Thanks for watching Mark, really happy to help. I try to give as much of an idea of the watch as I would like to watch in a review I don't have. Really happy I am able to provide that for you.
Thank you Jim. I don't think the solar could provide enough juice to keep it going long enough to justify it is the only thing I could think. But with that second layer screen and being able to read the time clearly in all lighting in sleep mode, it gives you longer life than most smartwatches.
@@DougFNJ That's what I was thinking as well. However, they have it on the Rangeman w/gps and it seems to help slow the rate of drain at least. Wearing it in the field without solar......well it's not optimal.
Hi Jacob, thanks for watching. It's not a discount code, its for tracking purposes so Topper knows I referred you, and he will typically throw in something extra if he has something.
Should add tough solar like the GPS Rangeman. I have the Rangeman and because of the solar charging, I have never needed to charge it with the external (proprietary) charger. Or at the very least, make the charger just a USB-C or compatible with an Apple Watch charger. 🤷🏻♂️
The GPS eats through battery life on the Rangeman, so the battery life takes a major hit when in use. If the GPS is not used often, the solar is sufficient to keep it charged. A smartwatch eats battery life daily, slow trickle from solar would be negligible compared to the rate the battery consumes. I wish smartwatch manufacturers could figure out a way to get solar to extend usage another day or 2, but the technology isn't there yet.
@@Mackdmg Maybe try rebooting the watch. If that doesn’t work, I hate suggesting this because it’s annoying, but maybe restore. One of those should work. Good luck, please let me know if one of those works.
Hi Doug, great review and thanks. Maybe I missed it but how is battery life? I’m heading on an eight day trek up a mountain next year and currently believe the GBD-H1000 to be my best bet to get GPS and ABC with the longest battery life? I’d really appreciate your opinion. I need ticker tape (heart rate) too
Thanks Gordon, always happy to help. You can get 3 days with normal usage, and if you keep it in power saving mode, you can get up to 30 days. The LCD overlay with the time helps conserve battery life.
I LIVE IN CHINA, went to a store today and they told me in Chinese version you cannot change the language to English. is this true? could not find any information on google.
the problem is the battery. only lasts 1 day.. to be optmist.. thats the main issue for me considering this watch.. I had one and I decided to change by a Garmin Tactix 7 Pro.. much better deal.
I owned a GSW- H1000 and I liked it very much. I used it daily and mostly when I go MTB in the trail. However, it still lacks some features which other smartwatch offer eg. Apple Iwatch. I think the emergency call after a fall is an important feature for a sport watch. G- Shock still has a long way to compete with major smart watch in the market today. Until then, I don’t think it will kill other smartwatches in the market. I don’t like the WearOS. It’s not so user friendly.
It's actually better than the typical ABC watch as it uses the Weather app to display it vs having to take it off the wrist for 20 minutes for an accurate temperature reading
and yes, thats how it works. haha if it had like a gwg1000 overlay. somehow with analog but still touchscreen. it would be like 100 years ahead of its own technology. hahaha, literally moving the analog hands out of the way by using the touchscreenin real time. through the glass. very cool stuff. or like showing off a doplar radar. with the seconds had spinning. very 007 stuff. if all this was it. youd be able to add the temp gauge back. and it would be SO cool. lol.
Best review I’ve watched . Very practical showing a lot of the settings that aren’t obvious thanks
Thanks for watching Mark, really happy to help. I try to give as much of an idea of the watch as I would like to watch in a review I don't have. Really happy I am able to provide that for you.
Great walk through buddy. This has alot of extra features I wasn't aware of. Awesome video. 👍👍👍
Thanks Anthony!
Best review I have seen for this model! Legendary!
Thanks C2!
Love this always wanted a g shock smartwatch finally they have one. Great review brother.😀
Thanks Robert, which version are you looking at?
@@DougFNJ do you think there will be a better g shock smartwatch in 2022
I'm getting one. Thanks for the review.
Happy to do it, thanks for watching. Please let us know what you think when you get it.
Nice review. A quick help: swipe right to go back instead of clicking the middle button everytime. 😜
Thank you for the feedback, wanted to keep the focus on the screen 😬
Very good video just what I needed to know and nothing more. Great Job
Thanks Beau, I try to keep it simple
Add solar and I'm sold. Nice review,
Thank you Jim. I don't think the solar could provide enough juice to keep it going long enough to justify it is the only thing I could think. But with that second layer screen and being able to read the time clearly in all lighting in sleep mode, it gives you longer life than most smartwatches.
@@DougFNJ That's what I was thinking as well. However, they have it on the Rangeman w/gps and it seems to help slow the rate of drain at least. Wearing it in the field without solar......well it's not optimal.
Hey Doug great review. I can’t make that discount code work at the Topper site btw
Hi Jacob, thanks for watching. It's not a discount code, its for tracking purposes so Topper knows I referred you, and he will typically throw in something extra if he has something.
Should add tough solar like the GPS Rangeman. I have the Rangeman and because of the solar charging, I have never needed to charge it with the external (proprietary) charger. Or at the very least, make the charger just a USB-C or compatible with an Apple Watch charger. 🤷🏻♂️
The GPS eats through battery life on the Rangeman, so the battery life takes a major hit when in use. If the GPS is not used often, the solar is sufficient to keep it charged. A smartwatch eats battery life daily, slow trickle from solar would be negligible compared to the rate the battery consumes. I wish smartwatch manufacturers could figure out a way to get solar to extend usage another day or 2, but the technology isn't there yet.
Great review! I don't have so many skin options, custom colors. Do i need to update software first?
Yes, there were some initial updates, and I am hoping for future updates that will give us more.
This watch is DOA. It will not be upgraded to the new Wear OS 3!
As long as it is still functional, there will always be a market for it, but I really believe Casio dropped the ball not using the new chips
What are the little notifications on the very top?
Looks like a cloud with a line through it…
Also looses connection w my phone a lot
That’s the biggest pain with WearOS, it’s a battery saving feature, but it takes a moment to reconnect when needed for downloads.
Ty for the review :) Is It possible to set the clock to stay always in "color mode"?
How loud is the alarm?
Sadly, G-Shock alarms suck
What happens if you use this and you have an iPhone. Will it be a dumb watch. Having trouble finding this out. Seems the watch has a lot of sensors.
I'll play with it a bit without the phone and let you know what works
Hi, do You kow how can I chance my weather app to show temperature in Celsius degrees
Hi Mack, should be in the WearOS app itself. Thanks for watching!
@@DougFNJ hi, thx for reply. It is , I have all the settings as metric and temperature in Celsius but it shows Farentheit anyway...
@@Mackdmg Maybe try rebooting the watch. If that doesn’t work, I hate suggesting this because it’s annoying, but maybe restore. One of those should work. Good luck, please let me know if one of those works.
I did restore two days ago. That's not fixing my issue.
How do you delete saved workout logs?
Hi Doug, great review and thanks. Maybe I missed it but how is battery life? I’m heading on an eight day trek up a mountain next year and currently believe the GBD-H1000 to be my best bet to get GPS and ABC with the longest battery life? I’d really appreciate your opinion. I need ticker tape (heart rate) too
Thanks Gordon, always happy to help. You can get 3 days with normal usage, and if you keep it in power saving mode, you can get up to 30 days. The LCD overlay with the time helps conserve battery life.
@@DougFNJ thanks again Doug! Maybe the GBD H1000 more suited to my mountain hike. It’s got the bells if not the whistles :)
@@gordontweston I always bring a backup just in case ;)
@@DougFNJ Good thinking Batman. Happy new year from Ireland Doug and thanks again
1 day max in normaly use. I disappointed:(
I LIVE IN CHINA, went to a store today and they told me in Chinese version you cannot change the language to English. is this true? could not find any information on google.
Hmm I didn't know there were models specific to China, you may want to contact Casio on that, or visit another seller.
Can this casio gsw h1000 conncet watchmakwr from google app? Thanks for your help.
Yes it can.
For $1000 AUD you would think Casio would supply a nice box to keep it in .ie Tag Heur is a good example
G-Shock is hit or miss on their boxes lately.
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Battery life can range from a day to the peer saving features lasting much longer.
im just bought yesterday but i cant found g shock move in my watch. :(
the problem is the battery. only lasts 1 day.. to be optmist..
thats the main issue for me considering this watch..
I had one and I decided to change by a Garmin Tactix 7 Pro.. much better deal.
Power save mode could easily increase the battery life. Battery on any smart watch is very dependent on how you use the watch.
@@DougFNJ yes.. sure.. it increases in half day... which is no good at all.. not for a watch like that, at that price...
Casio Canada hasn't been restocking this watch since February 2022. In fact, they haven't been restocking any of their watches!
Maybe try sending them an email, sometimes if it's available in USA they may be able to get it shipped to a Canadian distributor?
@@DougFNJ I tried several times but it's a no go with Casio Canada!
can you list all workout mode here... thanks
Workout modes always change with updates
have jump rope mode or not?
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Can I download music into the watch?
I may be wrong, but I don't believe you could download music directly into the watch
In that price range, it is much better a Garmin Pro Solar; more features and also solar
It's a rebranded F30 ProTrek.
I wish they did Solar on this, curious how much solar would help though as the OS is very power hungry
How is this with using IPhone?
works fine with iPhone, I use it with the iPhone 13 Pro.
how much battery last?
Battery life is very dependent on how much you use the watch. Goes from 1 day to up to 30 days.
G-Shock smartwatch will kill all other smartwatch market..
They have the potential to do so for sure, Need to update that chip and it will be perfect
@@DougFNJ Ya, you are right also cellular feature..
I owned a GSW- H1000 and I liked it very much. I used it daily and mostly when I go MTB in the trail. However, it still lacks some features which other smartwatch offer eg. Apple Iwatch. I think the emergency call after a fall is an important feature for a sport watch. G- Shock still has a long way to compete with major smart watch in the market today. Until then, I don’t think it will kill other smartwatches in the market. I don’t like the WearOS. It’s not so user friendly.
The only thing that killed is the battery 😂😂😂No solar for 600 euro’s!!!No thanks.
Calories are displayed as "KCAL" not happy with that
It’s a new thing, hard to capture actual calories, KCal is supposed to be more universal. Like you, I prefer calories.
How can they not have NFC. Thats like one of the main features of a smart OS watch.. for $700
Its a big watch, adding extra chips would make it bigger and less battery efficient. Thats my best guess on that decision.
Can we make a call from this watch?
No calling. The watch does not have LTE.
@@michaelsanders5938 Thanks, Michael. I still believe that this watch is expensive $700
As Michael said, no LTE, and no real speaker
@@DougFNJ Thanks, Doug! good Job
If this thing had a temperature gauge id be SOLD. I'm guessing it doesn't have one because it is touch screen.
It's actually better than the typical ABC watch as it uses the Weather app to display it vs having to take it off the wrist for 20 minutes for an accurate temperature reading
@@DougFNJ I've always just kept my accurate. if you manually set it. it will offset that temperature rise your skin gives off. like taring a scale.
and yes, thats how it works. haha if it had like a gwg1000 overlay. somehow with analog but still touchscreen. it would be like 100 years ahead of its own technology. hahaha, literally moving the analog hands out of the way by using the touchscreenin real time. through the glass. very cool stuff. or like showing off a doplar radar. with the seconds had spinning. very 007 stuff. if all this was it. youd be able to add the temp gauge back. and it would be SO cool. lol.
Too expensive and no solar technology. Pass.
@@MrCarpen7er yawn. The solar brigade is at it again.
Too expensive and no solar technology. Pass.
You don't have to whine about solar every now and then you know.
I don't think Solar would had really helped on this one, WearOS is a power hog, these need standard charging.