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Taking a closer look in this tech review at the Suunto Vertical 2. As a GPS watch, its features cater to outdoor smartwatch enthusiasts. I'll be discussing how this Suunto watch compares to other brands like Apple, especially for hiking. #suunto #suutorun @suunto
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In today's video, we're going to be
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taking a look at the Santo Vertical 2.
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Probably one of the better outdoor
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watches that I have found.
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Stick around.
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So, this is the Sunto Vertical 2. Uh,
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this is the pine green watch band color.
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It comes in a variety of colors. I think
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there's a black and orange and a few
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others. There'll be a link down below if
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you want to check all that stuff out.
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The band is a silicone band,
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which is great because it has a lot of
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perforations in it, and there hasn't
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been really a lot of sweating or heat
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buildup with this band just because of
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the perforations. Um, I find it very
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comfortable. And of course, with all
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those perforations, that gives you a lot
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of ability to adjust the bandwidth um
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around your wrist. And you know, if you
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want to wear it tighter or looser, you
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have you can change that pretty quickly.
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So, the Vertical 2 is coming in at $599.
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This is the stainless steel case. There
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is a titanium version that is a little
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bit more expensive. Um, real quick, I
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just want to go through some of the
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features. Uh, it has the 1 and 1/2 in um
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AMOLED display and of course that is why
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it is such a bright, clear picture is
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because of that display. really
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beautiful, easy to see in low light.
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Haven't had any issues with that. Um, it
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does have an LED flashlight built into
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it and that's been pretty handy. Um, it
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uh has uh a white light mode, red, and
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then also an SOS. So, pretty cool little
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feature for an outdoor watch. And then
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we have 115 sport modes. Unbelievable.
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That's a lot of sport modes. And we'll
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go through those. And then super long
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battery life. Um, it has 65 hours in
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training mode. And then if you're just
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using as a smartwatch, it's going to go
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up to 20 days. And um, I can actually
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vouch for that because when I first got
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it, um, I charged it up and it
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was only at 63% after a week of use. So,
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pretty incredible. My Apple Watch can't
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go that long. I think it only can go
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like 3 days without being charged, which
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is ridiculous and kind of makes it hard
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if you want to actually do any kind of
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camping or anything like that.
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This watch is waterproof to 100 meters,
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so you can actually do some swimming
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with it. And there are um in the
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different um sport modes you can track
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um open water and uh pool swimming. It
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also has altitude and barometer which
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can definitely be handy if you're hiking
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backount.
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And then the navigation features um I
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think are what's really amazing about
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this is you have a dualband GMSSS so
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it's very sensitive. Um you have free
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offline maps. I was able to download the
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entire map of Ohio, where I'm based at
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onto my watch. So, I have that. So,
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anywhere I go in Ohio, I'm going to have
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a an actual map. Uh there's also way
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points, route navigation,
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breadcrumb trails, and a compass.
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There's the offline map. Now, of course,
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I'm at home, so it's only showing the
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city, but you can zoom out,
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zoom in.
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There. It's actually going to there.
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There's my whole town right there.
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In navigation settings. This is where it
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really gets interesting. Um, you're able
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to, of course, calibrate your compass.
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Um, but you can set the declination. So,
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I can set the declination for the the
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area that I'm in. I can change the
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compass units from degrees to mills.
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Very, very handy.
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You can change the position formatting.
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So, UTM,
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uh, WGS84,
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you got MGRS, you got British, BNG,
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Finnish. I mean, it's got everything in
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here. Look at Irish, Swedish,
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uh, Swiss, UTM NAD 27,
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UTM NAD27 con US. Um, but I'm most used
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to UTM because that's what we used in
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search and rescue. It's a very precise
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way of um, formatting and I really enjoy
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using it. It's pretty easy to use. So,
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I'm going to keep mine in UTM.
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And then there's your map download. And
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there's even climb guidance if you're
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doing any kind of climbing activity. So,
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a lot of different ways of setting up
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navigation.
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Here's bearing navigation. So, you point
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this towards a target and you can lock
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onto that and of course navigate back to
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that. So, that's going to be very, very
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handy if you're trying to uh navigate
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back to a vehicle.
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You can set up routes
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and create those in your app.
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Of course, pan and zoom. I've shown you
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that you can set the lightness and
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darkness of the map.
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Then we have the compass
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and that's showing the altitude I'm in.
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Now, of course, I'm I'm a flat lander,
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so it's on only 926 ft, but there we go.
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South 160 degrees
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and then is the way the watch is
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pointing, but then it's also showing
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north.
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There's the altimeter and barometer,
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altitude,
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barometer,
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temp. So, these are very handy features
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to have if you're in the back country
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for sure.
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And then we of course we have steps and
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calories.
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Weather weather app is pretty
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interesting. I really like the layout of
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this because of course you get your
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basic information like temperature, but
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you're also getting your forecast.
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You're getting observations for
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humidity, probability of precipitation,
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wind, wind gust. You have air quality.
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It does hook up to a sensor if you want
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to measure your blood oxygen. um heart
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rate, which is always a good thing to be
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aware of, especially when you're hiking,
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and then of course notifications, your
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timers, log books, and then of course
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your control panel. Now, if you swipe
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this way, this takes you into all the
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different sport modes. And this is
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really um interesting that they have all
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these. So we have hiking, hunting, open
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water swimming, wheelchair sports,
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martial arts, running, cycling, trail
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running, uh trail running, mountain,
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pool swimming, walking, mountain biking,
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weight training, treadmill, indoor
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cycling,
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circuit training, triathlon, trekking,
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mountaineering,
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and I thought there was some other. Oh
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yeah, here we go. Uh, ebiking, indoor
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cycling, e- mountain biking,
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cycllorocross, roller skating,
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triathlon,
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parkour, skateboarding, obstacle racing,
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motorsports, orientering, track and
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field, roller skiing, cross trainining,
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hand cycling, aerobics, boxing, jump
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rope,
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cross trainining, dancing, gymnastics,
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indoor rowing, stretching, kettle bells.
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It's just it goes on and on and on. And
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I'm not going to go into all these
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because these are probably things I'm
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never going to use. But the the point is
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that if you are into a lot of different
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activities, you can track them in
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different ways. Um,
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and they all kind of start
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in this mode, but then you can
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kind of subdivide all of your different
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workouts and your different activities
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so you can keep track of different
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things. Of course, the thing that I
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really loved about this and what I was
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impressed with this watch was the
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display. I mean, if you look at this
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thing, it is just amazing how bright and
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um easy to read it is. But I really like
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the layout. And that's one of the big
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things that I hated about the Apple
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Watch. You know, I've got my military
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time. Um I've got my battery life, the
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day date. Um I have sunrise and sunset
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tables. I have my temperature range for
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the day. Tells me my current
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temperature. It tells me my location.
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And it even tells me that what the
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forecast is. So, a lot of information in
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a small package, but of course, it's
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very easy to read. It's very well laid
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out and it just looks fantastic.
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And the other thing about this watch is
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it just looks great. Um, it's uh slim
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fitting. Um, it's not overly bulky. Um,
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it's a big watch. One and a half inch
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display I think is a pretty good size.
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And I like bigger watches. I hate small
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watches. Drives me crazy. Um, you know,
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I want to I want it to look like a man's
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watch. And, uh, that stainless steel
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case is just, you know, outstanding
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looking, very heavy duty. Um, so far
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been scratch resistant. I haven't really
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had any issues with that. If you enjoyed
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much for watching and we'll see you next
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time on the Prepared Wanderer.