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I am very pleased with this watch, The only thing i would change is the volumn of the alarms,I can't hear them sometimes. Everything else is just fine.
I've used it on several rough camping trips, and I have no pitty on the watch when it comes to using it.just love it. My only big complain with this watch over 5 years is how easily the crystal picks up scratches.
No problems so far with it, the battery is still strong (the backligt feature has not dimmed at all) and water resistance is definitively there. I use it at least once a week for swimming in a pool, and I have taken it a few times for short dives in the ocean.
Well, this coming August is going to be 5 years wearing, using and abusing this watch. I guess I could use my cellphone for that as well, but in terms of retriving, nothing beats a look at the wrist and pressing a couple of buttons.
Some people dismissed the data bank feature as "useless" or "a thing of the past" just because we have now so many other devices (blackberries, iphones, even regular cellphones). However, I still use my watch to store critical, usually short information such as alarm passwords (like my office's, which is changed monthly), password combinations for banking, websites, etc.
I have to admit that I am partly to blame for that. I hope I can give another update in 5 years, possibly with the battery still alive.
But from the looks and features, it seemed cheap at first. come on, looks great at that price.I think the watch had the potential to be great, but it missed a couple of important things.Durability: The face scratches easy. I am giving it 3 starts because it may have been my fault. It is a cheap looking light that is very limited.Overall, I think that the watch was a ok buy for a cheap watch.
I personally think this watch looks good. Now I am replacing the watch with a timex.Well, First off, I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The buttons, well, after this half year I owned it, the buttons started to stick. But the Interface to change the analog and the usage of the digital part is poorly designed.
On DST date I always have to search for the manual on this one. so be careful. Now, once in a while the button stays pressed and beeps itself to death. Granted I have taken the watch ocean swimming and exercising. I bought this watch over half year ago.
It is confusing and not very intuitive. I owned a similar timex and I've never had to read the manual. That may be my fault for not getting it, but found it counter-intuitive for me. Someone mentioned about the light being useless, well it's kinda true. But they shouldn't say it is a 50M waterproof watch.Design: The strap is not very flexible, I have small wrists and they can't quite wrap around my wrist. Yes, it is not well balanced overall, but for $20. I have to say that I expected more from Casio.
On hindsight, maybe that was not a good idea. It works, but not very comfortable.Utility: Well, I like that it has both analog and digital, the reason why I bought it. Considering how long it lasted, it is on the expensive side. I wouldn't recommend it unless they really liked the design and can't afford something better.
Wonderful design. Easy to read, easy to change functions, no distracting sweep second hand, no stem sticking out, nice light, great alarms, good stopwatch and countdown timer, world time functions, and telephone memos. Classy metal band, reasonable water resistance and a disposable price.
Nice watch. but no second hand. It would have been nice if the watch had a second hand but other than that the watch is great.
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