Happy accidental find while looking around their site

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/3670181

My new favorite square :)

So i bought the gshock this may, wanting to upgrade from my protrek to the gshock community. At first i loved it, its "bare" aspect, not being a smartwatch but more a rugged watch with smart capabilities. Then i started to have doubts. Mostly because of two things : the cheap plasticky feeling of the watch and the poor software (watch as well as app). About the cheap plasticky aspect, i thought a gshock would feel robust, unbreakable, have some metal in it etc... However the gbd h2000 has no metal whatsoever, and feels like a toy. The plastic bezel protection feels hollow when i tap on it, not even like it's full, but more a flimsy plastic shell, not a robust feeling at all. The software side is even worse ... The app feels like Casio hired only one person to work on it, the ux and interface are really really bad, it's slow, when you launch it the first screen you're presented with is some ads, not even your watch screen or your health stats, it's just really bad. The watch itself also

My loved one

GW-M5610U

So for a bit of context, I've worn a Protrek for three years and love it. I recently bought this GBD-H2000 to dip my toes in the sport/smartwatch field. I always loved Gshocks as a kid so this seemed like a good middle point between sport watch and Gshock ruggedness.

I've worn it for like two weeks now and here's my first impressions : I love the bare aspect of this watch. I didn't want a color screen, too many fancy apps on it etc, I have two young kids and want to spend less time on my phone already so I felt like having a "phone" on my watch would be a step back. I love that it connects to my phone to better see my trails and sleep analysis etc but I didn't want more on the "smart side" I even disabled notifications so not get my attention eaten anymore away from my family.

The rugged side of it I love it but I feel like we're not yet on the real Gshock ruggedness level. I understand it's a sport watch so lightness is important, yet it does feel quite a bit on the cheap side, it

Battery is still going strong, but the body is weak and fell apart just after arriving back from St Lucia to the UK after my grandmother's funeral.

I cannot foresee any smart watch taking its place for such a long service.

I've been wearing this for about 4-5 years now. Debating going with something like the Garmin Instinct 2, for the GPS and NFC. I wish there was a comparable G-Shock, as any other watch I wear seems to get destroyed.

Hey, excited to see a gshock community was created on lemmy! I figured I'd post asking your opinions on this G I ordered, the DW6900SP-1 (black one). It'll be my first non-square G!