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Time to fully charge

I am using the supplied cable and it is slow charging the Instinct Solar, it took over 2 hrs to charge from 25% to 60%, is this typical?

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Garmin - Chris over 4 years ago in reply to 8953053 +2 verified

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I wouldn't label 6 hours as too long on a charge. I don't pay attention to the exact length of time my Instinct Solar takes to charge but if you want the best lithium-ion battery experience for…
trux over 4 years ago in reply to Garmin - Chris +2

Garmin - Chris said:
Our watches and their lithium-ion batteries will do their best charged at 5V/1A. Slow and true.

With 5V/1A you could fully charge the watch in 9 minutes Far less is sufficient. Even…
Garmin - Chris over 4 years ago in reply to WaleczneSerce +1

Our watches and their lithium-ion batteries will do their best charged at 5V/1A. Slow and true.

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0 Rhustle over 4 years ago in reply to mgeiger33

It's the Garmin charging cable. A knock off charging dock is your best best.

0 AxlFurneaux42 over 4 years ago in reply to 8953053

That seems to be about normal for a first charge. I end up charging mine roughly once a month and it is still around that time to get to 100% incidentally. I do leave it until it is virtually flat before a re-charge though. Others may not. I have the view that if you run the device down, the battery lasts longer - no idea if that is true or not, it just feels the right thing to do.