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Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by JadeNB »

jvandonsel wrote: post #10

Also, for those of us men with "less than manly" wrists, it doesn't look oversized, unlike the bulk of men's analog watches today.

> Also, for those of us men with "less than manly" wrists, it doesn't look oversized, unlike the bulk of men's analog watches today.

Boy, is that an understatement. I don't think I have terribly manly wrists, but it barely fits on mine. I thought I'd accidentally ordered the women's version when I got it. Other than that (which is fixable with a new band) and the light, I love it, but it is a gripe.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by 2038AD »

bbqmaster999 wrote: post #8

These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.

Reminds me how shortly after losing mine I found another on the ground to wear

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by Y_Y »

fierarul wrote: post #38

The "cheap" Casios run on the fumes of their old fame and retro nostalgia. I'd say the modern day equivalent would be a $20 waterproof fitness band like a Xiaomi Mi Band. They are basically uncompetitive today, unlike they were initially. Here they are literally more expensive than a band with a color display, bluetooth and various sensors.

Dead right. For twenty bucks I can read emails without taking out my phone, measure my blood oxygen, and me and the Chinese Communist Party are able to keep track of how well I've been sleeping.

(They're all indistinguishable, but I think mine was made by Huawei.)

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by mfkp »

JadeNB wrote: post #209
mfkp wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do this same thing, except now with USB-C chargers it's even better. Charge my laptop or my phone. There's some great charger bricks that go on sale for ~$10, so I have a lot of those.

> There's some great charger bricks that go on sale for ~$10, so I have a lot of those. Is it against HN norms to put a specific recommendation here? I'd love to know some reliable chargers in that range.

60w charger: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08786SHXV/

90w charger: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B083ZBXXN5/

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by mfkp »

high_priest wrote: post #206
mfkp wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll have to plug in a power meter to check, but I'd assume the ghost power draw is negligible.

It ends beings negligible, when you start to have 10 devices sipping 0.5-1W each.

Doing some quick math in my head, even at 1w draw each, if they're constantly drawing that 24/7, it would end up costing about 80 cents per month (at $0.11/kWh). The cost of purchasing the chargers easily outweighs that. But I probably only have 5 around the house, so I have no problem spending 40 cents per month.

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Post by lozf »

throwaway201103 wrote: post #80

I prefer an traditional dial watch (I don't care if it's digital internally). Is there something similar? A cheap, durable, reliable watch with hour/minute/second hands?

Citizen Eco-Drive (solar powered) available in a range of styles. Mine is also water resistant and keeps better time than any Casio I ever had (including their "radio controlled" version when it was out of range whilst traveling).

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by WorldMaker »

bbqmaster999 wrote: post #8

These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.

I have them scattered around my place for a different reason in that I keep finding the watch itself far out lasts the cheap plastic band (especially because I use them almost primarily for swimming and other places a "disposable" watch makes more sense than wearing a smartwatch like I more regularly wear), so I keep leaving the band-less watches in interesting spots where I haven't bothered to put a clock or wouldn't otherwise need to have a clock.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by 17a9f4a4f4e5b3f »

darig wrote: post #50
17a9f4a4f4e5b3f wrote: post #35

I had a package of these opened by a government agency in the US! My partner at the time had and loved one of these and then lost it, so I bought 8 of them for like $7 each from a store in the UK. When it arrived it had all this official government tape on it and a note that it had been opened. I forget what the tape/note said but it was not obvious which agency did the opening. Not so long after that I had something…

Definitely not for IED reasons. It is one of the most counterfeited watches, even though it is already one of the cheapest. This past October was especially busy for customs and border patrol: https://usa.watchpro.com/louisville-border-force-seizes-1050...

Oh interesting! Good call. I didn't think counter terrorism made sense it's not like opening would have revealed anything that an xray wouldn't, but perhaps for checking counterfeit makes a lot more sense.

Re: Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)

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Post by hobby-coder-guy »

Mediterraneo10 wrote: post #197
mfkp wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do this same thing, except now with USB-C chargers it's even better. Charge my laptop or my phone. There's some great charger bricks that go on sale for ~$10, so I have a lot of those.

Historically USB chargers have consumed power when connected to the wall socket, even when not connected to a phone. Some phones have even displayed an alert "Disconnect power supply from wall to save energy" when you unplugged the USB cable from the phone. Do modern USB-C chargers suffer from the same drawback and so shouldn’t be left plugged in all the time?

I’ve witnessed people care about this in the winter - with baseboard electric heaters on in the same room.
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