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Casio watches
Raised as a usability problem by 19 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2014–2026), in 17 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Hard to figure out how to turn off alarm beepUnreviewed
20142026- Couldn't figure out how to turn off the alarm beep2021-09-10
- Couldn't figure out how to turn off the chime, had to read a large PDF manual2020-09-26
- Hourly beep keeps re-enabling and user must google how to turn it off2017-02-20
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 19 complaints
- Other kids' watches have confusing interactions compared to Casio watches2026-10-31
- Button functions are confusing; unclear what backlight button actually does2026-08-20
- 24/12h switch takes a main button while settings sit in awkward menus2026-08-19
- App only works after forced account signup and broad tracking permissions2026-08-19
- Quirky font and colours make the text hard to read2026-08-16
- Reading a message requires pressing one button six times, which is hard to discover or use2025-11-12
- Adding a watch forces an online account even for local Bluetooth pairing2025-09-23
- Mandatory account signup is broken, so the watch cannot be set up2024-10-05
- No clear place to put fingers; buttons easily triggered accidentally when holding or pocketing2023-08-26
- Buttons are hard to press and the display is hard to read from angles2023-01-01
- Battery charge isn't shown on the watch; app shows it only as tiny scrambled pixels2021-09-21
- Couldn't figure out how to turn off the alarm beep2021-09-10
- You have to dig through menus to access and modify sounds2021-07-15
- Pressing mode after stopwatch jumps into time adjustment instead of showing the current time2020-11-22
- Couldn't figure out how to turn off the chime, had to read a large PDF manual2020-09-26
- Wrist bending accidentally presses buttons, toggling 24h to AM/PM2020-07-28
- Holding a button for a few seconds unexpectedly changes DST, making the watch an hour off2019-08-24
- Hourly beep keeps re-enabling and user must google how to turn it off2017-02-20
- Unmarked buttons and cryptic symbols make alarms easy to set accidentally2014-05-18