedAlti
• Total ascent/descent
• Vertical speed
• Altitude graph

Weather

• Barometric pressure and graph
• Temperature
• Sunrise/Sunset (Suunto App)
• Storm Alarm (Suunto App)
• Tide Information (Suunto App)

Training and Sports-Specific Functions

Training

• GPS-based speed, pace and distance
• Real-time, average and max heart rate
• Calories
• Heart-rate limits
• Heart-rate graph in real time
• Peak training effect and recovery time
• Manual and autolaps
• Chronograph
• Countdown timer
• Interval timer
• GPS track analysis in Movescount.com
• Heart-rate zones in Movescount.com
• EPOC and VO2 max values in Movescount.com

Multi-Sports

• Swapping of sport while logging and exercise
• Pre-configured multi-sport modes
• Sports comparison in Movescount.com
• Post-analysis of multi-sport exercise by sport in Movescount.com
• Interactive map and charts by sport/section of exercise in Movescount.com
• ANT+ and Suunto ANT support for PODs

Running

• Responsive running pace/speed via FusedSpeed
• Running cadence with Foot POD
• Lap comparisons by each km/mile in Movescount.com
• Ghost Runner (Suunto App)
• Marathon End-Time Estimator (Suunto App)

Cycling

• Multiple Bike POD support (needs Suunto ANT/ANT+)
• Bike power, average and minimum*
• Bike power: 3 sec, 10 sec, 30 sec*
• Bike lap and lap maximum power
• Power distribution and graphs
• Peak power curve for peak power outputs*
• *Bike power functions require use of optional ANT+ bike power sensor

Swimming

• Swimming time by pool length, lap, total
• Swimming pace and distance
• Swimming stroke rate, count and type
• Automatic intervals
• Dynamic lap table with strokes, pace and durations in Movescount.com

Suunto Apps

• 1000+ free Suunto Apps for outdoors and training
• Up to 50 Apps pre-configurable in watch
• Logging of all App values for post-activity analysis
• Suunto Apps creation with:
• Chronograph, GPS, heart rate, weather, altitude data
• Running, cycling, swimming data
• Rich maths functions, if/then logic, sound, backlight etc

General Features

• Time, date, alarm, dual time
• Multiple languages: Eng, Ger, Span, Fin, Fre, Ital, Dutch, Port, Swe
• GPS timekeeping
• Positive/negative display switch
• User-adjustable backlight brightness
• Versatile button lock
• Low-battery indicator
• Metric/imperial units
• Power-save modes
• Adjustable recording of heart rate and baro/alti (1 sec, 10 sec)/li>
• Data transfer and charging with USB cable
• Watch settings and customisation in Movescount.com
• Advanced post-activity analysis of exercise
• Training logbook with story and image support in Movescount.com
• New functionalities with software upgrades in Movescount.com
• Dimensions: 50 x 50 x 17.5 cm (1.97 x 1.97 x 0.69 inches)
• Weight: 92 g (3.25 oz)

Release 2.0 of the Ambit software has made it compatible with the following grids and datums: British (BNG), Finnish (ETRS-TM-35FIN), Finnish (KKJ), Irish (IG), Swedish (RT90), Swiss (CH1903), UTM NAD27 Alaska, UTM NAD27 Conus, UTM NAD83.