SUUNTO Core Classic Outdoor Watch for Men

I bought this watch to replace a 10+ year old Suunto Vector. I expected Suunto quality and features to match or exceed the Vector. The reality is that there are more features than I expected. For 1 the screen can be brightened or darkened . The face is cleaner, seems bigger, and is more customizable than before. The watch is very clean looking wand no as thick and clunky as the one it replaced. The critical features are still there, e.g., compass, altimeter,, barometer, and alarm. And best of all the price is relatively the same as the Vector was but in cheaper 2026 dollars. Highly recommended.

I've only had it a week (early March 2021), and looking at a lot of reviews it wasn't without a little trepidation that I bought it, but I wanted something tough and feature packed in my work as a lineman rigger and the price was unbeatable for what I had been told was an amazing watch for people in my field. A few slight negatives to bear in mind before you put down your money, outdoors in daylight, the display is excellent, but inside in somewhat subdued lighting its not so easy to read, it does have a nice green backlight that works similarly to a G-Shock illuminator though. The crystal is domed on the outside, giving it a degree of magnification, but it's extremely reflective and you'll find yourself angling your wrist from time to time to keep it from glaring and stopping you from reading the time in daylight. If you can live with those things and you need it's functions, or just enjoy crazy watches that are feature rich, you should get this one. The features are amazing, and very accurate, I know how far I've climbed at a glance and I can see if the air pressure drops far enough for me to not get caught in a high wind situation. Two pieces of info that we do have access to, but is extremely useful to have on your wrist giving you real time information. It can be life and death in this game. The battery will probably die well within a year, but I don't have any issue with that due to the features and the ease at which you can change the battery. There are many videos online telling you how to do this correctly, I think some of the problems that people have with waterproofing are due to a botched battery replacement. I will probably never wear this watch in the water, though I do like the idea of its depth gauge. However 30m resistance is not what I personally consider something I'd trust. Just the act of swimming can exert pressures similar to that depth and I see people killing their watches that tout the same depth by swimming in a pool, showering and taking a bath with them. Soap, chlorine and other detergents are not any watches friend. Like I said, if I run into any issues, I'll update this review, but I can't really foresee much to go wrong at this point. Look after your equipment and it'll look after you. Go easy, folks.

Great all around watch outdoors. I've had Suu to watches for over 25 years. They last me 3 years due to hard use.

***UPDATED*** First Review: I recently had a malfunction: the stopwatch function “froze” and I can’t reset or get out of the “time” mode. I just checked and am beyond the Amazon return window (purchased in May, return window expired in June…it’s now late July). I’ve read a ton of reviews that say the company doesn’t stand behind their product. The jury is still out in my case so let’s see how they respond. I’m not going to mention my occupationS or experience, that is reserved for review #2 after I see how they respond. For the record, I also own an MC-2 Compass (made by the same company) and it’s world renowned, so I have high hopes they do the right thing. We shall see, more to come. July 23, 2022 Review #2 (September 18, 2022): It’s a good watch! I’m in Law Enforcement (Highway Patrol & Marine Unit), so I NEEDED a good watch. This one is hard to read at night (small numbers/characters and low backlight brightness), the included “Quick Guide” (all FOUR of them) only tell a small part of the story of this watch. To fully understand its capabilities and how to use it effectively, you’ll need that quick guide and all 33-pages of the user manual that you’ll have to download from their website. When I said “and”, I literally mean you need them BOTH (photo attached) to understand how to use all of the functions because neither does an effective job explaining how the thing works! I’m my first review I mentioned a malfunction. Well, it ended up being operator error on my part because I literally didn’t understand that it had gone into locked mode AND I couldn’t see the teeny, tiny little padlock icon that said it was in locked mode! Did I mention it’s hard to see/read? That became even more challenging because I had accidentally changed the language to something other than English and what little chance I had to recover was totally gone once it changed to some other language. If you wear glasses, be sure to use them whenever you’re setting or using anything other than the most basic functions (cycling through date, sunrise/sunset, stopwatch, timer, compass, altimeter, barometer). The user interface isn’t user-friendly or even intuitive so prepare to start memorizing which buttons perform which function when you’re doing anything other than cycling through available menus. Again, it’s a good watch…very good even! I returned it for repair and they promptly returned it with the explanation that I didn’t know how to use it (those are my words, they were much more polite and professional…thanks to them for that!) I was so frustrated when it was stuck in locked mode that I bought an Ironman (100m waterproof model) on-sale for $39.95. I can actually read and manipulate its functions at night, without reading glasses and the buttons are ultra-intuitive!!!! Sure it doesn’t have a compass, altimeter or barometer but for a basic rugged watch you can see (even at night without glasses or a magnifying glass), it’s kinda hard to beat since I swim often and waterproofing really matters. This Suunto cost $125 on Amazon and it’s a better watch than the Ironman I just mentioned simply because of its highly advanced capabilities. Just be prepared to do a ton of learning to use it effectively and efficiently in the field! I give the Suunto Core All Black a solid 4-Stars for quality, aesthetics, capabilities, and durability. The manual(s), display readability, and intuitive user interface all SUCK but I’m only going to dock them 1-Star for all of those because they should be easily correctable. …it’s a very good watch!

I purchased the Suunto Core Classic to wear when I'm working or just outside, to take the wear n tear off the much more expensive Garmin Instinct 2x. Nice watch and it's quite easy to operate.

I received one with misaligned bezel, not too bad, but still shouldn't pass quality control. It bugs me, but won't drive me nuts as it is still usable. Features & configurations are great & the rest of the watch is ok. Display visibility is so-so, suffers a lot in low light condition. Backlight is good, seems like brighter than the older ones or maybe just my feeling. Two extra strap keepers included in the box for peace of mind. Will try to update this review after long term use. 3 stars for now. UPDATE: Watch returned, time keeping was very erratic & unpredictable, from -15s to -30s per day, not per month, PER DAY! And it's a quartz watch which supposedly be used outdoor for adventure in challenging environment, hot-cold & in between. Totally unacceptable. Just when I started to like the watch...If you buy this particular model, make sure to check if the accuracy is within tolerance, I was expecting something like +/- 0.3 spd like most other quartz, oh well, 1 star it is.

The Suunto core.. this thing is really tough. My job entails heavy metal, sharp edges, getting hit, by accident, regularly by tools and things. Its been 7 years and my first core is still completely like new, I bought a replacement because I just Have-to have a core like the one I bought years ago and once it finally does fail Ill be able to pop this out of the box and still have the most favorite watch Ive ever owned. Im sure business minds will phase out this model sometime. As for scratches, just a small amount of black paint missing.. and I mean like a hairs thickness wide in no more than 3 places.. Its really hard for me to believe. The glass really has NO scratches. Now follow me, I try to NOT scratch my watch, I take care if Im going to work on something where obviously emery cloth will scratch the hell out of the face or bezel. But hey it happens, and you just go.. damn it! when you hit it or scratch somthing against it.. But when I expected a huge scratch I had to look close.. and I mean many times of saying Damn it!.. Something about how the bezel is shaped really helps deflect the hits I guess.. Ive heard many people moan about the battery life... And NOW IM GOING TO BLOW A GASKET>>.. please morons... read the manuals. OR.. use your heads.. The watch is a LARGE FACE WATCH... So guess what.. IT HAS A "LOCK" feature so inadvertent button presses will not turn the light on or change the settings.. Take the watch... push it forward toward your fingers.. now cock your wrist up or down fully. you WILL press a button most likely.. If you press the lock function and check for the little padlock symbol to appear in the top center of the dial you will see battery life that all watches enjoy.. If you have a core that "Really uses batteries" good for you,.. Im glad your keeping the watch battery factories smiling.. My core in seven years has had maybe 3 batteries. And I overuse the compass and light. My watches prior to this have never lasted more than 3 years. Im a licensed diver too.. so Ive tried the tracer and luminox dive watches. I really liked them too and I do have a Tawatec tritium watch I switch out from time to time.. also a great watch for sure albeit non-digital. The cores compass works flawlessly, the arrow for barometric changes has worked great from the start. Arrow points up I know its going to be nice, flat arrow means more of the same, and down means pay attention to your weather. While diving it have worked perfectly too. If your tech savy, or not this watch is slim, just the right diameter, isnt HUGE, its bigger than first gen luminox, but Im just average and it looks like a spendy and not trendy workhorse. I see lots and lots of military and police using these. My job put me in their presence daily. The functions are just like the directions say and no real reviewing needs to be done, if you want someone to explain the alarm or chono its below my tolerance level to do that. Scrolling around the different settings is not hard, you just use the center button to get started and if you need help watch a youtube vid of setting one up.. These watches are really really worth the hype, or Ill just say they are worth ME hyping them up. I dont ask anyone to look at anything that hasnt really really delivered on its promises.. And this really does. If you like the looks of this watch, youll be sold once its on your wrist. Just lock the display so you can enjoy it working like its suppose to, for the amount of battery life its suppose to have. Cheers.

I waited for quite a while to buy this Suunto Core as I wanted to see if the Apple Watch was something that would interest me. It wasn't. This replaces a Casio Pathfinder that I wore for about five years. After two months of ownership, I am now writing a review as I think I know enough now to relate an educated experience. First off, the looks: This is a really, really gorgeous watch. It makes the Casio look like very clunky in comparison. It's lightweight (more than I expected) and is extremely comfortable to wear. I did switch out the band for the optional Suunto black rubber/aluminum one and think the look and comfort improved even more. The original band had a "brittle" feel and it was either too big or too small for me with the adjusting holes available. The optional band's satin black aluminum lugs and matt black rubber sheen really works with the highly polished lens, the matt black case and the satin black bezel. I added photos to show the difference in appearance. Also, if you opt for the other band, the screws that fasten the crossbars are teensy and have been reported as easily lost. I used Loctite when installing mine. I thought the contrast was a bit low as shipped so bumped it up a few notches. That has a tendency to reveal some of the LED zones as they show up a bit lighter than the surrounding black mask, but it's a tradeoff in the ability to see the time. The battery life has started out badly as I received the watch on 4/29 and had to replace the battery on 5/18. Hopefully that was due to being powered up in inventory for a while before I got it. I'm going to keep track of changes to see what the trend is like. Changing the battery is easy and is best accomplished with a coin (I used a US nickel since it's the thickest). It uses one inexpensive and readily available CR2032 3V coin cell. Edit: I finally had to change the battery 16 months after installing the new one on 5/18/15 so no real complaints with battery life. The operating system is very easy to use (much more so than the Casio's). I really like the "guide ticks" that show up around the dial to indicate which buttons are active in each mode. I keep the watch locked in barometer mode for day to day wear. This has a tendency to trigger the storm alarm constantly so I turned that off. It was getting irritating. The stopwatch is the biggest disappointment as it is way too small and shows up as a sub-display of the time rather than having its own screen. If you are hoping for the big stopwatch like on Denzel Washington's Suunto in "The Equalizer" you will be disappointed. From what I have read, those displays were digitally added to his watch for the movie and Suunto did not do a special firmware for him as reported in several places. I would really love to see Suunto offer a firmware with a large stopwatch mode. I have not had much occasion to use the compass, but it's easy to activate and will be useful on hikes. The temperature function is useless unless you remove the watch and let it stabilize on ambient temperature instead of your arm temperature. Mine usually reads 82 degrees F. So to sum up, I'm extremely pleased with the All-Black Core. If you track the prices, they will dip to around $200 from time to time so if you are patient you can save enough to buy the extra band.

Typical Suunto, if there is such thing. This is my second Suunto and so no surprises on my part. Well built, quite rugged and all around easy to wear. This is a larger watch but not ridiculously large. I like larger watches so that does not bother me. Easy to read even at dusk. Backlight is a bit dicky (can't quite explain best look it up on YouTube). That's definitely not something I like or appreciate about this watch. Still, it is a fairly easy watch to read even in low light conditions so I can see past that. Certainly not regretting adding it to my collection of watches.

Excellente montre. A eu des soucis au début de fiabilité (susceptible à courant statique) corrigé depuis. Par rapport a une vector on gagne les heures de lever et coucher de soleil, et un affichage de l'historique du baromètre sous forme de graphique. En montagne, on récupère une alarme de tempête (perte de plus de 4 Hp sur 1 ou 2 heures). Comme on peut en altitude passer de ciel dégagé à couvert et pluie forte ou de grêle en moins d'une heure, c'est utile pour se protéger à temps. Disposer de l'heure de coucher permet de faire son campement pendant qu'il fait jour, et de ne pas s'amuser a monter une tente ou un hamac dans le noir. Attention au changement de la pile : si on veut pouvoir continuer à plonger avec la montre (qui contient un profondimètre fonctionnant jusqu'à -10 M) il faut acheter le kit Suunto comprenant une pile et un joint neuf. Si vous ne plongez pas avec, pas besoin de changer le joint (disons pas à chaque changement de pile, mais après quelques changements de pile). Si vous ne changez pas le joint, il faut acheter du lubrifiant à base de silicone, en mettre sur le bout de son doigt, et l'étaler sur le joint sous la forme d'une très fine pellicule avant de replacer le joint dans la montre (regardez le canal Youtube de la marque Suunto, ils ont une vidéo qui montre comment on change une pile sur ce modèle). Il ne faut jamais toucher la pile de remplacement avec les mains, car elles sont conductrices, et feront perdre plusieurs mois de charge à la pile. Il faut donc manipuler la pile avec un gant en latex ou un bout de sopalin pour l'installer dans la montre. Quand on retire l'ancienne, on utilise un objet non metallique comme un cure dent en bois, et surtout rien qui ne soit en métal (court-circuits garantis dans la montre autrement, qui sera abîmée). Très belle, excellente évolution par rapport au module Vector. Le module Vector peut subir bien plus de dégâts et continuer à fonctionner, donc si vous prévoyez de l'escalade ou des chocs, une Vector sera plus solide. Pour de l'alpinisme au-delà de 2000 m, je prendrais la Core plutôt que la Vector. Une pile de rechange glissée dans un coin au cas où. Elle est belle, surtout en affichage noir. Je n'ai jamais eu de souci de lecture de l'affichage, et on peut régler le contraste sur ce modèle (on ne peut pas le faire sur une Vector). Sur Internet on trouve la doc pour entrer dans le menu de maintenance, qui permet de modifier le contraste au-dela des valeurs prévues par la doc au besoin. Si vous ne manipulez pas la pile de rechange avec un contact direct de la peau des doigts, et utilisez un petit cure-dent pour extraire l'ancienne, pas de souci. Il est recommandé de changer la pile pour une neuve avant de partir en expédition plutôt que d'avoir à jouer des doigts engourdis en altitude si la pile vient à faiblir. Une très bonne évolution par rapport à la Vector, mais un peu plus fragile vis à vis des chocs. L'écran d'une Vector est en plastique rayable, il encaisse plus, par contre une Vector aura après 5 ou 10 ans l'écran bien rayé bien que fonctionnelle. La Core dispose d'un écran minéral qui ne se raye pas facilement : même des chocs directs dessus ne laissent aucune rayure. Mais d'expérience, je ne lui ferais pas subir les mauvais traitements que j'ai pu faire subir à mes Vector (me jetter au sol, la montre percutant le sol avec moi ou bien escalader à main nues arbres et parfois, la montre frottant un peu partout rayant plastique et écran de la Vector). Bracelet confortable, qui a été amélioré il y a peu de temps au niveau de la petite pièce qui tient la languette : elle était trop dure à retirer ou déplacer, et ils ont corrigé en rabotant de moitié le renfoncement qui frotte sur la languette du strap. On trouve sur Amazon ou Ebay très facilement des écrans de protection qui se collent sur l'écran si vous craignez pour ce dernier des rayures. Mais vous n'aurez ce souci qu'avec la Vector. Pour ma part, je pense qu'il faut posséder une Vector et Core. La Vector en version HR (Heart Rate) pour surveiller son niveau cardiaque et le travailler entre 70 et 90 % de son niveau maxi pour augmenter sa capacité cardiaque, et une Core qu'on attache sur son sac en fonction altimètre, réglée depuis un point d'altitude connu, alarme de tempête activée et dont on utilise cette fonction, l'altimètre et les heures de lever/coucher en randonnée en montagne. La Core est particulièrement à l'aise en montagne.

Articolo ricevuto nelle tempistiche dichiarate. Di senza mano ma praticamente pari al nuovo. Acquisto perfetto, se capitasse lo prenderei di nuovo.

Lo que más confusión me ha generado es la información que Amazon da de este reloj en la página de su venta. Al final no sabes lo que estás comprando y esto como experiencia de comprador no es muy buena. Dice la página de venta de Amazon que la carcasa es de acero inoxidable y el cristal de zafiro, cuando es carcasa material compuesto (algún tipo de plástico resistente supongo o no sé) el bisel de aluminio, y cristal mineral, pero no de zafiro. Lo podéis comprobar en la web de Suunto. También hay una tabla de comparación de relojes donde dice que el Suunto Core All Black tiene Altímetro GPS y tecnología FusedAlti que combina datos de GPS y presión atmosférica para calcular altitud, lo cual tambien confunde bastante, porque tiene altímetro barométrico unicamente, y en realidad no esta así mal porque sin GPS (que yo no lo quiero en un reloj) la pila dura mucho más y permite su reemplazo facilmente por el usuario, pero otra vez la información confunde mucho. Tambien dice en la tabla de comparaciones que la batería dura 20 horas, cuando no es así. La web mezcla información errónea con información certera y al final si el usuario no conoce este reloj o no busca en la web del fabricante, no puede saber que está comprando. Por favor Amazon, cuidar estos detalles para mejorar experiencia de compra. Por lo demás, es un buen reloj y la pantalla en mi opinión se ve bastante bien (que hay mucha polemica sobre esto en foros opiniones). No quiero GPS en un reloj, ni que esté conectado a todo y me e la brasa con menajes e historias varias, para eso ya tengo bastante con el teléfono móvil. Que tenga brújula, profundimetro (hasta 10 m), alarmas, cronómetro, termómetro, altímetro barométrico, barómentro anaeroide, y sea resistente fisicamente y resistente al agua, permita su cambio de pila facilmente y me de la hora, me basta y me sobra para un reloj. Me quedo un poco con las ganas de que tuviera cristal de zafiro que es más duro que el mineral por haber leido esl en la info de Amazon, pero ya he comprendido que son datos erróneos. De momento soy anti smart watch, modas... La gente tiene que vivir y vender cosas en sus empresas... Cuando sus baterías duren un año a lo mejor me lo planteo. Saludos

As described in the AD. Genuine product from Suunto.