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andygates ([personal profile] andygates) wrote2009-05-15 04:14 pm
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Feeling the Suunto love

Odd, isn't it, how the way a company deals with problems can set your mood towards them, far more than the products themselves.

A second Suunto memory belt has died under me - this one handshakes OK, but can only feebly and intermittently find my heart.  Clearly a sensor fail, as I've done the diagnostics, changed batteries, shaved my chest (!) and so on.

Cue a trip to the Suunto site, a quick service request logged, and at the end of it, a PDF to print out with all the shipping details for getting the poorly gadget to Finland where special Finnish technology elves will make it happy again.  It's lovely and slick -- and Suunto's turnaround time is dead fast. 

So, despite the gadget having failed, I'm full of love once more for Suunto: all that lovely trust-building fuzziness that maketh a fanboy.  It's a bit like those times when you fix a flat perfectly and easily, and come out of it thinking happy thoughts instead of grim ones: the mood-gain you get from a good resolution is greater than the mood-drop you get from the problem.

Means I'll be racing this weekend without my HRM, though. 

[identity profile] despaer.livejournal.com 2009-05-15 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Where are you racing?

[identity profile] andygates.livejournal.com 2009-05-15 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Tewkesbury, which means that I'll be coming back down on Monday - I need to drop into Wells to collect the bike back from Elaine's shed. Maybe recovery ride if the weather is nice?

[identity profile] andygates.livejournal.com 2009-05-15 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Scratch that, it's sea-swim in the evening!

[identity profile] despaer.livejournal.com 2009-05-16 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Stick a head in anyway if its between 5 and 8.