Customer Reviews

Casio Men's PAG40-7 Pathfinder Triple Sensor Multi-Functional Digital Watch

5 star:		(29)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I was totally shocked by the size of this monster watch. 5/8 inch thick (.66 inch) and 2 1/8 in diameter (2.07 inches) by my calipers. That is why I am giving the watch one star off, good luck wearing it with a shirt that has a buttoned cuff.
The watch band is really thick and heavy duty, 7/8 inches wide with the usual metal buckle/slots. The watch band is SCREWED into place. Need 2 flat bladed screwdrivers to remove. Good luck finding a replacement band with Velcro or something.
The plastic face is recessed a bit by the movable compass ring. Looks like it is durable enough, no idea how easily it scratches. Will find out soon I am sure.
As for the watch functions. Wow. Amazing watch. It has a huge screen 1 1/4 inches wide and contains two layers of LCDs along with different colors, green for functions and blue for the compass. The time shows up in 1/4 inch numbers readable across the room (literally). Modes besides compass, barometer/temperature, altitude are Min/Max altitude and stop watch. Can have some amazingly small numbers and symbols for a watch this size. The P for PM is about the limit that my eyes can read. Lots of alarms. Easy to adjust pretty much anything on the watch, time, date, compass, temperature, etc. Luckily everything is changeable to degrees F and mm of mercury for us non-metric folks. Compass is a little jerky (1-2 second delay) and have not yet time to see how well the altitude setting works. Temperature seems to be sluggish in updating.
The background light is quite bright and everything can be read easily enough. Of course, with that much square footage of screen size, I can use it to find keyholes and such. Heh. There is a tip to light feature.
THERE ARE 4 BATTERIES SR927W. The back come off with just 8 phillips screws, no prying necessary. 4 screws on the back, 2 screws with half threaded on the buttons side, and 2 screws fully threaded on the sensor side. There are two bottoms, a rubbery plastic (which goes against your wrist) and a metal one with the serial number on it. No mention of battery types unfortunately. The metal back has the very thin water seal gasket that looks like a pain but is not really. Just put the seal in place,hold the bottom flat with the seal up, and place the watch on top, bending out the wrist band tabs so it will go on.
So, if you like BIG watches that look like it will go through hell and back (bring extra batteries) while telling you what the temperature is and how deep you are, this is your watch.

UPDATE! 12-10-09 Well, I returned the watch, one of the few things I have ever returned. A few very good reasons. One is the watch was just too big. I had to roll up my sleeve or unbutton the cuff just to wear the thing. The second is the very poor performance of the altimeter. I could set the altimeter to zero in my living room and have it read -20 or even -40 feet when I went UP the stairs. When driving over the Berkshires and using the GPS for accurate altitude readings, I never got within 60-100 feet of the true altitude even after multiple attempts and zeroing the damn thing out. For MT Everest, this is no deal breaker. For the NE US? Unacceptable. Third is the compass and temperature. The temperature gauge was totally useless as it took a good 45 MINUTES to settle on the temperature and then, like the altimeter, would be off by 5 to 10 degrees even when I tried compensating the setting multiple times. Finally the compass would work but it was jerky and them would just shut down in 15-20 seconds locked into the last reading. What good is that?
Well, it seemed to keep good time though!

I have been looking to get a Pathfinder for quite a while and I just couldn't decide on what Model to get. As soon as I saw this watch at Amazon I thought to myself hey this could be the one! When I saw the price I didn't hesitate and ordered it right away. So far this watch is great! All readings were pretty accurate and the overall quality is good. I'm not much a fan of Resin bands but it is pretty comfortable and seems to be pretty durable to. If you're looking to get a Pathfinder and don't want to spend an arm and a leg get this watch!

I have always owned casio watches for the last 20 years and constantly look for better ones - though seldom buy. This watch was on at a good special price and I liked the spec's. It does all that it said it would. The dual LCD screen is a bit of a gimmick - though if I would've thought more about it before buying I would've guessed its' practical application was limited.
I like that the stopwatch have increased time to record as previous g-shocks I've owned were limited to 60 minutes. The five alarms are very handy - as in previous models I've owned. I assumed wrongly that it would have a countdown timer - which I sorely miss.
It's a shame that when in stopwatch mode there isn't the ability to also see what the time is on the same screen.
I was a wee bit caught up with the altitude, temperature, barometer and compass modes, so much that I didn't look for the more basic attributes.
All in all, it does what it advertises it will do and I was probably a bit naive with what it could do and what I was actually going to use it for.

18/05/10 I've had the watch for a few months now and the altitude function works poorly - showing heights over 100 meters out. The baromoter is also very limited in functionality, though the compass has worked admirably.

I used this watch during an 8-day camping trip in the Chatahoochie National Forest in Georgia.

Problem 1: The watch was inaccurate in temperature (+/- 10 degrees F), altitude (+/- 100 feet) and compass bearing (+/- 20 degrees). The humidity in Georgia could have been causing the temperature and altitude problems, and the compass is very sensitive to nearby metal and electronics. These watch functions were almost useless during my trip.

Problem 2: This watch is huge and uncomfortable. Some people like big watches, but I don't really love them. This watch isn't too heavy, but the plastic band made my arm sweat and get heat rash after about 2 days.

Problem 3: The indiglo on this watch works for 1 second only. Holding the button down longer or pressing it repeatedly does nothing. This means you cannot really use the compass at night (if it worked properly to begin with), or even look at all of the information on any given screen before the light goes out.

I upgraded to a simple g-shock with a count-down timer and longer indiglo, but without the barometer, compass, etc. I'm happy with the additional watch features, and don't miss the useless features at all.

I bought this watch as a spare while my everyday dress watch was sent back for repair. I dont particullarly care for plastic watches, but I like this one. I will wear it swimming and while coaching baseball and any other time I would be afraid to damage my nice watch. I thought that the light colored trim along the right side was silver, it is white (wish it was silver). The temperature guage is affected by your body temperature and on me is consistently 10 degrees hotter than the teperature reading in my car. Has a few cool bells and whistles. Wanted the model with solar power, but didnt want the bright orange light button. I like big watches and for a plastic (resin) watch this is pretty big.

On Amazon I serched for atomic watches and this watch came up on the list, I liked the features and assumed seince I serched dor atomic watches that it was. NOT!!!!!!!!. Now I have a watch that dosent feel my needs. It would be nice if Amazon were accurat with there information. Not Happy!!!!!!!!Casio Men's PAG40-7 Pathfinder Triple Sensor Multi-Functional Digital Watch

Bought mostly for its looks and price range, I do not use the altimeter/barometer much. The light is awesome -- it is easily accessible in the bottom center of the dial, and it illuminates the whole face with a sure bright green glow.

I have to rate it with 2 stars because of its TERRIBLE WRISTBAND. First, it is very NOISY. It makes a loud sticky plastic sound when I rotate my wrist. Second, it does a lot of SLIDING unless fastened tight. Living in humid South Florida, I sometimes like to wear my watches a bit loose, but I cannot do this with this one, unless I want to re-center it every 5 minutes. Lastly, the BAND CAN NOT BE REPLACED with any of the alternatives for sale on the web, due to its proprietary "y" shape. The only one that it's meant to fit it is the original (retailing around $35), which won't help.

Nice watch, does what it says. Only thing is the band is too long, its way to big for the average man's wrist. Other than that I like it. I will see how it performs in Vancover during the winter Olympics, should be a good test of all its fuctions.

My PAG40-7 arrived just now. First impressions are that it's nice, comfortable watch. Not too big at all. The strap is surprisingly comfortable & the watch fits me well. Yeah, O.K. it is big, but not so big that I'd send it back or feel weird wearing it.
It's easy to set up & very easy to read. The white part I could do without, but at least there's no yellow or orange on this model.

I have been looking for a watch with the Altimeter function, at the right price.
It is interesting, to see, when you are travelling, especially by plane, all the different heights and locally, in hilly country, all the different levels one achieves.
The other functions give a weather prediction for when out walking in the Lake District; alarm for reminders, to perform social functions etc. all in all a damn good tool!