Customer Reviews

Casio Men's DBC310-1 Databank 300 Digital Watch

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I have been buying these watches because you can enter appointments into the watch's memory using its keyboard rather than having to rely on a PC-based interface. The watch also has stopwatch and timer functions that I like. Other watches seem to lack this particular functionality. They rely on PC's to do the input which is inconvenient when you don't have a PC around.
Five stars for functionaliy.
Now to the problem. The body is weak. Typically the part where the pin holding the wrist strap is anchored to breaks off after about two years because the body is plastic. The gasket keeping the watch somewhat water-resistant distends. I wish they'd put this watch in a G-shock body.
One star for robustnes.
Overall 3 stars.

I have had three of these watches in the past few years. They function well, do what they'e supposed to do, and are very helpful. However, the printed alphabetic characters underneath each button will wear off in about 18 months, after which you haved to memorize which button corresponds to which alpahbet character. Not as hard as you might think, but irritating. Secondly, the watch case pin holes where the watch band pin attaches the band to the case will tend to erode or pull out over time. I've had to replace one perfectly good watch because I couldn't get a replacement band to attach.

I bought this for my husband who has had the the same one for about 10 years. His finally stopped keeping a charge and he lost all his data. Figured it was time for a new one. He uses the watch as his calendar and date organizer. He puts all his appointments into the watch. The watch front shows the whole week as little boxes along the top and little ovals will appear in the boxes if you have set an appointment for that day. He uses it daily and also keeps notes on his watch. The only problem he has had is the watch is plastic and the black paint will wear off. The watch band also will break but you can get a cloth/leather replacement band and it will last for alot longer. The watch is waterproof as far being able to be able to go in the shower. I wouldn't recommend going swimming with it. Overall it is a great watch, but would recommend buying a new watch band for it. I would give it 5 stars if the body was made out of metal.

had identical watch for years so very familiar with watch. i knew what i wanted as my old one is misplaced but in bad shape from my years of abuse. i love that my "little black book" is on my wrist. i even keep phone #'s for pizza hut, electric company ect. saves a lot of time and grief. has a timer that will go off only once or continually starts another cycle over and over untul shut off. i have it set to go off every year on my anniversary. i do not have to reset it, it goes off every year at the same time. this feature alone can be a life saver to forgetfull guys and more than the cost of the watch in expensive resturants if you forgot your anniverary!!! only watch i will and have worn for 30 years. i ordered this late aug 25, they shipped it on the 26th from new york, i had it in florida on the 27th!!! talk about blazing shipping!!! will definitely deal with again!!!

I have been wearing a DBM-150 for the past 10 years and needed a new replacement Casio DataBank watch. I am disapointed in the DBC-310-1 because you can only input 8 characters per line, but you can input 16 characters, double the amount, in the DBM-150. I guess this is how Casio can say they have 300 pages but can only use half of the memory character wise. Also, there is no password secured data input on the DBC-310, but memory is on an EEPROM that is not erased when you change batteries. Otherwise, they are identical; however, the difference is significant. If I could do it over, I would order another DBM-150.

Casio kept true to form on this one. Everything works as we expect it to, and unlike my first databank watch, it has a light.

The word "light" is rubbing out after having this thing a few years, and I've had to replace the resin band. Aside from that, I get great battery life by turning the little beep feature off, and sparingly using the alarm, and light.

However, like all Casio digital watches, this one always seems to get ahead 30 seconds. So, you will want to reset the time every month or so. I reset mine 30 seconds behind because I think it levels off at some point.

Data does not get lost when battery is changed. The calander display is nice because you know at a glance something is coming up this week, or the next.

A pc-link, enhanced display, and better band would make this a definate 5 star product. A color oled display would rock.

Let the world have their slips of paper, notebooks, and fancy schmancy PDA's. This has everything I actually need on it.

I buy a new one of these every 3 to 5 years, it seems. I like the calculator, one-year-in-advance alarms, and the phonebook functions. They are simple but useful to me. For birthdays and anniversaries, you can have an annual alarm rollover without having to enter it again. Overall a very handy product. The only con I can think of is it goes thru batteries and they are not easy to change correctly. But I really like it anyway. This watch will not get you any fashion points--but I didn't want any.

The Casio DBC310-1 Databank Men's watch is better than ever and easier to use than the newer version. It is unsurpassed for ease of information retrieval and input. It keeps accurate time and battery needs to be changed only every two years by a professional. Information is not lost. It is a time keeper, calendar, stop watch, alarm, and appointments calendar. Plus it is a smart watch. Watch needs to be replaced every 5 years. Great value for the money. Computer and cell phone do not rival it for convenience.

I've been using the casio databanks since they came out years ago, so i'm probably a little bias.
I just like the simplicity and the functionality of the watches myself. I also like having all my phone numbers and appointments on my wrist to access at a moments notice. I know you can do the same thing with most cell phones these days.....but how many times have you heard someone complain because they've lost thier cell phone and all of thier important numbers and contacts etc.
the DBC310-1 has space for 300 phone numbers and/or appointments, world times, stop watch and count down timer, alarm, calculator, a back lit face, and it alerts you to appointments on the display as well.
And the best part of it all......you're not constantly setting it down to be lost or damaged. If nothing else...it would be a great back up to your cell phone as a place to keep your phone numbers and appointments.

the only problem is the quality of the resin wristband (I recommend replacing it with a leather one) and lack of connectivity with a PC. I had one like this for over 10 years. Casio did little innovation on this type of watch since then.