1-7-2023 hello I recently got the GWM5610u and I was wondering are there different levels of low medium high in regards to power .meaning can you be in medium ,go out in the sun then be on high but if you stayed out in the sun you would get higher. Hope that makes sense.Wis-I like that!
as per citizen advise i ussuallly leave my echo drive in direct sun near window with uv glass 6 hrs once 1 month. and i never worry about it being discharged.
I have a G-Shock Atomic Solar watch that I bought in 2020. I've worn it everyday, since I bought it, in fact it rarely ever comes off. I wear it to bed and in the shower. The problem though is that it has never really charged above "medium" charge and, the past few months I wake up in the mornings and it flashes "low". It has even shut off completely a couple times. I do live up north and tend to wear a lot of long sleeve jackets for at least half of the year, so maybe the battery is shot now, due to spending too much time under sleeves and not exposed to the sun? I have been setting it outside recently, in an attempt to achieve a full charge, but it never gets above medium charge. Unfortunately, I live in WA state and most of our days are cloudy or overcast, so not many opportunities for direct sunlight exposure in any season, aside from summer. Any tips or suggestions? Do I need a new battery?
If the watch charges when exposed to the sun then it’s not the battery. Might be just like you said… not enough sun exposure. If it was the battery it wouldn’t turn even after charging it. What model watch is it? Did you buy it used? Also, don’t be obsessed to getting it to high. It takes a lot to get them to high unless they’re literally exposed to the sun daily. My Solar Watch stays on high but my other Solar watches which I don’t wear regularly are at medium or low.
Thank you for the reply back! It is the G-Shock "Atomic Solar" model "GW-2310FB" and I purchased it new from the Casio website. The first fourish years I used it, I never even worried about actually charging it, since it stayed on everyday and it always said it was always at the medium charge level. I don't recall it ever getting to the high level, even when exposed to direct sun all day in the summer. As of now, when I leave it outside pointed up at the cloudy sky for a few days straight, it goes up to medium, but when I check in the morning it's off again and blinking "low" where the day would otherwise be shown. I guess I just assumed that the charge capacity of the battery was decreasing.
@ now don’t get me wrong. I wouldn’t fully dismiss the battery dying but for a watch you bought in 2020 thats very unlikely. Thanks for sharing that model number. So that model was first released in 2012. It didn’t sell very well so you can still find stock of it in circulation. Keep charging it and consider buying one of those chargers I reviewed in my video. They are GOLDEN!
These times are not for charging to full. These are times required to charge for 1 day of operation. Full charge from 0 to high takes around 20 hours with 50,000 Lux. But that will last around 10 months with any light exposure.
I set my watch out in the early summer Sun right after getting it. After 4 hours, the watch was too hot to touch, so I measured it with an IR temp gun, and it read 270 F. That’s the last time I did that.
You just need a bright flashlight to surpass all daily charging speed. Got my gshock charged from 1/5 to 4/5 in less than 30min of exposure to a 800 Lum flashlight (not even working in full brightness). These silicon solar panels works best with visible light and stretch a little bit to the IR spectrum, so flashlights can be ideal. Though it may vary from solar panels with different brands or light source, and especially the placement of solar panels on the watch dial.
I use an Aperture AL-F7 video light and it is effective and runs cool. It will charge 3 watches at a time. Any LED video light would work. I had a Coolfire but LEDs failed over time and it became ineffective. It also seemed cheaply made.
Bet it still would take you several days to charge the empty batteries to full charge again, tried myself different ways. To put and secure them just outside (balcony or outside! window sill) for a few days is still the best way in my experience
I have a pro trek that has developed some LCD bleed and the battery stays on medium charge now... I'm wondering if the solar cell is broken or the bleed is keeping light from getting to the cell... Kinda disappointed. I've only had it 2 years.
NOT A CHANCE I will ever buy a solar watch again. This video is awesome; I learned a lot and followed either your recommended exposure time or Casio's. My solar-powered watch is staying dead anyway. Ordered a new battery CTL1616, waited an eternity for that to arrive, properly changed the battery and did a reset. Nothing. Maybe this "new" battery is ALSO no good...or maybe it's the watch. I just know both solar watches and solar batteries cost too much only to end up with something that doesn't work at all. I'm mad at my situation not the video. I'd favored this watch so much, a WS220C-7, so I'm giving the issue one more chance
i kept my casio in drawer for 8 years and battery got drained but after keeping in sunlight for 2 days watch got powered on and shows time and chg blinks. even my watch battery is ctl1616 and though shops have it here will replace only when the watch goes dead again
If you have a tough solar watch, buy an inexpensive small LED lamp that you can use to charge your watch at any time. If you have multiple G-Shocks, why do you have multiple watches? Well, you bought the G-shock because it's indestructible and will last you a lifetime, right? So you all own that many watches? Choose one, you can charge it with the small LED charger that I talked about at the beginning of my post and sell the rest to hell! Just kidding. :)
I have a situation with my GST B200!!! No one can help me. Nothing on youtube. My digital time shows 21.00. Analogue time shows 23.00. Tried everything by synchronizing the time. Always these 2 hours difference. Maybe I need to open the face and do it manually??? Please help!!!
@@GiShockGo Of course I did((( same result every time. I found out why it happened. I was magnet fishing and the magnet in some ways moved the hands.So, I opened the watched and manually put the hands in place. Everything working good))) Thank you
Don't buy watches. One is too many and a thousand is never enough. You're lucky Gshocks don't count, you actually have a very small collection, so it's better this way.
I literally don’t see the issue, leave the watch on the side in a room with the curtains open and it’s fine. Mine get worn in rotation and rarely go below high. Unless you live in a cave or keep your watches in the dark, this is a non issue.
I regret getting a solar power zi rather deal with changing batteries. This solar is if you live in a sunny warm State, well that’s not NY I am with a jacket it’s very hard to keep the watch out to charge. It’s not worth it but again that’s just my experience with it. Not getting any. I have one and I can NEVER use it because of this stupidity solar charging. Not my type of watch. Unless I live in Florida or California. Warm beautiful. Not Ny. this is a place to come work put some cash away and moving the hell out as quick as you can. It’s a very dirty place. More so than a third world Country. But because is NY people overlook the garbage, rats and Al the rude people.
I have that Cool fire charger. It works great but I worry that it might be prematurely burning out the lume on my gwg 1000 mudmasters. When I take them off they are glowing super bright. Is it possible that could damage the lume on the watches?
Dude! One of the best, most useful and informative G-Shock videos out here on TH-cam that I have seen. Thank you for producing and sharing this vid!
Subbed cause you have the sickest collection of G-Shocks I've ever seen as well as cause Bear Down.
I use a strong LED bulb on a lamp to charge my solar watches. Works great.
Never had any problem with my Casio watches.
Just keep them close and facing a window and it’s more than enough.
Informative video Chavo. I appreciate you.
1-7-2023 hello I recently got the GWM5610u and I was wondering are there different levels of low medium high in regards to power .meaning can you be in medium ,go out in the sun then be on high but if you stayed out in the sun you would get higher. Hope that makes sense.Wis-I like that!
Can I use a nail UV lamp to charge my gshock? Would it do damage?
As always nice and informative video. Question, are you going to make a Black Friday sale video?
Nice and informative video!
Small Neewer RGD61 video light givies 60,000 lux with watch placed on diffuser.
as per citizen advise i ussuallly leave my echo drive in direct sun near window with uv glass 6 hrs once 1 month. and i never worry about it being discharged.
I have a G-Shock Atomic Solar watch that I bought in 2020. I've worn it everyday, since I bought it, in fact it rarely ever comes off. I wear it to bed and in the shower. The problem though is that it has never really charged above "medium" charge and, the past few months I wake up in the mornings and it flashes "low". It has even shut off completely a couple times. I do live up north and tend to wear a lot of long sleeve jackets for at least half of the year, so maybe the battery is shot now, due to spending too much time under sleeves and not exposed to the sun? I have been setting it outside recently, in an attempt to achieve a full charge, but it never gets above medium charge. Unfortunately, I live in WA state and most of our days are cloudy or overcast, so not many opportunities for direct sunlight exposure in any season, aside from summer. Any tips or suggestions? Do I need a new battery?
If the watch charges when exposed to the sun then it’s not the battery. Might be just like you said… not enough sun exposure. If it was the battery it wouldn’t turn even after charging it. What model watch is it? Did you buy it used? Also, don’t be obsessed to getting it to high. It takes a lot to get them to high unless they’re literally exposed to the sun daily. My Solar Watch stays on high but my other Solar watches which I don’t wear regularly are at medium or low.
Thank you for the reply back! It is the G-Shock "Atomic Solar" model "GW-2310FB" and I purchased it new from the Casio website. The first fourish years I used it, I never even worried about actually charging it, since it stayed on everyday and it always said it was always at the medium charge level. I don't recall it ever getting to the high level, even when exposed to direct sun all day in the summer. As of now, when I leave it outside pointed up at the cloudy sky for a few days straight, it goes up to medium, but when I check in the morning it's off again and blinking "low" where the day would otherwise be shown. I guess I just assumed that the charge capacity of the battery was decreasing.
@ now don’t get me wrong. I wouldn’t fully dismiss the battery dying but for a watch you bought in 2020 thats very unlikely. Thanks for sharing that model number. So that model was first released in 2012. It didn’t sell very well so you can still find stock of it in circulation. Keep charging it and consider buying one of those chargers I reviewed in my video. They are GOLDEN!
Yeah, I think I will look into one of those and see if that performs better than our gloomy skies up here haha. Thanks!
@@GiShockGo , that is by far the most incredible watch collection that I've ever seen, by the way, along with the beautiful displays!
How long does a single charge last? And how often do you charge it?
😎Good question that I wonder as well. ✌️
I would like to know if using a black light/uv light would work for charging
I put my watches that are in a glass covered case by the window each morning! 😎
How about led’s phone? Can is it used?
very cool video
i left my gulfmaster under direct sun on a hot day for 20minutes and i still could not get from M to H charge level.
These times are not for charging to full. These are times required to charge for 1 day of operation. Full charge from 0 to high takes around 20 hours with 50,000 Lux. But that will last around 10 months with any light exposure.
A sun is the fastest way
Yes, however, sun exposure accelerates the breakdown of resin
Agreed maximum charging efficiency The only precautions don’t leave it on the dashboard of a hot car 30°C weather based on temperature
I set my watch out in the early summer Sun right after getting it. After 4 hours, the watch was too hot to touch, so I measured it with an IR temp gun, and it read 270 F. That’s the last time I did that.
@@Pics2FlicksDennis people go extreme these days. You could've just used it like that and it would still charge
@@falconhawkmangive over. Really? By how much?
Well done dude
Are you gonna bring out any more for sale video
You just need a bright flashlight to surpass all daily charging speed. Got my gshock charged from 1/5 to 4/5 in less than 30min of exposure to a 800 Lum flashlight (not even working in full brightness). These silicon solar panels works best with visible light and stretch a little bit to the IR spectrum, so flashlights can be ideal. Though it may vary from solar panels with different brands or light source, and especially the placement of solar panels on the watch dial.
I use an Aperture AL-F7 video light and it is effective and runs cool. It will charge 3 watches at a time. Any LED video light would work.
I had a Coolfire but LEDs failed over time and it became ineffective. It also seemed cheaply made.
Bet it still would take you several days to charge the empty batteries to full charge again, tried myself different ways. To put and secure them just outside (balcony or outside! window sill) for a few days is still the best way in my experience
My watch went from 3 to 5 points in 3 days...i just kept it in my window(Not direct sunlight)
I have a pro trek that has developed some LCD bleed and the battery stays on medium charge now... I'm wondering if the solar cell is broken or the bleed is keeping light from getting to the cell... Kinda disappointed. I've only had it 2 years.
Now you need to do a video on how to tie shoe laces😂
NOT A CHANCE I will ever buy a solar watch again. This video is awesome; I learned a lot and followed either your recommended exposure time or Casio's. My solar-powered watch is staying dead anyway. Ordered a new battery CTL1616, waited an eternity for that to arrive, properly changed the battery and did a reset. Nothing. Maybe this "new" battery is ALSO no good...or maybe it's the watch. I just know both solar watches and solar batteries cost too much only to end up with something that doesn't work at all. I'm mad at my situation not the video. I'd favored this watch so much, a WS220C-7, so I'm giving the issue one more chance
i kept my casio in drawer for 8 years and battery got drained but after keeping in sunlight for 2 days watch got powered on and shows time and chg blinks. even my watch battery is ctl1616 and though shops have it here will replace only when the watch goes dead again
Also you can use phone with the app to measure the Lux...
It steps up in levels though.
In the manual.
So it may be say 5hrs from low to med. Then 10hrs from med to High.
So total is 15 eg
sun only, heck with messing around with lights
If you have a tough solar watch, buy an inexpensive small LED lamp that you can use to charge your watch at any time. If you have multiple G-Shocks, why do you have multiple watches? Well, you bought the G-shock because it's indestructible and will last you a lifetime, right? So you all own that many watches? Choose one, you can charge it with the small LED charger that I talked about at the beginning of my post and sell the rest to hell! Just kidding. :)
I have 4 Solar+Atomic (Ramgeman, MGT 900, 5610U and gwb5600) and I try to wear em in rotation…. Key word is TRY 😅
✌🏼😎👍🏼
How come your watches discharge to zero in a brightly lit room? Artificial light should be enough to keep it on medium minimum.
Just put LED bulb with as high watts as tou can find in some lamp and put close to the watch box of let's say 3x2, because of the size of the lamp
Is it normal for the modes and buttons etc to not work while charge is flashing?
Yes 👍🏻
So i didn't get it watching thru the first time.... How many watches do you have? 🤣
How often do you need to charge the watch...and how long does the charge usually last? I am speaking Citizen Eco watches.
wont the battery power the watches especially the batteries on casio lasts 10 yrs
I have a situation with my GST B200!!! No one can help me. Nothing on youtube. My digital time shows 21.00. Analogue time shows 23.00. Tried everything by synchronizing the time. Always these 2 hours difference. Maybe I need to open the face and do it manually??? Please help!!!
Watch this video th-cam.com/video/GQxznbwLwtw/w-d-xo.html
May solve your problem
Have you calibrated the hands using the app?
@@GiShockGo Of course I did((( same result every time. I found out why it happened. I was magnet fishing and the magnet in some ways moved the hands.So, I opened the watched and manually put the hands in place. Everything working good))) Thank you
Outside for 8 hours will take from med to high and it will never go back to med
Yes but what if you have too many watches? Would you take them all out?
Only need one.
@@RobertGaronSaid no one ever!
It's not good to let the batteries drain completely
Don't buy watches. One is too many and a thousand is never enough. You're lucky Gshocks don't count, you actually have a very small collection, so it's better this way.
I literally don’t see the issue, leave the watch on the side in a room with the curtains open and it’s fine.
Mine get worn in rotation and rarely go below high.
Unless you live in a cave or keep your watches in the dark, this is a non issue.
i leave mine everyday on a window sill that faces away from the sun
Is that in addition to you wearing it?
@@GiShockGo I don't have as many as you I have 11 solar gshocks I only regularly where a couple so the others stay topped up
Thank you for the effort this took
WOW you’er home owner Inc. must be $1000. A month 🤯 You can’t be married ‼️
How pointless is that? I'm buying his solar watch so I can charge it with electricity, especially with this kind of electronic junk. Are you still OK?
I regret getting a solar power zi rather deal with changing batteries. This solar is if you live in a sunny warm State, well that’s not NY I am with a jacket it’s very hard to keep the watch out to charge. It’s not worth it but again that’s just my experience with it. Not getting any. I have one and I can NEVER use it because of this stupidity solar charging. Not my type of watch. Unless I live in Florida or California. Warm beautiful. Not Ny. this is a place to come work put some cash away and moving the hell out as quick as you can. It’s a very dirty place. More so than a third world Country. But because is NY people overlook the garbage, rats and Al the rude people.
I have that Cool fire charger. It works great but I worry that it might be prematurely burning out the lume on my gwg 1000 mudmasters. When I take them off they are glowing super bright.
Is it possible that could damage the lume on the watches?
I'm not 100 percent sure, but it makes sense that it shortens its life
I hope one day I can have a gshock collection like you🔥🫡