Casio PRW 3000 Watch
The Casio PRW 3000 Watch won't cook your dinner, carry your gear, or give you a foot rub after a long hike, but it'll do just about everything else you can imagine on your next trek, backpacking trip, sailing mission, or time-traveling adventure. This little aluminum, resin, and mineral glass case packs a mind-boggling array of tech tools, from an altimeter to a barometer to a compass to a thermometer, all run by a solar-powered battery that'll last for up to seven months on a single charge. The altimeter, which measures in precise one-meter increments, has automatic and manual logging functions and can hold up to 30 records of high/low altitudes, cumulative ascent and descent, with a range from -2,300 to over 32,000 feet. That's just the beginning. The PRW 3000 has a barometer as well, which has an automatic pressure-change indicator to alert you to sudden swings, along with a pressure tendency graph and pressure differential graphic to give you a longer-term idea of what the weather's doing. To keep you on course, the compass has a graphic 16-point display for one-glance orientation, a bearing memory to keep you on route, and declination adjustment so your bearing is accurate no matter where in the world you are. We haven't even mentioned the one thing the PRW 3000's designed to do first and foremost--tell the time. It receives six atomic signals a day to ensure you're always on time, has 12- and 24-hour displays and five alarms so you never miss a mealtime, and sunset/sunrise, time zone, and calendar data. There isn't even space to discuss the stopwatch, 100m waterproofing, automatic LED, power-save function, or battery-life indicator, but trust that they're there.