What's the longest you've got out of your Apple Watch Ultra?

Solid video. I get tons of ghost presses on my series 4 when I’m out doing yard work. So I flipped it around such that the buttons point towards my arm not my hand. You’ll obviously need to switch the screen orientation too. Problem solved.

Very rarely do I watch a video all the way through, but this was fun! Thanks for the adventure 🔥

I am well invested in the Apple 'ecosystem', owning an iMac, iPad, iPhone and older iPods. But I also own an Garmin Fenix 5 plus. If someone gave me an Apple Ultra watch, I would sell it and get a Garmin Fenix 7, not that I need the newest Garmin, but because the Ultra is a complete oversell for me. The Garmin accompanies me not only everyday, but also when I go overlanding on extended trips.

Great video Mark, and lovely scenery. Now, if you could just activate the 'Fewer GPS and heart rate readings' in Low Power mode and go back and repeat it all for us as a comparison, that would be great, ta! 😄

My experience of hiking with my Ultra is that is the use of the altimeter on the hiking workout which absolutely kills the battery. I now use my Garmin Fenix to track altitude and only ever use the outdoor walk workout on the Apple Watch which does not use the altimeter.

I see a Garmin in your future. LOL

The Leamington Bear Grylls- That made me chuckle. Great Video, Mark :)

I use the water lock for all my long-sleeve runs or hikes like this - you can still scroll through the list of workout views but makes sure stuff isn’t paused etc.

I’d be interested in seeing how it does without the workout tracking. I have a 2nd gen SE and I don’t use much of the foreground features. When I go on business trips I leave it in low power, turn it off at night and get 3 days out of it. I’d love to see how long the Ultra could last under similar circumstances. Great video though Mark. Nice to see another outdoor real world usage test :)

i love practical tests like this, great job

Great video. For home usage in low Power with sim installed i just charged from 4% after 3 Days and 4 hours.

Loved this video! Very interesting, even as someone that isn’t an adventurer myself. From what I see it definitely is a 2 day watch.

I think the bit that disappointed me the most is it keeps turning off the tracking. This seems a consistent issue and makes it just not fit for purpose. But thanks for trying it out. Good thing the chap with the Garmin can tell you where you went. :) I think for everyday use it's clearly a good watch but a watch for walkers it is not - never mind the marketing suggestion it would be good for expeditions. And that fun orange button sound like it's an epic fail. Design over substance? But then as you know I do have a Garmin ......... :)

I get ghost touches if it's raining, or if my sleeves rub against the screen. They need to address that and improve spurious touch rejection.

Now this is a good and original tech video. Nicely edited too. 👏🏻

Had mine about a week now, really impressive bit of kit. Probably the best device Apple have released since the original Apple Watch

Great video! Not sure if it is the constant looking for cellular or wifi signal under the hood that has drained the battery a lot more than you expected. Coz the mountain you've been hiking is in quite a remote area where might have a weak connection. Maybe it can hold the 60 hrs as it claimed when used in a city or laboratory, not make sense for an 'ultra' tho

Great video I’m considering getting one tomorrow

I normally lock the screen if I’m hiking or kickboxing. Hate those accidental presses. Love the AWU

Hi there! Another great video! I got 3 nights and 3 days. no low power mode on. normal use. nor live refreshing apps or complications on the watch face (regular white-coloured nike watch face) and one 2h indoor workout in day 2. Cheers!

Have you ever tried using the ultra with a map app like workout doors or something similar for hiking and navigation?

What a beautiful view. Great video mark.

Mark,great video as usual.I have an ultra watch although have not activated the cellular on it. I have notifications on and do 2 dog walks a day totalling about 90minutes ,all being tracked via the action button. I get I would say 2 whole days and stick it on charge around 6pm on the third day with about 10% on average left. I take the watch off at night so that might be the difference?

Hello Mark, great test and lovely scenery. As a big Apple fan up to now I have not bought any Apple watch , main reason is batery life. And watching this test I am sure to not buy Ultra, sorry Apple. For hiking I am using Garmin GPSMap 66 plus 2-3 sets of spare AA batteries. Best Regards

Is there any way you could (maybe temporarily) wear the Watch upside down, to stop the Action button problem; or would it just mess with the buttons on the other side?

Did you turn on just low power mode as well as with workouts?

You should keep your beard longer. It suits you so well mate ✔️ Next video idea : Garmin Forerunner 255 test 💯🤙🏻

With my usage, I got 72 hours without low power mode w8th 8% battery left, and 96 hours with low power mode on with 10% left.

Thx! Very nice video! Could you please post, where exactly you have hiked in this video… I like that landscape with good pubs along 😉🍺 best regards from good old Germany!

Streets ahead 😄 nice community reference

Mine is a day & a half without low power mode I could probably squeeze 2 days of a charge without low power mode I’d only use low power mode when it gets to 30-40% I don’t see the point in turning it on at 100%

Hiking is my personal version of hell.

I love theses types of vids!!! :DD

Wow I've watched dozens of videos and tests and this real world test says a whole lot especially when you have someone sporting a Garmin right next to you. This is simply the worst commercial for the Ultra that I have seen. Thanks for taking the time for this if you because it is incredibly eye-opening. Marketing, marketing, marketing.

thanks for a great test! , I agree that the ultra only lasts few days at best

The 60h claim from Apple is based on Low Power Mode activated AND Less GPS and Heart Rate Readings during running and trail workouts… you should acknowledge this.

I wanted an ULTRA but I think Garmin is for the serious user

I think two days is not bad at all, considering what it does. Why is everyone so obsessed with getting more battery time? It takes less than an hour to get it back up to 95%. I simply don't see the issue here. The constant comparison to Garmin is a bit weird to me, as they are so different products. That said, the stopping of some of the tracking features could be because the watch comes off the wrist every ever so slightly now and then. This happens to me when I am wearing a jacket and cycling, the sleeve or gloves lift up the watch a little bit from the wrist. That IS a bit annoying and there should be a setting for this issue, like the water lock feature. So let's hope Apple figures one out. And perhaps some more general customizing in that area as well ( there might already be but I haven't figured them out). But then again I am not tracking and quantifying everything I do anyway. I mostly got it for the coolness and the fun features of daily life. ( like controlling the music when I teach dancing! which is ûber-cool!!) SOme of those ghost touch issues, they will for sure work out in a software update. They have with the iphone over the years. I do however get that your job is to do these "tests", MARK and kudos for taking the time so we can enjoy watching 👌🏼

Did you have the low power option in the workout app selected? You’re not going to get near 60 hours without that

I actually have series 6 always on low power mode, it lasts me 3 days...

“Time Check” times 600, that would last for tons of vlogs.

Thanks for the video! Curious, did you use the always on display also?

Hi Mark, great video thanks and well done, I bought it for the looks and not climbing mountains, I was shattered watching your efforts. I too got action button presses by accident. However, in the action button settings, I did manage to switch it off completely by assigning no action to it. I hope this helps 😊

is the battery any better than the apple watch series 8??? also did you are the cellular on during the hike???

How long does the watch take to charge?

I have a large version of the Watch 7 and can pretty much get 2 days out of it (with 6-8 hours of walking and sleeping in it too); I expected the Ultra to smash it out of the park, but on this performance, perhaps not! I share your sentiment regarding the touch sensitivity whilst walking - it’s a real PITA but I don’t want to lock it as it then won’t let me touch-pay for stuff. I still love the watch however and thanks for your review 👍

How cold was it when you did the test? Temperature has a huge affect on battery life

does the low power mode stop the gps accuracy ? I assume so.

I use to get 72 hrs out of my ultra, but since I got the iPhone 15 Pro max I am now only getting like 60 hrs….. I lost 12 hrs all of a sudden without any other changes than the new phone😢…..

great video, could it be the thing is searching for cell service all the time draining the battery?

Nice video

im not a techie or anything but Garmin watch doesn't have color on their screen, no? and Apple Watch is like a smartphone on your wrist which perhaps Garmin isn't?

It’s not good enough unfortunately. I’ve thought it was just the screen tech (reflective vs OLED) but garmin have given us the data now as they make the same watch with each screen tech Fenix and Epix2. Epix2 has way worse battery life due to the OLED but it’s so much better than the Ultra - more like a week of this sort of use. Apple really need to improve.

I like the garmin watches much more. My Fenix 7 is way better and also those garmins with an amoled screen last way longer, like the FR 965 and so on. And even the 255 from your friend is much better and costs so much less. And they are much cheeper. I love my garmin🙂👌🏾

For something that's supposed to be on low power.. it was going through unusual usage.. maybe the ghost touches

Was it connected to an iphone for the entire time or was it stand-alone?

Received my ultra Apple watch 7/28th And today 8/1 my watch went from 98% to dead under 4 hours. Wtf

Maybe the watch band is large enough to put it over your shirt or coat so it doesn’t hit the action button. 😁👍

Try the Galaxy watch ultra

Mine can last for only around 30 hours 😢

Not surprising that Apple lies about their battery duration lol

Apple is known to have glitches

Too expensive for 2 days watch

Misleading tho, ur not using the right low power mode apple was talking about :(

Like all Apple Watches before it in above a year it will struggle to make it 20 hours.

battery life - not good!!! Esp on low power mode!!!

Just toss a portable charger in your bag and it will last months

PoOr Apple Watch….l still want one though.

Never believe in marketing

Now, do a actual fair comparison and ask the Garmin watch to make a phone call and send a whatspp text for you, since you have been comparing the battery of an Apple Watch and a Garmin watch.

I feel like comparing the battery life between a Garmin device and an Apple Watch is really pointless. There’s no way (with present technology) to have the display quality in an Apple Watch while have the battery life of Garmin products. Even Garmin’s own OLED watch doesn’t live up to the battery life of their other offerings. Point being that there’s always trade offs with different approaches to technology and it doesn’t mean one is inherently worse than the other. And I’m saying all this as someone who’s used Garmin products for years but also use an Apple Watch.

Apple watch ultra or not = verry Nice watchs, but for battery life = piece off shit.

bought the kids an £8 watch from ali express. it does blood oxygen, HR, blood pressure, sleep tracking, steps and excercise- battery lasts 14-21 days battery bought myself a £20 watch- does all the above and also ecg monitor- both have an oled screen. terrible touch screens but since i never use and do all my checks from my phone, thats not an issue- my watch has a 10-20 day battery life dont know why anyone would buy an apple watch

Sounds like the Ultra is like most other apple products, style over substance. You sounded like you found the watch to be a pain in the ass to use until you turned it in to a semi dumb watch. Good video though.

Very poor battery … no way will change from my f6 unless they change this radically