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(21 customer reviews) 48 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Good, With Odd Quirks,
December 6, 2009 Nicholas T. Dedring (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio Men's PAW1100-1V Pathfinder Atomic Solar Watch (Watch)
I've been happy with this watch, and it takes getting used to a pressure-based altimeter to realize how to use it best... if you're familiar with the concept of setting a reference altitude, you'll figure it out just fine.
It's reasonably robust, though one button has seemingly shifted inward slightly, requiring a much firmer press, after a fall to a rock ledge while hiking. So be it, I can't blame Casio for me juggling my watch and dropping it, can I?
The battery life is such that I generally (almost always) leave the "auto-backlight" turned off, as it will run the battery to low at times if I sleep with the watch on, turning its backlight on when I shift in my sleep.
Two points that I can't make sense of in the slightest, which are: first off, and this truly a pure software question, for some reason the countdown timer does not go longer than an hour, which I don't appreciate; secondly, it would be fantastic if there were a single button or button...Read more
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Excellent !,
October 21, 2010 Glenn S. Barclay "AV8R" (Kalispell) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Casio Men's PAW1100-1V Pathfinder Atomic Solar Watch (Watch)
My 12 year old Pathfinder served me very well for many years. The Casio Pathfinder 1100-1V is a quantum leap forward in quality and design with easy to read numbers for us older folks who rely on reading glasses. I found the compass to be dead on accurate as I've cross checked it with my GPS and runway alignment. The altimeter is accurate to within 20 feet and I'm looking forward to using it downhill skiing. A great feature is the barometer and cross checking it with flight service proves to be very accurate. Also, a big plus is the barometer gives a pressure trend of the past 30 hours and this is an excellent predictor of pending bad weather or good weather, great if you're into exploring the back country here in northwestern Montana. And, yes the temperature is dead on to within one degree but keep in mind it is only accurate off your wrist otherwise it will read somewhere around 86 degrees f. I really like the fact that its solar powered and it auto calibrates it's self every...Read more
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Love me some Pathfinder!,
January 6, 2011 David Hurley "SYFer" (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Casio Men's PAW1100-1V Pathfinder Atomic Solar Watch (Watch)
How can you beat an outdoors/sports watch that has a solar-recharging battery and sets itself every night via the atomic clock signal? You can't, unless you get a fancier version of same. This is a pretty powerful self-contained package and I like my watches to be super-accurate (or why bother), so that auto-set is a great feature for me.
You can set it to auto-illuminate when you move your wrist to look at the face (with no real battery consequences that I've noticed) and it has all the usual alarms, timers, etc. that you could ever need. For outdoors gadgetry, it includes a compass, thermometer, barometer and altimeter. I have found that the compass, thermometer (when not on wrist) and altimeter are all quite accurate, but have not really vetted the barometer although usually, merely observing the up and down trends on a baro is all you really need and since it does display the trend, I'm fine with it. Water resistant to 100 meters means you can keep it on while you...Read more
