Hi
I normally take my watch off when going to the hot sauna and steam room, however I noticed some people come in wearing their apple watches, I keep wondering if this is safe especially for the battery to be exposed to such high temperatures and for the watch electronics overall ?
I still think it is unsafe but correct me if I’m wrong
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Don’t do it. I tried this once just to see what happened and my watch shut itself off from overheating after 15 minutes. Once it got back to normal temperature it was fine, but it really isn’t recommended.
Finn here,
It’s not recommended to wear AW in a sauna, due to high temperatures and humidity (steam).
However you typically keep your hands low in a sauna, where the temperatures are not high. I occasionally wear my watch in sauna, for example at a public swimming hall. So far no problems with that.
Reading the comments the American sauna is like a warm breeze to European saunas lmao.
Swedish sauna or real sauna?
I’d swim with it but I wouldn’t take in a sauna. Don’t think it’s wise to do so tbh
I’ve been wearing my Series 5 in the steam room, sauna and hot tub 4-5 times per week for the last year. No issues.
On vacation in Mexico, I got to drop from a zipline into a cenote. Great experience for me. However, the Apple Series 6 watch did NOT survive the experience. Perhaps it was the nature of the impact into the water. Or perhaps it was the mineralized water. Who knows. Bottom line. Its water resistant. At best. Not water proof.
I’ve been wearing them in the sauna since series 2 and I’ve never had an issue, honestly I think the sweat cools it off a bit because I’ve never had an overheating issue, the phone will overheat if you don’t splash water on it every now and then
Yes, I have my garmin always so Apple Watch (ultra should so classic too) should too
I just wouldn’t. You can leave your electronics outside and wait til later!
Apple’s docs state not to wear it in these circumstances. You can find them somewhere.
Anecdotally, I’ve never taken mine off at the spa. I go frequently, and do multiple bouts of 20 minutes in steam, sauna, hours in hot water, etc. I’ve not had an issue. The only place I ever take it off is at the beach, as the sand will destroy it.
I always use mine in the sauna with no issues.
i wear mine without issues
I take my phone and watch in the sauna often. Only issue I’ve seen was my phone presenting the high temp signage.
Darn, I bring both my watch and phone in the sauna
Why would you take your phone with you in sauna?
Bringing your phone in a sauna is generally a no-no and is disrespectful to other people using it.
It sounds like it’s relatively safe to do it but I am not that brave, my OCD kicks in and I start imagining all sort of scenarios from burning to exploding battery lol
Took my Ultra in for my first time… After 9.5 mins, it shut down and displayed a temp logo with red in it.
The third time I used the sauna without the Ultra, I saw someone had an Apple Watch, so asked how his responded in this heat. He said it had never been an issue and had never shut down.
I then pondered aloud whether mine had shut down because it’s titanium rather than aluminium and might have conducted the heat more. He got up and left. I meant it as a genuine science conundrum, but he might have taken it as me being a tosser.