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G-Shock Mudman GDG-B100 — Chaotic Unboxing

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All of my Master-of-G watches emerged from my G-Shock toolbox to witness the chaotic unboxing of G-Shock’s recent iteration of its Mudman line of Mud Resist digital watches. They kept a keen eye on its functions, durability, and build quality. And though they are too proud to admit, they felt a pang of jealousy on account of the MIP screen on the new G-Shock GDG-B100.

But with that highly legible negative MIP screen came a trade off: a degradation of functions from the previous Mudman, the GW-9500.

Will you take this deal from the Casio devils?

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G-Shock GSTB1000 — Chaotic Unboxing

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G-Shock brought its no-LCD-subdial design paradigm from its higher end MRG line to the budget-friendly G-Steel line with the GST-B1000. Since it’s within my budgetary constraints, I picked one up, chaotically unboxed it, then slammed it down onto my workbench. That’s how I do it.

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Casio Duro MDV-106 — Chaotic Unboxing

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Why is Casio’s basic metal cased diver’s watch, the MDV-106, a best seller? Despite having a japanese made quartz movement, it doesn’t have a backlight or any extra functions. It just tells the time and the date. You set it with a screw down crown. Commenters tell me to pick one up. So I got a Casio Duro, (or a Marlin as they’re sometimes called) to see what makes it so popular.

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G-Shock Toolbox

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Guys are always asking me about my G-Shock toolbox and how to get one. It’s only available from the GShock.com points program. However, I found another option for the unbranded version directly from the toolbox manufacturer!

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Rainbows on my MIP screen!

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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?

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G-Shock GWXB5600 — Chaotic Unboxing

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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.

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Casio F91WF – Chaotic Unboxing

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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.”

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The MIP Square is HERE!

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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.

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Klein Tools 65400KNECT KNECT Essential Pass Through Impact Socket Set

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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!

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