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New Casio F-B100W – Upgrade to the iconic F-91W after 40 years

https://www.casio.com/uk/watches/casio/product.F-B100W-1A/
29•__fst__•48m ago

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d_silin•42m ago
Neat. Note that battery life is reasonably good (2 years) even with Bluetooth sync feature.
BeetleB•7m ago
I was about to ask that - I somehow doubt it will last 2 years if you keep the step counter + Bluetooth on.
davzie•2m ago
Bluetooth stays on only for three minutes and then turns itself off once you're done syncing stuff. I have had one for nearly two years now (ABL-100WE). Absolutely love it.
rickcarlino•3m ago
I was surprised to see it uses CR2016 batteries and still manages to get two years of advertised battery life.
cgyvbunji•34m ago
Not the first new F91W-ish model in 40 years but still neat, I hadn't heard about this one yet, thanks for sharing.
huntercaron•7m ago
Step counter seems like a bizarre thing to focus in on? are people passionately tracking steps without their phones?
davzie•5m ago
I am not passionate about it but I like to make sure I'm moving a lot. I like that I can at a glance just see how much that's happened each day. I have one of these. Had one a while now and its the only watch I've ever used that I've stuck with and kept using.
the__alchemist•2m ago
It's always been this way. It adds to the charm, to be realized in a few decades. Camp-chique.

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SyneRyder•2m ago
My father wears Casio watches almost exclusively, he's been tempted by a Fitbit so he can start tracking his step count, but even though I've bought him the Fitbit, he's finding the whole setup and app usage too intimidating, and so he hasn't used it.

This, in the silver ABL-100WE-2AEF model, is exactly what he wants. Same Casio, same interface, just now it has step count. He doesn't even need / want the Bluetooth.

(Me, I'll keep rocking my Pebble Time 2. Absolutely love it.)

kylemaxwell•6m ago
I have two of these (wearing one right now!!) and several other cheap Casio watches. Some of my favorite purchases ever. I'm so in.
Markoff•5m ago
shame it doesn't have notifications, otherwise it would be perfect

so I guess I'm staying on my third Amazfit Bip since Pebble Time 2 has insane price

rtkwe•4m ago
It's still powered by a coin cell so it's probably for power conservation reasons. Way cheaper to periodically power on the BT radio and sync steps to your phone than it is to constantly listen for notifications.
bradleyg_•3m ago
Does it fix the terrible backlight on the F-91W though..
doe88•2m ago

  > Power supply and battery life
  > Approx. battery life: 2 years on CR2016
Not bad!
jorvi•2m ago
One thing I've never understood (and hopefully some Casio geek can shine a light on): why do almost all old Casio models have a 24/12h time switch taking the premium spot as one of the main 4 buttons, instead of having it buried deep in the (awkward) menus. Seems to me that something like alarm or stopwatch setting or a second menu action button would have been far more useful.

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