Strava v Suunto

[rastapasta]

Santa Pasta bought me a new Suunto Spartan for xmas to replace my garmin fenix 3, The advantage being the HRM on the strap so I dont have to now wear a chest one. Anyway Movescount has been mothballed in favour of a new suunto app which seems to work well. Ive had trouble syncing my workouts fron the new app to Strava despite having givne both apps the credentials and approvals. Now i havent tried plugging the watch into the Laptop so will do that later to see if this will solve the issue..

However, ive been looking at the Suunto app and wondering why I pay Strava 12e per month... as in what does it get me over and above what Suunto has. Im primarily a runner nowadays due to child commitments so beacon is not really of use anymore, i mean if i go missing i usually only have a few set routes that i run so finding me would not be an issue and arguably the find my phone function could solve this anyway. I have a yearly goal set on Strava so that I would miss and would have to probably log that on an excel sheet perhaps. I would also miss the leaderboard or achievement function on certain routes but at the same time Suunto does show me how quick i am over the same route. I would also miss the adulation of the 20 other people who follow me when i post my blistering times. And i would need to keep a record of the kilometers ran with the respective runners i have....

Is it worth sticking with Strava???

[The jiffle king]

Strava is also available without paying for it.... I only use the free version

[millen]

Guardian this week suggests only a 'single figure %' of Strava users pay https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/jan/14/kudos... Also suggests there are better apps for runners. Much as I like Strava I do feel the need to step away at times. And I'd be surprised if it can grow and flourish without moving to a fully-subscription model......or accepting advertising. Warning - it's a horribly verbose article!