This discussion has been locked.

You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

Solar Instinct Solar - how long takes battery charge via USB for totally discharged state?

1033671 over 4 years ago

Dears all,

My watches charges from fully discharged state about 2hours and half.

Is it normal?

Best Regards Martin

Top Replies

fraramgar over 4 years ago in reply to PawJH +2 suggested

Problem solved. I bought a new cable in EBAY for 2.5 euro and it charges really fast. Around 2 hours from 0% to 100%.

The problem wasthe original cable of GARMIN.

All Replies

0 TeaRacer over 4 years ago

About 2 hours it is OK.

Have you got USB2 or 3?

0 fraramgar over 4 years ago

In my case more than 5 hours. I have tried with a wall charger, quick charger and USB port of my laptop. Never less than 5 hours. I think it's not normal.

0 1033671 over 4 years ago in reply to TeaRacer

Hello I had that result on USB3 (Dell Latitude)

0 trux over 4 years ago in reply to fraramgar

fraramgar said:
In my case more than 5 hours. I have tried with a wall charger, quick charger and USB port of my laptop. Never less than 5 hours. I think it's not normal.

Yes, that's long. Do you use the original cable that came with your Instinct? Try cleaning the contacts both on the cable, and on the watch.

0 PawJH over 4 years ago

Could be also wrong cable or bad connection. When connecting watch to cable, try to push little bit and move with connecting from one side to another.

0 fraramgar over 4 years ago in reply to PawJH

Problem solved. I bought a new cable in EBAY for 2.5 euro and it charges really fast. Around 2 hours from 0% to 100%.

The problem wasthe original cable of GARMIN.

0 WaleczneSerce over 4 years ago in reply to fraramgar

I also have over 2 hours of charging time

0 TeaRacer over 4 years ago in reply to WaleczneSerce

The charging time from 5% to 100% was almost 2:45 hours with a non-original cable from ebay. Next time I will try with the original cable.

0 WaleczneSerce over 4 years ago in reply to TeaRacer

I like such tests then you can check if all watches charge similarly.

0 8953053 over 4 years ago

Weird, brand new out of the box and it took me about 6 hours to charge from 25% to 100%. Do I really need to get a 3rd party cable?