As an industrial athlete, I planned to use the newly delivered Suunto 7 for fitness and adventure tracking. I’ve used other watches, but was excited to check out the 7 because of the outdoor reputation of this Finnish company. I’ve gotta say my first impression was “Wow”! Right out of the box, the quality and design excellence were evident. This watch was the black metal version with the black and yellow band. The watch had a good heft to it but was light enough not to be bothersome for trail running and mountain biking. It had a rugged appeal, yet looked high quality and sophisticated enough to wear out on social occasions if paired with a nice leather watchband. The AMOLED touch screen was big and bright and high-resolution. The fitness tracking features were bright, customizable and easy to read while working out or on a trail ride. I loved the customizable display! The provided watch band was thick yet flexible and just added to the overall perception of quality. I also loved the easy changeability of the watchband. During mountain biking, weigh-lifting and rowing sessions, I found the fitness tracking to be accurate (while wearing another device for comparison) with the heart rate, GPS breadcrumbs and altimeter being equal to or better than other products. These impressions were in comparison to high-end Garmin Fenix and Cascio Pro-Tek products to the budget-level T-Rex Pro from Amazfit. Like I said, right from the beginning, I loved the watch, but… the battery… BARELY lasted through 1 day… even after a full charge! On day 1, I used the GPS, which really depleted the battery while I was off-grid in the mountains during a 1 hour mountain bike ride. If I’d been on a whole day or half-day trip, the watch wouldn’t have lasted. Mind you, on day 2, I only had one weight-lifting and rowing session (with no GPS function used) and the watch went from 100% in the morning, down to single digit percentage by the end of the day. I used no other smartwatch features during this time other than notifications. Even loving everything else about the watch, I can’t rely upon a watch that I will have to charge throughout the day. It’s just unacceptable. I would think my Suunto 7 was defective; however, I’ve seen that others also commented on the battery life — so I’ll just call this a “design flaw”. I also found that downloading the Suunto app, the Google WearOS app, AND the Google Fit app was a bit cumbersome in the complexity, but I was willing to put up with it due to my good impressions of accuracy, design and quality. If Suunto could put out the same watch with an improved battery life, it would be a ROCK STAR. As it is and regretfully, the extremely poor battery life caused me to have to return it. Sorry Suunto!