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Washing dishes and water use

circatee

circatee

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More curious and nosy. Am I the only Apple Watch wearer (AW6), that does not do the dishes or shower, with their Apple Watch on? Even the other day, I was cleaning the fish tank, and I placed my watch on the dinning room table.

I know the device can support a percentage of water. But, when I think of how much I paid for the bloody thing, I tend to keep it as far away from water, as possible.

Always thinking of the longevity of the thing. Thoughts...
 
I shower, swim and wash the dishes with it. If there was real waterproof issues, we would know long time ago. The important thing is to rinse the Apple Watch with fresh water after being in contact with shampoo, soap, etc.

Of course, you take all the precautions and there’s absolutely nothing against that. It’s not required to test the water proof of the device. I only say that you should not have a problem doing it (and if so, Apple would probably be faulty and not you)
 
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I mainly wear leather bands so I don't shower with my watch, but I do wash a few dishes here and there. I certainly would not wear it while cleaning a fish tank though.
 
circatee said:
More curious and nosy. Am I the only Apple Watch wearer (AW6), that does not do the dishes or shower, with their Apple Watch on? Even the other day, I was cleaning the fish tank, and I placed my watch on the dinning room table.

I know the device can support a percentage of water. But, when I think of how much I paid for the bloody thing, I tend to keep it as far away from water, as possible.

Always thinking of the longevity of the thing. Thoughts...
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You can do whatever you feel like, My S4 has been in the shower daily, done the dishes etc etc for over 2.5 years with no side effect… but as I said, do what you feel like is right for you
 
highdefjunkie said:
I've always been curious if anyone wears it in the ocean?
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I do wonder if the salt would have a serious affect on the watch. Then again, one could argue you could use the 'flush' process (or whatever it is called on the watch), post each swim session...
 
circatee said:
Am I the only Apple Watch wearer (AW6), that does not do the dishes or shower, with their Apple Watch on?
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I primarily use an automatic dish washer (get one, makes life easier and you don't need to worry about your watch), but if I am hand washing a dish, I would NOT remove my AW unless it was something extremely messy.

As for the shower, I personally wouldn't wear my AW in the shower, and other than charging, messing with something messy, or working on my cars, I keep my watch on.



circatee said:
Even the other day, I was cleaning the fish tank
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I would include this scenario in the messy category and would take my AW off, but it would have nothing to do with the exposure to water.
 
I usually remove the watch when washing dishes, mainly because I don't like the feeling of wet watch against my wrist. If it does get wet for some reason, I end up taking it off to dry it, so might as well take it off first and save myself the trouble of drying it.

I did wear the watch when wading in the ocean once or twice, can't say I stayed in long enough to affect it significantly. I rinsed it with fresh water afterwards, and it was fine.
 
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circatee said:
Alas, sometimes one needs to hand wash a few items...
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In that case, I leave my AW on.

Having it wet on my skin also bothers me, but if it does get wet enough for that, I usually just take it off and wipe it and my wrist down with a paper towel.
 
highdefjunkie said:
Aluminum or SS?? I would think the salt water would eventually corrode the watch.
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It doesn’t. Apple has talked about this many times (And has posted info on their site for cleaning tips.). If it comes in contact with any type of ocean/salt water when through, just thoroughly rinse it with fresh tapwater and dry off with a microfiber.
 
circatee said:
More curious and nosy. Am I the only Apple Watch wearer (AW6), that does not do the dishes or shower, with their Apple Watch on? Even the other day, I was cleaning the fish tank, and I placed my watch on the dinning room table.

I know the device can support a percentage of water. But, when I think of how much I paid for the bloody thing, I tend to keep it as far away from water, as possible.

Always thinking of the longevity of the thing. Thoughts...
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Mine is in the dishes daily and I sea swim every day with it and after it gets a cold water rinse under the shower on the beach - its a standard Product Red one - had it a year - no issues.....
 
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circatee said:
We have a dishwasher. Alas, sometimes one needs to hand wash a few items...
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Pretty much everyone has a dishwasher Ivan.

The Apple Watch 50M water resistant rating is far underrated, it can handle a lot more than just splashing and rinsing. There are some members who still have the first GEN watch that’s been in the ocean/pools for dozens of hours and still survives. If you’re that concerned, just make sure you thoroughly dry it with exposure.
 
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I shower and wash dishes with mine on. I also once went swimming with it for about 45 mins b4 I realized that I hadnt water locked it. I water locked it after n then expelled the water n absolutely no issues with the watch after.
 
If you get soap on your watch, you're more likely to break the waterproof seal and damage your watch. You can be more careful with washing dishes, but I wouldn't recommend showering with it.
 
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Relentless Power said:
Pretty much everyone has a dishwasher Ivan.

The Apple Watch 50M water resistant rating is far underrated, it can handle a lot more than just splashing and rinsing. There are some members who still have the first GEN watch that’s been in the ocean/pools for dozens of hours and still survives. If you’re that concerned, just make sure you thoroughly dry it with exposure.
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The first gen Watch is not water resistant at all and is infamous for the bottom popping off due to poor sealing and adhesive used.
 
I generally don’t wear it while taking shower because I don’t like the feeling of bondage in shower. But for everything else I keep the watch on. Washing dishes in particular, doesn’t really bother me since water doesn’t really reach my wrist most of the times. When I’m on holiday, however, and if I’m in a pool or something, I just keep wearing it regardless.
 
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akash.nu said:
I generally don’t wear it while taking shower because I don’t like the feeling of bondage in shower. But for everything else I keep the watch on. Washing dishes in particular, doesn’t really bother me since water doesn’t really reach my wrist most of the times. When I’m on holiday, however, and if I’m in a pool or something, I just keep wearing it regardless.
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At first, the bondage in the shower thing kind of threw me off. But I get what you’re saying.😁

My only concern I would have with the watch, is if I’m working around something like with gasoline or solvents, then I make sure to take the watch off, as I don’t want that to have a reaction with the oleophobic coating on the display.
 
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