Well, its 2 months since I bought the watch, and I'm happy to report that I like it now better than when I bought it. My main complaint then was the dim screen, which I've now gotten quite used to, it adds a stealth appeal to the watch, in that it appears all black until you look closely. I've had quite a few compliments on it.
So far I've taken it snorkeling (down to 14 feet on the depth gauge!), hiking, in planes and to work, and while I put a ding into the outer edge of the rotating bezel, everything continues to function correctly and apart from the cosmetic damage (which I don't really mind, it just looks like I've been using it for what its intended) its its in great shape. The alarm is loud enough to wake me up and I've been using it regularly, though I still set my cell phone as a backup. The battery hasn't died, the watch hasn't "crashed" or otherwise failed to work, and I'm after 2 months of hard use, I'm happy with it.
A couple things I've learned that are useful to know:
1. I think the point of the thermometer function must be to measure water temperature. It seems senseless, as others have pointed out, that you have to take the watch off and let it sit 10 minutes before you get an accurate reading, and I thought so too until I went snorkeling with it, and then suddenly it made sense.
2. The Storm Alarm works well, but only if you've set the barometric parameters correctly. You have to tell the watch what the current elevation is, and then run it on Auto and let it figure out what's going on. After I've taken those steps, the Storm Alarm has been accurate (and useful!) in several different parts of the US and Europe so far.
There we have it. Good luck with your
Suuntos!