I've had problems with my
Core also, but recently bought an
X10 and that's quite a watch!
I wouldn't give up on
Suunto just yet, one bad model out of several very good ones isn't worth dropping the brand entirely.
I also have faith that
Suunto will eventually get all the bugs out of the
Core.
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