Suunto (30 articles)

Whether you're a mountaineer, trail runner, long-distance hiker, or camping fan, the name Suunto is synonymous with outdoor sports—and rightly so! The company made from Vantaa is one of the market leaders in the field of GPS watches and compasses and has launched numerous groundbreaking Suunto products throughout its more than 75-year history.

The first Suunto Compass

It all began - with a compass. Suunto pioneer Tuomas Vuhlonen was annoyed by the inaccuracy of the dry compasses still in use in the 1930s and developed a liquid-filled compass. This made orientation much more precise and easier. What followed was a success story that gave the company a high profile, particularly in the field of compasses - and ultimately paved the way for it to become the world's leading compass manufacturer. Precision has remained one of the premises in product development, bringing Suunto to where it is today.

Suunto on an Outdoor Trip

In the mid-1990s, Suunto launched its commitment to highly sensitive and precise altimeters and outdoor watches specifically for mountaineers. 1998 for example, the legendary Vector was launched, followed by the X-Lander in a particularly robust case. The Vector, in particular, set the benchmark for precise wrist altimeters for many years. With this style, the brand also adopted a design line that has had a lasting impact on the appearance of the manufacturer's subsequent GPS watches. On the other hand, the Finns gave outdoor fans a watch that could hold a candle for the first time to analog altimeters such as those from Thommen.

Suunto and GPS

No other technology, like GPS, has turned the outdoor world upside down in the last 25 years. While the first GPS installed in cars was still marveled at, the Global Positioning System and its Russian counterpart, Glonass, has now become an integral part of everyday life for outdoor sports enthusiasts. Suunto played a central role in introducing this technology in the outdoor sector. In 2012, the company launched production of the Ambit, a versatile GPS watch. The Ambit is now the backbone of Suunto's GPS watches. The orientation wonder is currently available in four versions: Ambit3 Sport, Ambit3 Run, Ambit3 Peak, and Ambit3 Vertical. The manufacturer aims to provide outdoor athletes with the best possible support for orientation and training control in their respective sporting activities - for example, the Ambit3 Run offers functionality specially tailored to trail runners. With the Traverse, the Finns now have a watch in their range that enables optimum outdoor orientation. The watch is explicitly aimed at long-distance hikers, mountaineers, and nature lovers who spend long periods in the countryside and need an ideal orientation aid.

Altimeters and Compasses from Suunto

However, athletes who can (or want to) do without GPS will also find what they seek at Suunto. Design icons such as the Core or Elementum Terra ensure reliable orientation with their precise altimeters and compasses and are the perfect complement to navigation with a topographical map. Of course, the watches are also ideal for wearing daily and add outdoor credibility to any outfit! Suunto has also remained true to its roots and still has a selection of compasses that are perfectly tailored to user requirements - Bergzeit also has several styles in its range.

Goal-oriented Training with Suunto

Since then, Suunto has significantly expanded its core competence. What was once a pure compass manufacturer has become a company that is also indispensable for many outdoor athletes when it comes to training advice and planning. With Movescount, Suunto has also positioned an evaluation platform on the Internet whose graphical presentation sets standards and which many runners, mountain sports enthusiasts and camping fans use on a daily basis. Furthermore, Suunto has contributed significantly to making outdoor sports an online experience.

The GPS-Innovation Motor from the North

Suunto is innovation, and innovation is Suunto - nothing has changed since the founding years! The company keeps its finger on the athlete's pulse and the times' pulse. This is proven by the accuracy with which the Finns meet the needs of outdoor athletes in a wide variety of sporting activities and by the numerous awards and honors Suunto products have received. At Bergzeit, Suunto is represented with a wide selection of GPS wristband trainers, and a thriving selection of compasses from the Finnish manufacturer completes the range.

Brand Check Suunto

• Suunto, founded in 1936 and based near Helsinki
• Best known for compasses and GPS watches
• Well-known athletes who are sponsored by Suunto ... Ueli Steck, Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg
• A “classic” is the ... Ambit GPS watch
• Suunto watches in the test