Customer Reviews

Casio Men's PAW1100-1V Pathfinder Atomic Solar Watch

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I've been happy with this watch, and it takes getting used to a pressure-based altimeter to realize how to use it best... if you're familiar with the concept of setting a reference altitude, you'll figure it out just fine.

It's reasonably robust, though one button has seemingly shifted inward slightly, requiring a much firmer press, after a fall to a rock ledge while hiking. So be it, I can't blame Casio for me juggling my watch and dropping it, can I?

The battery life is such that I generally (almost always) leave the "auto-backlight" turned off, as it will run the battery to low at times if I sleep with the watch on, turning its backlight on when I shift in my sleep.

Two points that I can't make sense of in the slightest, which are: first off, and this truly a pure software question, for some reason the countdown timer does not go longer than an hour, which I don't appreciate; secondly, it would be fantastic if there were a single button or button combination to return to the main time screen, from which you can access barometer, altimeter, and compass functions. It is a bit irritating to have to go through six screens while looking at the watch to find your way back.

One other small note, the backlight will not stay lit when you press any button, so you need to light the backlight, press whichever button you'd like, and then re-illuminate to confirm the step taken.

The longer timer and the backlight remaining on were two points that timex got right with my cheap nearly disposable ironman digital, it's odd that casio hasn't had the sense to fix these minor points.

Don't expect the watch to update to atomic time every night... some nights it fails to hook up, and that's not really a terribly big deal...

All in all, very happy, though some aspects of the interface are a little bit user unfriendly. Also, as everyone else has said here already, the thermometer doesn't work in any meaningful way while the watch is on your wrist. If you want to spend hundreds more, get a suunto with gps, but for my money, and with the functional solar power, I'm quite happy with the watch.

One other minor point, in respect to criticism in quite a few reviews here, I've not had any issue with the excess of the band not remaining in the retaining loop, there is a ramped spot on the end of the band that seems to do a great job keeping it in place. Not sure if this is a design refinement or not, but I've not had any issue in that area.

My 12 year old Pathfinder served me very well for many years. The Casio Pathfinder 1100-1V is a quantum leap forward in quality and design with easy to read numbers for us older folks who rely on reading glasses. I found the compass to be dead on accurate as I've cross checked it with my GPS and runway alignment. The altimeter is accurate to within 20 feet and I'm looking forward to using it downhill skiing. A great feature is the barometer and cross checking it with flight service proves to be very accurate. Also, a big plus is the barometer gives a pressure trend of the past 30 hours and this is an excellent predictor of pending bad weather or good weather, great if you're into exploring the back country here in northwestern Montana. And, yes the temperature is dead on to within one degree but keep in mind it is only accurate off your wrist otherwise it will read somewhere around 86 degrees f. I really like the fact that its solar powered and it auto calibrates it's self every night from the Atomic Naval observatory in Fort Collins Colorado. For a watch as big as this pathfinder it is remarkably comfortable but bulky and could come in handy as a self defense weapon, maybe? All in all it's awesome and I highly recommend this pathfinder for anyone who loves gadgets, aviation and the wilderness. Enjoy!

How can you beat an outdoors/sports watch that has a solar-recharging battery and sets itself every night via the atomic clock signal? You can't, unless you get a fancier version of same. This is a pretty powerful self-contained package and I like my watches to be super-accurate (or why bother), so that auto-set is a great feature for me.

You can set it to auto-illuminate when you move your wrist to look at the face (with no real battery consequences that I've noticed) and it has all the usual alarms, timers, etc. that you could ever need. For outdoors gadgetry, it includes a compass, thermometer, barometer and altimeter. I have found that the compass, thermometer (when not on wrist) and altimeter are all quite accurate, but have not really vetted the barometer although usually, merely observing the up and down trends on a baro is all you really need and since it does display the trend, I'm fine with it. Water resistant to 100 meters means you can keep it on while you wrestle alligators in the swamp or plant limpet mines on enemy hulls.

This watch hits a real sweet spot in terms of price and features, IMO. Note however that this IS a very large watch and is pretty hard-core looking, but hey, if you're browsing Pathfinders, you're not exactly expecting a Movado alternative for wearing with your tux to the baccarat table, are you? This is a manly watch meant for wearing as you plunge your Unimog through snake-infested stream-beds at night while avoiding hostiles.

I picked this up at Costco for $129, which is pretty cheap compared to the Amazon price (fifty bucks less). The solar and atomic functions work very well. Seems really built well. Although it can be slightly complicated trying to figure out all the symbols, Acronyms, etc, the watch doesn't take too long to learn most of the functions. Compared to the Suunto Core I own, this watch doesn't have the nice dot matrix of the core but for for the elevation and barometric pressure, you do get a little dot matrix. With so many features: Solar powered, Atomic time keeping, baro pressure, elevation, compass, etc, the watch is a good deal and looks very cool.

I bought this item for my boyfriend who is currently deployed in Afghanastan. Upon recieving this item he fell in love with it. He was so excited like a little child. He couldn't believe the manual was over 400 pages but it gives him something to do on the down time. He would recommend this item to anyone deployed and who loves to do outdoor type of activities.

I received this watch as a gift (6/2010) and immediately loved it. I spend a lot of time hiking, climbing, fishing, skiing and hunting. The buttons are large and easily accessible, the altimeter and compass are very handy. Eight months after receiving the watch I noticed the LOW battery warning started flashing. It would only charge to medium after setting it in the sun and then flash a LOW warning in an hour or so. I returned it to Casio (3/2011) and they replaced the main body circuit board. Great, fast service! Now here it is 10 months after the repair (1/2012), and it will not charge again. Very disappointing.

I purchased this watch as a birthday gift for my 14 year old son. He spent 12 days at Philmont scout ranch hiking 80 miles through the mountains which really gave him a chance to test it in harsh conditions. The watch never missed a beat. His favorite feature is the graphing altimeter with the record feature. This gave him the opportunity to review the altitude changes at the end of each days hike. Also the thermometer was spot on with the actual temp. The size of the watch has never been a problem for him (he wears it all the time) and it still looks brand new. He loves this watch. Great job Casio!

I just bought this watch at Kohls. It was priced at 300.00 bucks but I bought it when it was %30 off and used two other %20 and %15 percent off coupons I received in the mail and paid 125.00 bucks. Man what a watch and what a deal.

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great, easy to use, however, two complaints: one, the temp and altitude is in celusius and meters, and there is no way to change it to frahraheight and feet. I know I misspell it. other then that, no problems with use, simple, out of the box and go.

I got this watch a few days ago and I loved it when I got it. This watch has a lot of great features like the compass so you know if your going the right way or not. This compass is accurate all the time and great too. Barometric pressure so you know if a storm is coming or want to know what your body temperature is or know what the altitude is. For me I live where the altitude is 4700' so the barometric pressure is 29.50 to 30.65 which is very useful for me. If it snows here the barometric pressure is 28.90 to 29.50. This watch is very useful when it comes to everything a watch needs. Would recommend this watch to everyone who wants to know all the information that a watch needs. Very pleased with this purchase.