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Hi /out/, first off let me say I didn't know whether to post this here, on /fa/ or on /g/, but I thought I'd give it a try here because I've seen similar threads posted a few times in the past, anyway. What's the ultimate outdoors survival watch? I'm talking a watch that you can slap on and go do whatever, go missing for 5 months on the desert and then go live in the mountains for a couple years without technology, just your watch. I'm talking something that does solar charging, and it's sturdy, water resistant for the most part, something that you can scratch and go trough the mud with and will still keep time accurately, and as I put "smart" on the title, I'm also looking for something that has some sort of "google maps" function or just regular maps, or gps. I don't know if anything like it exists but then again, worth asking. Just for reference the watches that I usually wear when I go out are a seiko alpinist which I've terribly scratched over the years, and some old waveceptor g-shock that has taken a lot of damage, so I'm looking for something that does more.
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My Seiko 5 broke after only a year. Probably repeated shocks from holding my bow. Going to try a vostok komandirskie next. Sucks. Was simple, functional, and only lost a minute per week.
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>>1881504 Solar charging isn’t very durable because it relies on an internal battery to store charge, which eventually dies.
Get something mechanical or a Casio g-shock.
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>>1881516 Nice, I love my alpinist but I'm scared to wear it since I usually encounter cliff I can climb and gets scratched with rocks or I hit it against trees (clumsy) and it's already taken enough damage. Vostok has some nice watches but I really want something modern that I won't need to charge ever.
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>>1881539 I've been thinking g-shoks, but I'm not sure. I'm thinking probably the gmb h1k or it's more expensive rangemaster predecessor would be a good fir for what I'm looking for. also some solar watches are very reliable. I gifted my buddy an solar powered citizen like 10 years ago and he says he wears it every day and only loses like 10 secs a day.
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>>1881504 Casio AE-1200WH I've had for little over a year now. Bashed it on rocks, walls, and dropped a 2x6 on it once by mistake, and its only a little scratched up. For a no frills digital watch I bought on a whim for $20, it's been pretty damn good for me.
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>>1881516 >>1881549 >minute per week >10 secs a day is something wrong with them?
modern watches really shouldn't be losing that much
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>>1881572 Maybe, I bought it as a present for him on my trip to japan on like 2009 so it's kinda old I guess, I don't really know if he minds it losing 4 mins per month.
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>>1881568 damn I think that's the first watch my dad ever got me, I think I lost it on a fishing trip. I might get one just because of the nostalgia haha.
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>>1881568 This is my go-to daily/outdoors watch. Costs next to nothing and is pretty tough. If ya do end up really fuckin it up, replacing it is painless
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>>1881572 >modern watches really shouldn't be losing that much A mid-grade mechanical movement can definitely lose that much out of the box, though it’s a bit on the extreme end of normal performance.
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>>1881504 new watch last week, good all around watch for out activities
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>>1881712 You shouldn't tight it that much mister gorilla.
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>>1881712 what a sissy looking watch
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>>1881733 It seems to have a good software but it looks like the second I hit it while rock climbing it's going to fall apart.
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>>1881572 I have one, it does suck. Got it from amazon so thought maybe was a knockoff. But i think it is just a cheap self winding watch.
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>>1881712 if by activities you mean sitting home and cooming and consooming onions then yes it is perfect
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I have a Suunto Ambit 2. Bit older at this point. Not sure I would recommend but the gps track saved my ass from hiking and extra 10 miles when I took a wrong turn and was able to check my track when i figured out something wasnt right.
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Surprised nobody has mentioned this beast.
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>>1881967 Also the higher end protreks would be close to what OP's talking about.
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>>1881539 >batteries eventually die, so don't get something with a battery >get something mechanical or get a g-shock with a battery What did you mean by this, anon?
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My Garmin instinct is pretty beast
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>>1882015 I kinda like the yellow one. Is it shock resistant?
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GW-M5610 is a decent watch without too many bells and whistles.
>>1881539 those gshock solar batteries last a very long time, longer than a non solar gshock and can be just as easily user replaced by a common battery you buy online. No proprietary part which is hard to obtain. Also you don't need to leave them in the bright sun to get a charge. Just having the watch on your wrist exposed to any kind of light is good enough. If you don't use them for awhile, just put them on a shelve somewhere facing a window and not your desk. Sure they drain a lot faster if you keep spamming the features on it or have the light on 24/7, but what watch would last longer?
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I have the Mudman G-9300 (solar) Its okay. Has a digital compass, thermometer, and the regular stuff like stop watch, timer, alarm, etc. The glass is pretty scratch resistant if you ask me. Mine's been through hundreds of miles in all sorts of environments, the back metal has scratched, though. No clie about the waterproof capabilities because I always take it off before I go in water. My older gshock (MTG520) died in water from a bad o-ring/rubber ring.
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>>1881504 First for Casio F-91W!
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Anyone have experience with the Casio Pro trek watches ?
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Anyone know if the altimeter on something like the Casio Men's SGW300HB-3AVCF is accurate enough to be useful for navigation?
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Anything accurate and durable, preferably digital for me. For the GPS/smart functionality, I just use my phone. Phone batteries run out though, I get that.
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>>1882035 Yes. I've dropped it on rocks, hit walls, and wrestled around with it on and it has suffered no damage. Plus the battery last forever and it can track a bunch of different things
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>>1881568 /thread
I've been using mine forever and it cost me 20 bucks
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>>1881568 >>1881967 >>1882826 Do you guys replace the bands on these? I prefer nato straps because they're a lot less rigid
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>>1881712 I don’t even know whom this is supposed to troll and on how many levels.
Good job!
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>>1881516 What is it doing? I have the same model and havent had issues but I remember reading that sometimes something gets jammed and its fairly easy to fix. I would look it up before tossing it.
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>>1881539 Mechanicals need to be serviced eventually as well
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>>1881504 >>1881967 >>1881981 >>1882778 >>1882956 How can people where a massive plastic hunk of shit on their wrists like this. These are hideous.
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>>1885562 Small penis cope. Americans do this. Big knives, big trucks, big watches...
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>>1882956 For accurate altimeter use you have to frequently set it to reference elevations. Weather has a huge affect on their readings. That watch is decent though, if not very durable. Mine gave good readings out and about for a year then shit the bed abruptly.
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protrek. i'm partial to the prw-3500 since once you set your lat/long, it will tell you the sunrise and sunset times
>solar >atomic >waterproof for everything except deep scuba >altimiter/barometer/compass had mine for about 4 years now
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>solar charging >GPS pick one. GPS is a battery hog
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>>1882956 watch based altimeters that aren't GPS based are based on barometric pressure. if the weather is stable, they're decently accurate. i wouldn't trust them for navigation though
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>>1885562 Found the /fa/ggot.
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>>1885562 Hideous? Don’t care. But I agree that some (especially the g-shocks) are way too large.
>>1885663 >That watch is decent though, if not very durable. Mine gave good readings out and about for a year then shit the bed abruptly. >>1885682 >had mine for about 4 years now Hm. Whom to believe? Temped to get one too, because of the altimeter (yes, I know you have to reset them all the time. That’s just a feature of EVERY altimeter! For the last hundred years or so, but mines to bulky. Those newfangled gps ones don’t count).
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>>1881712 Decent bait 7/10
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>>1885427 Nato or Zulu straps are better imo, they do absorb some sweat though