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Guess no Apple Watch at the water park
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Personally, I wear the Apple Watch for activity tracking, so I'd want it on me at all times, even when I'm not expecting texts or emails. And it wouldn't detract me from enjoying a day out.
but how close are you going to be to your phone to where your watch will get notifications...?
Just passing on the information from various watchmakers all over the world, engineers, steel companies, metallurgists and people with PhD's in this area. You want to disagree with them that's fine, keep smoking your own stuff. I'll stick with science.
Huh? I said I'd wear the watch even if I'm expecting no notifications. Why are you asking me how close my phone is?
meant to say regarding the OP's question of wearing it at a water park. other than notifications, i guess use of fitness and time of course. i know everyone is different, I just wouldn't bother with it enjoying the day with my kids.
I'm puzzled about why you think it'd interfere with enjoying your day out with your kids. It's just a watch. You put it on your wrist and forget about it unless you want to check the time, or take a glance at your activity stats.
Completely agree. By that logic no one should take their Apple Watch to Disneyland. I walk 10+ miles a time when I go there. You bet I want my Apple Watch to track that.
I remember in the presentation, Apple was showing the series 2 watches hooked up to a device that was dunking the watches in the water over and over and it was doing so pretty aggressively.
I know what they have listed, but those tests appear to me as equivalent to what you would put it through at a water park.
You said the same thing I had said -- to rinse off a watch with plain water -- which is what regular watchmakers recommend. And you presented it as a contradiction to what I had said.
Are you really paying attention?
What can you say about the hundreds of diving watch models being sold with steel bracelets? Many of them even have a "wetsuit extension" -- a little flip-clasp that extends the size just enough to fit easily over a wetsuit sleeve. Are you saying that they're not supposed to be used underwater?
Yes but you are not. If you actually pay attention and read the posts you see that I object your view of Apple lying about the steel bracelet. Their reasoning for it not being water resistance is rather sound and also applies to many other steel bracelets that we've had in the past and to the present day. Does it apply to every single one of them? Just as much as your statement does: no. And exactly that was my point: some can be used in water, some even in seawater and some should not be used in water at all. Your reasoning is rather simplistic: if it has 4 legs then it is a dog. Forgetting that it could also be a cow or a pig or a sheep or a horse or...
No, you are saying that every steel alloy on the planet is exactly the same thing and has no corrosion whatsoever. I only pass on the message that this is blatantly false as many steel alloys can't be used in water and some of those can be used in water but not seawater and so on. There are many different kinds of steel alloys each with its own properties. Some of them are used in watches specifically designed for deep sea diving and thus are actually save to be used in those applications.
Rolex is a well known brand and they use a very specific steel alloy specific for these kind of applications in order to prevent corrosion. But even for Rolex you need to wash it off because of the design of the band. Due to the many crooks and crannies you need to rinse it off in order to fully remove all the nasty salty seawater.
That said, over time even stainless steel can corrode. By rinsing your watch you can prolong it but not prevent it completely.
This isn't rocket science, this is just basic knowledge!
What I've been saying is that every other watch manufacturer who sells watches with steel bracelets does NOT recommend against getting them wet.
What you've said is that they don't want their steel bracelet-equipped watches to get wet.
Image search results for "dive watches". Plenty of steel here:
What you've said is that they don't want their steel bracelet-equipped watches to get wet.
Image search results for "dive watches". Plenty of steel here:
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