Originally Posted by
flychinook I'm not trying to take a "blame the customer" approach here, so please don't take it that way.
Is it possible that you got some other kind of injury there, and bleeding on the contacts caused them to corrode? I only ask because the scab is limited to one spot. Maybe a mosquito bite that you scratched or something like that?
Sorry for the delay, and no offense taken; it's a question worth asking. Although mosquitoes do love me, there hadn't been any bites on my arm for a while. Pragmatically, the watch is on when I'm out, so a bite would have had to come from something that could have gotten between the watch and my skin. (Which doesn't rule out a small spider or bug -- but that's a fierce coincidence, and I'd expect something of the sort to take a path of lesser resistance.)
Regarding allergies, I don't wear much other jewelry, but I'd worn the watch for just under a week without issue; it was only the warm, sweaty day that provoked this. I've been assuming a drop or two of sweat caused a short or some anodization.
Since the original post, I've been able to wear and charge the watch without issue until another hike two days ago, with similar corrosion but no bleeding. This time the corrosion was significant enough, though, that even after cleaning the terminals, charging has been erratic -- the watch was actually discharging in the charger.
Thanks for the other comments and suggestions. I think I'm one of the few who like the silicone band (I liked the Pebble's too), but maybe there's a quick hack to protect the pins. And I see that LG's on Twitter at @LGUS, so I'll tweet the URL of this thread and see if they can respond via either channel. In the meantime, iborguk, if you hear anything back from LG UK, please do report. Thanks again!