Review by William C. Smith for Casio Men’s PAS400B-5V Pathfinder Forester Fishing Moon Phase Watch
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The learning curve on this watch if you use it for fishing may take some time. The moon phase is nice to know about and the sunrise and sunset is pretty cool too, but I didn’t give this watch 5 stars because for the money it didn’t give me the one option I used more than any other on previous cheaper watches, a timer. This one has the stopwatch but there is no timer you can set for say 10 or 15 minutes. It keeps great time so far, but that’s typical of Casio. The backlight is very bright, enough so that you can almost use it as a flashlight, and the option on this model where you can set it for the backlight to come on everytime you hold your arm a certain way is cool. If you’re looking for a good water proof timepiece and you don’t really care about the timer issue, this is the one. And yeah I’m vain about what it looks like on my arm; it looks manly and cool.

Review by W. Manser for Casio Men’s PAS400B-5V Pathfinder Forester Fishing Moon Phase Watch
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great watch with some surprising features… vibrates instead of beeping on the hour – moon stages based on your lat/longitude and an illumination option activated whenever you turn your wrist as if you were looking at the time….

well worth the price!

Review by Joseph M. Stapp for Casio Men’s PAS400B-5V Pathfinder Forester Fishing Moon Phase Watch
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I haven’t ever seen a watch like this. It’s much more than just a sports watch. They have crammed a bunch of features into a small space.

My favorite is the vibrating alarm. I haven’t ever seen that on a watch before. The automatic light is amazing as well. You can set the watch so the light comes on when you tip it at a 45 degree angle. This is a feature you can turn on or off.

As far as the other features, I’m not a hunter, but see a lot of uses for non-hunters. The watch actually knows when the sun and moon rise and set based on coordinates for your area. The sound alarm works well. You can set up to 5 different alarms for different times of the day.

If you’re a hunter, this is the perfect watch! It tells you the ideal feeding times and hunting times based on coordinates for your area. You would be able to know a bunch of information with minimal body movement.

The only negative is the camouflage wrist band, but that can be easily replaced. It’s also a hunting watch, so that’s probably a positive if I were a hunter. I just got the watch because I’m a gadget guy.

Review by Loafers for Casio Men’s W71-1V Classic Digital Watch
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These watches bring back good memories. When I was young, I always wanted a watch because I thought it looked cool. One day that wish came true and the Casio F28W-1 came into my possession. It went through years of abuse (I was young after all) and one day the fastener part of the band broke, which I fixed by taking a small piece of metal cut from a paper clip, bent it, and attached to the band. That lasted for another couple of years until it finally died for good.

After 10+ years of going through crappy watches, I remembered my Casio watch. So I decided to look online and to my surprise they still made them!!! However, like many other buyers I was confused with similar models. So I did some searching and here is what I found:

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Casio F105W-1A

* Water Resistant

* EL Backlight

* Daily Alarm

* 1/100 second digital stopwatch

Measuring capacity: 23′59.99″

Measuring modes: Net time, split time, 1st-2nd place times

* Hourly Time Signal

* Auto Calendar

* Accuracy: +/-30 seconds per month

* Battery CR2016

* Approx. battery life: 7 years

* Module 1275

Size of case / total weight

37.5 x 33.5 x 9.5mm / 27g

Casio F28W-1

* Water Resistant

* Auto Calendar

* Accuracy: +/-30 seconds per month

* Battery CR2016

* Approx. battery life: 7 years

* Module 586

Size of case / total weight

31.5 x 32.5 x 8.0mm / 14g

Casio F91W-1

* Water Resistant

* Micro Light

* Daily Alarm

* 1/100 second digital stopwatch

Measuring capacity: 59′59.99″

Measuring modes: Net time, split time, 1st-2nd place times

* Hourly Time Signal

* Auto Calendar

* Accuracy: +/-30 seconds per month

* Battery CR2016

* Approx. battery life: 7 years

* Module 593

Size of case / total weight

37.5 x 33.5 x 9.5mm / 20g

Casio W59-1V

* 50M Water Resistant

* Micro Light

* Daily Alarm

* 1/100 second digital stopwatch

Measuring capacity: 59′59.99″

Measuring modes: Net time, split time, 1st-2nd place times

* Hourly Time Signal

* Auto Calendar

* Accuracy: ±30 seconds per month

* Battery CR2016

* Approx. battery life: 7 years

* Module 590

Size of case / total weight

31.5 x 32.5 x 8.0mm / 14g

Casio W71-1V

* 50M Water Resistant

* Micro Light

* Dual Time

* Muli-function Alarm

* Countdown Timer

Measuring unit: 1 second

Countdown range: 1 second to 24 hours

Auto-repeat function

* 1/100 second digital stopwatch

Measuring capacity: 23:59′59.99″

Measuring modes: Net time, split time, 1st-2nd place times

* Hourly Time Signal

* Auto Calendar (pre-programmed until the year 2029)

* Accuracy: +/-15 seconds per month

* Battery CR2016

* Approx. battery life: 5 years

* Module 549

Size of case / total weight

37.0 x 35.0 x 8.0mm / 25g

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I decided to purchase the Casio W71-1V Model simply because it had the most functionality. For less than $20, they simply are the best.

It’s Super Thin (this was a priority to me, because I HATE HATE HATE wearing bricks), durable (this depends on how much you abuse it), VERY comfortable (the band is lightweight and the fastener does not hurt unlike casio gshocks which have a heavy plastic band with a metal fastener that hurts after prolonged use), useful, and very simple.

It is important when choosing a watch that you look at the Water Resistance. Some users have complained of their watches dying after water exposure. Here is some info taken directly from the Casio manual.

Water Resistantant means it can only withstand rain, splashes, etc.

50M Water Resistant means it can withstand rain, splashes, swimming, car-washing, etc.

100M and Higher Water Resistat means it can withstand rain, splashes, swimming, car-washing, snorkeling, diving, scuba diving, etc.

Common Sense really.

The only downside of wearing these watches is that you can never go back to any other watch. Once you wear it, your stuck for life (or rather the life of your watch . You’ll hate every watch after wearing this. A great addition to your cart if you need to qualify for free shipping.

Hope you enjoy these watches as much as me,

oliver

Review by K. Fuller for Casio Men’s W71-1V Classic Digital Watch
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I really like this watch. It’s very comfortable. It is light and thin. It is the only watch I’ve had in recent memory that I don’t take off when I work.

If you want to try to impress people with your cool watch, look elsewhere. If you want a nice watch for yourself, look at this watch or a similar one.

Yes, it has a light so you can check the time when it is dark.

By the way, this design is more than 20 years old. When you set the year, you can set it as far back as 1985.

Hope this helps.