I used to be a day watch / night watch person, which meant I basically never had to think about battery life on my Apple Watch. My older watch did sleep tracking and the newer one was what I wore during the day. But I grew tired of keeping them in sync, having the extra hardware overhead, etc., and consolidated down to a single Ultra 3 last fall.
However, despite the quite good battery life, I do need to make sure I have a full battery at the start of most days. I work as a mountain guide and heavily use the GPS/elevation/activity tracking features of the watch. Since I wear my watch to bed (silent alarms are the best!), and don’t have much time in the mornings when I have to be at the trailhead by 5am or earlier, getting the most out of my watch’s charger is important.
With that preamble out of the way, I’m hoping the community can help me out here. I’m trying to get a fast-charging stand into my space-limited bathroom. There’s no extra surface for a true stand, so I’ve thought I’d cobble together one that just lives in/on the outlet. Ideally, I’d plop it on the charger during my evening routine (20-30 min) and while I’m getting ready in the morning (10-20 min) and keep it topped up that way.
I tried (and failed?) to DIY this fast-charge Apple Watch station in the bathroom. Apple’s cord that came with my Ultra 3, in a wooden mount adhered to this slim (supposedly 20W) brick. But I don’t think it’s actually fast-charging.
I’ve got this Belkin travel charger in my Amazon cart, ready to pull the trigger. It says “FAST CHARGING: BoostCharge Portable Apple Watch Charger provides fast charging support specifically to the Apple Watch 7 Series and later from 0-80% in just 45 minutes, as well as Apple Watch Ultra and Ultra 2, up to 5W.” — but I’m sort of skeptical now.
Anyone know how to tell if a watch is, indeed, fast-charging, or knows of a better solution?
P.S. Sorry for spamming @beardfm on this, but he’s the best in the biz when it comes to charging products! 