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"the only gripe i would have us that the tracker is only identified on the app as a serial number rather than the name of the tracker brand name for example "

"the only issue i have found is that the steps done doesn’t necessarily correlate with another app that i use but it’s not far out"

"having owned a more expensive fitness tracker i wasn't expecting too much from this cheaper version how wrong i was it's fantastic i love it arrived quickly easy to set up you need to download an app it's very accurate with steps and sleep cycle heart rate etc and of course looks good to charge it you"

"sadly i have to return this"

"my main use case was for the alarms i wanted a watch with multiple alarms and a timer on it and this fit the bill however the phone app was awkward to use and in the end i just ended up not wearing it because it wasn't a satisfactory experience"

"takes upwards of 30 seconds to give a reading often doesn't even work if the screen goes dark before it has a reading it has to start over"

"this makes for extremely uncomfortable wear with the watch vibrating very regularly even when you don’t want it to"

"this could kill someone with a bad heart frankly as it is entirely inaccurate"

"this isn't something that particularly irks me but for someone who wants more concrete data all in one place it might be quite annoying"

"my previous watch was 10 times as good as this but cost 10 times as much times are tight so i will have to tolerate this somewhat rubbish but not completely terrible device"

"really disappointed"

"while this may not appear to be to be a major disappointment it is frustrating"

"it is now completely useless after a little over 5 months and is a financial waste"

"i have found the device to be very inaccurate when it comes to running speeds and distances i have tried changing my stride length in the settings but it’s still fairly bad in the attached picture of my treadmill workout the distance was actually 6"

"unfortunately this did not live up to expectation as was quite difficult to use and also the screen was very dim so vertually impossible to see the screen as well"

"completely inaccurate"

"quite useless"

"there are two minor complaints though"

"essentially the false readings of the watch caused her real stress and anxiety so i would definitely not recommend purchasing this item"

"super disappointed"

"the instructions are absolutely appalling pointless"

"was expecting a darker blue as pictured the blue is a lot brighter plastic catch with the pin feels very flimsy not entirely sure how accurate the steps are"

"the daily records suggests my heart rate fluctuated wildly which was not happening during the exercise"

"the watch lights up when you move around at night so if you are a light sleeper it may disturb your sleep"

"the heart rate monitor doesn't seem at all accurate either so in all i am upset at having wasted money"

"accuracy seems good against known walks likewise heartbeat measurements"

"i rarely leave negative reviews but felt i needed to for this item as it really is a substandard product"

"this makes it very difficult to charge and probably unsafe as i have to balance it correctly in the charger plug"

"could do with more faces to pick from"

"one drawback however is that you can only set 3 different activities to choose from at a time and the list of options is somewhat limited"

"but there's one reason and one reason alone why basically this product is regretfully unusable for me"

"very handy function if you are in a noisy setting and won't hear feel your phone in your pocket bag"

"tip for others with the same issue only one end of the watch charges double check on the back of the watch face where it says usb charger"

"but if i wear it tight enough to take readings there's still a gap at the sides see 3rd pic where you can see shape doesn't fit while the top and bottom parts press firmly into my skin and leave uncomfortable indents pic 2 "

"once the bracelet is removed you simply insert the watch charging terminal into a usb port for about 30mins"

"i gave this to my wife as she lost her conventional pedometer which had been clipped to her belt"

"the frustration though was the exercise function stopping randomly and being hopelessly inaccurate"

"perhaps if a firmware upgrade comes out that allows me to disable haptic completely then i would be keen to try again"

"you will encounter sync issues when uploading 5+ workouts in one go due to the limited watch memory however to avoid this just record one "workout" for the entire session or just sync to the app after every individual workout"

"the only other thing i would say i didn't like is in the sunlight the watch was hard to see even on full brightness but this is common on many devices so not a major issue"

"i obviously toss about a lot the first part of the night some nights as it does not log from the start other nights it logs from the start to the end of sleep so this is a me not machine issue"

"the shop are being unhelpful in their responses to my emails however they do respond and i am reasonably hopeful that we can resolve the issue"

"by the way they don't so they are fake reviews"

"admittedly it is cheaper than other models so you expect some poorer performing functions but bluetooth connectivity is the main thing required to use it so the device is practically useless"

"my previous watch was 10 times as good as this but cost 10 times as much times are tight so i will have to tolerate this somewhat rubbish but not completely terrible device"

"then she made me realised we were pushing prams and our arms were not moving so it didnt register our steps"

"although the map feature on the walk run feature doesn't work"

"given the price point i didn't have any high expectations however i was pleasantly proven wrong!"

"although during that very day it has managed to fall behind over 2500 steps to what the phone was showing"

"having a strap with a buckle is more comfortable and less fiddly than ones where you have to press in a button"

"i find this annoying as when i turn over while i'm sleeping the screen sometimes turns on and basically blinds me or lands up waking me up this isn't a constant problem but it has happened a few times "

"however after wearing it for just 3 weeks the strap broke i'm not a heavy handed person and take great care with everything the strap has a plastic buckle and hear lies the problem because it's not hard wearing"

"the biggest issue is it tracks car journeys as steps i mean i’m not sure why but obviously it’s pretty pointless for monitoring steps"

"this fitness tracker is on the cheap end of the market compared the brand named ones but well worth the money i find it extremely accurate doesn't count 200 steps when getting out of bed and walking downstairs like my alta hr did comfortable to wear and so far not a single issue when syncing with my mobile phone would highly recommend this fitness tracker"

"you will encounter sync issues when uploading 5+ workouts in one go due to the limited watch memory however to avoid this just record one "workout" for the entire session or just sync to the app after every individual workout"

"it would appear that most of the reviews are kidding themselves that they have done x number of steps in no time"

"screen completely invisible in daylight making it almost useless if you are outside until you get back"

"some days it synced with no issues and other days it refused completely"

"the constant laser auto scanning blood pressure light is bright and can be annoying at night if you want to record your sleep data"

"00 there is an annoying amount of haptic buzzing going on on my wrist as i'm doing things so much so that i've reverted back to my previous newyes s7 it is so much calmer"

"definitely doesn't track the same as the health app on your phone eg samsung health do unsure which is the most accurate"

"and if you need it on really tight which you do how healthy is it for your wrist to be confined 24hrs a day?"

"this tracker is massively inaccurate as others have said it counts steps when i'm not moving not even my arms or doesn't count when i am"

"the main issue is the bluetooth connection"

"it tracks my steps well and the gentle vibrating alarm had been a god send rather than using my phone and waking my wife and little one up"

"worthless basically if you take it off at night the hr lasers fire off randomly and can scare the shit out of you at 4am with blinding light in the face"

"i am very sceptical when it comes to buying technology products which are at the lower end of the price spectrum"

"this isn't something that particularly irks me but for someone who wants more concrete data all in one place it might be quite annoying"

"tip for others with the same issue only one end of the watch charges double check on the back of the watch face where it says usb charger"

"spoiler alert: my husband kept this one and i settled on the inspire hr"

"it does not however have a swimming function at all so i spent ages trying to book a hermes collection to return"

"at first i thought it works well however i became doubtful after it showed me a wrong sleep analysis and then did not track my cycling"

"slightly disappointing is the tracking heart rate"

"it's a cheap product and i'm afraid it shows"

"i'm not too bothered as at night i will charge my watch i made the fatal error of not doing this and the battery died only to have lost my entire step count for the day!"

"the watch annoys me so much at this point that i rather not know my exact step count every day than having to deal with this connection issue every day"

"not great for fidgety sleepers"

"initially was a little inconsistent particular with the sleep monitor but then i realised that you may need to refresh the data every now and then swipe down on the screen then that populated the data"

"i followed all the trouble shooting but it still remained inconsistent"

"one day i fell asleep on the sofa in the evening and it didn't track it but did the trick few nights later recording 'time awake' in sleep tracker between getting up downstairs and falling back asleep in the bedroom"

"i've used it with my phones gps and tested its accuracy next to my husbands very expensive garmin"

"i was put off a fit bit due to negative reviews and decided to go with this one due to the positive reviews and the same type of product for a fraction of the price"

"the pink one gets dirty with use over time but that is kind of expected"

"so as the straps are rubber they can't wrap around as easily without causing irritation : overall love the features and the look but physically not great for tiny skinny people!"

"pros: very affordable and appears to be accurate cons: a minor complaint it can be a bit of an effort to remove the slotted part of wrist strap to enable charging but that's better than losing device on a ride"

"sadly wrong"

"by the time i could pull it tight enough to sit properly ish it was pretty uncomfortable definitely not something i could wear all day"

"it seemed to work fine for me heart rate sleep monitor distance traveled etc then i gave it to me mam which is where it all goes wrong"

"i do not consider myself particularly it proficient but i managed after several attempts tp get the watch to 'bind' with the app'"

"i have a trapped nerve in my left hand wrist so i wear it on my right wrist"

"my review is pretty limited as i only deal with this aspect"

"it became obvious that it could be of benefit to my husband who is a diabetic"

"the app the basic data was easy to read but once i wanted to see more detail the graphs are really difficult to see being too small to see the text"

"the watch itself seems very strong and i don't feel i will have any further problems whatsoever"

"and then went on a 3 hour hike walking downhill for the first hour and taking two hours on the way uphill"

"the app runs all the time it never properly sleeps or runs in the background i have noticed a significant drop in battery life since installing it"

"its one failing is its virtually impossible to read the display in bright sunlight which is slightly annoying when your outside"

"i have wasted my money and wished i could have sent it back"

"i already have a garmin vivofit but wanted a tracker that measures heartbeat so i bought this one"

"i know it is inexpensive but if i dont trust the readings it is worthless to me"

"i will be returning but annoyed at the hassle!"

"finally the biggest gripe of all yet another cheap piece of rubbish that i can't for the life of me work out how it gets so many good reveiws but here's the thing they include a bribe a little card to claim cash back if you give them a 5* reveiw!"

"the frustration though was the exercise function stopping randomly and being hopelessly inaccurate"

"firstly i dont ever leave reviews however i am so impressed with this product i decided to do it!"

"the app itself is broad ranging and easy to interact with and check on biological functions such as heart rate sleep pattern etc"

"in the interests of fairness i downloaded this app to two other current samsung mobile phones and the same problem"

"i do find however the sleep tracker rather poor"

"initially i thought it was overcounting steps but then when i checked it against another device i use i found it was marginally over hard to compare because because the other tracker was on my phone which i don't always carry with me but i believe it is comparable"

"also i like the fact that i get call and email notifications without needing my phone close at hand"

"it charges quickly and has a novel charger that you don't need any extras to use removing the strap from the unit is tight but this is a good thing less chance of it coming off when in use"

"it freezes a lot and the ability to see the step history is poor with tiny numbers and a need to click precisely on a line graph for each date some numbers i cannot read as they are obscured by the line"

"the battery life was good but charging is a little annoying as it has to be in a usb port in computer or tv we don’t have a computer so it was abit tricky getting to the back of the tv each time to charge it wont charge in a normal plug with usb port i’m not sure why"

"however a few times it has tracked me as sleeping in the day when i was actually gaming or watching tv it would be nice if you could then delete this in the app but you can’t"

"the app is nice and straight forward to use but my problem with the device was the syncing to my google fit which was very inconsistent and as i use that for tracking on my fitness pal this was a problem for me"

"it is a small colour display which isnt overly wide so notifications like emails texts and messenger are readable but do not expect anything other than plain text"

"i like how you don't need an extra cable to charge the tracker just remove the strap and plug into a usb port it was a bit stiff to remove the strap on the first charge but this became easier to take on and off afterwards"

"either the few quid i saved on the colour band has short changed me in the mechanics of the watch or i have a serious health issue!"

"to be completely honest they are not 100% comfortable for me but i might just be overly sensitive because i don't like wearing any type of jewellery"

"in bright light you can't see the minutes and don't buy the pink strap it can look dirty easily and not all things will wash off"

"then she made me realised we were pushing prams and our arms were not moving so it didnt register our steps"

"the heartbeat monitor was very intermittent after following all instructions"

"but then the description is misleading"

"nice watch shame about the app"

"i'm a bit confused about how it measures sleep particularly the starting poing the end point seems to be when you go to the app to update it"

"i have had cheap trackers before only replacing when straps broke etc but none have been as inaccurate as this"

"unfortunately the return window closed therefore this was a £20+ costing lesson to be learned but safe to say i won't be trying to find a easier elderly friendly alternative to the bigger brands in future!"

"a few minor problems with erratic heart rate and bluetooth"

"but the types of exercise were quite limited"

"essentially the false readings of the watch caused her real stress and anxiety so i would definitely not recommend purchasing this item"

"*hurts my wrist sometimes"

"it will break soon enough i am sure"

"don't waste your money if you are planning on pushing anything while you walk"

"an optional fabric strap would've been a more useful way to get around this problem as the rubber one is painful!"

"a couple of minor niggles: the screen can be difficult to read in bright sunlight even on the brightest setting this may be a problem with this type of product generally"

"bluetooth stopped working and wouldn't connect on the 2nd day of use"

"same distance both ways but somehow fewer steps uphill and fewer calories which definitely wouldn't be the case as it was obviously much harder uphill "

"in general it's a nice unit but still might have to return unit as the vibration is driving me nuts"

"it told me how many calories i burned so it motivated me"

"the step counter is ok but the watch constantly loses the connection with my phone so most days there is no record of what i've done"

"i hope the battery doesn't get progressively worse"

"there's plenty of adjustment settings on the strap to enable the correct comfort fit for any sized wrist 👍 the battery life seems to last well ive been updating surfing options and doing short walks over 3days and it still has 58% battery after only one charge"

"it has many issues"

"however nothing worked"

"buy it don't buy it you decide plus like me you can always send it back if its telling you your loved ones having a heart attack and their not but don't take my word for it you better check them because your watch might be working"

"strap was easy to get off to charge just peeled off from one side"

"we are currently doing the steps challenge at work and i was looking for one which is not expensive to track my steps"

"i have a relatively new phone with very little else installed i am sure it's this app causing the issue"

"as seen in the photos it is not scratch resistant in the slightest"

"i’ve also been for a walk almost every night since having it uk weather permitting of course and i already think i’ve almost lost a pound by doing more exercise and cutting out my snacking in just the two weeks i’ve owned it"

"a little charge and off we go"

"dial display is very faint in the sun even at max brightness and i can't even tell the time"

"con's battery lasted about 5 days first time"

"i've also been asleep while having a shower and making and eating breakfast"

"plenty of holes to adjust"

"my opinion is give this a miss and look for a more expensive and recognised brand as basically you get what you pay for"

"it definitely doesn’t have the same breakdown of ‘exercise types’ as more expensive brands would provide for example i end up selecting ‘workout’ to represent a variety of activities that aren’t included on the app"

"it's early days but i've been for a few runs and walks with it now and i feel that the accuracy is pretty good"

"finally the biggest gripe of all yet another cheap piece of rubbish that i can't for the life of me work out how it gets so many good reveiws but here's the thing they include a bribe a little card to claim cash back if you give them a 5* reveiw!"

"essentially the false readings of the watch caused her real stress and anxiety so i would definitely not recommend purchasing this item"

"still fully functional"

"can’t see an alternative that looks any better but no i wouldn’t recommend it"

"so accuracy wise it was really bad buy and i'll be sending it back"

"there are other problems"

"the instructions are absolutely abysmally useless in english and no better help on line"

"paring was not great sometime along with updating"

"if you're on a budget or dont want to spend too much money on something to just monitor your steps then i would recommend buying"

"then after 3 weeks of use the buckle broke while away on holiday so gave up and returned"

"it is true that you need to give the watch strap a good tug to remove it so that you can charge the device however it isn't an issue and it assures you that the watch won't fall off accidentally"

"i don’t want to upload my data to any app but it doesn’t give another option so i put in false data"

"feels rewarding when you finish a activity and it gets logged into the app"

"it freezes a lot and the ability to see the step history is poor with tiny numbers and a need to click precisely on a line graph for each date some numbers i cannot read as they are obscured by the line"

"got it to replace a yamay one that appeared to failing at counting steps"

"awkward at night"

"my phone doesn't count my indoor steps and this watch does but every time i take off the watch for a long time it disconnects from my phone"

"i bought it for my daughter who has thin wrists and she found it quite uncomfortable to wear"

"don't waste your time on these marketing initiatives"

"there is on line help if you really get stuck"

"cannot be viewed as it is upside down"

"i also emailed the company via their website and there was no reply so there is no customer support as far as i can see"

"i will be honest and say initially i felt the size of face and strap uncomfortable but within a day of wearing it settled and i don’t even notice that i’m wearing it"

"on removing the packaging i was most impressed with the build quality of both the wrist strap and the sensing unit itself"

"there's plenty of adjustment settings on the strap to enable the correct comfort fit for any sized wrist 👍 the battery life seems to last well ive been updating surfing options and doing short walks over 3days and it still has 58% battery after only one charge"

"don't be put off by the cheap price it does everything the branded models do!"

"admittedly it is cheaper than other models so you expect some poorer performing functions but bluetooth connectivity is the main thing required to use it so the device is practically useless"

"i previously owner a fitbit charge 2 which i wore for a number of years before it finally gave up the ghost"

"but unfortunately i didn't trust the numbers it reported hr monitor stopped working after a few days and i ended up returning it for a refund after only a week or two"

"poor communication with app binds to the app but then doesn't update data"

"i have noticed that the device leaves some marks on my wrist sometimes however that is just due to my extended usage of the device and it is something that can't be avoided"

"however it is march and i bought it in october and it’s broken"

"a few minor problems with erratic heart rate and bluetooth"

"anyway frustrated at not being able to get it to work properly she gave it back to me and told me to use it"

"returned it as unhappy with brightness"

"this makes it very difficult to charge and probably unsafe as i have to balance it correctly in the charger plug"

"to remove the band is really easy just follow the instruction to pull it sideways as advertised it takes 1 2 hours to charge it to 100%"

"but i think it will just be the case of me getting used to taking off a few hundred steps a day and keeping an eye on walks with my dog :d apart from a couple of complaints so far really impressed!"

"make for interesting reading when settling down in bed i do a final connect refresh for the day and screenshot my day's steps heart rate and sleep patterns"

"i followed all the trouble shooting but it still remained inconsistent"

"good but while the watch seems to work as described it's failing to me is when it comes to reading the display outside in sunlight i find this difficult"

"it's not very well designed and my first device was rendered useless after housing broke which meant watch couldn't be secured to strap"

"another downside linked to that was i wasn’t able to delete that ‘workout’"

"the fitbit is way better in my view in terms of the app and info you can dive into but i wanted something cheap so i guess i can't complain too much"

"don't hesitate order it!"

"i haven't used the specific modes too much walk run bike however they have all of the useful information needed for any outgoers who require it"

"its comfortable to wear and is water resistent but not water proof i wear mine in the shower "

"i did have a few concerns about the quality and privacy policies for the required smartphone app but decided to go for it anyway"

"the pedometer proved to be less accurate than the one on my phone by a way"

"the app is supposed to allow you to contact veryfitpro with problems but after sending 2 messages to them i am still waiting for a reply"

"i am only using it for a daily step counter and general watch so cant comment on the accuracy of the different activities nor the sleep tracker however i have noticed it keeps trying to find a pulse when its not being worn bright green lights flicker through the night the screen can be a little hard to read if out on a sunny day even at level 5 brightness but that is my only minor complaint so fairly negligible in the grand scheme"

"the watch looks pretty well built and i like the fact that i don’t need a separate cable converter to charge this device"

"the first was a christmas present for my mum and the heart rate tracker let her realise she had a serious problem"

"i am incredibly disappointed and angry to have wasted money i can't afford to waste and maybe i should have paid more attention to the reviews"

"i wonder if this is a known fault?"

"perhaps i was just unlucky"

"not totally sure on the accuracy of the calorie counter often shows i burned more calories on doing 10 000 steps about 45 mins walk than a full 1 hour weights workout or 30 minute hiit session"

"we went on the same walk at same time my watch calculated 270 kcal burned and the apple watched calculated 260 burned"

"i've just decided to buy another one one because the screen is very scratched now"

"battery lasted over a week taking the strap off wasn't hard at all i know that some people complained about that "

"i haven't completed a detailed features functions comparison with others but it does all the basics steps walking running bpm sleep activity alarms setting stopwatch i haven't tried the bike tracking to my satisfaction i now wear it all the time except in the shower and the only minor criticism i have is that it is sometimes difficult to read the secondary display minutes on the clock and activity detail outside in the daytime due to size brightness of the display "

"this made it incredibly hard to track how many calories i was burning as i could only use rough estimates which was considerably detrimental to my fitness routine"

"easy to read and doesn’t over count"

"sleep tracking doesn't seem accurate and doesn't sync up on the app often"

"i have found these in a number of poor quality imports recently and i wish amazon would put a stop to it"

"i got this for the heart rate monitor as i suffer from bad anxiety and used for a calm me down it arrived very quick and simple to tie in with the app on the phone got various different settings for all aspects not tried the sleep monitor as yet but will be worth this as i have a checkered sleep pattern"

"pros: very affordable and appears to be accurate cons: a minor complaint it can be a bit of an effort to remove the slotted part of wrist strap to enable charging but that's better than losing device on a ride"

"it charges a few times then stops and nothing you do will change that fact"

"accuracy seems good against known walks likewise heartbeat measurements"

"also according to the sleep tracker i never go to sleep before 2am"

"all the functions from heartbeat to steps where becoming more and more inaccurate until eventual the first one we purchased stopped sinking at all the blue tooth function failed to register on any device so it became useless overnight avoid this rubbish cheap nasty chinese rubbish they couldn't"

"poor service and not fulfilling promises"

"if you want a smooth working watch and an app wouldn't recommend"

"the instructions are absolutely abysmally useless in english and no better help on line"

"i have had cheap trackers before only replacing when straps broke etc but none have been as inaccurate as this"

"absolutely rubbish!"

"tells me i've walked 780 steps during the night and had zero sleep!"

"checked the amount then walked for a minute and it counted like 2 steps"

"i haven't had it very long so i cant fairly discuss it accuracy"

"i left it to charge and started smelling a bad burning smell after a while"

"we have owned much more expensive similar products previously and from what i can see the performance of this is in no way inferior to those"

"the rest of my family have the expensive step trackers which have all stopped working just a year on"

"the bluetooth has problems"

"i bought this to replace a faulty fit bit charge 2 and was unsure if it would be able to compare to the fit bit"

"can be changed between white or coloured info but"

"got this to replace my old fitness tracker as the battery life was failing"

"counted 13 steps the other day it reported back 32 i adjusted the step size it is still way wrong"

"00 there is an annoying amount of haptic buzzing going on on my wrist as i'm doing things so much so that i've reverted back to my previous newyes s7 it is so much calmer"

"i have contacted them but had no response have also emailed on the supplied email address and no response so customer care is poor"

"out of the box it was very easy to set up and it’s operation was easy to understand and explain to the kids"

"this is put under quite a bit of stress in removing and reattaching the strap and also when the fitness tracker is in use"

"overall then not impressed incidentally why smart fone as far as i can see they contain loads of apps these are about very little mostly and the possiblility of you getting scammed broken into by downloading these willynilly must be high becausei'm betting security is unimportant both from sales and form user"

"*wrist sense had to be turned off as when wearing my coat with short sleeve it was buzzing constantly for all its faults i do love it"

"is accurate with steps and heart rate and also tracked his sleep which was great to see how he sleeps as it monitors quality of sleep"

"the watch itself is a little uncomfy now and again but nothing major and that's only my personal opinion as i'm not really a fan of wearing watches anyway i'm going to purchase"

"the veryfitpro app is reasonably good but could perhaps follow the android design guidelines a bit more closely to create a more intuitive interface"

"so just shows how inaccurate"

"took probably half an hour to connect"

"i do occasionally manual check my heart rate but not on a sunday and it is not always 62 so i have no idea why the app does this"

"however after wearing it for just 3 weeks the strap broke i'm not a heavy handed person and take great care with everything the strap has a plastic buckle and hear lies the problem because it's not hard wearing"

"the steps don't track unless you move your arms so shopping for an hour pushing a trolley doesn't count but brushing my teeth does?"

"worthless basically if you take it off at night the hr lasers fire off randomly and can scare the shit out of you at 4am with blinding light in the face"

"there are issues though"

"only gripe is buttons are a little hard to press but at least they won't be pressed accidentally"

"my only issue is that i’ve had is syncing to the atomic clock where i live"

"i find it gets more and more wrist time over more expensive ones"

"i had to return this not because it was faulty but the strap became an irritant to my skin after a couple of hours"

"exactly what i wanted: water resistant doesnt scratch easily has atomic clock which syncs every night i'm in south wales has multiple alarms including one for a deep sleeper where it beeps every 5 minutes "

"a minor niggle is the use of the us month date format which i don't think you can change"

"doesn’t even require the time to be set"

"once i forgot to remove it or cover it while doing some grinding work using the angle grinder the glass has survived to a lot of sparks just a tiny feel of residue of the grinding waste on it which is more visible in the light only i have not tried polishing it no need"

"tough as hell too"

"its not going to impress anyone by it looks but its not an ugly watch either"

"only small issue is that it's difficult to read from an angle so i sometime need to twist my wrist a little bit to for a more direct view"

"only gripe is buttons are a little hard to press but at least they won't be pressed accidentally"

"slim in profile compared to my old gshock and fits nicely under my cuff if i'm wearing a long sleeve shirt"

"for many years i have had the 'plain vanilla' version of this watch dw 5600 so i knew how this watch would behave in everyday use"

"this is the exact same watch as the gw m5610 but with black negative display"

"it's like hell yeah humanity this is what awesome feels like!"

"the only problem that i found with this watch is that is rather for people with smaller wrists"

"my only fault and it's a big one is that the adjustments avaliable do not for my 7 inch 18cm wrist perfect one is too tight the the other is too lose my £9"

"typically i wear an apple watch series 3 but wanted something i could wear daily and bash around without any danger of it breaking"

"if you want a non fiddle informative watch that does it's job you could do much worse than consider this one especially at the price about £75 including delivery in my case"

"el” will appear on the dial if successful hold down button b for 3 seconds to manually disable otherwise it will self disable after 6 hours"

"the radio controlled precision time feature is what i enjoy the most with the solar power feature a close second"

"unlike the 1980s pre gs and early gs models which it is meant to resemble this watch isn't made of stainless steel but a cheap resin material"

"given the cases 1980s vintages it feels small"

"clear display dead accurate all the functions i want and easy to use"

"the only negative is the strap size"

"takes damage well and the rubber outer coating is easy to keep clean"

"backlight stopped functioning after one day even though the battery level was high"

"this watch is much smaller than the pictures on here would have you believe"

"the display is very poor and i was only able to view it from certain awkward angles"

"that being said i've worn it for years wearing now in fact in a warehouse enviroment and so i'd still give it 5"

"after some research it appears this issue is common on g shocks that have a solar panel as the mineral glass used is different thicker and the poor angles are a side effect to this"

"i would strongly advise black numerals on the light face as the better choice"

"el” will appear on the dial if successful hold down button b for 3 seconds to manually disable otherwise it will self disable after 6 hours"

"after a years use the screen has no scratches and seems well protected by the bevel countersunk mount the digits are only slightly smaller than the casio it replaced"

"been diving with it not cared about it and thought i’d lost it a few times"

"once i forgot to remove it or cover it while doing some grinding work using the angle grinder the glass has survived to a lot of sparks just a tiny feel of residue of the grinding waste on it which is more visible in the light only i have not tried polishing it no need"

"it's solar powered so will last forever hopefully"

"i reset it manually but it just automatically reverted to the wrong time overnight "

"beep sound is too quiet"

"in fact aesthetics aside and that's subjective it's hard to get more bang for your buck"

"the negative display model looks pretty cool and stealthy too"

"i returned it for a refund and bought a samsung r800 smartwatch with free duo wireless charger from argos instead"

"the resin strap is actually very comfortable i wear it quite loose and also never get bits poking into my hands"

"it gets bashed at work regularly and shrugs it off"

"given the cases 1980s vintages it feels small"

"won't pickup and update the signal where i live as there's too much granite in the way"

"after a few days though i grew to appreciate the size as it has that retro feel and looks classier and more subtle while still undeniably of g shock toughness"

"this makes it easier to wear under cuffs"

"been diving with it not cared about it and thought i’d lost it a few times"

"after some research it appears this issue is common on g shocks that have a solar panel as the mineral glass used is different thicker and the poor angles are a side effect to this"

"minor niggle but it’s solar and radio control so all in all a good buy!"

"during the night at total dark goes in standby mode to reserve battery"

"if the alarm or timer function is important to you dont buy this i honestly thought it was faulty and was going to return it you will not hear it unless pressed to your ear my haring is fine why its part of the watch at all is a mystery to me"

"multiple alarms but despite the radio controlled accuracy and solar cell the plasticky construction made in thailand just doesn't do it for me"

"brand new early december 2019 wont hold charge flashes low charge and if i don't leave by window cuts out completely tried window for 48 hours in direct sunlight during day lasts about a day very disappointment with amazon they don't want to know take it up with casio they said"

"why spend 20 grand on a watch that will scratch need setting and runs out of battery?"

"use an approprite small tool to help if your fingers are too big or week : other casio watches have more easily usable buttons but do not have automatic time correction by radio to national transmitters"

"the silver buttons are a little tough to work but you only have to do it once unless you change time zones frequently"

"going deeper i can set 5 alarms verify that it's sync'd the time countdown a 3 minute egg time a pizza delivery"

"so i'm not a watch person and spending this much on a watch seems crazy"

"brand new early december 2019 wont hold charge flashes low charge and if i don't leave by window cuts out completely tried window for 48 hours in direct sunlight during day lasts about a day very disappointment with amazon they don't want to know take it up with casio they said"

"i currently hold the position of legendary brick layer and master stone mason of new romney and surrounding districts"

"also used it all kind of conditions: swimming steam room sauna jacuzzi a lot the most tough test and passed without any problem"

"nothing flashy just reliable"

"i can't see why it won't last eight years like the different g shock it replaced"

"also the way you clear the stop watch with the opposite button instead of the top right one as the others but again isnt really an issue"

"only con is the alarm is not loud enough"

"the watch not that arm"

"but the negative display is very poor it's almost impossible to read in low light and in bright light the screen's very reflective so you have to hold it at exactly the right angle to read it"

"not happy as i only had a watch only a month so i think i was sold a faulty watch"

"some reviewers appear to have problems with the watch retaining battery power but so far the indicator on my watch has remained on "high" so no problem"

"what i do miss is the ability for auto repeated countdowns which the dw5600 advertises"

"it's not a dress watch for bow tie events but it never claims to be"

"i have purchased this to replace my black gw m 5600 1er"

"additional features and the reasons why i bought another g shock were the radio time sync i'm a watch time geek and the 'perfect time' appeals to me a lot and the auto backlight when you tilt your wrist to look at the watch and the backlight operates for about 1 second"

"the buttons are difficult to use and the screen is so bad it's difficult to see"

"after some research it appears this issue is common on g shocks that have a solar panel as the mineral glass used is different thicker and the poor angles are a side effect to this"

"love this retro g shock and that it doesn’t need a battery and sets the time automatically!"

"if anything to beware i dont consider my wrists to be big but the strap is on the slim side it works but not much to spare but even with that still a great watch"

"i had to return this not because it was faulty but the strap became an irritant to my skin after a couple of hours"

"only gripe is buttons are a little hard to press but at least they won't be pressed accidentally"

"the only thing i do not like about this is that i bought just one"

"be aware that this is not a big watch and the strap will struggle to fit a larger wrist make sure tho to put the end of the strap through the keeper because that is how i lost my other one"

"very disappointing"

"i have other g shock watches this is the only one that i cannot read the time unless the stars are aligned or the back light function is on"

"once i forgot to remove it or cover it while doing some grinding work using the angle grinder the glass has survived to a lot of sparks just a tiny feel of residue of the grinding waste on it which is more visible in the light only i have not tried polishing it no need"

"sweaty smelly strap no no worries"

"love the size not one of the 55mm beasts that can look ridiculous on every wrist below 9""

"if your looking for a watch for life and you dont have to set the time u dont have to change the battery hell u dont have to press the light button"

"i've dropped it once on to a hard floor nothing"

"it can go down to 200 metres underwater although i have not tried this yet"

"i don't like that when you go into world time mine's set up for kl it no longer shows the date"

"this watch gw m5610 1er "

"you don't look like a child when wearing it causes it's not huge and it is impervious to any abuse that a normal human can subject it to"

"stop the auto sync with the radio controller and manually auto sync once in a month"

"slim in profile compared to my old gshock and fits nicely under my cuff if i'm wearing a long sleeve shirt"

"you have a worry free watch that never needs a battery change always accurate time"

"second g shock watch i have owned lost the first one and not disappointed"

"the plastic strap does not last too long but you van replace it with a velcro strap at your watch shop"

"time can be a bit hard to see sometimes but isn't really an issue and the battery is fully charged after just a couple hours in the sun"

"date is american which is a tiny bit annoying"

"other watches with time correction from casio are much more expensive so if you are a lover of best technology buy this warch"

"for many years i have had the 'plain vanilla' version of this watch dw 5600 so i knew how this watch would behave in everyday use"

"anything else presents ghosting time digits and the whole lcd matrix elements can be seen sort of like 88:88:88 "

"if you want a silver coloured choose casio wv 58du 1aves"

"i got the gw m5610 1ber for £59"

"el” will appear on the dial if successful hold down button b for 3 seconds to manually disable otherwise it will self disable after 6 hours"

"con:just a bit bulky on the wrist compared to my last watch but hasn't been much of an issue"

"i have another casio g shock g 7710 1 which admittedly has a negative screen display but i have probably been spoiled by that as the viewing angles and contrast are superb on that and the time remains crisp and distinct even at extreme angles"