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122 of 125 persons found the following review helpful.
Satisfied
By K. Helton
Been very satisfied with this watch so far. I was actually concerned with regards to the size, but this slim pathfinder fits the bill. Most of the current pathfinder watches are behemoths that are oversized for my wrist. This one is huge but not oversized, I wouldn’t want to go any larger myself. (56.9 x 47.4 x 11.5mm / 60g) Most of the other pathfinder are in the (62.3 x 52.2 x 14.2mm / 78g) range. So I get the same features but a little littler footprint.
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
Feature Filled Timepiece
By J. Battig
I’ve been impressed with everything regarding this watch since receiving it. First off, the looks are great. It’s a huge watch, but the styling is nicely done and it looks decent on my intermediate size wrist. I like that it is not bold or busy. It is reasonably intuitive to adjust and access the a great deal of functions. The three major functions of the watch are without apparent effort accessed from the corresponding buttons on the right side.
I specially like that this is a solar powered watch, with a handy indicator at the bottom of the display showing the level of charge. It took a week or so of normal wear to wholly charge the battery, but it has maintained it’s full charge with only a minimal amount of direct sunlight daily. The owner’s manual states that with normal use it needs only 5 minutes of sunlight each day to maintain the charge, and it has so far proven true.
The compass function appears to be rather accurate, but I haven’t used it very much so far. The compass will shut off after regarding 20 seconds, I assume to save battery power.
For an precise temperature reading the watch must be got rid of from the wrist. Your body heat will affect the reading significantly, but that is to be expected with this type of thermometer. Once got rid of from the wrist, it will take at least 15 minutes for the temperature to stabilize. I suppose that unless you have the watch sitting on your nightstand or you are in the middle of nowhere, there are in all likelihood more quickly ways to find the actual temperature.
The barometer seems reasonably precise when equated to the local pressure reading from the nearby government weather station. The trend graph is a nice touch. I haven’t employed the altimeter much but it’s essential to note that it ought to be adjusted sporadically to match your actual elevation, as with any altimeter the reading is computed versus the ever-changing barometric pressure.
The atomic time keeping has worked very well for my emplacement in the central US. I live approximately 550 miles from the Ft. Collins transmitter, and the watch will receive the time signal each night when it is got rid of from my wrist and sitting on my nightstand. I’ve stayed up late sufficient to observe that it does have galore problem receiving a signal while I am wearing it, but that is expected as stated in the product manual.
Since the intended use of the major functions is in an outdoor/adventure type of environment, then this watch adequately fits the bill. For me it just makes a great, good looking every day wear watch.
30 of 32 humans found the following review helpful.
Want to love it, but no…
By Michi
I have a ton of Casio watches, including three old alti-barometer watches. When this series came out, I waited a while and then jumped on it. It has everything one could want. Well, it does everything it says it should, and very well. However, after with regards to one year of use, I’m running into problems. I fly for a living, and this is the watch I take with me. I normally go to Europe five times a month and I wear this watch, when I’m home in the US this watch sits by a window to charge up and receive the atomic clock.
Well, the watch makes it to Europe, but on the return, it commonly dies on me. It goes from battery High indication to a dead screen with a flashing “C”, meaning it went into power saver mode attempting to recharge. At this point it loses all info – time, date, altimeter settings etc… The other day it started flashing an “R” and froze up. Haven’t found that in the manual yet. But I’m giving up on it. A watch is no good if it can’t reliably show the time, and this one doesn’t do that.
My guess is that the rechargeable battery is dead. The watch is out of warranty now, so I’m on my own with it. I found a place online that sells these rechargeable batteries, I guess I could give that a try. Still, disappointing, you would think a solar watch would work a whole lot longer than a regular battery.
Edit:
I purchased a new rechargeable battery for nine dollars from a NY online store and changed it myself. The watch works perfectly now and hasn’t dipped under a “High” charge since and that has been when it comes to a year. It has taken a lot of abuse in the last two years and still works great though the plastic on the sides is beauteous scuffed. I changed the rating to a five star rating now since it works as it should. Still not pleased that Casio sent it out with a bad battery. By the way, it does receive the German and British time signals perfectly. Haven’t tried the Japanese one yet. It is a little annoying that the watch needs to be told that it is in a dissimilar country though, rather than scanning for a signal by itself. I ordinarily don’t bother since the watch is precise sufficient for a while without updating. Like most Casio’s, it runs fast a few seconds each month if it doesn’t update.
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