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Equipped for land and sea adventures, this wrist-top information center from Casio keeps time with the Atomic Clock, draws its power from the sun and offers tide and moon data!
The Casio(r) Pathfinder watch PAW1500-1V is packed with features for every adventurer. You can keep tabs on changing weather conditions with the barometer and thermometer functions, and take note of your ascent up the mountain with the altimeter and altimeter memory function that stores up to 20 measurements.
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| Analog or Digital: | Digital |
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| Construction: | Stainless steel |
| Data link: | No |
| Date window: | Yes |
| Face diameter: | 1.5 inches |
| Illumination: | Yes |
| Watch band material: | Resin |
| Water-resistance: | 200 meters |
| Weight: | 2.1 ounces |
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| I really like this watch. I'm a bit of an electronic junkie so believe me when I say i've tried a lot of gear. My previous alti-watch was a Highgear though it worked well, I was unimpressed with plastic case construction. Once I melted the screen slightly with bug spray (can't imagine what it did to my skin but we will not go there) I purchased this watch because it had the most of what I was looking for. I'm an outdoor adventure seeker and I am getting into mountaineering (with a few peaks under my belt) so I needed a reliable watch. I see a real advantage to the solar charge feature since i'm the type of person that would forget to change my battery when going on travel to some remote foreign country. The last thing I would want is to have my battery die on a 1 month trek across Nepal or something. The atomic clock works well for me here in WV. i also used it in NM, which is much closer to Ft. Collins (obviously) where the atomic clock is. I'm not one to really care if my watch is off by a few minutes but the feature is nice. I'm not a fisherman but I do spend alot of time near the water however i've yet to really use the tide chart. I can see it's usefulness though. I'm used to having a temp guage on a watch and understand that I need to take the watch off for a while before it reads the ambient air temp. Basically i'm pleased with this feature however i would like it if it went below zero (for mountaineering purposes) Apparently the limit is 14 F. An advantage of reading my skin temp is that I could possibly monitor my body temp while climbing to keep my body in check (though i've not actually tried it). The compass works as designed but I never rely on a watch compass. I come from that school of thought that you should always take the tools needed for every situation. My idea of this compass is strictly for backup in a survival situation....so for that it would most likely work perfectly. The Altimeter seems to work well but i have never found an alti-watch that wasn't off by a few hundred feet here and there, and i'm ok with that. I'm really not that picky. I just need to know if i'm within a certain range. With any wrist top alti watch that uses barometric pressure to calculate altitude, your going to see some jump even when standing still (especially when weather is always changing). I think all of this is perfectly acceptable. So the alti feature works well for me. Now for what I don't like. I really wish there was an all stainless steel version ( or titanium) case. All the PAW 1500 watches are a resin case with a steel or Ti bezel. I'm sure they do this to keep cost down and weight at a min. Other then that I really like the watch. I'm actually going to order a second one for my equally picky and adventurous wife. (I'm going to have to make a custom band unfortunately because the mens band is just too big) She will be spending a few months in Africa in the bush so she will not have access to "fresh battery's" (hence the solar feature) I will keep this review updated as I put this watch through more abuse. So far so good. | |
| Andrew and The Golden Retrievers at REI on 04/23/2009 | |
Goldy Lox of ABC'S! Y Did I wait? | |
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| I originally intended to use this watch when I do a variety of outdoor activities and when I travel abroad. I purchased this watch because I had gone through 2 ogio's, 3 Suunto's, and 1 Luminox ( still have ). I got the suunto core light because it looked stylish, was light, and had many many features I was attracted to. However I owned it for 3 months and went through 2 batteries. To be fair I used the majority of the features of the watch every day as I was traveling a large amount. I finally found that I could not rely on the batterie and several times found that the watch would just stop working out of the blue. I had already tried ogio's and that was a mistake and I was running out of options. The only reason I did not get the casio in the first place was cause I did not like the metal band ( the only one they had was titanium and very pricy ). But finally I broke down and went back to see if they still had it. Much to my amazement they had this version. I tried it on and it seemed ok, so I bought it. Man was I in for a shock! I went from wearing a luminox watch daily, and just using this watch for when I went outdooring to wearing this watch all the time. Once you get everything set, it is super easy to use. Its very accurate for a watch and if you set everything right you should be good to go. I have yet to worry about even a low charge since the solar is a beast! I have jumped off rocks 60 feet plus and hit the water with no problems, no software issues have come up, nothing.... I was dumbfounded. This watch does exactly what casio said it would do. If you notice the other manufactures, they will tell you what great features the watch has but there is always a little blurb about how you cant do this and cant do that and dont leave it this way or take care of it that way, well this one is not like that. To sum up... If you want a watch that has all the features of any abc, gshock, or sport watch rolled in to one, with none of the drawbacks, get this one. I spent more on the suunto and batteries in 5 months than I would have on just this watch..... | |
| Guppie at REI on 08/22/2009 | |
Solar Idea extremely well executed! | |
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| Casio continues to lighten their Pathfinders, and while this is a large watch, it contains a combination of features from both the Pathfinder and the Sea Pathfinder. The trouble with most multi-function watches is that they kill batteries. The Solar function is constantly topping off the battery, no matter how often you use the function. Suunto's are great as I compare this to the Vector and Core(but neither do tides or Moon cycles), the Suunto's weakness is it Battery consumption, the Casio does not have that short coming due to the Solar function on this watch. In addition the Atomic Clock feature is great it receives a signal from Denver to update my watches time, no trouble getting a signal in my house. There is Two negatives I have found. 1. The alarm signal is much quieter than other Casio's I have owned. 2. The Compass times out...fast. 10 seconds is all you get before you have to hit the button again to refresh it. Figuring most of my friends wear similarly priced watches and all they do is tell time, I love this watch...I use the barometer the most as I can track coming rain well with it. | |
| Zed Hunter at REI on 03/15/2009 | |
It really works! | |
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| My brother bought this watch for me. I'm a real "one watch" guy so at first I wondered if I would wear it. Now, I have a hard time going back to my luminox because it only tells time. This watch really does everything it sets out to do and does it well. Having the time always accurate is nice and allows you to set other clocks with confidence. I've used the tide graph when near the ocean to know when to go check out tide pools and gentlemen, if you live with a lady, the moon phase calculator can serve multiple functions - seriously. My only real gripes are that the non-adjustable metal band doesn't allow you to wear it over outerwear like jackets or wetsuits and other mutlifunction watches have a combo altimeter/chronograph allowing you to monitor descent/ascent rates in one function. It also tends to lose power in the Northwest's grey winters, but it has never gone below medium power. | |
| Diggity at REI on 06/13/2009 | |
Does almost anything | |
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| Great watch that does almost everything under the sun. I play with it all the time and have never had the battery indicator say anything but high. The barometric trend graph is great to notice a front before you can see it. Only thing it doesn't do is a heart rate if your a runner, and I wish they could figure out a way to make the temperature reading do the air instead of your skin. | |
| Steve at REI on 03/26/2009 | |
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