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Re: Looks Like Many Other $80 (or $30) Sports Watches
In Response To: Looks Like Many Other $80 (or $30) Sports Watches ()

: everyone has their own preferences; to me, it looked like so
: many of the Casio, Timex and Nike sports watches; just another
: lump of multi-functioning plastic.

Sure, it's ugly like most sub-$50 plastic digital watches...

I need a cheapo watch for rock climbing, and I'm sure as h*ll not going to wear a mechanical watch or anything semi-decent, so I must admit... I've just ordered one of these - for $50 including international shipping.

If it wasn't for remembering this post, I would have had a no-name-brand $30 equivalent... much less presidential :)

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