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For those who wonder if you can shower with it

I take regular watches off in the shower. Want to get clean skin under the watch so. Mine will stay dry.
 
How is this still getting threads posted about it?

Tim Cook showers with his.

You shouldn't shower with it. But you can.
 
dmonnin said:
HAHAHAH this seriously cracked me up.
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Thank you. Seriously though, Tim Cook (and anyone he allows to shower with him) obviously have Apple Care + Triple Platinum.

And his salary last year would let him buy an Apple Sport Watch every 20 minutes, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (in a state with no sales tax)

My guess is that 99 out of a 100 people won't have a problem showering with it, but some will have a poorly sealed watch, or a super strong shower. And Apple will probably cover it. It struck me that if there is water damage they probably couldn't tell how it happened anyway.
 
pflau said:
You do want to wear the watch in the shower if you are showering in a gym.

Would not want to leave an expensive watch in the locker.
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where do you keep your phone? I'm actually asking lol
 
A few of things. Consider - she didn't want to ruin the Watch before she was done reviewing it and screw up her assignment. So, yeah, she had it in the shower, but the pressure was light, it was basically no different than if you were out in the rain, and how long was she in there? Did she really test it? Nope.

Imagine instead you are washing your hair and hot, high pressure water is hitting it continuously with the Watch just inches from the shower head. Also, watches that are water-proof instruct you to not operate any buttons while submerged, and for some, even in the rain. So forget about doing that with this Watch - and buttons are needed for lots of functions.
 
It's not so much a matter of "can I?" with me, but rather "will I?"

I've had a Pebble for 1.5 years now and I've showered with it twice. This is a watch with a waterproof rating up to 5 ATM which is quite impressive and makes the watch fully submersible. I've worn it in the pool, however, because it's nice being able to control my music and check texts and phone calls without having to dart out of the pool, dry off, and grab my phone, all the while hoping I didn't miss the call anyway. In the shower? Not so useful.

I'm probably not going to take the risk of showering with my  Watch – even though it's "water resistant," there's simply no reason to. You can't clean under the watch this way, you risk damaging a $350 device (if you bought the cheapest model, that is), and it's just unnecessary. I'm sure whatever calls and texts I miss while taking my 5 minute shower will be waiting for me when I get out.
 
Notme90 said:
here is a video by WSJ, review on the apple watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAXRJPbT-5M

and it seems like showering with it is no prb. what do you guys think?
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I think I've showered with every water resistant watch I've ever owned on, and I won't stop now. I don't really give 2 ***** about people thinking this is unnecessary. It's what I want to do with my Apple Watch so I will. I believe it will handle my shower and its nominal pressure just fine. Furthermore, Apple's website says explicitly that the watch can be used in the rain. The shower, in my case, is no more water than a decent rainfall. I expect it to work at least well enough to get Siri to take reminders and to check the time. That's all I care to use it for. Getting notifications may be nice too, if it's important.

That said, I'll hedge my bet and buy AppleCare+. It's not expensive and will last the entire life I expect to get out of this product. If the shower hasn't killed it by 2 years, it won't ever kill it.

Apple refers to using the product in scenarios on par with my weather sealed camera gear and they absolutely tolerate water such as that coming from my shower head, and they don't even tolerate full immersion which the Apple Watch does.

Why won't Apple say you can use it in the shower outright? Well, a few possibilities. The most likely being A) use will probably be somewhat more difficulty and B) it's impossible to generalize shower conditions so they can't even really make such a statement. The more rain-like your shower is, the less likely you should worry about taking it in there.

Anyway, I'll be sure to post here if the shower ever breaks my watch.
 
Tim jogs to work so a quick shower when he gets there would be normal? Maybe??

As for tim's watch it's a custom on off not available in the shops so his could be completely different to what we're getting.
 
Gav2k said:
Tim jogs to work so a quick shower when he gets there would be normal? Maybe??

As for tim's watch it's a custom on off not available in the shops so his could be completely different to what we're getting.
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That's true, but he also knows that people listen to what he says, so they'll assume if he showers with it, it's ok for them to do it.

Of course if Steve was alive he'd say don't shower with the watch. Don't shower without the watch. Just don't shower.
 
Side-note: Joanna said she did shower with it for the purpose of the review, but she wouldn't do with her own watch. She was worried that the shower may have damaged her tester unit because the digital crown seemed less responsive.
 
Apple doesn't say not to wear it in the shower, and they do say it can be worn in the rain and while washing hands.
 
dotnet said:
But bad camera work during the shower scene...
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Wonder why, I wear one of these every day in the shower and it is 100% natural.:D

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Personally I'm waiting for the PDF manual to go up on the Support Site.

Showering with an IPX7 device may or may not be a no-no.

I don't think there is a Barometer but on ABC watches that are similarly rated they say no swimming pools or showers - the reason is they don't want you to wash away (particularly with detergent and hot water) the silicon grease that is there to protect the pressure sensor.

We might be OK as for barometer I presume you need an iPhone 6 but let's wait and see what the manual clearly states you should do.
 
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