Slow battery charging

Have you tried resetting and restarting the watch?

Of course I tried. I am posting on the forum as I have no more ideas. Tomorrow I will contact support.

Maybe another Mr. Obvious answer, but have you checked the recessed area around the connector on the watch for dirt?  I wear my watch in dusty/dirty environments and have used a toothpick to dig out crud that has built up there.  The charging plug won't fully engage if there is enough build up in there.

Yes i did it. Upon visual inspection, the cable appears to be ok. The watch connector is also ok, plus it is always protected by a rubber cap ...

My watch always take around 3 hours to charge

I always charge my watch via the usb port on my laptop. And the charging speed is about 1% per minute.

That sounds like a faulty cable or watch connection. It should charge more quickly than 26% in four hours.

I've had inconsistent charging rates - and yes, it's slow. I've been measuring it 

• The first time it averaged 3 minutes per percentage gain - using a wall charger. The time varied throughout - faster then slower then faster again. 4 hours 37 minutes from around 10% to 100% charged.
• The next time it took more than 5 minutes per percentage gain (fairly consistent rate) - again using the same wall charger. A bit over two and a half hours to go from 70% to 100%.
• The last time I charged it via the USB port on the laptop and it took an average of 3 minutes for each percentage gain (fairly consistent rate). An hour and 6 minutes from 78% to 100% charged.

(I wonder if the cables don't have great quality control, or maybe the connectors don't always connect properly. I'd love to have it charge at 1% a minute. That's closer to what the Fitbit Versa does.)

I've now realised my cable was faulty as well. It keeps disconnecting when plugged into the computer, even if the cable is moved only slightly. I've ordered a replacement cable from Garmin Support and hope that sorts it out. (When it's working it charges much more quickly than I reported above.)

im having the same issues, my instinct solar takes 24 hr to get to 100% did you get an answer? mine also connects and disconnects itself from my computer and the connection when its in the watch doesn't sit correctly, very woobly, ill give it a clean and try again. is there a lot off issues with faulty cables?

did it work?