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How often do you charge your watch?
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You're already traveling with a lot, why not just get one of those USB "charging hubs" and only need a couple outlets
The Watch is the easiest thing to charge since you don't need to fiddle with putting a cable in a hole. (Not that a cable is that hard anyway, just that the Watch is easier than that.) No one should be straining to keep the watch charged if they end up by a charger at the end of the day.
I thought battery life was going to be an issue with the Watch, but I get through my day with somewhere between 56% to 67% left on 2.0.1.
Of course I only ask it to notify me of emails, texts, calendar events, phone calls, and the rare Apple Pay purchase. I have yet to even really use apps on it since the ones I would like to use tend to tell me to open the App on my iPhone anyway...
How often? Every evening.
When? For about an hour, usually while sitting with my wife and watching late night TV.
After that, it's back to 100%. Then I put it on and wear it to bed, setting its alarm to tap me in the morning.
When? For about an hour, usually while sitting with my wife and watching late night TV.
After that, it's back to 100%. Then I put it on and wear it to bed, setting its alarm to tap me in the morning.
I charge mine overnight and it usually goes on the charger with 60-40 percent left. Thats with medium usage. Since I first got the watch in April its gone into reserve mode only twice.
I usually wear mine 18 hours per day. During this time I usually have an hour or more where I'm running the workout app and using a Bluetooth headset with it. By the time I go to bed I'm under 20% sometimes less depending on how much work related stuff I receive on it. I'm sure if I didn't use the workout app and play music from it to my headset I would get a lot better battery life but I'm not complaining. I think the battery has improved with 2.0.1
Wake up at 6:30am, put the watch on, wear it all day (including showering,) put it back on the charger around 11pm. I usually have around 40%-50% battery left over.
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I've found the battery life pretty good, and as such I've started sleeping with my watch for sleep monitoring. I usually charge for ~30 minutes at night and ~20 minutes in the morning and I haven't had any issues thanks to the quick charging and good battery life.
I take it off the charger when I leave for work everyday at 6am and put it back on the charger before bed, often with 40-50% charge left. I do the same with my iPhone 6 and my iPad Air 2 and iPad mini. While I am sleeping is perfect time to charge them. In the morning they are ready to go with me and I usually don't have to worry about them. I will admit though that in my messenger bag I do have are charger, lightning cable and a watch charger cable in case I need to charge. To be honest though they rarely get used.
Some of us like to have it on at night, for notifications or just to check the time in the middle of the night.
I charge mine while I'm showering/getting dressed in the morning, then again for 30 minutes or so while I am reading before sleep. Keeps it between 20% and 80% to optimize battery life as well.
haha, it would definitely be annoying for someone else in the room, but I love it. I sleep in total darkness so couldn't look at a clock if I wanted to.
