Has anybody tested the solar yet in the real world?

I did a test by exposing the watch for a few hours behind my window with the September sun, so not as strong as in the middle of summer, which allows the watch to heat up less during the test.

And I confirm that at around 100klux/h I had an increment of 1%, I was able to reach a maximum of 150klux/h but I did not have the increment of a 2nd percent because the time became cloudy.

So regarding the operation of the solar panel itself, with the sun in the morning from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. approximately 10:30 a.m., the speed of increase in klux/h was similar to the enduro 2, on the other hand when the sun was powerful enough, the speed of increase in klux/h became faster.

So I think that depending on where you are (me being from STRASBOURG), if you are outside further south and with a powerful sun it is possible to "charge" the watch and really have unlimited, in mode eco or classic ABC watch, i.e. without bluetooth, wifi, or heart rate sensor...

Last point: as everyone knows, Garmin released what could be the best watch, but buggy as ever, and I noticed that even in energy saving mode, it consumes more than what the enduro consumed 2 or even instinct 2x solar.

This time I'm not going to return the watch because that would be a shame, but I hope that Garmin will quickly release a corrective update for all these problems. And there we will be able to even better test the real efficiency of the real recharge potential.

yes the watch was on, not in power saving mode, all connections and sensors: bluetooth, wifi, heart rate sensor and oximeter disabled, basically a classic ABC watch.

The dial is the original one from the enduro 3 with modified data fields: altitude, barometer, sunrise and sunset times, date.

The conditions were those of early September and behind a window, from around 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the sun was therefore present, but not as strong as it was in midsummer, which allowed me to see that the panel exploiting its full potential when the sun was already high and quite strong all the same, after 10:30 a.m.

And for the percentage increment, it increased without restarting the watch as was sometimes necessary on the enduro 2.

Which therefore makes me think, as already stated, that Garmin has probably planned for the sun to recharge and therefore increase the percentages.

Let's wait and see what it will be like after a next update which I hope will improve the stability and consumption of the enduro 3.

Ah, it’s not bad at all!

which more or less confirms my thoughts following my tests, which for my part were behind a window

I noticed when I was in direct sunlight for a few minutes that the klux/h increased much more quickly.

On the other hand, you say that you emaganized 33.7klux/h, wouldn't it be more like 337klux/h?

Because according to my findings, the watch needs approximately more or less 100klux/h to have an increment of 1%

With the enduro 3 my maximum was 145klux/h from memory, but with the enduro 2 I had already reached 300klux/h but there I did not have 2% more battery especially than the enduro 2 didn't know how to increment the additional % without restarting.