I just received a Apple watch sport 38mm and sadly will have to return it simply because it's too heavy for even casual use of the watch. Anyone had this problem? Before anyone comes off I didn't try out the watch at a Apple store because where I live there aren't any.
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Apple Watch is extremely heavy
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No. I'm a female and it was really lightweight for me. I like it. I didn't try it on either.
What? The AWS case weighs 25 grams. Depending on the band color the overall weight is around 60 grams, I think. How can that be "extremely" heavy? LOL
Have you ever worn a wrist watch in your life?
Have you ever worn a wrist watch in your life?
Of course I have as other activity trackers. I still genuinely feel like it's extremely heavy on my wrist. I'll give it a couple of more days I guess. Could it be I have it too tight maybe?
It doesn't feel heavy to me at all - in fact, it seems lighter than the Casio it's replacing. I'd give it more time before returning it, as long as you're within the return window.
That's just part of its fitness app. Just make sure you switch the watch on each wrist. Don't want one side getting too strong. 
Nope. The 38mm Apple Sport Watch is lighter than my Swiss automatic watch, my dive watch, and my GPS watch.
I found the opposite. I have a 42mm SS and it feels so light I sometimes forget I am wearing a watch.
Comments like these makes me question wether anyone has held their hand with the watch for more than two seconds while it is being used...
Yes, I have.
My analog watches are much heavier too.
Try using the classic buckle with the 38mm sport... Night and day difference.
The weight of the watch has nothing to do with it. Try holding your arm out without the watch on and you'll feel the same. It's your arm that that's being held up, not the watch. A few grams of the watch doesn't register.
As someone who barely notices that there's a 42mm stainless steel Apple Watch on my wrist I have trouble getting my head around someone who thinks the 38mm Apple Watch Sport is too heavy. The 42mm version of the sport felt as though there was nothing in my hand when I've held that.
Not going to lie... 60 grams is like 2oz man- that's insanely light.
A SS submariner is 130g... a gold one is 280g.
A SS submariner is 130g... a gold one is 280g.
I am having a hard time knowing if you are being serious... if I hold out both of my arms, there is almost no difference between when they get tired, watch vs no watch. Are you maybe over thinking this? The watch weighs almost nothing...
I also have the 38 Sports watch, and I do think it's a bit heavy, mainly because I have tiny wrists (I use the last hole on the small Sports band), and basically, even the 38 is really too big for my wrist. It feels heavy because the watch just doesn't fit right. I suggest that the OP wear the watch fairly snug, because if it is loose and moves around, that does feel heavy.
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