"Standard" adapter for charging Apple Watch?

[iyiyi]

Just got a series 7 watch. Apple lists their 20w adapter as a "fast charging" adapter but I prefer to not use fast charging on my devices to help with battery life.

Is the 20w adapter the lowest power usb-c adapter that Apple makes?

Would the 20w adapter be the "standard" speed adapter for the watch or is there a lower speed way to charge it that people use?

I guess I'm just curious if the 20w adapter will kill the battery faster over time.

Thanks!

 

[Howard2k]

I don’t believe that many, if any, third party charging cables support fast charge. Buy a cable off Amazon and you can be pretty sure you’re getting a slow charge, regardless of the power adaptor.

The fast charge on AW only requires 5W.

About fast charge on Apple Watch - Apple Support (CA)

Learn what you need to fast charge your Apple Watch Ultra and later and Apple Watch Series 7 and later.

support.apple.com

Also Apple doesn’t allow the watch to fast charge during the entirety of the charging process. Degradation through fast charge isn’t something I worry about, but I do use optimized battery charging on the watch.

 

[iyiyi]

I don’t believe that many, if any, third party charging cables support fast charge. Buy a cable off Amazon and you can be pretty sure you’re getting a slow charge, regardless of the power adaptor.

The fast charge on AW only requires 5W.

About fast charge on Apple Watch - Apple Support (CA)

Learn what you need to fast charge your Apple Watch Ultra and later and Apple Watch Series 7 and later.

support.apple.com

Also Apple doesn’t allow the watch to fast charge during the entirety of the charging process. Degradation through fast charge isn’t something I worry about, but I do use optimized battery charging on the watch.

Thanks. So would the 20w usbc power adapter be the "standard" one to get for the Apple Watch? I try to use OEM apple chargers. I've had bad experiences with aftermarket Amazon stuff

 

[Howard2k]

Thanks. So would the 20w usbc power adapter be the "standard" one to get for the Apple Watch? I try to use OEM apple chargers. I've had bad experiences with aftermarket Amazon stuff

It is, because Apple doesn’t offer a 5W any longer.

 

[spikeymike]

You may be able to find someone who has spare 5watt adapters laying around and work out something with them.

But if your charging puck is UBS-C then it wouldn't work.

 

[iyiyi]

You may be able to find someone who has spare 5watt adapters laying around and work out something with them.

But if your charging puck is UBS-C then it wouldn't work.

Yeah the usb that comes with the series 7 is usb-c and the 5w charger is usb-a

 

[spikeymike]

Ah ok. In that case don't listen to me. LOL

 

[Nolander07]

You can buy an older Apple Watch OEM charger with usb a and use a 5 watt Apple charging brick. The older ones are not fast charging, and will work fine to charge your Apple Watch.

 

[hfd19]

You can buy an older Apple Watch OEM charger with usb a and use a 5 watt Apple charging brick. The older ones are not fast charging, and will work fine to charge your Apple Watch.

Hi I just curious, how long it takes to charge series 7 with usb a and 5watt apple charging brick? because I didn't know the exact time for that.