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charging apple watch ultra with old charger (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by rolandassassin@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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i have apple watch 5 old charger and i got ultra 1 now.

I was thinking not even using new charger, i dont sleep with watches so i always charge overnight.

charging my ultra with old charger will always charge it in 7 hours no?

And maybe its even better for keeping battery healthy?

Is my thinking correct?

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[–] MattW22192@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I charge my series 7 (came with the newer quick charger) with the charger from my old series 4 because I didn’t have any extra USB c wall plugs at the time and no issues.

[–] robogobo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It’s fine. The watch itself regulates the charge rate.

[–] marcelocampiglia@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I would use the magnetic charger USB-C cable that came with the Apple Watch

[–] dsuperCL@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I upgraded from a S6 to a S9 and I intended to do the same but the battery charges so slow with the USB-A cable that I ended up using the USB-C, probably because of the bigger battery. I would assume that it would be even worse with the AWU and it's huge battery.

Being completely honest: just buy another power brick. Fast charging is something you think don't need until you do.

[–] Sylvurphlame@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I didn’t use the fast charger with my AWU at first. IIRC, it charged from around 20-30% to 80-100% (optimized limit) in about six hours a night, even with the optimized charging pause.