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Expedition Digital CompassUser Review: - Good All the functions work great. But I strongly recommend to search for another kind of watch band, because this one stinks very badly after some use, you should wash and dry it everyday. User Review: - This is a great item!Positives: The watch is: compact, simple, easy to use, and lightweight with many useful features. The compass functions fairly well for simple directional use, not exact measurements. I find that the watch is usually dead-on, but not to rely on it because it can be off by some 10 degrees sometimes. Great for simple navigation. Negatives: I had been looking for a watch with 3-6 alarms, 3 chronographs, and 3 timers. (Of course this is my problem, not the watch's because I knew that it has one alarm, a chrono, and a timer. The backlight: I dislike the backlight on this watch. It should have a feature to either stay on when any button is pressed or only go on when the light button is pressed. The watch DOES have this feature except if it's on the "any button light" mode, it only stays on that mode for some hours. THE WATCH IS A GREAT ONE FOR THE PRICE! User Review:  - PROMPT DELIVERY OF ORDERI was very pleased with the order it was timely and there were absolutely no problems incurred. I would definately order from this seller again. User Review: - Watch ok, wrist band not okI have nothing against the watch itself, the compass feature works ok, the backlight as expected for a second Timex etc. Maybe the backlight button is a bit hard to press but this might be a feature against accidental pressing. However the wrist band really sucks. It is made of some plastic that makes you perspire & keeps the moisture in that area. The most unpleasant effect is that at a point it starts to smell like hell, and no, it's not me :-). Brushing it with some cleaning powder buys you another 1-2 month of use, depending on how hot the whether is and what you do with your watch on your hand. User Review: - Great watch for value, battery can be replaced!I purchased this watch 2 years ago for around $25. It has been a great watch, keeps accurate time (I am using it for celestial navigation class, so every second counts) with little drift. The Compass is good for getting a ruff idea of direction; I would not depend on it for anything more precise then +/- 10-15 degrees The Indigo light function is a good feature, but it must use a lot of battery power as the watch is very stringy with leaving it on. There is a mode where it will stay on for a few seconds on each button pres, but even that resets its self after 6 hrs. There has been a lot written about how it is difficult to replace the battery, and Timex instructions of taking it to a jeweler does not help that much.. This summer my battery went out, and I had to replace it. It is not THAT difficult. You need a small screw driver, and a CR1620 battery. Both of these are ready available at Radio Shack. Taking the back off and then carefully take the watch core out. There is a formed plastic carrier that holds the battery on the back of the watch core, this is held in place by 4 small metal clips. Once the carrier is of, then the battery can be slipped out (make sure to note which side is + and which is -, there was no makings on the case I could find to tell me...) Putting it back together taking care not to bend the small clips, and putting back the plastic insulators. Overall took me about 10 minutes. Now, I will admit my Seiko battery is a LOT easier to replace. So, for the $, seems a great value. Esp if you can pick one up with a dead battery! |
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