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Casio PRW 3000 Watch
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Product Description
- Tough solar power; multi-band 6 atomic timekeeping; low temperature resistant (-10c/14f)
- Altimeter; barometer; thermometer; sunrise and sunset data
- World time (48 cities/UTC);full auto el backlight with afterglow; 4 daily alarms and 1 snooze
- 1/10 sec stopwatch (1000hr); countdown timer (24hr); 12/24 hr. Formats; power saving function
- Water-resistant to 100 M (330 feet)
The Casio PRW 3000 Watch won't cook your dinner, carry your gear, or give you a foot rub after a long hike, but it'll do just about everything else you can imagine on your next trek, backpacking trip, sailing mission, or time-traveling adventure. This little aluminum, resin, and mineral glass case packs a mind-boggling array of tech tools, from an altimeter to a barometer to a compass to a thermometer, all run by a solar-powered battery that'll last for up to seven months on a single charge. The altimeter, which measures in precise one-meter increments, has automatic and manual logging functions and can hold up to 30 records of high/low altitudes, cumulative ascent and descent, with a range from -2,300 to over 32,000 feet. That's just the beginning. The PRW 3000 has a barometer as well, which has an automatic pressure-change indicator to alert you to sudden swings, along with a pressure tendency graph and pressure differential graphic to give you a longer-term idea of what the weather's doing. To keep you on course, the compass has a graphic 16-point display for one-glance orientation, a bearing memory to keep you on route, and declination adjustment so your bearing is accurate no matter where in the world you are. We haven't even mentioned the one thing the PRW 3000's designed to do first and foremost--tell the time. It receives six atomic signals a day to ensure you're always on time, has 12- and 24-hour displays and five alarms so you never miss a mealtime, and sunset/sunrise, time zone, and calendar data. There isn't even space to discuss the stopwatch, 100m waterproofing, automatic LED, power-save function, or battery-life indicator, but trust that they're there.
Sports watches have obvious value to me when I wear them. They are extremely useful when doing various sporting activities: cycling; running; swimming and so on, as I love to record and analyze as much data as I can from my activities.
The Swatch watches I sometimes wear is because they remind me of my adolescence as they were the watch to own when I was growing up. Swatches were the current generation's iPhone. I own many of them and a few have survived to this day. But Casio watches I appreciate and wear because they are truly indestructible tool watches with incredible technology packed in tiny sizes with high-utility and style. In this review I take a close, hands-on look and review of the Casio Pro Trek PRW3000.
While unmistakably, a Casio watch with all of the cues and design-style that Casio is known for, the Casio Pro Trek is meant for mountaineering. Everything about this watch invites you to take it to the outdoors. The rugged appearance, the various outdoorsy features, and the feel of the watch is meant for active people. It's the watch you want if you happen to be in a fight for survival---in a real life version of the plot for the TV series "Lost." Most Pro Trek models are large, even though they don't wear massively. A unique feature about the PRW3000 is that it is, comparatively speaking, smaller in size.
The Casio Pro Trek model I have recently purchased was announced and released this year at Baselworld. It is reference number PRW3000-1A and is primarily constructed of plastic resin but has a stainless steel back and black stainless steel bezel. What is obvious from the start is that this Pro Trek is smaller, lighter, and slimmer than previous models which tended to sit high on the wrist and were 55+ mm in diameter. What also helps the new Casio Pro Trek appear smaller is the 24mm gray plastic band which tapers quickly to 18mm. And at a mere 64 grams this is simply the easiest Casio Pro Trek to wear, especially when used for its intended strenuous activities.
The style for the PRW3000 is similar to previous Pro Trek and Pathfinders, but refined, since it's a bit smaller and lighter and significantly thinner at 12mm high. The mineral crystal appears to take a larger part of the dial and is extremely visible, especially while wearing polarized lenses which I do a lot while mountaineering or mountain biking.
The major technical improvement for this version is the new triple sensor (v.3) providing ABC features (Altimeter, Barometric pressure, and Compass) as in previous versions. However, Casio managed to reduce the size of the sensor by more than 95% while also having it use 90% less power! And on top of this, the new triple sensor data is vastly improved: altimeter reading now at 1 meter accuracy, barometric pressure difference within 0.3%, and compass bearing for 60 seconds...
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