[0172]

TL;DR Author threw away watch because they keep forgetting to charge it and managing charging cable was difficult.

There must be reasonably easy solutions to both of these problems.

[ChatGTP]

I have a wireless charger next to my bed, I go into the shower, put it on there, come back and it's good for another day or so.

[opless]

I know, right?

It's not as if the watch doesn't prompt you to charge it either.

Even with the Ultra and it's 2-3 day battery life will charge up from almost empty to 100% in 45mins

[keymon-o]

Forces you to shower in order to use a watch

Nice feature

[sigilis]

Plus the robot vacuum in the article forces you to clean up your floors instead of letting all the Lego bricks and objects build up.

The smart devices really help us improve our lives.

[ratg13]

I bought an Apple Watch, I also don’t use it because of the charging.

The sleep data would be the only thing really valuable to me, so taking it off at night would defeat the purpose, and travel too often to keep any sort of permanent setup.

I don’t know that there is a good solution.

[deafpolygon]

Just changing some habits was useful in managing this.

- firstly, turn off the Always On feature - this saves an immense amount of battery and I'm not staring at my wrist half the day anyways.

- IN the morning, when I have my coffee - slap it on the charger at my desk.

- Showering - slap it (or simply leave it) on the charger, then get dressed and put it on

- In the evening when I'm cooking/eating dinner, slap it on the charger.

I find that a 30-minute charge time is enough to juice it up for 8h or more. It is often fully charged in an hour or so.

[vsnf]

This description makes you seem like a slave to your own technology

[wilg]

Or he accepts the tradeoff of current battery technology vs utility. (Personally, I just charge it at night with my phone and its never a problem.)

[deafpolygon]

Thanks, and yes - it sucks but you can work around things like this. I don't know anything that does what the watch does for me, either equally or better.

I am Deaf, so notifications (vibration) on my wrists are immensely useful. I can't hear the phone buzz or beep when my hearing aids are off.

I also have ADHD + ASD - Reminders/To Do alerts me to things I need to be doing, shopping list, task list, etc. and Timer lets me cope with time blindness by making me aware of the passage of time. It's now safe for me to play a quick 30m round of my favorite game. Calendar at a glance keeps appointments and daily events in front of mind.

I have 3 alarms set - one on my wrist, my bed shaker and my smart lights (I have a cycle that goes from blue-green-yellow that works effectively well in waking me without being harsh).

Activity tracking makes sure I get up every hour (Thanks a lot, time blindness) and move a little. I pair getting up with getting some water. Without which, I would probably sit at my desk and lose a whole day from it. I forget my vitamins always, so I have a medication alert for that.

I never remember to check the weather so having it on my wrist makes sure I always know what it's going to be like outside.

I am always forgetting my phone, so the LTE on my wrist lets me know if someone is trying to reach me (my closest knows to just simply ring me for the alert and then send messages).

It's tremendously useful and lets me appear to function like a normal person.

[LASR]

TL;DR^2: Person finds a tool not useful to them and stops using it.