Suunto Race

A solid offering from Suunto with a small price and big battery, but the Race lacks the technical chops of rivals

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From £389 suunto.com

AIthough Suunto might be better known for its hard-working dive watches and infallible navigational instruments, it was also an early runner in the active smartwatch game. Suunto has been looking to turn things around, starting with its Suunto Vertical outdoors watch and now this... the Suunto Race running watch.

First things first, this isn't the watch to plump for if you like things small and compact, especially on smaller wrists. At 49mm, the bezel is a bit of a beast, and it sits quite proud, thanks to its chunky casing and digital crown Suunto has fitted. It does mean you get a decent amount of screen real estate, with a 1.43-inch touchscreen available and 466 x 466 resolution to play with - all pumping out 1,000 nits of brightness.