Approach S60 battery life

So I've had my S60 for about a month now and I'm starting to question the battery life on this thing - on and off the golf course.

I have only played two rounds of golf with it and made sure the battery was charged before playing. For whatever reason, it would drain so fast and one round it even died half way through. I've contacted Garmin support and while the customer service rep did say it sounded strange, he could only recommend me to do a hard reset of the watch and try it again on another round. I haven't been able to play another round yet, so I can't test the battery when in golf mode. Anyone else notice this? I have a cousin that has the S62 and on one round together, his watch was at 100% at start and in the end, he was only down to 72%.

However, on daily use, what kind of battery life are you all seeing? The last time I charged the watch to 100% was last wednesday and it finally died yesterday afternoon. I didn't do any GPS activity with it during the week. I do make sure it stays BT connected to my phone. I charged up to 100% again and put the watch on at 10:27pm. Right now, it's sitting at 89%. Does that sound right? 12% loss in ~12 hours?

  • Mine is the same. I have a Bushnell new xs which is several years old and the battery on that will still last two and a half to three rounds. My Garmin S60 was down to (50% ) after my after my last round. At the same course the week before the battery died after fourteen holes. I charge it up the night before every round so there’s no rhyme or reason. I have to take the old Bushnell with me as a backup . I bought the Garmin to replace the Bushnell but I will be getting another Bushnell next time round.