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APPLE WATCH SERIES 3 WATER TEST - SWIMMING IN THE RAIN!!!

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wayfarerwoz

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Feb 24, 2018
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Hey everyone, I made a video on the apple watch series 3 water test!

I have recently started uploading onto my channel, creating travel and fitness content as I am travelling around Australia with my girlfriend.

This is a great passion of mine, so would love for you to watch and if this video provides you any value at all please subscribe to my channel!

Thanks everyone !!:):apple:
 
BasicGreatGuy said:
There is really no need to ask the question "is it waterproof," as Apple has stated it isn't.

MacRumors is a discussion forum, not a place to promote your YouTube videos.
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BasicGreatGuy said:
There is really no need to ask the question "is it waterproof," as Apple has stated it isn't.

MacRumors is a discussion forum, not a place to promote your YouTube videos.
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I thought Apple has stated it is :)
 
I have had my Nike + S3 watch on in the pool and in the lake dozens of times since I started wearing one. No issues to report just perfect performance. Does a very good job tracking my exercise.
 
wayfarerwoz said:
Apple Watch Series 2 and Apple Watch Series 3 may be used for shallow water activities like swimming in a pool or ocean. - it’s waterproof in this case swimming in a pool. Cheers for your input though mate, it’s much appreciated :)
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This sounds like 99.9% of peoples definition of waterproof. Not looking to go deep sea diving with this thing.
 
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wayfarerwoz said:
Apple Watch Series 2 and Apple Watch Series 3 may be used for shallow water activities like swimming in a pool or ocean. - it’s waterproof in this case swimming in a pool. Cheers for your input though mate, it’s much appreciated :)
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No, neither the Series 2 or Series 3 is water proof. They are 50 Meters water resistant. Even swimming in a pool doesn’t make the Apple Watch waterproof.

The FTC {Federal Trade Commission} prohibits the term waterproof to be used by a watch manufacturer in the United States. There is no such thing.

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https://beckertime.com/blog/why-there-are-not-any-waterproof-watches/
 
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There is no such thing as waterproof. Water resistant, yes, not waterproof. Nothing in the world is waterproof. Eventually items will be damaged due to water pressure.
 
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I used my series 1 almost every day in the shower, I used my series 2 almost every day for swimming and use my current series 3 every day for swimming in pools, beaches and many other water activities and NEVER had any issues.

How can people say it’s not waterproof when they have ads showing people swimming in pools with them and they have specific tracking mechanisms for swimming activities??
 
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Jamesk811 said:
I used my series 1 almost every day in the shower, I used my series 2 almost every day for swimming and use my current series 3 every day for swimming in pools, beaches and many other water activities and NEVER had any issues.

How can people say it’s not waterproof when they have ads showing people swimming in pools with them and they have specific tracking mechanisms for swimming activities??
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Your anecdotal experiences are not fact. Once again, there is a big difference between water resistance and waterproof. The Apple Watch is not waterproof. That is a fact.
 
Jamesk811 said:
I used my series 1 almost every day in the shower, I used my series 2 almost every day for swimming and use my current series 3 every day for swimming in pools, beaches and many other water activities and NEVER had any issues.
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Which really doesn’t mean anything, because your experience is not everybody else’s. Water resistsnce is merely a rating, not a guarantee. There are no waterproof watches available and it’s regulated by the Federal Trade Commission. See above link I posted in Post #8.

Jamesk811 said:
How can people say it’s not waterproof
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I Don’t think you have an understanding of what waterproof is. Water resistance is rated at 50 m for the Apple Watch, there are no waterproof watches, some Apple watches will survive water exposure and others will fail. It’s not “People” that are saying that, that’s regulated by the FTC. There have been plenty of threads in here where others have showered with their Apple watches or exposed them to pools and they have failed.
 
And I’m sure if they failed Apple would replace them under warranty considering they clearly state they can be used in pools and the like
 
While the term waterproof is regulated, it’s also one that people commonly use in place of water-resistant and there is a shared understanding that something officially described as water-resistant to 50m is ‘waterproof’. That the term couldn’t legally be used by the manufacturer doesn’t mean it isn’t regularly used to describe a product by its by owners. And yes, if I wear my watch swimming and it suffers water damage, I’ll take it back and Apple will replace it.

So while you’re right to say it’s not waterproof, to keep labouring the point comes across as nit picky. We understand that the legal term is water-resistant with a rating but common usage means there’s a shared understanding of the term waterproof.
 
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And I’m sure if they failed Apple would replace them under warranty considering they clearly state they can be used in pools and the like
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No one is disputing if Apple would or not replace your watch. The point was, you stated “How can people say it’s not waterproof.” Because the Apple Watch and every other watch is not waterproof, it doesn’t exist and will not exist for a watch, at least in the United States. There are various ratings, but water pressure and ingress points are reasons for such contributing to failure.
 
I for one have been thoroughly enjoying the water resistant capabilities of all three generations of the Apple Watch that I have owned. So long as they work as advertised and where advertised and continue to do so, I'm quite happy.
 
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Nell said:
While the term waterproof is regulated, it’s also one that people commonly use in place of water-resistant and there is a shared understanding that something officially described as water-resistant to 50m is ‘waterproof’.
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In terms of technicality for discussion for completeness and accuracy, it’s a misconception to call something “WaterProof” the way the OP construes the Watch being used in a pool, when in fact it’s not, it’s water resistant. Spreading misinformation can also misconstrue product information for those who don’t know and/or who were under the impression that it was waterproof, when that is not true. So when someone says the Apple Watch failed and they thought it was waterproof, there is a significant difference between proof and resistant. In terms of discussion, it should be corrected between the two differences regardless of how somebody interprets the two terms.
 
PieTunes said:
I for one have been thoroughly enjoying the water resistant capabilities of all three generations of the Apple Watch that I have owned. So long as they work as advertised and where advertised and continue to do so, I'm quite happy.
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Same here. I took my S0 snorkeling several times, with no ill effects.
 
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