Charging / Power Off Habits

[Rainwater50]

Just curious to see how everyone charges their watches.......

Do you leave it plugged in / charging all night? Powered off?

I'm finding that it charges fairly quickly, so I've just been charging it in the morning or a night before bed, for about 45 min & then I power it off.

 

[miketko]

I will treat it as my phone. Plug in before bed and unplug when I wake up. Only difference I will turn the watch off

 

[John Yester]

Yup same I will do the same as I will my iPhone at night. But will keep it on for over night calls

 

[Bigeric23]

I put it on the charger at night, and I forget about it until morning. And I don't turn it off, either.

 

[Dave Marsh]

I'm not sure why I'd want to turn it off while charging. I wouldn't expect it to respond while charging, anyway, defaulting to the paired iPhone.

Can someone share their rationale for turning their watch off with the power button/screen slider each night?

 

[hearmeoutx]

I put it on the charger as soon as I am able to really relax for the night. I let it charge until it is at 100% and then I take it off the charger and turn it off until the morning.


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[lexic]

I haven't turned my watch off at all. I charge around 9pm and put the watch on before I go to bed around 1am. I've always worn a watch to bed and don't see a reason to change that habit since my battery lasts fine.

 

[miketko]

I'm not sure why I'd want to turn it off while charging. I wouldn't expect it to respond while charging, anyway, defaulting to the paired iPhone.

Can someone share their rationale for turning their watch off with the power button/screen slider each night?

I realized that if you turn the watch off, once you throw it on the charger it turns back on. So... You cannot keep it off while charging

 

[SnapThrow]

Both iPhone and Watch on the charger when I go to bed until I wake, don't turn either off -- not sure why anyone would do that -- especially with DND available and active

 

[impaler]

I will treat it as my phone. Plug in before bed and unplug when I wake up. Only difference I will turn the watch off

I do the same. Now, after three weeks, I'm settled in and not fiddling with it all day, I have between 20-40% left at the end of the day (depending on the length of my workout that day).

 

[Bigeric23]

I do the same. Now, after three weeks, I'm settled in and not fiddling with it all day, I have between 20-40% left at the end of the day (depending on the length of my workout that day).

Like you, I end the day with plenty of battery left. I was worried by early reviews saying a 40-minute workout would kill the battery, and I have not found that to be the case.

 

[impaler]

Like you, I end the day with plenty of battery left. I was worried by early reviews saying a 40-minute workout would kill the battery, and I have not found that to be the case.

I use it for P90X and runs. Some of the P90X workouts approach 75-90 minutes or more, and I've never had issues. Since I log them under "Other", they don't use the iPhone's GPS either. I'm finding the heart rate piece the best - I know better now if I'm in my zone or not. The heart rate watch I was using, required me to stop, place fingers on sensors, which means as I'm measuring the heart rate is going down. I did a non-scientific expeirment too, where I used both watches and I was pleased to see Apple Watch was right on the money.