Recommend a G shock for Dad

StereoSound

Hey,

My dad retired there recently and I want to buy him a nice G shock for when he is doing trekking, fishing and general outdoor stuff. What do you think of the links below? Please recommend a G shock for in around €100.

Thanks



http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0039NDB2O/ref=s9_simh_gw_d0_g241_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=mobile-1&pf_rd_r=192E3ESYBTSMEXG04FF4&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=507564347&pf_rd_i=mobile
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002LAS0PE/ref=s9_simh_gw_d0_g241_i8?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=mobile-1&pf_rd_r=192E3ESYBTSMEXG04FF4&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=507564347&pf_rd_i=mobile
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0039YOHYY/ref=s9_simh_gw_d0_g241_i2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=mobile-1&pf_rd_r=192E3ESYBTSMEXG04FF4&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=507564347&pf_rd_i=mobile

Keano

I have the second one so am biased but I prefer it over the other two

StereoSound

Casio seem to be making all their later range of g shocks with analogue displays now. I think the classics with the digital displays are more useful. The later ones don't really do anything a regular watch does now other then extreme shock protection. Older ones have moon graphs and other useful features. The ones I listed are 3 or 4 year old models now but I think they would be more functional and techy.

Mredsnapper

In my experience the analogue digital ones can a bit complicated to use compared to the digital lcd only models.

Lurching

I have quite a collection of G-Shocks.
From your selection, the first and last one are the same watch, basically. These ones have an awful location for the light for night time viewing, meaning it's not actually that easy to read when you hit the button in the dark.

For normal inside viewing, the LCD display on the middle one is also a lot easier to read. I'm not sure why they keep making LCD displays which have dark numbers on a dark background.

tmg

casio tough solar. there are a few, and as my dad said about the larger one, nice big writing

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-AQS810W-1A-Illuminator-Combination-Ana-Digi/dp/B00791R1MI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1426544522&sr=8-5&keywords=casio+tough+solar

RUK

Casio DW-5600E-1VER

This one. It's the classic Gshock. Easy to use n read

Umbongo uk

RUK wrote: »

Casio DW-5600E-1VER

This one. It's the classic Gshock. Easy to use n read

Agreed - pretty much exactly how a G-Shock should look - though the purist (pronounced "geek") in me will no doubt, at greater cost, steer me towards the GW-5000 when I do buy myself a G-Shock.

Oh, and hello to all on this forum - a special thanks to Wibbs for making me aware of it.

Umbongo uk

Apologies for double post there - for some reason I couldn't get into "edit" the first post.
Probably something dumb I did, or didn't, do...!

Wibbs

For feck's sake U, 1 post in and you kill the hamsters in the server. I dunno…

Oh and plus one on the GW-5000. That for me is "G-Shock". I especially like the negative display one

m4r10

Surprised nobody recommended an ABC Protrek so far. It's no G-shock but comes pretty close in terms of durability. I have two and will tick all boxes of your requirements: trekking, fishing and general outdoor stuff.

Here's a pic of my PRG-1500T. While I think it's better than my other PRG-40, you can find the latter cheaper and the digits are oversized, just perfect for telling the time at a glance. Unfortunately I don't have a pic of the PRG-40, but Google is your friend

Andrew76

Wibbs wrote: »

Oh and plus one on the GW-5000. That for me is "G-Shock". I especially like the negative display one

Gorgeous watch that, but the price...

StereoSound

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2830632/Trail/searchtext%3ECASIO/gotoTab/reviews.htm


This is like a mini pro trek, has a compass and temp sensor, world time, stopwatch etc. I saw this in Argos for €76. Do you think this is worth buying? G shocks in around €100 that I was looking at don't really offer anything other then a stopwatch and world time so I'm thinking this may be a better option for my dad?

pepe the prawn

I have the 7900-1-er, absolutely love it, very comfortable on the wrist and easy to read/use

I've noticed that Casio seem to be moving to analogue displays more and more with the g-shocks, pity!

Although I do quite like the dark, negative displays on some models