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POLL: Do you (or will you) shower with the Watch?

Do you (or will you) shower with the Watch on?

  • Yes, if it's good enough for Tim Cook it's good enough for me.

    Votes: 37 21.4%

  • No, it's not worth the risk.

    Votes: 136 78.6%
  • Total voters
    173
viachicago22

viachicago22

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Just wondering what the consensus is on this. Me, I'm a bit too nervous about it so I'll leave it off while showering.
 
I just find showering with anything on is...weird. Sorry.
 
I wouldn't really be worried about water damage, but I think the soaps and shampoos would eventually start to wear on the finishes over extended periods of time.
 
After watching a few of the water torture tests via you tube it seems very water proof. If I have it on in the shower because I forget I will just keep it on and not worry about it.
 
I have had mine on while showering eversince I got the watch and nothing has happened. I have the Milanese loop SS of course which wouldn't be problematic.
 
Well glad to hear it's holding up to water immersion and showering but I just wouldn't try. Do have it though when n the kitchen and sink. And no issue.
 
i don't even shower with my dive watches that are water resistant to 3000 feet. something just not right with getting soap all over my watches and building soap scum on them.
 
No, but not because I'm worried about it, just because it's not necessary to shower with a watch on and it would just get in the way anyways.
 
I'm not remotely scared to do it, I know that no damage will be done to the watch, but I'm not so sure about the leather band.

Apple even instruct users to run the watch under water to fix a sticky crown.
 
J.gerbes said:
I'm not remotely scared to do it, I know that no damage will be done to the watch, but I'm not so sure about the leather band.

Apple even instruct users to run the watch under water to fix a sticky crown.
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Yes, I thought of that too, good point.
 
Mac 128 said:
Go back and read exactly what they instruct ... It's not even remotely the same as taking a shower.

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Holding the watch under running water, turn the crown. If putting the watch under running water posed any such risk of damaging it, I am certain that Apple would never suggest it to their users.

Apple claim that the crown becomes sticky after sweat crystallises. That means that the watch needs to be 'washed' every workout. Workouts are one of the three tentpole features, so it can be expected that rinsing the crown would be a regular task for some users.

Also, check out consumer reports tests on the watch. It can easily survive Apples claimed water resistance, IP67, which is shower-proof.

http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/26/apple-watch-tests/
 
Have not wore a watch for quite some time. Never found a reason to do so as when getting dressed watch would be the last to put on.
 
The only thing I find more odd than showering with your watch is the thread after thread talking about it.
 
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