Hunting with an Apple Watch?

[simpy16]

Curious who backcountry hunts with an Apple Watch? Do you do anything special to get more battery life? How often are you charging it?

 

[Justin Price]

Interested to see the results of this. I’m considering switching to a garmin fenix simply because of battery life. I can’t go more than one day without charging mine so taking it on a hunt is pretty much worthless.

 

[madtom]

My garmin instinct will go 2 weeks or more between charges

 

[zeroforhire]

COROS has watches with insane battery life


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[Wrench]

I don't have an apple watch or even know what they do, but I do know there are 108 daylight hours in my elk season and I need every one of them. My watch hasn't helped me kill one beyond telling me what time it is and what the barometer says.

With that said, I charge my watch at night (fenix 6x pro) but when i forget the charger, I just toss it in my pack and hunt on.

 

[OkayestHNTR]

Interested in this as well. I got an email a few months back from Gaia that they have an app compatible with Apple Watch.


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[Backyard]

My garmin instinct will go 2 weeks or more between charges

^^I get the same^^
And not a solar either.

 

[Vandy321]

My Fenix 6 is good for well over a week with daily use of tracking for workouts/runs/rucks.

Not sure I'd consider it a hunting or a safety tool. I don't wear it in the woods, between a map, a phone with GAIA and an inReach I just don't see the benefit.

GAIA on a screen as small as a watch sounds like a pain, especially if you have a smartphone in your pack, assuming you do if.you have an apple watch.

 

[540-Virginian]

Interested to see the results of this. I’m considering switching to a garmin fenix simply because of battery life. I can’t go more than one day without charging mine so taking it on a hunt is pretty much worthless.

I have the fenix 5S. Had it since the came out and battery still goes a week atleast before needing a charge (without using gps). With gps activities it varies on how much you use. Wife has newest apple watch and still needs to charge 1-2 days. Like my fenix its been a good watch.

 

[switchback7]

^^I get the same^^
And not a solar either.

same

 

[Wassid82]

Interested to see the results of this. I’m considering switching to a garmin fenix simply because of battery life. I can’t go more than one day without charging mine so taking it on a hunt is pretty much worthless.

Not to highjack but I switched to a Garmin Fenix 3 versions back and think it is awesome. I can get 10-14 days on one charge if I dont use the gps function.

 

[colby12]

I use an Apple Watch, on airplane mode it will last a couple days. If you put it on battery save mode to where it only tells the time it lasts a while. Doesn’t provide any real benefit to hunting other than an alarm to wake up. I like to see the rough estimate of calories burned for no real reason other than curiosity. I stayed with it because it fits normal life better than the other options available and I spend more time in real life than hunting.