CASIO G-SHOCK GD 350 watch review of the hidden gem and better than the 5600 5610??
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2021
- Hi guys, thanks for watching and this is an overview of the CASIO G-SHOCK GD 350, which to me is a bit of a hidden gem, these don't seem to get the media attention that other Gs do and I think it's a winner!!
Let us know what you think, cheers
The Bombardier
I've had this baby for exactly one year now. It's been through a lot of sport activities including snorkeling at the beach and I LOVE IT! It's big, tough and awesome looking. Absolutely my favorite digital g shock.
Hi Jose thanks for your comment and great to hear you've been enjoying this one, bit under the radar these 😎😎👍👍
I love my GD350. Bought it back in 2014. The battery finally gave out. Gave it a new band, bezel and battery. Hoping for another 10 years.
Cheers 8Bite that's a great testament to their longevity 😎👍
I have the black negative and the grey one you review, which I think looks the absolute best. You are right about it being a hidden gem. I love the single button countdown timer and the super legible display.
Hi Ian thanks for your comment and I might be looking to get some other versions of this one 😎
Can you give me the model of the first you are mentioning?
Love this watch, I have 3 of them. 1 -grey positive display, 2 - black negative displays. Both are very legible. Vibration alert is a game changer for me, my old ears can't hear the beeps. It's my favorite out of the 12 or so G's I own. Battery change is very simple.
Hey Swinger many thanks sir and welcome to the channel, and yup agree with you on this one and i often wonder when casio will refresh the model a little 😎✌️
Which one do you think looks the best? Just in terms of looks... Grey one or the black one.. I have budget to purchase only one watch and want it to be perfect
@@rakshitpareek5709 I'd go with with black one. You might try to see each one in person and then decide.
i have a blacked out gd 350 and it's now getting the most wrist time of all my watches. as the other dude said, it would've been better if it's a tough solar but it is what it is.
cheers Rampart and yup it's just the one down side, other than that it's a beast :)
I also have the “deathstar grey” one. Honestly it’s my favorite G Shock. Huge battery for long life. The biggest clearest display in the line. Silent vibe alert. Dual/world time, stopwatch and prioritized integration of the mission/countdown timer. The only stock band style I like in the line. The brightest backlight as well. I love the GW6900 and 5910 but this is the epitome of a tactical/hard use watch. It is big…but honestly the way it is you don’t need bull bars unless you just want them. If you ever wear it too badly you can easily replace the bezel anyway. 👍 If they ever quit making these I’ll buy a couple more on the spot.
Hello bud thanks and welcome to the channel 😎😎 i was surprised how much love these get as i rarely see peeps wearig them 👍😜
Great review, nice watch. Even though it's one of my more basic watches the GD 350 might secretly be my favourite out of all my G-Shocks (yes, I've had an issue with buying too many Casios over the years). There's something about the 350 screen ergonomics and screen colour and clarity that really draws the eye. I sleep with this watch every night and consider it a trusted rugged ally when I'm in-the-field. A great piece of equipment and I've also been surprised that this watch didn't get more attention and love from Casio buyers-reviewers in general. I did early on remove the wings or flaps, it didn't quite sit right on my big bony wrists, but after doing so was a perfect fit and took away a little bulk of the watch. Casio forever! And continued success with your reviews!
Greetings Anima that you so much bud and welcome to the channel 😎👍😋 and yup these are the unsung heroes of the gshock range right? But looking at the hits this vid is getting we may not be alone in our admiration of it 😅😅 and don't worry about your watch addiction... you're not alone 🤣🤣
@@thetimebombardier Glad to hear I'm not alone lol and hope to start my own review channel one day--I'll take a few cues from you...to the point and well explained. Cheers, from Canada.
@@anima201 thanks dude and keep me posted if you do the channel and happy to give you a shout out here and a sub 😎👍😋
i picked up this fantastic watch in 2017 while serving. its been used and abused over the years and it still works flawlessly today!
cheers Fox, I think this model really needs casio to revitalise it, many people share your ownership experience!
Thank you for your service 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I have this exact one, I love it. I wish it was a Tough Solar though.
agreed dude - it would just take it up a level :)
I have had quite a few G-shocks now, the GD-350 range are the best in my opinion with standard functions, the best standard display and also the negative display is the best
Thanks DB and welcoms to the channel mate!! 👍😎
I bought the GD 350 about two months ago just to try it out because it looked kind of cool, as it turns out it has now become my favorite G-Shock, and Casio for that matter... absolutely love the rugged aesthetics of this watch... the legibility is phenomenal... the backlight is one of the best I've seen.... The watch as a whole is just awesome... I can't even think of anything negative to say about it... I guess if I really wanted to nitpick (and that's just what it is nitpicking) The metal-ish Button that controls the timer, should be able to turn it off as well as turn it on instead of having to go into that mode to stop it and reset it, but again that's being extremely nitpicky
cheers bud and welcome to the channel, sorry for slow response but yes these are under the radar winners, wish they could give the range a refresh!!
I love mine. The best feature for me is the easy to find front and center light button.
cheers dude and welcome to the channel!
I bought mine at a discount price at Sportsmans while I was working there PT in 2015 and works great! One battery change so far.
Cheers Michael and welcome to the channel bud, yup I think these are solid pieces that deserve more hype :)
Completely underrated, is amazing and super confortable. Those flaps hug the wrist perfectly. I absolutely love it 🥰❤️
Hey Greaton thanks and welcome to the channel 😎👍 is that a Spanish accent in your reviews? Love that Hamilton in your last vid, I've been wanting a hami diver for a long time now 😅😎
@@thetimebombardier Thank you 😎☺Your content is fantastic, and your collection of watches is super cool! Yes, it is a Spanish accent hehe 😊 The Hami watch is awesome, and gets lots of wrist time. I absolutely love it! Is my first Hamilton and certainly...won't be the last haha 🤣😅
@@greatonreviews awesome, i lived in spain a few years back and your accent reminded me a lot 😅
The GD-350,s are without doubt one of G-Shock,s greatest creations......Such a shame they decided to discontinue the Model........I have two.......And will cherish them both.
Cheers Smiler which colourways do you have? Was thinking about grabbing one of the blueys 😎👍
Great review, thanks.
Cheers bud and welcome to the channel 😎
Just ordered the GD-350 for military purpose, best budget military watch on the market was looking to get the Rangeman but decided against it as this one beats it on price my miles! Missing a few features but great watch for the price £90 will be here in two days
Cheers Karl yeah it's less gucci and still very fit for purpose and welcome to the channel mate 🤘😎 and hope the watch holds up to the beating it seems you might be giving it 😋😋 if those xtra functions are needed in the future have a look for the rangeman on amazon us as the prices are far better than here in uk👍👍
The GD-350 is the way to go.......You made the right choice ;)
Big fan of these. The immediate countdown button on the bottom right and vibe alarm is ace. I got the negative display , but wish I got the positive display with green like this one. There was one limited edition version with some random graffiti artist, but don’t seem to have been any others which is a shame.
Thanks buddy you read my mind i have been trying to track down some other colour variants 😎
@@thetimebombardier it’s the Owen dippie collaboration. Only difference is strap and packaging . There is a g-central piece on it
@@IlluminatingWatches thanks bud, gcentral really good source 😎😎👍👍
Proud owner 😎!! 6+ year.. really loving it!!!
nice, I wish they could refresh this one as it's just no nonsense and much better than their new step counters...!!
I've got Jays and kays adapters + metal bracelet + bullbars on mine. Makes it even more tool like / rugged. I bought three GD350s as I depend on the vibrating alarm and because I just love the design.
Hey RJ thanks and welcome to the channel dude - can I ask where you got the jays from? In the uk we gotta import them and get stung on tax..!!
@@thetimebombardier I bought them on Ebay. I'm from the Netherlands so had to pay customs charges too, but it was worth it.. Solid quality and love the new look!
@@RJ-cq8dd roger that dude 😎🤙
I ordered this watch last night from the casio store on eBay. Cost me $85. I almost bought watches that were cheaper but ended up getting the G Shock because I wanted to increase my punching power. Mine is gray and I liked the design. I will probably get another G Shock in the future but an analog one next time. I'm also liking the Caterpillar brand watches to be honest but I haven't researched them. My dad retired from the army and worked for Caterpillar for like 15 years. He wore a Caterpillar watch that the company gave him for free.
Hello mate 😎😎 hope you're stoked with it and yeah i wore Cat boots for ages and they were always solid!! I've seen their watches with the distinctive yellow and they look good but not had one on wrist yet, prices are good tho 😎😎👍👍
Looks like a great watch. If it was solar powered, then it would be perfect.
Yup totally agreed dude
Got mine today... My first G -shock❤️... I love square design...GD 350 is unique in G shock world...
Hey BMD welcome to the channel mate and good to hear 😎😎👍👍 which colour did you opt for?
Good review 👌
Cheers Fred 👍😎 you own one of these also?
I found the wrist supports (wings) on this watch made it sweaty and a bit uncomfy after a few hours. I had the all black and the black and blue text one
hey dude welcome to the channel!! not had that sweat issue myself yet but will check in warmer months!! thanks for stopping by the channel also, I've seen many of your reviews, I think your vid on the pagani 1644 pushed me over the edge LOL
Fantastic and underrated watch. I got 2 because of the discontinuation.
Nice 😎🙏
Thanks for showing. I ordered this watch now with a negative display. From the UK, because I couldn't find it in Germany. Since the brexit shipping from the UK unfortunately isn't as easy anymore as before. I want this watch with the vibration alarm for my work because sometimes it is so loud in my job, that the acoustic alarm isn't audible.
Greetings Teutsch, yup damned politicos stealing our salaries with import taxes...!! welcome to the channel sir :)
@@thetimebombardier Today I received the watch. I'm very satisfied. I am particularly impressed by the negative display. This is now the third watch with a negative display that I've tried, and the first and only one that I'm happy with. I sent the other two, a Casio GX-56BB and a Nixon Regulus, back because I was dissatisfied with the visibility. By the way, I ordered the GD 350 here via Amazon and the import sales tax was already included in the purchase price. In this respect, shipping was convenient. In the past, before Brexit, I often ordered things from the UK. Watches, among other things, have sometimes a better price there.
@@SimpliciusTeutsch awesome!! Yup i hear you perfectly on the gx56, superb watch designed for 20/20 vision only 😅 i had a nixon pos display which was ok but too large on wrist so sold it on 😎👍
Good review Buddy, I am going for newly released 10th anniversary edition
cheers dude appreciate it 😎😎 that's the golden one right?
Hi, thanks for the review.
Do you know if it's possible to set the timer to repeat itself, so that the vibe will go off every 10mins, or however long? If that makes sense?
Cheers
Hey Rich i was fiddling with the vibe alarm yesterday and if you can do that i didn't manage to figure it out 😅😅🤣🤣
Just tried again and got it to work by just repeating the 10 mins interval 😋😋
merci pour la video.
Pas de quoi 😎👍
I've bought almost every model g and find myself going back the the GD350-8 or for slim wrist I recommend dw 9052 or dw5600e...the 3 vib alarm is my favorite thing about the GD350s
Cheers Mitchell and welcome to the channel mate, and those are great watches you've flagged 👍👍 this could so easily become a gshock only channel 🤣🤣😎😎
Does the dw5600e has vibrator?
I picked one of these today here in the states and I was really surprised that it looked just fine on a smaller wrist. I have seen a few reviews and tutorials where they mentioned that it has been discontinued. Is that true? If it is, I feel kind of lucky to have picked one up. Love the vibe alarm. I set it for 5:00 am just to see if it will wake me up. If anyone has any comments about the vibe alarm, I'd like to hear your thoughts. Thanks for the review. Very good.
Cheers Ricky and welcome to the channel dude 👍we still have it on sale in the uk but only the neg display on uk casio, there was a special last year but i think the version i reviewed no longer on sale here 😎😎
Negative display for me as it is so readable compared to the 'average' G-shock negative display. I set the vibe-alarm one minute 1 minute before my regular bedside alarm, it usually wakes me.
I served in the Army in the late 1970's, I wish this watch was available then.
thanks buddy and welcome to the channel, yup these don't get the attention they deserve!!
I still prefer the 5610 but this comes 2nd to me. Great review, man
Cheers bud, yup the 5610 next to this is a great combo 👍😎
I just wander if any elite units use the 350 over others lol I no I've used mine for 2 yrs now the arms 2 to 3 per day and still no battery change YET I bought afew in case just keeping tabs on it atm
hey Mitch weclome to the channel mate and would be good to hear your bat life on these, I do prefer their solars for that exact reason ☀😎
I don't use the alarm, and only *rarely* need the backlight. Bought mine in July 2017 and the battery is still going!
Hi.
Can you please tell if the grey rubber is actual color of the plastic? Or does it wear out?
I had bad experience with white g-shock. The paint goes off and it looks awfully rubbish after 1 year of wearing it. Now i am afraid of buying painted watches. Is this grey colour a kind of coating, or is it the colour of the plastic itself?
Thanks for review!
Hey NB thanks bud and welcome to the channel, defo the colour of the resin on this one, not painted on 👍😎 i've not experienced paint peel on gshocks but the whites do get stained with wear, however you always have the option to replace the bezel and strap at any time 👍👍
@@thetimebombardier
Thanks bro for your detailed answer! Yes, you need to be careful with coloured G-Shocks. Those white for example. They look nice when new, but after couple weeks of wearing it, the paint goes off even because of long sleeves. White paint starts to come off and you see ugly white (yellowish) plastic underneath. Be aware of painted/shiny G's )
@@n.b.380 yeah that reminds led zep wrote a song about all that glitters and is shiny 😅😅
Which one do you think looks good overall.. grey one with positive display vs Black one with negative display.. I am inclined towards grey but I am afraid it would be too grey for my liking.. but don't wanna go with all black too because I feel lots of details of the watch and bezel gets lost because of the black colour when seen from a distance. Please help me out🙁 I am a big overthinker
Haahaha thanks Rakshit, you sound like me 😅😅 i over think almost everything... but i'd say the pos display is the winning factor here and the grey is not too pale so it should work well 😎💪 let me know what you think when you have it on wrist 😄😄
@@thetimebombardier my grey one just arrived and I like it sooooooooo muchhhhhhhh.. I am glad I took your advice and went with this model. The grey colour is just perfect making every detail on the bezel and band pop out yet not be very flashy.. and the positive display is too good..very legible. Thank you so much!!
@@rakshitpareek5709 awesome glad to hear it bud 😋😋 now you just need to the wear the hell out of it 😅😅😎😎
@@rakshitpareek5709 where did you buy it,plz provide link
Very good review, I have this model in gray and of all the G-shocks I have it is my favorite, it has very good readability on the screen and its design is spectacular, I did not know they had discontinued it, I bought it very recently with the screen in Positive, I think it has a very good quality-price ratio, greetings from Spain.
Hola Jose 😎👍 thanks and welcome to the channel, yup on a big wrist these will look great!!
That’s a Great looking watch, hidden gem for sure 👍🏻
Thanks Kev 😎👍
How to change battery in the gd-350 g-shock watch
Hi Michael, pop off the shoulders and it'll give you access to the screws on the back plate 👌😎
Does the G-shock GD-350 watch have an internal switch that allows you to fine-tune its precision? I had already seen on some forum (I don't remember which one) that there is a key for this purpose. Could you tell me how to access this key? Hugs,
hey Ape sorry dude this is the first i'd heard of that, thanks for bringing it to my attention and have you got a link? I know that watch geek offers very good advice on the modules so might be worth checking his channel?
What you are asking about is called a trimming capacitor. Some of the older G-shocks had them but a lot of the newer ones dont (likely to save cost and likely because it would be redundant in a multiband 6 or bluetooth enabled watch). I did some research a while back and I dont believe that GD 350 has a trimming capacitor.
@@thetimebombardier Infomation: "@gshockhighfashion ---
Not a key, but a knob liked thing placed near the quartz crystal. Rotate it using a screwdriver to make the adjustment. Its a trial and error thing. "
Im currently torn between buying the gd-350 or the 5610u, i currently own the b5600 which would be similar to the 5610u but with a positive display.
@@caddy8886 hey dude yeah both great watches 😎👍 as you say the 5610 is another square but has the solar and the 350 is just that little bit different, i own too many gshocks so not sure I'm the best person to offer advice 😅
@@thetimebombardier I have several gshocks myself, b5600, rangeman, gw7900, gw6900, the king, obviously the 350 is battery operated and has no MB6, I think if it did then I would already own it, but I've been looking at it for a while a long with the 5610u
@@caddy8886 yup I hear you, both good watches and positive displays available if that's also of interest 👍😎
@@thetimebombardier maybe I'll just buy both 😅
@@caddy8886 we need a new hobby LOL 😂
Just bought mine used for $25 an hour ago.
Bargain 😎😅
Pretty sure Bradley cooper wore a 350 in American sniper !
G'dday James 😋😋 think it was the dw6600 mate, they released a version of it recently 👍👍
Oh yes after viewing again I think you’re correct ! 😊
@@jamesx7369 cheers, love that movie!!
I've had a mudmaster for a while now but I've decided to get rid of it in favour of this, it just seems to be much more functional without any of the gimmicky functions that I'm pretty sure don't even work 😂
Haha cheers Sam, the muddy is a big lump and yes unless out in the fields a lot most functions not used daily, however, i do like having them as back up 😅😅
@@thetimebombardier They are cool to have but I don't think they're fit for purpose. The thermometer is inaccurate because I'm pretty sure it's on the underside of the watch so you have to take it off to get a good reading. The altimeter isn't accurate either because it relies on the barometer and air pressure can vary wildly based on weather and location. The compass seems to be accurate though I wouldn't trust it to navigate off of. The thing that really did it for me though was the Illuminator, it's just far too bright and not at all suitable for use in the field. Some features seem quite gimmicky but actually aren't, the sunrise/sunset feature can actually be pretty useful for planning military orders or outdoor activities. The alarms, stopwatch, and timer have all seen plenty of use, and the world time feature is also pretty useful
While the mudmaster is incredibly robust, the GD350 has everything I need and nothing I don't.
@@Osama-Bon-Jovi-01 You're using the altimeter incorrectly. I wish people like you would look up how to do things before bashing them and embarrassing themselves.
Flappage!
Hahaha stay away from the flappage 🤣🤣
STill nothing can beat the good old Rangeman GW-9400 ;) I realy dislike the "NO" solar and "NO" MB6 casio g-shock watches...
Hey Iliya thanks dude and yup the rangeman is a superb watch, need to get one on the channel soon 👍👍 and this one does have its charm also 😋😋
I'd disagree. There are a lot better watches than the Rangeman. The weaker lugs of the Rangeman don't instill much confidence.
Woke brigade haha! Nice review
Cheers Anthony 👍 welcome to the channel bud 😎😎