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Your strategy might work for you, but for me using a smartwatch that only had 30h of battery life was super painful. One of the reasons I use a smartwatch is fo
by ashirviskas 2y ago
Your strategy might work for you, but for me using a smartwatch that only had 30h of battery life was super painful. One of the reasons I use a smartwatch is for sleep tracking (+alarms/timers/flashlight/notifications), which means I can't charge it overnight and every day is too dynamic to always charge it at the same time. Plus I miss out on notifications and access to other features I use hourly when I put it on charge.
With my Garmin and 2 week+ battery life, the first <15% battery warning still gives me 3 days to put it on charge or turn on battery saving and turn that into 5+ days which is plenty of time to find a convenient time for charging. I don't think it ever died on me due to low battery, unlike my previous smart watches. Ok, I lied, it died once on a month long trip, but a split USB cable and a hair tie let me charge it right back up.
The low battery life might be ok if you do not use your watch for sleep tracking or alarms. Or flashlight. Gosh, I love my flashlight on wrist.
- joshstrange 2y agoI sleep in my watch every night. I charge it while showering/getting ready in the morning and/or for an hour while I'm sitting at my desk. We have very different needs and I get that an AW doesn't work for everyone.