Apple Watch - Do you ever power it down?

[felloffthetruck]

Do you ever power down your Apple watch or just leave it run 24/7 ?

 

[Lee_Bo]

Do you ever power down your Apple watch or just leave it run 24/7 ?

I'm still rocking the original AW and I never power it down. The only reason it gets rebooted or powered down is when a software upgrade happens.

 

[doogald]

When I clean it, I turn it off. (Maybe once a month, more in the summer, when I am sweatier.) There have been times when it doesn't seem to be notifying me when I think it should and I occasionally do a power down and power up. Otherwise, it runs 24/7.

 

[MaxSmarties]

I turn it off once in a while (every week maybe), as I do with my iPhone and iPad.

 

[anon(4697585)]

I turn it off once in a while (every week maybe), as I do with my iPhone and iPad.

Same, all of them get a reboot every week or so... usually when the battery dies

 

[Just_Me_D]

Do you ever power down your Apple watch or just leave it run 24/7 ?

Sometimes, but those times are rare.

 

[MaxSmarties]

Same, all of them get a reboot every week or so... usually when the battery dies

Never is a good idea to have a lithium battery dies. I’m trying to never let it goes below 20%

 

[Tartarus]

Never is a good idea to have a lithium battery dies. I’m trying to never let it goes below 20%

I don’t mind letting my Watch battery die. Sometimes when you’re out and about it’s inevitable. I don’t lose sleep over it if it happens.
Lithium batteries are designed to withstand this. Lithium batteries are so sophisticated that you as end user actually don’t have to worry about anything else than using the device as you yourself intend to use it.

The only thing to avoid is leaving a lithium battery without charge for more than a few months.

 

[metllicamilitia]

I rarely reset my Apple Watch, but never actually power it down.

 

[TripleOne]

I leave it on 24/7
The only time it gets powered down is when I’m installing the latest software.

 

[MaxSmarties]

I don’t mind letting my Watch battery die. Sometimes when you’re out and about it’s inevitable. I don’t lose sleep over it if it happens.
Lithium batteries are designed to withstand this. Lithium batteries are so sophisticated that you as end user actually don’t have to worry about anything else than using the device as you yourself intend to use it.

The only thing to avoid is leaving a lithium battery without charge for more than a few months.

Lithium batteries are not so complicated and are highly inefficient. It really is a quite old technology that need to be discharged.
Yes a battery could deal with a complete discharge (because it is not really completely discharged when it shows 0%), but if you recharge it from 0 you are putting a lot of strain on the battery itself. No problem if you do that once in a while, but it is a practice to avoid on a regular basis.
By the way, my Apple Watch lasts about two days on the battery, so what’s the problem in put it to charge one hour every evening at higher percentage ?
My two cents

 

[Quis89]

I never power mine down. I’ve never intentionally allowed it to die either. Sometimes I just forget to charge it lol.

 

[ksassy]

I leave it on 24/7
The only time it gets powered down is when I’m installing the latest software.

Ditto

 

[Sherry_B]

Here's real information on lithium batteries, so we can halt the misinformation that's already been given;

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University


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Do you ever power down your Apple watch or just leave it run 24/7 ?

No. There's no reason to power it down. I leave it on, and will only reboot it when an app is misbehaving. That's extremely rare though.

 

[anon(9602380)]

Very rarely. No reason too do it except updates.

 

[MaxSmarties]

Here's real information on lithium batteries, so we can halt the misinformation that's already been given;

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University


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No. There's no reason to power it down. I leave it on, and will only reboot it when an app is misbehaving. That's extremely rare though.

How mine was misinformation ?
From the same article YOU linked: see below.
I stated exactly that: try to NOT discharge your lithium battery completely to preserve its life.
It would be better not to charge it to 100%, but it’s not feasible

 

[Not Quite Right]

Nope ...

 

[Sherry_B]

How mine was misinformation ?

What makes you think I was referring to you?

 

[MaxSmarties]

What makes you think I was referring to you?

Nothing particularly. I was the one giving some advices about batteries, so...

 

[Tartarus]

Nothing particularly. I was the one giving some advices about batteries, so...

That may be so, but I beat you to it actually. If anything, she meant me, or could have meant me.

I have learned not to be offended or take stuff personally on forums.