Polar Vantage M3 vs Suunto Race 3S
The Vantage M3 is $100 cheaper and has ECG plus Polar's excellent recovery tools. The Race 3S adds offline maps, more GPS battery, and titanium and sapphire.
PolarPolar Vantage M3
SuuntoSuunto Race 3S
- •You want ECG and Polar's training and recovery tools for $100 less
- •You prefer a smaller 43mm case
- •You want offline maps and 38 hours of GPS vs 30
- •You want titanium and sapphire glass
Vantage M3 brings Polar's flagship-level sensors down into a smaller, lighter case than the V3. If Polar's training and recovery tools appeal to you but the V3's price doesn't, this is the watch to look at.
The Race 3S takes everything that made the Race S a hit for smaller wrists and upgrades nearly all of it: a titanium bezel and sapphire glass, a 2,000-nit AMOLED display (up from 600), 38 hours of dual-band GPS (up from 30), 64GB of storage for free global offline maps, and Suunto's new AI Coach. The watch head weighs just 38 grams. It still skips a speaker, ECG, and NFC payments, and at $599 it costs a lot more than the Race S it replaces.
*Estimated — this model's exact GPS battery life isn't published by the manufacturer. All figures are standard GPS mode, midsize case, no solar boost.
†Estimated — this model launched too recently to have an established customer rating yet.
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