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Customer Review: Cool gadget. But only a gadget.
I bought this Riseman, I enjoy it and I'm going to keep it. Most of all, it's a G-Shock, so I know that I can swim in the ocean or ski in cold weather and nothing will happen to the watch or the waistband. Just don't try to throw it from the third floor. My previous G-Shock did not survive it ( You could do this with G-Shocks from the 80's, but not now). Ok, this is the upside. On the downside, if you think rationally, you don't really need the pack features this watch has. Solar battery that lasts forever and works up to 5 months without recharge? Awesome, but a regular battery will serve 5-10 years and the chances are high that you will replace the watch before this. And instead of just wearing your watch you now have to take care that it is exposed to daylight and your sleeves do not cover the solar panel. Atomic radio sync? Great! I have recently spent an hour on the street on a cold night trying to acquire the synchronization signal manually. It didn't work in my apt. I live in NYC, most likely this is the problem. Probably the sync will work alright in less populated area. But again, with a regular watch you spend 30 seconds every 3-6 months to adjust the time. This takes nearly as much effort as to put your Riseman facing the window overnight (required to get the sync according to the manual) Thermometer? The watch should be off your hand for about 20 minutes if you want to get a realistic reading. If you are hiking and suddenly want to check the temp, you will get a mix or outside temperature and the temperature of your body unless your take the watch off and wait for it to cool down. Altimeter? Works nicely. But if you have a GPS navigator like Nuvi, you already have a better altimeter that does not need to be recalibrated when atmospheric pressure changes. The bottom line is that Riseman is a very cool gadget. It looks great, it feels great on your hand and it has an awesome set of features. I am honest to myself that I don't need most of them. So if you are a very practical person give it a miss. If you just want a cool gadget - buy it, that's all I can say. P.S. world time is very convenient; compared to Pathfinder, there is no compass
Customer Review: Perfect Military Watch
My brother is in the Marine Corps and when I saw his old watch I realized he needed something tough. His old watch had fallen apart due to physical beatings (the face was cracked) exposed to the elements (at the time he was stationed in Arizona)and the band was cracking. I did research and came across the G-Shock. I read reviews for different models all over the internet and saw a lot of military personnel (both active and retired) give this watch rave reviews. It had the perfect amount of features (not too much, not too little) and wasn't flashy and followed his dress code for when he wears his Dress Blues and is lighter than it looks. My brother got it for Xmas 08 and he has no complaints whatsoever. This watch has been subjected to the same abuse as the other (even more now that he is stationed in Afghanistan)and still looks new. The other guys on his base even liked it and went out and bought their own. My brother says I found the perfect watch and I highly recommend it to others in the military.
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