Apple Watch Series 10

Re:Apple Watch Series 10 by mynameisash on Monday September 09, 2024 @05:04PM (#41493838)

> Can’t imagine having another device to charge daily.

This is precisely why I stopped using my Garmin. I did really like it and used it when I was running daily. But when I went on long hikes (8+ miles), I often ran out of battery. The watch charged very fast, but I got sick of having to remember to charge it daily if I wanted to track an activity.

I now wear my Fossil ('dumb'?) watch daily. After maybe five years, I've replaced the battery once. It's so much nicer than a daily recharge.

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Re:Apple Watch Series 10 by ilikehurdles on Monday September 09, 2024 @05:10PM (#41493925)

I have a garmin enduro 2 that I got for under $500 with some discounts. When tracking activities with GPS it lasts for over 100 hours, closer to 150 if you’re benefiting from some solar charging. In normal smartwatch mode it gets up to 40 days.

I’ll randomly once a month remember to charge it and that’s enough. I’ve never had the battery dip below 27 days remaining.

My old garmin was a forerunner 945 and I could about two days of hiking in on a charge, maybe more with battery-saving stuff on, but this is a whole different ballpark now.

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Re:Apple Watch Series 10 by colordrops on Monday September 09, 2024 @05:06PM (#41493860)

My epix goes for over a month. Got the largest model. With GPS on it will last more than a day.

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Re:Apple Watch Series 10 by rtpg on Monday September 09, 2024 @10:58PM (#41496761)

definitely feels model dependent, cuz the higher-end ones really do handle the GPS stuff.

Though there's some options that will drastically improve battery life (I think measuring Blood oxygen is a good battery life killer IIRC)

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Re:Apple Watch Series 10 by milkytron on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @12:44PM (#41502797)

Which Garmin did you have?

I think most models can easily do 5+ hours of GPS on a single charge.

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