I took my G-Shock MIP Square into direct sunlight for the first time since its chaotic unboxing, and my impression of its clarity has changed. Rainbows were all over the screen. The GWXB5600 reflected sunlight in such a way that rainbow patterns ghosted all over the field of view.
What happened?
We demanded that Casio take the G-Shock square and update the screen from the standard LCD to the modern MIP. That’s it. Don’t change anything else. It took them several years and many attempts, but finally they released the GWXB5600 last year. After which we in the United States had to wait until now for them to bring it to our market.
I got one! I picked up positive screen variant, the GWXB5600-1. It’s also available in a negative screen, the GWXB5600-1A1. Right after I clicked BUY it went out of stock. So they must be bringing them over one pallet at a time.
Casio took their legendary F91W, installed adapters, and ran a nato strap through them. The result is the Casio F91WF, where the F stands for “fabric.” I picked one up because the advantage of that fabric strap is longer length. I cannot wear the standard F91W because the band is too small.
So in that light, maybe the F stands for “fat.”
Finally, G-Shock has released the MIP square to the American market! You’ve been waiting so long, but now you can go to Gshock.com and pick up the classically styled square 5600 watch with an updated MIP screen.
Models with both polarities are available. The GWBX5600-1 has a positive screen, the GWBX5600-1A1 has a negative screen. Since both of them are MIP rather than a regular LCD, they both have excellent legibility even at extreme viewing angles.
Wish your socket set was infinitely deep? Klein tools has you hooked up with the KNECT passthrough essentials set, the 65400KNECT, which has 28 pieces. That may not seem like a lot of peices, but since they’re passthrough, Klein has obviated that need for deep sockets.
The sockets, ratcheting wrench, driver, extensions, and adapter all fit in an easy to stow MODBOX case. Buy the Klien Tools 65400KNECT by clicking here!
The G-Shock Mudman GW-9500 is a solar powered watch. For some reason it died when I stored it in my G-Shock Tool Box. Can the sun revive it? And if so, how long does it take?
To answer that question it exposed the Mudman to sun, documenting the results on YouTube.
The tool world is locked in a brutal war and the battlefield micro driver bit sets. I took a look at GEARWRENCH’s 41 Piece 1/4″ MicroDriver set to see what it offers. Soon, I’ll compare it to the other sets and we will declare a winner! Stay tuned.
Three years after G-Shock released the DWH5600 they issued an updated version into their surfing line, the G-Lide GBX5600. I got the blue one to see what updates have been brought to the software, how the body of the watch fares with its updates, and to test first-hand the battery life.