Monday 6 January 2014

Casio Sports Phys - STR-800

Casio has made watches for all different purposes, some with just simple settings for hobby users, and some that seem to be for the more serious.

This watch is one that has been designed for serious runners and has a 500 lap memory (where most have 10-50 lap memories and occasionally 100). It is the Casio STR-800 and is part of the Casio Sports Phys line of products. It was released in Jan 2005 and came in 4 different colours, with this grey and black model being the STR-800-1V.

It has an off-centre design with the left side protruding with buttons on the top and bottom (for easy access while running). The shape is actually like a rounded version of the Timex Skiathlom watches I've blogged before. On the back are 4 orange bumps which hold the back plate of the watch a little away from your arm to stop you getting too hot under the watch, and this feature seems to be called the 'floating back'.

It uses a 2877 module which is powered by a CR2016 battery which gives about a 3 year life.

The display is a 3 line LCD with a large 6 digit time across the centre, a dot matrix array on the top, and a small line of digits at the bottom. Modes are stopwatch, timer, alarms, and world time.

4 comments:

  1. Do you wear a different watch every day?

    This watch was hugely underrated. The functions are a little hidden from the casual user, but it still feels feature-rich almost ten years on. I particularly liked the auto light feature (I used to, and occasionally still do, run a lot in the dark).

    Just ordered a new strap.

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  2. where did you get a new strap from? or do you know where a full watch is in stock?

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  3. Where did you get a new strap from?!!!!!!!!!!

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