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Q: Can I wear my Apple Watch while boxing/working out with a heavy bag (hitting it repeatedly)? Can it take the impact from the hits?

Can I wear my Apple Watch while boxing/working out with a heavy bag (hitting it repeatedly)? Can it take the impact from the hits?

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Posted on May 28, 2015 2:52 PM

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy May 28, 2015 3:01 PM in response to avilacellphone
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    May 28, 2015 3:01 PM in response to avilacellphone

    I don't think any watch is intended for such use. I wouldn't wear mine. (But in your case, I've seen you hit, so it shouldn't really matter. )

  • by Auwsome,

    Auwsome Auwsome Jul 25, 2015 5:09 PM in response to Kappy
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    Jul 25, 2015 5:09 PM in response to Kappy

    I am seriously interested in what Apple would have to say.  I am wondering if it would hurt it.  I would like to continue to listen to music with it, and have it monitor my heart rate.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jul 25, 2015 5:10 PM in response to Auwsome
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    Jul 25, 2015 5:10 PM in response to Auwsome

    read their specs or go into a store and ask - Apple is not here

     

    LN

  • by Ziatron,

    Ziatron Ziatron Jul 25, 2015 5:36 PM in response to avilacellphone
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    Jul 25, 2015 5:36 PM in response to avilacellphone

    The only way to know for sure, is for you to try it out yourself.

     

    Let us know what happens.

  • by Auwsome,

    Auwsome Auwsome Aug 12, 2015 3:17 PM in response to Ziatron
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    Aug 12, 2015 3:17 PM in response to Ziatron

    So Apple has no position on this..........

    If this were a $45 piece of schwag I could see the silent treatment, but not for an Apple Watch.

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Aug 12, 2015 3:26 PM in response to Auwsome
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    Aug 12, 2015 3:26 PM in response to Auwsome

    .

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Aug 12, 2015 3:29 PM in response to Auwsome
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    Aug 12, 2015 3:29 PM in response to Auwsome

    Auwsome wrote:

     

    So Apple has no position on this..........

    If this were a $45 piece of schwag I could see the silent treatment, but not for an Apple Watch.

     

    Apple does not participate on this site.

     

    I seriously doubt boxing will hurt the Watch though. You are far more likely to hurt your own wrist by wearing it while boxing.

  • by Auwsome,

    Auwsome Auwsome Aug 12, 2015 4:09 PM in response to John Galt
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    Aug 12, 2015 4:09 PM in response to John Galt

    Well now I feel like a bit of an arse (should have known that they don't participate).  I don't intend to wear it for sparring, just when I am doing 3 and 1's on the heavy bag.  It will be covered by the gloves.  I was just worried about screwing with the gyro-compass-interwebz wizardry inside that tiny little case.

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Aug 12, 2015 4:26 PM in response to Auwsome
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    Aug 12, 2015 4:26 PM in response to Auwsome

    Suppose it were to break internally (somehow). If you were to bring it to Apple with no sign of exterior damage, how would they claim you broke it?

     

    That's just a hypothetical question. I don't know the answer.

  • by Auwsome,

    Auwsome Auwsome Aug 12, 2015 4:57 PM in response to John Galt
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    Aug 12, 2015 4:57 PM in response to John Galt

    Very true.  Also I dug a bit and cannot find anything from Apple that says "...no heavy bag training..." or "...no combat sport training...".  That said it could be under Section MMXLVII, Sub-Section 2,325.43B, Article 22r of their Terms and Conditions.  I will run it past my contract attorney after I get back from the Cape.

     

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1884035/

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Aug 12, 2015 5:23 PM in response to Auwsome
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    Aug 12, 2015 5:23 PM in response to Auwsome

    There are no hidden terms and conditions.

     

    You can read the User Guide here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/apple-watch-user-guide/id985786488

     

    or download it here: PDF Apple Watch User Guide

     

    Under "Safety, Handling, and Support" the only precaution regarding "impact" addresses how its water resistance might be affected by such damage.

  • by darreal920,

    darreal920 darreal920 Aug 13, 2015 8:25 AM in response to Auwsome
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    Aug 13, 2015 8:25 AM in response to Auwsome

    The hardest part about wearing the watch with heavy bag training is that your hand wraps get in the way, that is what i have found out. I just take mine off when I am sparring or doing pad work. lifting weights is different, when it comes to that I just leave it on. Hope this helps!

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Aug 13, 2015 11:58 AM in response to Auwsome
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    Aug 13, 2015 11:58 AM in response to Auwsome

    Since you do sparring and bag work, perhaps you would know of a wrist-wearable device containing a force transducer. It would at least provide a starting point to determine force due to acceleration for a typical punch. If you did, it would be possible to equate that to the force due to acceleration resulting from dropping the Watch onto a solid surface such as a wooden table.

     

    I can't find any meaningful data on that subject, but it seems to me that dropping a Watch even a few centimeters onto a night stand would subject it to a greater force than you would hitting a bag with it strapped to your wrist. The Watch can move quite a bit while strapped to your arm, even if it were bound by tape and a glove, which means it won't decelerate nearly as fast as dropping it from a height so small no one would think twice about it.

     

    The Watch has no shock resistance rating, no surprise since the only ISO standard that I know of only applies to mechanical watches. Casio's "G-Shock" series alleges survival from a 10m drop onto a "hard surface". If Casio advertises that force in engineering units I can't find it. I seriously doubt any Watch would survive a similar test without exterior damage though, and wrapping a Watch in protective material to preclude exterior damage would render any comparison invalid.

     

    If you can tell me you hit a bag with x number of g as measured by some wrist-worn device, then I might be able to equate that to the force resulting from dropping a Watch from a height of y cm onto a tabletop. However, there will still be several unknown variables requiring reasonable assumptions to be made.