Finnish smartwatch maker Suunto has a new rugged, long-lasting outdoor adventure watch that gives my favorite Garmin a real run for the money. I just got my hands on the freshly-launched Suunto Vertical 2, and I’m beyond intrigued.
Compared to my current favorite smartwatch for outdoor adventures, the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/Garmin-Instinct-3-review” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/Garmin-Instinct-3-review”>Garmin Instinct 3 AMOLED, the Vertical 2 offers a lot of the same outdoor-oriented tracking modes, recovery tools, and battery longevity. However, the Suunto has a $150 higher starting cost; the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-8900245-15427079?sid=tomsguide-us-3019144133167195442&url=https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1316397/” target=”_blank” rel=”sponsored noopener” data-url=”https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1316397/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”hawklinks” data-placeholder-url=”https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-8900245-15427079?sid=hawk-custom-tracking&url=https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1316397/” data-google-interstitial=”false” data-merchant-name=”Garmin” data-merchant-id=”1271″ data-merchant-network=”CJ” data-merchant-url=”garmin.com”>Instinct…

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