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Here's the PulsePak plugged into the dock while being worn. I've not had a problem with the battery sticking out. You could use a micro-USB extension cable and tuck the battery into the wristband of the watch, but I preferred this simpler approach.
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I find it's a little more comfortable worn over a wrist band. The thickness of the wristband combined with the thickness of the dock does make the watch feel a little more cumbersome, but . ==Recharge Time==I found I was boosting did some analysis to see how long it takes to charge the Fenix 3 when it's recording. The figures below are the battery charge by about time from completely depleted. {| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"! Time (minutes)! Percent Charged|-| 15| 10%|-| 26| 20%|-| 39| 30%|-| 53| 40%|-| 55| 50% in half an hour, so you shouldn't be wearing it for an extended period.|-| 77| 60%|-| 90| 70%|-| 103| 80%|-| 115| 90%|-| 138| 100%|}
=Garmin Epix=
While the [[Garmin Epix]] has been rather abandoned by my Garmin, with no firmware updates to fix bugs, it remains a high functioning watch at a price that starting to decline. The Garmin Epix has its charging port on the side, and the cable just clips in. You can see the standard cable below, along with an aftermarket adapter. (The yellow cable tie is just a marker so that I can find where the watch is plugged in when I've got lots of them on charge at the same time.)
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==Recharge Time==
Charging the Vivoactive while recording, it takes about two hours to go from empty to fully recharged. The recharge rate is fairly even, with each 25% taking about 30 minutes.
