<story><title>Casio adds fitness features to original G-Shock digital watch</title><url>https://gizmodo.com/casio-g-shock-digital-watch-fitness-tracking-heart-rate-1850357822</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hiyer</author><text>&amp;gt; On top of the nasty hit to battery life requiring USB charge for advanced functions&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a &amp;quot;Tough Solar&amp;quot; G-Shock [1] with fitness features that doesn&amp;#x27;t need manual charging.&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.casio.com&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;watches&amp;#x2F;gshock&amp;#x2F;product.GBD-H2000-1A&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.casio.com&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;watches&amp;#x2F;gshock&amp;#x2F;product.GBD-H2000-1A...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>MegaDeKay</author><text>On top of the nasty hit to battery life requiring USB charge for advanced functions, this watch loses the 24h count-down timer and multi-band daily time sync from my beloved M5610BC (the latter is worked around with phone syncing but I don&amp;#x27;t generally carry a phone).  The new pixelated display looks great though.&lt;p&gt;I love the fact that my watch is this wonderful, self contained unit that I never have to bother with charging or setting.  It is in fact my second one - my first one got run over by my tractor and then got a ride through the attached lawnmower.  I only found it months later twenty feed away hidden in a patch of zucchini squash.  The band was destroyed and the case was mangled, but the display still worked and the time was accurate to the second.  Incredible.  When Casio says these watches are tough, believe it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lmz</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve got my doubts about that. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g-central.com&amp;#x2F;specs&amp;#x2F;g-shock-gbd-h2000&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.g-central.com&amp;#x2F;specs&amp;#x2F;g-shock-gbd-h2000&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; says &amp;quot;Requires wired charging for HR monitor, GPS, and heavy use&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Casio adds fitness features to original G-Shock digital watch</title><url>https://gizmodo.com/casio-g-shock-digital-watch-fitness-tracking-heart-rate-1850357822</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hiyer</author><text>&amp;gt; On top of the nasty hit to battery life requiring USB charge for advanced functions&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a &amp;quot;Tough Solar&amp;quot; G-Shock [1] with fitness features that doesn&amp;#x27;t need manual charging.&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.casio.com&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;watches&amp;#x2F;gshock&amp;#x2F;product.GBD-H2000-1A&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.casio.com&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;watches&amp;#x2F;gshock&amp;#x2F;product.GBD-H2000-1A...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>MegaDeKay</author><text>On top of the nasty hit to battery life requiring USB charge for advanced functions, this watch loses the 24h count-down timer and multi-band daily time sync from my beloved M5610BC (the latter is worked around with phone syncing but I don&amp;#x27;t generally carry a phone).  The new pixelated display looks great though.&lt;p&gt;I love the fact that my watch is this wonderful, self contained unit that I never have to bother with charging or setting.  It is in fact my second one - my first one got run over by my tractor and then got a ride through the attached lawnmower.  I only found it months later twenty feed away hidden in a patch of zucchini squash.  The band was destroyed and the case was mangled, but the display still worked and the time was accurate to the second.  Incredible.  When Casio says these watches are tough, believe it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MegaDeKay</author><text>Whoa.  I&amp;#x27;d never seen this one - it looks awesome. Only problem is I&amp;#x27;d need a (much) bigger wrist to wear it.</text></comment>