Foreign Travel

[kikbxr1969]

Getting ready to take a vacation out of country. Saw that there was a "watch only" only mode in the power settings, but the watch face is not one I want to use.

Anyone have any experience in using the watch in airplane mode vs watch only mode with respect to battery drainage?

Also, planning on spending a bit of time in the pool. Is the Eject water function essential? Or if it is forgotten once or twice, will it hurt the watch in any way?

 

[Rukbat]

I can't comment on the "watch only" mode, but water and electronic s don't mix. Never go swimming with an electronic device. There's a reason the water resistance scale goes up to 7 (8 is "manufacturer specified, which could mean anything from "humidity destroys it" to "no deeper than 2 miles of ocean water for no more than 8 hours") - the pressure at 5 feet (1.5 meters) is about 2.5 psi. Take one swimming stroke and you're generating 10 psi for a gentle stroke - and you can force water into the watch.

The International Protection code, the IP numbers, are a nice sales gimmick, but they don't make the Nextel 225 any more, so there's no such thing as a waterproof phone (or watch). You can protect a phone with a couple of locking plastic bags, but doing that with a watch is cumbersome. The best bet s if you're going to be swimming, leave the watch home.

 

[kikbxr1969]

I can't comment on the "watch only" mode, but water and electronic s don't mix. Never go swimming with an electronic device. There's a reason the water resistance scale goes up to 7 (8 is "manufacturer specified, which could mean anything from "humidity destroys it" to "no deeper than 2 miles of ocean water for no more than 8 hours") - the pressure at 5 feet (1.5 meters) is about 2.5 psi. Take one swimming stroke and you're generating 10 psi for a gentle stroke - and you can force water into the watch.

The International Protection code, the IP numbers, are a nice sales gimmick, but they don't make the Nextel 225 any more, so there's no such thing as a waterproof phone (or watch). You can protect a phone with a couple of locking plastic bags, but doing that with a watch is cumbersome. The best bet s if you're going to be swimming, leave the watch home.

Ummm........ Don't they state this watch is designed for use to track swimming in particular? It's rated at 5ATM, so up to 73 PSI.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...port%2Fanswer%2FANS00078058%2F&token=hxUbJtVE

I was just asking about the feature that is designed to be used for when you are done swimming to eject water from the speaker. i.e. is it really necessary? Will it eventually dry on it's own? etc.

 

[kikbxr1969]

Update, went and wound up using Airplane mode to keep it from connecting to the towers. Worked really well. (Watch only mode is a ridiculous face, and you cannot change it)

As to the swimming pool and ocean, the eject water function works awesomely. I did have to run it twice each time I used it before it sounded "normal".

 

[sonnnet]

Update, went and wound up using Airplane mode to keep it from connecting to the towers. Worked really well. (Watch only mode is a ridiculous face, and you cannot change it)

As to the swimming pool and ocean, the eject water function works awesomely. I did have to run it twice each time I used it before it sounded "normal".

What was your battery usage like, using only Airplane mode?

 

[kikbxr1969]

It was just a little better than normal. Lasted about 5 days

 

[sonnnet]

It was just a little better than normal. Lasted about 5 days

Thanks, good to know.

 

[Peter621022]

I can't comment on the "watch only" mode, but water and electronic s don't mix. Never go swimming with an electronic device. There's a reason the water resistance scale goes up to 7 (8 is "manufacturer specified, which could mean anything from "humidity destroys it" to "no deeper than 2 miles of ocean water for no more than 8 hours") - the pressure at 5 feet (1.5 meters) is about 2.5 psi. Take one swimming stroke and you're generating 10 psi for a gentle stroke - and you can force water into the watch.

The International Protection code, the IP numbers, are a nice sales gimmick, but they don't make the Nextel 225 any more, so there's no such thing as a waterproof phone (or watch). You can protect a phone with a couple of locking plastic bags, but doing that with a watch is cumbersome. The best bet s if you're going to be swimming, leave the watch home.

I don't agree. Theory is nice but in this case caught up by reality I'd say. Never had a problem after swimming an haven't read any issues from others so far.
You may only have to start to worry in extreme conditions for which the GW wasn't made, like diving?