Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsAwesome watch! Battery is fine.
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2019
I bought this watch as an upgrade to my Apple Watch series 1. I purchased the model with the brown leather strap when it was on sale for $199. I was a little skeptical at first due to all the negative reviews about battery life, but the great looks of the watch combined with the low price drew me in regardless. Turns out the battery is fine. I wore the watch all day at work. After 13 hrs, I still had 48% battery life. It was projected to last another 11 hrs for a total of 24 hrs. I had Bluetooth and WiFi turned on along with all the default notifications. I imagine if I deactivated some of the features, I could stretch the battery life to a couple of days. I downloaded and installed the latest software and I'm running Wear OS version 2.6. This may have something to do with the improved battery life. I noticed others were posting screen shots of their battery life and showed that Bluetooth accounted for 99% of their battery consumption. Not the case with my watch. Bluetooth only accounted for 12% of battery consumption for me. I attached a screenshot of the battery health graph for my watch that shows it would have gone a full 24 hrs.
Compared to the Apple Watch series 1, the battery life is slightly less however. I could get a day and a half out of the Apple Watch when it was new. The Diesel On Full Guard 2.5 its much more fun to use though. It is more customizable, has better watch faces, looks better, and the two buttons above and below the dial can be used as shortcuts for whatever apps you want. The performance is probably only slightly better than the Apple Watch series 1 which is odd since series 1 technology is a few years old now. Either way, I'm extremely satisfied so far.
