[gurkendoktor]

> Battery life isnt great, but do you exercise for more than 24h at a time?

Not the grandparent poster, but Apple Watch battery life is bad enough that going on medium-length hikes (and tracking it as a workout) requires you to pull out a powerbank and then awkwardly slide the charging pad in between your skin and the watch. Ugh.

(I'm still torn on whether I actually like my Watch; I'd definitely prefer a Lightning port to the custom charging pad that's not even reversible.)

[citiguy]

That's strange. I've never had that problem. The battery on my 3 usually lasts for a couple of days.

[dagmx]

I'm curious what generation watch you have. Certainly, using the newer generations on a reasonable hike has never come close to depleting my battery.

It might be possible your battery has degraded considerably?

[mshroyer]

The Apple Watch Series 6 is rated for 7 hours of battery usage while recording an activity with GPS. That's right at the edge of some hikes I've done, and it would leave a multi-day hike out of the question.

Compare to Garmin: The Fenix 6 is rated for 36 hours of GPS activity recording per charge, or 72 hours in a battery-saving GPS mode.

[gurkendoktor]

It's the 5th-gen watch, it has never lasted two days (including sleep with the display turned off) even when I don't use it for navigation or workout tracking. It also charges much more slowly than the 3rd-gen that I had before.

[pfranz]

Is it cellular? I hear that can kill battery when not near a phone or wifi--especially when hiking where cell service is spare phones tend to use a lot of power trying to get a signal.