CASIO AQ S810W Watch Review!! The ideal back-up watch!!
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2023
- Hey guys, review today of the CASIO AQ S810W , yes it's not quite a Moser, but for the money it's a brilliant SHTF back up watch to keep in your prep gear!!
cheers
TB
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I've been using this watch for 6 years and still Running till today without battery Replacement.
cheers bud yup solid performer!!
I have mine for more than 10 years. Great watch. The strap is dead though
@@swisswildpicsswp3095 10 years is good for that strap 😎😄
@@swisswildpicsswp3095 WOW! 10 years! That's remarkable!
Colly favorite most of the chaps in '2' Para wear them. (£50 Bash & Crash). Straight out of the box nicely done. VBW Anthony 🙂
cheers Anthony!! yup not all of us need a gucci bit of kit for the daily wearers :D
Great review, concise and very informative - thank you for doing it .
cheers foxy :D
Still got mine. Had it about 4 years. Writing on the bezel has long gone but a great work watch. Not for the small wristed though. Great review.
excellent thanks Chris, that longevity comes at less then 0.5 pence a day, value for money!!
Great review Duncan I just did the review on the G-Shock that I got please don't disown me after you see it lol
hahaha it's all good dude, personal taste should not include the feelings of others!!
This is a great watch & to me not just a backup, but a primary watch full of nice features like world-time that more expensive watches don't have.
cheers Wizzdum yup I agreed and then I saw the ae1500 and had to change my mind LOL
@@thetimebombardier Yep , there's always another watch huh!? But this one is hard to beat for price-point/features including world-time which I don't even have on my GA-800-G-Shock.
@@thetimebombardier Yes indeed I grabbed one of those too for around 30 bucks! Nice big display & all the functions you need.
@@user-gk4jd1jv4k yup really like my off white version 😎👍
@@thetimebombardier 👊👊👍👍
Had one bought for my birthday the variant black n white numerals .fantastic watch the tough solar is really good ...for the money these are well worth adding to your collection...
cheers bud yup solid little timepiece, have you checked out the ae1500s? i reviewed one the week after this and think the digi display is excellent!
Nice brief overview; think I may pick one of these up.
Cheers bud and welcome to the channel 😎
Oh cm'on Duncan... can't you see the chicken wire of the solar panel? This is just a cage where they keep wild pirate chickens, when once upon the time, they rebelled against the sun! (big upheaval, didn't want to wake up every morning when the sun was rising, Casio had to put then in this cage...) So, dial/case is the porthole, pretty safe, haven't heard any escapes from there...
Is "porthole" a good nickname then??? 🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cheers mate, your brother will enjoy this very much. Friend of mine had this for over ten years (gave it to a "watchmaker" to change the battery, water came in afterwards... that kind of watchmaker!).
Hope all is well mate, cheers once more.
PS Curious about those screws too, might end up with something really weird, if you take (whatever comes...) off...
PS2 Would get that for the price, but the size is not for my wrist.
hahahaha those poor chickens LMAO and it doesn't wear that big, by the way what size is your wrist? and yeah porthole works!!
@@thetimebombardier Already tried it mate, no good. Anyway, got other solars, no worries. Cheers dude 😎
I like this as a duty watch for security work but the downside is that it's hard to read in the dark and the light is lacking but not a deal breaker.
cheers GM1, yup that makes sense, which other watches do you use/recommend in that environment?
@@thetimebombardier the basic Dw5600ue "tough solar" without the analog, the digital makes it easier to read in both dark and light. Unfortunately they're gshock priced, so this watch wins in terms of it's price.
@@Samson2323 nice, the squares are darned dependable 😋😋
Yes the window could be larger but still a great watch for the money.
@@user-gk4jd1jv4k yup give it more priority over the dial layers,
A good watch for wartime survival. Replaced the original strap with a synthetic 18-22 mm. strap. In the heat there was too much sweat under the original strap.
Glory to Ukraine!
Thanx to UK!
Cheers dude 😎
As always I’m behind the crowd lol, as usual a super review Sir,
Had one of these ordered , very nice and great value, if it only had a mineral crystal, just no fan of acrylic. Super G alternative though, great stuff however sent mine back 😢
Hey Nick good to hear from you dude as always 😎👍 yup decent watch these but i reviewed a digi with far better legibility the AE1500 which trumps this one 🕺🕺
@@thetimebombardier will take a look at that one, hope you're well my friend
@@Alwaysontime-dh1gz alive and kicking my friend :D
Great review. I have the grayish/silver/black one ($21.00 USD). It's a great beater/backup. If you want a G Shock, buy a G Shock (there are cheaper ones out there, for example, the GA100-1A1 ). But if you want the look, but want to save money, buy this one. It's a Casio so it's tough enough. And the Tough Solar is awesome. The surface reminds me of diamond plating (the retired fireman in me 😉).
Hey Frach thanks bud and welcome to the channel, these are common amongst service personnel here in the uk also 😎👍 i just reviewed the new colohr ae1500 and it pains me to say it's way easier to read 😉
@@thetimebombardier LOL. I understand. 😉
hi, what do the five small horizontal stacked bars on the right of the LCD display do? thanks
hi yes those are the 5 alarms indicators :)
Just ordered one today. I wonder if it will replace my Timex Ironman which is my daily wear watch?
cheers Gray Man, tough ask there as the ironman is so iconic!! I reviewed the ae1500 after this one and think it's a step up :)
Picked up a like new one today in a pawn shop for $20 right after the rubber shell on my ancient G Shock crumbled before work on Christmas eve. Tips on a solid Mil Sub style clone with solid bars that's fit for "play"?
Hey Hess thanks and welcome to the channel, these are easy bash 'em up watches that as you suggest don't cost the earth 😎👍 not many solid bar options oit there as clones but have a look at the CWC divers, bags of heritage, very durable and very mil sub 😎😎
Thanks for the info. CWC study now in progress.
@@hessdefense they are a bit spendy but very solid 😎
Cheap-Shock!! 👍🏼
Yup 😎👍
I honestly don’t mind the lack of a second hand. The only qualm I have with this watch is the plastic clasp for the band. If it were metal like a G-shock, I would have no complaints about this watch whatsoever having gotten it for $35
Cheers Harrison yup casio do like those plastic clasps, cost savings right? 😅
I agree with you about the second hand & for the money this is a great watch.
@@user-gk4jd1jv4k bang for buck!!
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I have this watch since 2012, pro: hands easy to read, large and cool look, very light and tough. eternal solar powered battery. Cons: tiny numbers in the digital display, amber light only for the digits display.
Thanks Ignazio, good to hear some longterm feedback!! Is this your main watch or part of a quiver?
@@thetimebombardier I use it every day since then. Now I must change the band as it is worn
@@IgnazioPillitteri 👍😎
just changed the band, the design of the plastic case and band tip makes a bit difficult to insert the pins, it took me about 30' even with a proper tool. Now the black Casio has a dark blue band around it.
@@IgnazioPillitteri nice and yeah i've wasted many hours fiddling stuff into watches 😅😅 need a different hobby!!
The dial look more like a manhole cover to me. Why don't we name it as Casio Manhole Cover aka C-MC? hehehe..
hahaha :D love it dude!!
On a review that I watched on this watch he says that it has a mineral glass crystal but you are saying that it is resin glass. Who is right? Is it mineral glass or resin? If it is resin, that would be a deal breaker for me. I have a MRW-200H with a resin crystal and everytime I wear it my shirt cuff and jacket sleeve leaves the glass full of hairline micro scratches all over it and I have to polish them out everytime that I wear it. Subsequently I have changed the crystal for a mineral glass and now it stays scratch free. It looks on this watch that that mod would be very difficult to do as the bezel overhangs the crystal. Your thoughts?
Gdday Patrick and welcome to the channel bud 😎👍 so yeah it's odd cos on the casio uk website they call it resin glass but other websites have it down as acrylic or mineral so hence why i said resin glass to keep with the casio ref as i honestly don't know what to believe 😅😅 the mrw's are great beaters and yes i think a screen sticker protector would be a better option for this 810, have you looked at the ae1500 i reviewed, way better legibility 😎😎
Hi Duncan, Thanks for the reply comment. Yes I have seen the crystal description as everything that you mention but I still have not got a definitive answer. It's very simple to distinguish one from the other. Just touch the crystal gently to your lip or forehead, A resin- acrylic crystal will be slightly warm and a mineral crystal will be a lot colder and a sapphire crystal will be ice cold by comparison. A quick easy way to tell the difference. The MRW is one of my favorites and I wear it a lot now that it has a mineral crystal. A mod not to be attempted by the faint hearted. I have an AE-1500 in my collection and I don't mind the physical size on my tiny 5.9 inch wrist. My wife calls it my Big Ben. It is amazingly legible but I do have a leaning towards analog displays. I have one of each of the color ways of the MDV-106's and they really get a lot of wrist time. They are all on stainless steel closed end bracelets as I find that the standard rubber strap is too chunky for my minature wrist. I have also fitted a cyclops date magnifyer to each one as I find the date a bit small. My wife says that with the cyclops on the Pepsi bezel one now looks like my GMT Master. What do you think that the 4 screws are for on the front of the S810 are for? I realize it's your brothers watch but if you wip them out to see what happens I promise I won't tell him. Thanks again. Regards Patrick @@thetimebombardier
@@patrickchapman3741 cheers Patrick, sounds like you should be doing your own videos on these!!! and yeah I tried to get the screws out and they didn't budge LOL and yes date windows on casios on citizens are not always the best, i never used to like cyclops on any watch as I find they distort the whole dial balance too much but i'm learning to be less judgmental 😎😎
Hi Duncan, My GMT Master and Submariner all came standard with the cyclops date magnifier as did my Swiss Army DHC's I got my first Rolex in 1966 so I have got so used to having a date cyclops that a watch looks bear to me without it. I guess that feature will appeal to some and not others. I have been a mechanical watch fan for most of my life and as an engineer I can appreciate the engineering genius and precision built into them. My Rolexe's are certified chronometers and keep time to approximately 6 seconds per day. As a much younger person I thought that this was amazing but now that I also have a collection of quartz watches I realize just how bad that really is. My 20 US dollar MRW-200H keeps time to one second per month. I have a Longines Conquest VHP in my collection and that keeps time to 4 seconds per year but at what cost. Value for money I doubt that the Casio's can be beat. My AE-1500 is good for 1 second per week and at the price that is unbeatable. I will leave the video's to you, nobody wants to see a 70 year old fart on their computer monitor and my voice is not suitable either. Some of the reviews that I see I just turn off because I can't understand a word that they are saying. I was hoping that the screws would come out on the AQ-S810 and then the bezel would come with them - Ah well. I have one on order from the USA which should be here in the next week or two. When it gets here I will disassemble it and see if the crystal can be replaced. I will report back then. Stay well, Regards Patrick. @@thetimebombardier
@@patrickchapman3741 cheers Patrick and I hope you still have those old roleys as they must carry a whole load of history and experience in them, which is not easily replaced, yes current digis are becoming better precision tools but like you I do really enjoy the interaction with autos, it's a simple connection but knowing i'm giving life to the movement is one of the foundations of being a watch nutter i think haha and as to ageing farts - hmmm i think they have more to offer than many younger wannabes and fake experts of which there are many!!
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hahha like it!! thanks Guy!!
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