USB C Charging

Hi everyone. So, I am probably one of the few who would prefer a standard USB change cable (as I have had in the past). The only "C" port I have in my life, is on the back of my PC. So, I used that to put some charge into the watch today. I went from 35% to a little over 80% in about 30min. From that math, it would suggest it would take about an hour to fully charge.

Sounds great.. but...

I don't like "fast" charging. It heats up the battery (and the watch did feel a little warm when taking off the charger). I would much rather a slower current charge, that takes longer and wont heat up the battery as much for better battery long term health.

What are my options to do this? Does anyone know of any low current charging blocks that I can use with the USB C cable?

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0 1LEumT4P6Y over 1 year ago

You can order a non-usb-c cable from amazon and use it with any regular "slow" changing block.

0 7828711 over 1 year ago in reply to 1LEumT4P6Y

Thanks. I see it now, that Garmin sells the older USB A style cord on Amazon. Great, I will get this one and see if it slows down the charge rate.

0 GrahamMaharg over 1 year ago

I don’t know if a USB-A will make much difference. Here are the times I recorded with one. Similar to your USB-C
30% to 80% 32mins
80% to 90% 12mins
90% to 100% 44mins
So 1hr32min from 30 to 100%.

It did slow down past 80%

0 7828711 over 1 year ago in reply to GrahamMaharg

This is good info. This was with the Epix 2 Pro?

0 GrahamMaharg over 1 year ago in reply to 7828711

No. The non-pro. It didn’t register with me that you had a pro but I’m not sure there’s any real difference. In this post www.dcrainmaker.com/.../garmin-fenix-7-pro-epix-pro-battery-charging-times-interestingly-different-results.html DC Rainmaker said, ‘ I use the cheap 2-for-$9 Garmin charging pucks (review here), which I tested side by side also over with regular new Garmin USB-C charging cables and found zero difference in charging times.’

0 CuriousConstruction over 1 year ago

Search amazon for a 500mah wall charger. Looks like you can still get some. I use an ancient one from 2014 on my wireless pad that sits on my nightstand for my phone for this same reason. It's enough to charge it overnight and keep it very noticeably cooler doing so.

0 7828711 over 1 year ago in reply to CuriousConstruction

YES! (I did this too back in 2018 with my Samsung phone!). haha, nice to see I am not the only one who understand this stuff ;-)

0 Rob24933 over 1 year ago

I can't believe my new epic 2 is supplied with just a USB c lead..... How am I supposed to charge it I have no usb AC chargers...... Absolutely ridiculous Garmin!

0 jaamgans over 1 year ago in reply to Rob24933

pretty much every new phone comes out with USB C. Most newish laptops/pc all have usb c.

Woulid suggest going onto amazon and buying a usb c charging block - its like £5-£14 based on type and charging speed.

Purpose of not supplyihg is enviro friendly - part of reason for standardising phone chargers etc - so can use one for multiple devices. New standard is usb c.

0 Rob24933 over 1 year ago in reply to jaamgans

I don't have a usb phone.... It just seems strange v I've just bought a 1000 pound phone and can't plug it in ....I do understand your explanation though ... Is me that's out of date! I shall purchase a suitable wall charger or charging block as you suggested