World Exclusive! Hands-On With The New Solar + Bluetooth 'CasiOaks'! All Colours!
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Thanks to Casio Oz for another World Exclusive! These new GA-B-2100s have the features many people have been asking for since the original was launched back in 2019:- Tough Solar and Bluetooth. I think that solar is the big draw here, but Bluetooth actually makes a lot of sense for one of these, especially as they are likely to last for decades. The all black is the sexy model, the yellow is the fun oen for summer and for those that need a bit more legibility. Cheers, Jody
I was a Casio dealer in 1979 and I'm glad to see that they are thriving and still producing innovative models. Although I do own other watches, my daily wearer is still a Casio.
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Cool story to read, why not make a video telling stories !
Mine is currently the Casio Databank CA-53W from Back to the Future 2
Congrats on the world premiere. The yellow one is the best no question
The Yellow must be expected to be the big seller since it's US$10 more than the others. Oh yes, 63 years spinning around the Sun and the Yellow is my favorite.
Awesome way for me to start my day. Thank you Jody for another super review, and I'm sold. I'll take two of these.
Born and raised in Dortmund. So - for the Scotch guy - "There can be only one"
I'm the same age as you and I agree. That yellow one is a cracker. It reminds me of the old Citizen Windsurfers I loved as a teenager and has the best legibility of them all. Not an immediate buy for me, but definitely on my Christmas list
Really nice world exclusive. Looks like a really nice upgrade.
I have been expecting for the solar version to pull the trigger!
Nice review Jody.
I am still enjoying my original Black stealth model 2100 to the full.
Would like one of these,one day,and I would also like to see a Dark blue and orange colour variation.
Hope you’re well.
Regards 🇬🇧
Looking forward to seeing this!
Only problem now is… which colour way to go for - and do I get rid of the non-solar version of that colour 🤦🏻♂️🤣
This is right up there of my affordable must-have-list along with the MoonSwatch!
Great video! Question - are you aware of any g-shocks that have an interval timer (ie. For interval training)? Some timex ironmans have it but wondering of some casios have this feature. Thanks
where can i buy it? im from spain
All quartz watches should be solar by now. Quartz + Solar is a great match, probably the lowest hassle watch type to own. Solar quartz can last up to 20 years too in my own personal experience.
Even simple battery quartz is low maintenance than your normal auto. My Vostok got destroyed in 7 months when I was winding the stupid rough movement.
True!
@@bigboiganiga8356 solar it’s better because you don’t have to open it, so no problem with the water resistance 🧐
@@bigboiganiga8356 That says more about Vostok than mechanical watches. I never had any problems with my mechanical watches.
I disagree. I have 3 Quartz solar watches and unless they’re kept in a bright area they will stop after a period of time. My 4 normal Quartz watches are completely unaffected by this. I will simply put a new battery in every couple of years. I won’t be buying any more Quartz Solar watches.
Positive display in yellow is definitely the pick of the bunch for me. I had a black with pale grey indices for a while, but never really gelled with it, the negative display was a factor in that because it made a bunch of the functionality largely inaccessible to me (yes, I have middle-aged eyesight...). I like the idea of a bold, yellow G instead (oh, and the hell with the age factor, I'm 50 and I'll cheerfully wear it!).
71 this year and yellow is the one I ordered!!! So, one month later and I need to issue a public service warning! I had not owned a Casio, except for an ancient Pro-Trek that lives on the bedside table, still running and keeping up with the atomic clock almost 20 years now. I enjoyed this little CasiOak so much that I started looking at other G-Shocks. It wasn't too long before I bought a GWG2000 Mudmaster. So here's the warning. The new Solar + Bluetoot 'CasiOaks' should all be considered GATEWAY DRUGS and ENTRY POINTS into all things CASIO and G-SHOCK! I had forgotten just how much fun and how good these watches are! They've only gotten better!
Boom! On Ya Melvin!
What an incredible release! This may be one of the best-selling watches in history! Congrats to Casio and the engineers that made it happen!😃
Now the wait begins for a full metal casioak with solar, multiband 6 and all goodies!
THIS
Yes!
Yes ! How about a titanium one? Half metal.
Can every please STOP!!!!! I've bought 5 already, 3 resin and 2 metal......now I'm gunna have to get one of these!!!! And you suggest Titanium now....... bloody hell!!!
@@altal2993 If they ever made an MRG, well, good luck
Hi Jody, I’m 65 yo and I took the yellow one as my summer watch . Never too old for a yellow watch !
I have been saying since I bought my first Casio Oak, that Casio will definitely make a solar version of it, cause that is the logical evolution of the watch. I would say next would be a full metal version, maybe even a gold limited or special edition.
Thanks Jody. I would definitely add the yellow one to my collection.
I will be going for the yellow. I couldn’t give a **** if anyone else likes it. It’s legible and different. Thanks Jody.
Just cannot understand the oak hype. The shape looks just ugly.
I agree, apparently our opinion isn't common lol
i was just about get the old ga-2100 until i discovered they released the new solar and bluetooth tough version, thank you for your awesome video. Really helped me make my decision and im gonna go with the black one with the positive display, it will be my first g-shock ever and im looking forward to more colors being released in the future!
I was also going to buy the old but today i changed my decision and going with the new one black with positive display
Hello a year later! How is it? Is it worth buying, or is the old model better? Is there something you don't like? I am interested in buying for swimming and for every day normal use.
@@vikaschauhan9736 Hello a year later! How is it? Is it worth buying, or is the old model better? Is there something you don't like? I am interested in buying for swimming and for every day normal use.
@@kristers7933 bro it's one of my best investment the watch is legend i use this watch when i go for trekking the watch works and looks superb now tension of getting into water no need to change battery no need to worry about the changing the battery every year the feature which i like the most is auto light feature when you tilt the watch at certain angle the led light automatically glows and when you are not using the watch the watch goes into sleep mode
And at last i would say just close your eyes and smash that buy button you won't regret it 😌💚💯
This Yellow has got to be called the Pikachu! And good for you for not caring what others think when picking your model, your watch collection is for your own pleasure. This is a great announcement, and Casio have come to the right person to do the exclusive! 👍
I went back to g-shock squares because most of the recent analog g-shocks have extremely busy dial. This one looks so elegant I might 'need' one. And Bluetooth time sync was something I did not think I needed until I had it.
I've never been a big Casio fan, still don't own one, but I LOVE that yellow one! I want it so bad, might have to be my first Casio.
Welcome to the family 🤗
Big up for solar, but not a fan of the Bluetooth, I'd rather see a multi band 6 :)
Casio is god tier mate. The dogs fucking bollocks. Fair fucking play
Love them! Never bought one before - to me G-Shocks have to be solar. Now I will. Still debating between the black with positive display and the yellow. We shall see - the video will certainly help with the decision :) wish they eventually release smaller models with the updates as well - but with regular colours this time, please 😂
I couldn't agree more!
Yes! Go yellow 🚕
You might wanna try one on before though, they really feel nothing like G-shocks, and I don't really mean that in a good way: uncannily light and slim.
I love the look of casiOaks but no Solar hold me back to get it. Time to get one now!
@@MJFallout I have tried the regular version before. They weigh pretty much the same as the squares, at around 50grams. And the slimmer the better. In fact, I even wish they were smaller. The 50mm+ G Shocks are the ones I don't care about - those look like you're wearing a happy meal toy on your arm.
But oh well, we can all have different tastes :)
I look forward to more legible releases, such as additional colors with white hands/white indices/positive display. Note that the MSRP is about 10% less than the MoonSwatch. The two models may well compete head to head. For many folks here, however, it won't be one or the other, but rather, Just Two More Watches (at least)!
This video of yours means two things to me.
1. I will be getting one, which will be the third watch this year.
2. I will be writing a thesis defence for the Mrs. for when I have to explain why I bought another watch when I already have a dozen at least.
If they'd included Multi Band 6, like some of their other watches, I'd absolutely have one on my wrist.
Loving the yellow version. At least it will be easy to find when you've misplaced it.
I’m team yellow too Jody, and I’m also in my 40s lol
"who gives a Shi*" well said. When I hit my 40's that's what I thought about most things and wearing a yellow watch is one of them. I'll be getting one of those..
Agreed - I am 60 this year and have over 70 watches - everything from Casio/Seiko through Breilting/Omega/Zenith to Rolex (6no)/PP/and VC. I have just recently bought a GBD-200 Lime Green G-Shock and couldn't give a flying f**k what people think of it. Watches have been my fun for over 50 years and I wear what I like and what pleases me.
So glad they incorporated a positive display in two of the models. I have the blue neon which looks great but the negative display is unreadable.
This older guy will be going with the yellow also despite the surcharge over the other models
The yellow one is Kärcher style, I like that 😀
World. Exclusive. ! Hands. On. With. The. New. Solar. +. Bluetooth.
Can the modules be switched into some of the older cases? My favorite version is the original Japan only release in the mustard yellow color. The new yellow on these models is too bright.
Would you consider doing a review on GA2100 FUTUR Collaboration edition?
I object to these watches being named Casioak. The Edifice EFR-S108D is by far closer in form and appearance to the AP Royal Oak.
I'm kind of glad I haven't bought a casioak yet. This variant is exactly what I want in my collection. I would definitely be going for one of the positive displays, most likely the black one. I would love to see a purple one in the future
Did you ended up getting one? 👀
I've got a couple of old G-Shocks - a Mudman and a Riseman, both about 10 years old, but with the solar function they just keep on going like a trusty old Labrador. If anything they look better with age and use. Fantastic review on these new watches, and it's made me decide that now is a good time to splash the cash on a new G-Shock. Love the design and look of these!
Two questions - 1) Can I set different alarms for different days through the app? 2) Does the watch through its app have any fitness features, such as step counter?
no =) on both
I love the half metal Casioaks, so fast forward to the year 2025 until Casio releases half metal solar and Bluetooth Casioaks after they sold enough hot cakes.
and then after that the full metal battery and then full metal solar. They'll never run out of hot cakes
I never fell for the design of these. Lack of legibility was my top objection. I do have a solar/bluetooth Edifice and love the functionality of it.
Shame you cant have day on the top line and date on bottom line. You only really need seconds when timing something in which case the stopwatch function comes into use.
I'm 64 and I prefer the yellow one too. But I've never really warmed to the CasiOak, I had one and rarely wore it and ended up trading it. For a Casio ani/digi watch I much prefer the ProTrek line. But that yellow one...
Only the yellow one that's legible. Why not have clearer indices on the other colours?
Yes please! I’ve been looking at a Casioak and solar seals he deal.
Just bought the yellow and black versions. Both with positive displays. Will arrive next week. The black one will go to my 16 year old son and the yellow is for me!
I’m waiting on my next casioak being delivered. A rubix cube edition. Can’t get any more retro than that for a child of the 70’s 👏👏👏👏
Love yellow G-Shocks, my GA100A-9A is one of my most used watches just because I love the colour.
I think the yellow is probably my favorite of the bunch, it’d be cool to see maybe a red model down the line
I recently got the yellow. Best looking of them, in my opinion. And best contrast between the indices/fingers and the dial. I don't understand why Casio choose to make some of the models with dark indices/fingers when the dial is dark as well.
I wish a bright red model was released, and with same bright indices and fingers like the yellow model.
Does the app capture steps?
"Who gives a shit how old you are" indeed. It's so cool!
Anyone else getting some citizen “windsurfing” D060 vibes from these colour ways? I loved my version from ‘86. As always… great review jomw.
What now? I'm older than you mate and I will be getting one of the yellow ones myself.
Good stuff mate!
Around 15 more years until they release an atomic-solar version with a seconds hand 😵
I never was into the CasiOak until I got GA-2110ET-8AER as a birthday gift. I hate its negative LCD display, absolutely unreadable.
Finally Casio added solar! I'd need Multiband 6 too! Why the heck Bluetooth? It doesn't collect data (pedometer, heart rate,...). Why does it have Bluetooth then? It doesn't need to link to my phone.... I don't understand it. "find my phone" only works if phone and watch are max. about 10m apart from each other...
Why no orange 😢 would prefer orange than yellow 🌞🤣
I'll go with the 2A, it's a good enough mix of stealth and legibility. I gave up on negative displays long ago and the yellow is just too shouty for my taste.
You gave up on negative display ( me too ) but the 2A is negative, I'll go for the 1A
@@John-P You're right, I meant to say the 1A.
@@johnjones928 Do you mean the 1A, it's just not your day is is LOL
Is negative display a big problem ? I just ordered the green one with a negative display as i got it at sale 😢😢😢
@@gouravsarkar829 They're hard to read indoors and\or at certain angles. I have a W735H-1BV and even it's large display is a pain in low light.
If only they'd lumed the hour markers... Oh well
Glad it's carbon core. The metal bezel variant had a standard resin core which felt like a downgrade. Not enough attention is paid to that material, it's how Casio was able to make it so thin and still withstand gshock testing!
Need to mention that the G-056/GW-056 from 2008 is the record holder for thinnest G-Shock, at 11.0mm!
Best manicured nails of all watch channels!!! Adds to your position as the pinnacle of professionalism 👍
I go with the stealth and army green 👌👌👌
Got a few g-shocks, but no casioak. Like the yellow with the positive display, but would probably change to a black strap. Also rather have multiband 6 than bluetooth, so will keep waiting
Absolutely, the yellow one is my favourite too!
I already decided before you started to talk😂
That intro and I'm like "FFS he's right" 🤣🤣🤣🤣, well done on the exclusive Jody 👍
Oh yes!!! The solar casioak is gonna be fire
I personally couldn't justify buying the regular one when i can get a solar square for the same price, but I might just get the solar one
The current ones are priced half in many retailers. Check out if you want
Yep. I'll be getting a solar Casioak. The regular one had nice features, but didn't seem right to be confined by a $4 battery. Solar frees the watch to become immortal (kinda), and now absolutely sits on the god tier plinth.
@@blacktoothstavros2606 From price perspective, you can replace the battery of non-solar on 12 times for the price difference.
The capacitor of the Solar one costs 10 times. I guess they had to go Solar because of the battery drain of the Bluetooth feature.
@@Vikassy exactly, the solar battery is at least ten times more expensive than regular one. But having the Tough Solar on the dial is Cool 😅.
There is electronic equipment used in hospitals that can be interfering with Bluetooth..? Come on.......
That is why Casio says it can be switched off mate!
I’d like to know if the yellow one is as yellow as it looks in the video? I have the first gen yellow one and I’d say it’s more of a mustard colour than yellow, I’ve got used to it but have to admit I was slightly disappointed when I saw it in the flesh for the first time, still love the Casioak though, I also have a black one too.
Definitely bright yellow!
@@JustOneMoreWatch I’ll be deffo waiting when it lands in the uk then, I have a thing for yellow watches .
I've always been a huge skeptic about G-Shocks - I do things that people say you "need" a G-Shock for and either wear a tough stainless watch or take my watch off, but with 10% off I've pre-ordered a Black/Grey Casioak, primarily because I like the Solar option (and find this the least offensive looking G-Shock) - I was tempted to yellow to start with, but decided that it would just look plain silly and, having owned yellow dialed watches I never wore, I'd probably let it linger in the box, so went for the Black/Grey one in the end because the hands and markers are more legible than most of the others and I liked the red 'mode indicator'. - Time will tell if I'm a convert or it'll soon be appearing on eBay!
Ordered the yellow one.
Casio have knocked it out of the park with these! I feel like every G Shock should be solar, it’s such a no brainier for this type of watch and the Bluetooth connectivity is handy too. I wish they had made the black ones a bit more legible but maybe the modders will come up with a solution like they have with the original and we’ll see 3D printed fully lumed indeces on the market for these updated Casioaks soon 🤞
It took me a while to warm to the Casioak but it has totally won me over and if I hadn’t just bought the regular GA2100 just before Christmas this would be a day 1 purchase for me.
Awesome review as always Jody and congratulations on getting the world exclusive scoop on the first hands on with these 👏👏👏👏
My brother just bought the GM2100 literally 2 weeks before the official announcement of the Solar Bluetooth, he's still a bit furious to this day
I'm with you on the yellow one Jody - and anyone who complains about your age can bugger off. I"m liking the yellow too - can't stand negative displays myself.
I have a bright yellow LeMans diver chrono and the wife wants to die when I wear it. I say it's my beach watch never mind that I live 7 hours from the nearest beach!
I’m getting the yellow one. Looks great
I don’t understand who likes multiband but dismisses Bluetooth . If you dislike the idea of your watch getting synched with something else, that’s ok. But once you accept it, BT is just more reliable. You have a dead on accurate watch always with you, why not take advantage of it?
Hey Jody, good to see you again, I was a away from watches for a while, and now I am addicted to tropical house plants. lol Don't worry I will add the yellow one to my Casio collection.
Best channel on TH-cam period.
Ha! Not sure about that John, but thanks for watching !
They should add a mode where instead of the ticking seconds in shows the date. Only the date not the month. So you can see the the date and day of the week at glance without pressing any buttons.
Why don't they put good lume and hands and indices? The backlight is great, but that's not helpful if your other hand is occupied. The Oceanus line has great lume, why not use that on their analog G-shocks
I just bought the GA-B2100-9AJF (Yellow) model today to perform my 1st Casioak mod and never knew it was a lot of people's model in demand (due to new solar and BT features) and yellow being the favorite by many. This bluetooth function makes this watch basically an atomic watch when paired daily or weekly with the phone app. From past experience with expensive G-Shock mudmasters I have owned, glad I don't need to replace 2 batteries every 15 months.
I bought a yellow one on Thursday Jim! Good choice. Video coming on Saturday night.
They'll call me mellow yellow!
Hopefully a metal case solar Casioak will launch soon. At this price level, it looks a bit cheap esp the yellow colour.
Like you, Jody, I had to go with the yellow one. With that color AND a positive display, I couldn’t resist it!!
so far Ive got 1 3 and 9
I guess Solar is not new to Casio since the Oceanus line (among others) has been making it look elegant for some time. But the 5 shown here? Only the yellow is readily legible.
Agree but also think the other positive screen in black is also readily legible.
Can’t wait for extra colour variants. One of these solar/BT models with an AP bezel and rubber strap mod to match the colour of the hands/indices will be 🔥
I don't think we should give Casio a hard time for not pushing out "updates" to their watches every 6 months. It feels predatory when companies do that. This way it really gives you time to wear and enjoy the watch without FOMO
Interesting perspective mate.
I say ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️
It's all about the revamp on the indicators at the 9 position. It's so much better for visibility.
The perfect summer beater, yup it has to be the Yellow. I will be all over this when it hits the UK. Looking forward to your thoughts Jody.
I have been looking for a Casioak ever since I saw your 2021 video, and have had no luck finding one like you showed. When I saw that a new, solar version was available I got quite excited, but then discovered that Casio seems to have decided that Casioaks that aren't fluorescent yellow should be stealth watches that are totally unreadable. Whatever happened to the idea that you should be able to see the hands and markers on a watch dial? I can easily not be able to read the time by just not wearing a watch ( I know, heresy).
I’ve got the original blacked out casioak and the legibility isn’t that bad once you get used to it. Eyeing up the new black solar casioak with the positive LCD next - looks like the perfect watch
Damn it, I resisted the original because it wasn't solar. Now I'm seriously tempted.
Visibility of the Yellow is the winner but that Blue is intriguing
definitely the yellow